
Featuring Rob Cavestany of DEATH ANGEL California has always been fertile ground for thrash metal, leading the charge with some of the genre’s most legendary acts. San Diego’s NUKEM follows in the footsteps of thrash metal’s founding fathers, producing the kind of time-tested, neck-breaking thrash that invokes deep nostalgia while still sounding fresh and modern. The thrashers…

OUT JULY 3 VIA NAPALM RECORDS Photo Credit: 360Grad Design DOMINUM return with their third full-length album, Night is Calling, out July 3 via Napalm Records. After storming straight into the Top 10 of the Official German Album Charts with their previous album The Dead Don’t Die, the fast-rising band led by mastermind and vocalist Felix Heldt – better known to fans as…

WHAT: Tickets are on sale now (here) for IRON MAIDEN: BURNING AMBITION as the official trailer for the film debuts today BELOW. With unprecedented access to official band archives, IRON MAIDEN: BURNING AMBITION charts five decades of one of the most iconic journeys in music history. Formed in East London in 1975, Iron Maiden has grown into one of…

Support From 156/Silence, Sace6, And Calva Louise Post-hardcore favorites Chiodos have announced a North American tour set for summer 2026, marking the band’s next chapter following their long-awaited reunion and a massive year celebrating the legacy of their debut studio album. The run will see the band bring their electrifying live show to cities across the U.S. and Canada…

BAND TOURING WITH RED THIS SPRING Kingdom Collapse create the soundtrack to survival. The San Antonio, TX hard rock band alchemizes unfathomable tragedy, trauma, and loss into massive and magnetic anthems powered by pummeling instrumentation and arena-size hooks that remind you to never give up. And they do all of the above flawlessly on their new single “Watch…

TO BE RELEASED JUNE 12 ON EARMUSIC; FIRST SINGLE “AT SEA” OUT NOW Tarja will unleash her brand new metal album Frisson Noir on June 12 via earMUSIC, and it’s the heaviest record of her career and a powerful statement of identity, strength and belonging. After years of exploring different musical landscapes, Tarja stands firmly where she belongs — in metal. Frisson Noir reflects…

Millet Agriplex Arena on June 26 and 27, 2026, in Millet, AB Western Canada’s underground metal community will once again come together this summer as Decimate Metalfest returns to the Millet Agriplex Arena on June 26 and 27, 2026, in Millet, AB. What began as a grassroots gathering of heavy music fans has grown into a weekend-long celebration…

Currently on Tour with Sebastian Bach Photo Credit: Eliza Grace Los Angeles rock band Stitched Up Heart have unleashed their new single “Cannibal,” featuring Heidi Shepherd of Butcher Babies, out now via Judge & Jury Records. The track is a powerful collaboration between two incredible women in modern heavy music. Alecia ‘Mixi’ Demner and Heidi Shepherd deliver a fierce vocal performance that celebrates strength, attitude, and the…