Metal

High on Fire (and Sleep) frontman Matt Pike is notorious for many things — gargantuan riffs, zany shredfests, some strange uh theories about the world, having a toe amputated, winning a Grammy — and chief amongst those is the fact that he…

With 2020 already way beyond a lost cause as far as touring is concerned, Meshuggah have taken the proactive step of saying “fuck it” to 2021 as well.Citing scheduling conflicts between finishing their next album and festival dates that…

Static-X’s Project Regeneration, Vol. 1 sold 12,500 copies — or 11,900 copies more than the new Trapt album — in its first week release, according to the band.That was enough to earn it the following chart positions: #48 Billboard Top 200…

There are two versions of Batushka, both of whom released albums in 2019, one of which Vince and I agreed was one of the best releases of the year.This is a story about the other Batushka. This Batushka — the one lead by vocalist Bartłomiej…

Like many of you, I’m sure, I frequently find myself in a position where I have to try and explain heavy metal to someone who knows little-to-nothing about the genre. This already-difficult task becomes all the harder when I have to explain…