metal

Last year, when Judas Priest and King Diamond were announced as headliners at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest, excitement emanated from metal nation. Everyone was drooling small rivers: from creaky old dudes relishing the opportunity to see their steel-wielding heroes to the young breed looking forward to witnessing those bands live for the first time. […]

Remember that SpongeBob-themed metal band we told you about a few months ago? Well, Bikini Bottom-based hardcore group XSPONGEXCOREX are back with another track inspired by Nickelodeon’s hit cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. This one in particular, fittingly titled “Look At It!,” references the classic episode in which Patrick attempts to rid Spongebob of his “ugliness” by exposing him to a […]

Hailing from Detroit, MI/Ft.Lauderdale, FL/Bogotá Colombia an international post rock group has been born. Consisting of member Michael Oliver (Vocals), Spencer Mabey (Bass), Alex Brisbey (Guitar), Nate Forsythe (Drums), and Armando Castano Gaviria (Guitar), A War Within is a brand new band that is taking target on this. The group formed in early 2014 and […]

Dutch symphonic metal group Delain had a very unique stage mishap while they were on tour in the UK last week. During their show in Birmingham, bassist Otto Schimmelpenninck was struck in his genital region by a streamer cannon at an extremely close range. Despite the growing sense that he was bleeding and almost falling unconscious, Otto managed […]

When Nicolas Cage's son Wes Cage (born Weston Coppola Cage) was a teenager, he was in a black metal band under the moniker Eyes Of Noctum. Now, at age 23, Wes is preparing the release of his debut solo album, Prehistoric Technology, which is scheduled for a tentative release date of sometime this coming February. In anticipation, […]

Metal musician Eric Calderone has posted a cover of him performing a shredding rendition of the theme song to DuckTales, a children's television show that originally ran from 1987 to 1990. While the whole concept is fairly ridiculous, this isn't the first time we've seen an outlandish metal cover before. What do you think? Is this […]

Rob Scallon—the same YouTuber who brought us a cover of Slayer’s “Raining Blood” on a banjo—has released a hilarious new video where he plays metal in inappropriate places. The video is exactly what it sounds like: Scallon jams out on his guitar and annoys people in places like the library, the bathroom and the dentist. Check […]

Long Island metalheads Extinction A.D. have signed to Good Fight Music ('68, Terror, Old Wounds, Conditions), who will release the band's Plague Prophecy EP on August 19, 2014. This four-song attack was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jay Maas at Getaway Recording (Defeater, Ceremony, Bane). The band features all of This Is Hell sans singer Travis Reilly; Guitarist/vocalist Rick Jimenez, guitarist Christian Beale, bassist […]

A free compilation of like-minded heavy artists titled The Outsiders can be downloaded on Bandcamp. It features unreleased tracks from Old Wounds, Astronomer and Ancient Shores along with recent material from Twitching Tongues, Raindance, Sleepwalkers, Casting Curses, Apart, Mountain Man and The Teeth. VOL. 1 by THE OUTSIDERS

Today in blackhearted whimsy: The poster above, created by DeviantArt user JollyRotten, outlines the “metal zodiac signs.” So, what’s your sign? Do you agree or disagree with its portrayal? (Thanks to MetalSucks for the tip.)

On the lighter (yet still heavy) side, here's three dudes painting a room by dipping their heads in buckets of paint, then headbanging, dubbed “THE MOST STRANGE & INEFFICIENT WAY TO PAINT A ROOM!!” Kids, don't try this at home (or at least ask your parents first). (Thanks to Paste for the tip.)