Heavy Metal News
Foo Fighters and the Black Keys are among the acts who will be playing the Global Festival on Sept. 29 in New York City’s Central Park. The two rock groups will be joined by Band of Horses, K’naan and classic rock legend Neil Young at the massive concert, which aims to help spread awareness and raise funds for the global epidemic of poverty. The Global Festival’s goal is not only
AFI‘s Davey Havok and Jade Puget are out to show that just because Blaqk Audio is primarily electronic doesn’t mean it can’t be gritty. So while finding a way to preview their new songs for a mass audience, the duo shot a trailer using cityscapes to provide the visuals for the music on their new album ‘Bright Black Heaven.’ The band just debuted a two-and-a-half minute trailer featuring snippets of
Legendary Californian hardcore punk band the Circle Jerks will be releasing the documentary, ‘My Career as a Jerk,’ on Sept. 25. The documentary will tell the story of the band’s on-and-off, 21-year career as one of punk’s most influential underground acts. Consisting of original Black Flag vocalist Keith Morris and Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson, among others, the Circle Jerks are currently on their third hiatus, which was announced in
Canadian metal outfit Kittie are on the road in support of their sixth studio album, ‘I’ve Failed You,’ and now, the gals are gearing up to release a best-of compilation this fall. “Not So… Safe” will arrive on Sept. 11 via eOne Music. The set will span the band’s entire catalog, featuring songs from ‘Spit’ (1999), ‘Oracle’ (2001), ‘Safe’ (2002), ‘In the Black’ (2009) and ‘I’ve Failed You’ (2011). Check
Organizers for the Sunset Strip Music Festival have announced venues and set times for the Aug. 18 street festival. Among the 70 plus performers will be rock acts Marilyn Manson, the Offspring, Bad Religion, Black Label Society and Dead Sara. Artists from many other genres will also be at SSMF 2012, such as De La Soul, Matt Skiba, Street Drum Corps and Steve Aoki. The world famous Sunset Strip will closed
As one of America’s most celebrated modern black metal bands, the release of Nachtmystium‘s latest album, ‘Silencing Machine,’ is intoxicating news for fans. ‘Silencing Machine’ is set to be released tomorrow (July 31), but you can hear an exclusive live stream of the entire album right now. Nachtmystium rose to underground prominence with their last two albums, ‘Assassins: Black Meddle Part I’ and ‘Addicts: Black Meddle Part II,’ with an
Actor Jack Black and Kyle Gass brought their comedy meets rock band hybrid Tenacious D to the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, Nev. over the weekend (July 28). However, it was anything but laughs after a fight broke out in the crowd leaving one concert-goer the victim of a stabbing. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that according to one eyewitness, there was an altercation