Joe Smith-Engelhardt

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Top 20 rising metal bands you need to headbang to right now

Metal is a wide-reaching genre with countless incredible new bands popping up constantly. Whether it’s death metal, black metal, prog, doom, sludge or any other subcategory, it can be difficult wading through what’s worth looking into. Here are 20 of the best newer acts bringing heavy sounds you need to check out. Read more: Killswitch […]

Waterparks design shirt capturing Spencer’s aesthetic, store agrees to sell it

Waterparks have been having a lot of fun with their success lately, but their latest decision may be the most ridiculous yet. The band tweeted out that Spencer’s asked to stock one of their shirts and they replied with the most absurd design they could muster. Read More: Hayley Williams breaks out tambourine, dances with HalfNoise […]

Hayley Williams breaks out tambourine, dances with HalfNoise at Bonnaroo

Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams had us excited for Bonnaroo, but we got a surprise not even she knew was going to happen. Fellow Paramore member Zac Farro‘s side project HalfNoise were performing at the festival when Williams made a quick surprise appearance. Read More: Andre 3000 was spotted wandering through an airport playing the flute Williams curated […]

André 3000 was spotted wandering through an airport playing the flute

Waiting at the airport is awfully dull, but an NPR radio producer got the surprise of a lifetime when André 3000 showed up. Antonia Cereijido spotted the Outkast member wandering around the terminal playing the flute, and after 40 minutes of trying to figure out if it was really him, she went and asked. Read […]

‘Stranger Things’ star’s new prank show receives backlash over concept

The new season of Stranger Things is arriving soon, but one of the show’s stars has announced a new Netflix project. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Gaten Matarazzo, who plays the role of Dustin Henderson, will be hosting and executively producing a new show called Prank Encounters. Read More: ‘Child’s Play’ theme music was composed almost entirely using toys […]

'Child's Play' theme music was composed almost entirely using toys

The forthcoming reboot of Child’s Play is arriving soon and composer Bear McCreary has shared his chilling take on the theme music. McCreary released a video not only showing the movie’s theme but also all of the toys he used to make it. Read More: Trent Reznor approves of Miley Cyrus’ second ‘Black Mirror’ NIN cover The […]

Trent Reznor approves of Miley Cyrus’ second ‘Black Mirror’ NIN cover

The internet is all over Miley Cyrus giving Nine Inch Nails track “Head Like A Hole” a pop twist, but now Trent Reznor has given his approval. Netflix is sharing another reworked track from Black Mirror, “Right Where It Belongs,” which sees Cyrus’ take on NIN’s song of the same name from With Teeth. Read More: Danzig unintentionally made […]

Danzig unintentionally made his horror film debut hilariously bad

Glenn Danzig‘s attempt to break into filmmaking hasn’t quite gone the way he expected it to. The musician’s first horror movie debuted yesterday at the Cinepocalypse film festival and despite getting tips from Rob Zombie, it’s apparently awful. Read More: Five Finger Death Punch guitarist thinks his band has “the worst f—ing name” According to A/V Club, […]

Five Finger Death Punch guitarist thinks his band has “the worst f—ing name”

Coming up with a good name for your band is awfully difficult, but Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Bathory thinks they have the worst. Bathory recently said in a studio session posted to the band’s YouTube channel that it’s “probably the worst fucking name.” Read More: Behemoth frontman responds to Irish politician’s attempt to ban […]