Heavy Metal News
Hold onto your hats, ladies and gentlemen, because we’ve got some shocking news to scramble all your preconceptions of life as we know it. Ready? Billy Corgan, frontman of the Smashing Pumpkins, spoke negatively about another band during an interview! Don’t believe us? We’ve got the quotes to prove it. A few weeks ago, Corgan took a shot at Soundgarden, returning fire at the grunge legends and their reunion. “There
Southern rockers Black Stone Cherry were gearing up to set sail on the 2012 ShipRocked cruise in late November but the band just announced that they will have to stay on solid ground instead due to some pretty exciting news for lead singer Chris Robertson. Robertson is expecting a new son, with his wife due on Nov. 25. The ShipRocked cruise is scheduled for Nov. 27 – Dec. 1 cutting
The bridges between bands and their fans continue to crumble, with Linkin Park taking the latest step with their new ‘Lost in the Echo‘ interactive video. The clip went live Wednesday, with lots of their fans not seeing the band, but rather some of their closest friends in the video. The interactive promo can be accessed via the group’s website and by linking in with your Facebook page, a number
Mastodon entered our metal lives only recently, relatively speaking, dropping the 'Lifesblood' EP in 2001 and the 'Remission' LP in 2002. But they've assembled of body of work of great depth and breadth in the past 12 years, and that makes choosing the 10 best Mastodon songs no easy task. The Atlanta band's artful mix of thunderous thud and complicated structures made them a favorite among hipsters and headbangers alike. The combo also garnered them industry acclaim, allowing them to graduate from indie metal institution Relapse to Warner Bros. with their cred and metal viability in tact. Not much has changed since the band burst onto the scene, except maybe for some tours with Metallica and continued development in their songwriting, with the nuts and bolts remaining as they were. Thanks to the group's efforts to push metal forward in this new millennium, we celebrate the 10 best Mastodon songs:
All That Remains have shared both the cover art and a lyric video for ‘Stand Up‘ from their upcoming seventh studio album ‘A War You Cannot Win,’ which follows the disc ‘For We Are Many.’ The album drops on Nov. 6 via Razor & Tie. Just in time for Election Day, which is poignant in relation to the band, given politically informed frontman Phil Labonte’s recent public comments about the right
Nonpoint are ready to rock it up once more with their latest disc, a self-titled effort, that’s coming on Oct. 9 via Razor & Tie. The group just revealed the artwork and track listing for their latest release, with ‘Left for You’ recently surfacing as the album’s lead single. In addition to ‘Left for You,’ the band also previewed the track ‘I Said It‘ this summer, offering it up to
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl announced from the stage at the UK’s Reading festival on Sunday night (Aug. 26) that the gig would be their last show for a long time, as it marked the end of their summer tour. However, the band does have a couple of more high-profile gigs at the various festivals throughout September. Near the beginning of the set, according to NME, Grohl addressed the audience,