Heavy Metal News
Earlier this year Metal Blade Records celebrated their 30th anniversary at SXSW in Austin, Texas, with a packed showcase and now Metal Blade continues the party by teaming up with Metal Wreckage to give fans a free As I Lay Dying show in New York City on Sept. 25. This event is offering fans the chance to attend a private CD Release show for As I Lay Dying, whose new
Green Day brought a new track to the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards last night (Sept. 6) when they performed the song, ‘Let Yourself Go’ in the middle of the audience. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told MTV on the red carpet that he was going to “create some chaos” with their performance, and he did just that. In the middle of Green Day’s performance of ‘Let Yourself Go,’ the band
In this week’s edition of Loudwire’s Top 20 Countdown, P.O.D., take the top spot with their single ‘Lost In Forever’ off of their latest studio record ‘Murdered Love.’ Last week’s No. 1 band Adelitas Way drop to second place with their single ‘Criticize,’ while Three Days Grace jumps five spots to come in at No. 3 with their tune ‘Chalk Outline.’ Halestorm stay put at the No. 4 spot with
We were recently paid a visit by prolific metal musician Josh Scogin of the Chariot. As the vocalist for the Chariot and former singer for metalcore leaders Norma Jean, Scogin has contributed his talents to a great deal of music, but his latest effort with the Chariot, ‘One Wing,’ may be Scogin’s magnum opus. Scogin spoke with us about ‘One Wing,’ the highly experimental nature of the album, how the
Russian punk rock collective Pussy Riot have fired back at Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two-year prison sentence handed down to three Pussy Riot members in a new video message. The international music community has shown tremendous support for Pussy Riot, and the band has created a video of the masked female musicians thanking bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day, while burning a photo
We’ve all experienced it before: When one of your favorite bands break up, it can feel like you’ve been hit in the chest with a viking hammer. The prospect of seeing that band never perform live again is a tough pill to swallow. However, while all good things come to an end, sometimes there is more than just one ending. In this feature, we celebrate some of rock and metal’s
Get ready to meet your new favorite band. Fronted by the most extreme five-year-old frontwoman to ever pick up a mic, the band Murp combines groove and doom metal characteristics with a shrieking vocalist and an image that will make you go, “Awwwwww.” There are a bunch of tracks from Murp posted on YouTube, but the song that got our attention is ‘Zombie Skin.’ With 5-year-old vocalist Aaralyn screaming her