Metal

Richmond’s Lamb of God are completing their European tour with Vio-lence guitarist Phil Demmel, who is subbing in for Lamb of God’s usual riff slinger, Willie Adler. Thanks to new fan-shot footage from attendees at Romania’s Rockstadt…

According to a post on his Instagram earlier today, Andy Thomas, guitarist and clean vocalist for Pennsylvania progressive death band Black Crown Initiate, has left the band. From the horse’s mouth itself: “It’s been a long, wonderful,…

The Original Misfits—the horror punk band’s classic lineup of Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein that reunited to play shows for millions of dollars even though they hate each other—have continued playing shows,…

Fledgling metal outfit Thoughtcrimes, the Long Island-based band led by former The Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Billy Rhymer, have released “New Infinities,” a fresh single off of their upcoming Altered Pasts album. The song is quite a…

There was uncertainty about the future of Maryland Deathfest—the world’s largest known gathering of people who know what goregrind is—when the 2022 edition of the festival concluded. In April, shortly before the event took place,…