Punk legend Jello Biafra made a triumphant return to the stage on Saturday at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, only months after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke in March. Biafra served as host of TentacleFest, put on by the former Dead Kennedys frontman’s own Alternative Tentacles Records. He also performed…
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Liturgy have announced the first-ever digital release of rare archival records stemming from 2004 to 2008, due out July 4th. The records are 2005’s The Paranoic Miracle, 2007’s Immortal Life, and 2008’s Harmonium, demo albums recorded prior to Liturgy’s full-band debut Renihilation from 2009. Liturgy’s Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix stated that the…
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Stryper have announced a new album titled Throne of Thorns, set to arrive September 25th via Frontiers Music. In addition to the album news, Stryper have announced a headlining Fall 2026 US tour that kicks off September 29th in Derry, New Hampshire, and runs through an October 25th show Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.…
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GWAR have launched a new fundraiser to aid classic member Chuck “The Sexecutioner” Varga’s current battle with cancer. This new drive features a limited-edition t-shirt, as well as the chance to bid on the Sexecutioner’s axe, which was wielded by Varga live from 1985 to 2022. Get GWAR Tickets Here…
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Metallica performed a cover of Tom Jones’ “Delilah” during their concert on Sunday night at Cardiff, Wales’ Principality Stadium, a venue where the song has been banned for the past few years. Throughout Metallica’s long-running “M72 World Tour,” bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett have been honoring acts local…
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Javier Bardem has cited songs by Linkin Park, Slipknot, Bad Omens, and Falling in Reverse as inspirational to his performance as Max Cady in Cape Fear, the new Apple TV adaptation of the film of the same name. The actor specifically cited “Given Up” and “Up from the Bottom” by…
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Billy Strings is bringing a lot more than bluegrass to his inaugural Ionia Freak Fair in Ionia, Michigan on August 28th and 29th. The guitarist has announced a metal stage that will feature hardcore heroes Bane, death metal veterans Cryptopsy, and more. The “Pyramid Scheme Pinball and Metal Tent” will…
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Bring Me the Horizon have released “Dehumanized,” the lone brand-new track on their upcoming re-recording of their 2006 debut album Count Your Blessings, set to arrive on July 10th. The song closes out the new release, dubbed Count Your Blessings | Repented, and is written and performed in the style that…
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Dischord Records, home of seminal post-hardcore band Fugazi and founded by their singer-guitarist Ian MacKaye, has responded to an Instagram post by Vans promoting a “Vans and Fugazi” collaboration. “I’m guessing someone from Vans will reach out to us,” the comment read, ending with an eye-roll emoji. The Fugazi in…
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Kirk Hammett is not winning over fans of contemporary pop music these days. The Metallica guitarist recently wore a t-shirt that upset Taylor Swift fans, and in a new interview he calls today’s pop music “crap.” While speaking with The Irish Times, Hammett recalled how music used to challenge him…
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