In a new interview with Thomas Moser of Germany's Rock Antenne, AMON AMARTH vocalist Johan Hegg spoke about the band's upcoming album "The Allfather Awakens", which will arrive on October 2 via Metal Blade Records. Asked if he still gets nervous when it's time to release new music to the record-buyi…

In a new interview with "Reckless" Rexx Ruger of Pod Scum, NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's seventeenth studio album. The British grindcore pioneers are once again working with longtime producer Russ Russell (DIMMU BORGIR, AT THE G…

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor will bring a special intimate show to Fremont Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, October 18. Tickets are on sale now at Smashmagpresents.com. Taylor played what he said was his first acoustic solo show in over three years in March 2025 at the HorrorHound Week…

VANISHING POINT have never been a band in a hurry. Their albums arrive when they're ready and sometimes years can pass between them. But when one of Australia's most respected melodic metal bands finally emerges with new music, it's an event. Six years after "Dead Elysium" marked their triumphant re…

Belgian razorgrind band LENG TCH'E has released its first single in nearly a decade. "Hammered Into Collapse" sets the tone for LENG TCH'E's upcoming two-song EP, which includes another new song in "Voided". The two-song "Hammered Into Collapse" EP will come out on all digital platforms October 23,…

Finnish goth rock veterans THE 69 EYES have unveiled their new single "Brandon Lee (Forma Acustica)", out now via BLKIIBLK, the heavy metal imprint of Frontiers Label Group. Originally featured on THE 69 EYES' fifth studio album, "Blessed Be", the song was first released in 2000 and became an intern…