Monthly Archives: December 2017

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Glenn Howerton says ‘Gojira is amazing’

Posted by on December 28, 2017

  For today’s fun news, actor Glenn Howerton, who plays Dennis Reynolds in the FX comedy series, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, has revealed he’s a fan of heavy music. Fans asked the actor via Twitter if he liked any hard rock or heavy metal bands. Howerton’s response was, “Gojira is amazing.” Later, he threw some love […]

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Linkin Park were originally scheduled to play at 2018’s Download Festival

Posted by on December 28, 2017

Download Festival promoter, Andy Copping was the latest guest on The Jasta Show. The two spoke about Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington’s death, which led to Copping revealing that the group were originally scheduled to play at next year’s Download Festival. He stated that they were in the process to finalize the deal shortly before […]

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Dave Mustaine says Megadeth will be in the studio mid 2018

Posted by on December 28, 2017

New Megadeth material might arrive sooner than we thought. Thrash metal frontman, Dave Mustaine was asked on Twitter about the recording of the new album and if we will hear it in 2018. Mustaine then informed us that nothing was recorded yet and that he is still collecting ideas. Hello Dave, how is the recording of the […]

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Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” gets a death metal makeover

Posted by on December 21, 2017

At the beginning of this month, Starkill were feeling festive and unleashed a music video for the cover of Mariah Carey’s classic track, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” It’s typically a challenge to hear pop turn into metal. However, they weren’t the only ones that wanted to give this song a metal makeover. […]

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Serj Tankian says System of a Down doesn’t see ‘eye to eye’ on band’s direction

Posted by on December 21, 2017

If you’re a System of a Down fan, you’ve been waiting over ten years for a new album, and according to a new interview with frontman, Serj Tankian, we might have to wait a little longer. At this point, we might see a new Tool album before we see a System of a Down record. In […]

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Sock Puppet Parody returns ft. Phil Anselmo in ‘Immortal Christmas IV – The Banishing’

Posted by on December 21, 2017

Sock Puppet Parody have returned, and this year, Phil Anselmo plays the role of Krampus in Immortal Christmas IV – The Banishing. We’ve enjoyed many clips from years past including ones with White Zombie, Vinnie Paul, Slipknot, and more, and we can never get tired of them. Check out the video below: [via ThePrp]

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Life of Agony drummer Sal Abruscato allegedly quits band

Posted by on December 21, 2017

Life of Agony released their first album in over a decade, A Place Where There’s No More Pain, earlier this year via Napalm Records. It was a triumphant return for the group, and we were lucky to attend their sold-out show to celebrate. According to Blabbermouth, it looks as though drummer Sal Abruscato decided to […]

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Nevermore’s ‘The Complete Collection’ due in March; Sanctuary launches fundraiser for Warrel Dane’s funeral

Posted by on December 20, 2017

Following the passing of Warrel Dane, Sanctuary members launched a GoFundMe account in order to help with funeral expenses. The page reveal the following details: “On behalf of friends and family of the Sanctuary camp we are bringing Warrel home to Seattle. On Wednesday, December 13th the world lost an amazing human. Our dear friend […]

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Metal Insider’s 11 most shocking moments of 2017

Posted by on December 20, 2017

For a while now, we’ve been recapping the year in metal by looking at some of the most surprising, sad, ridiculous or generally WTF moments that have taken place over the prior 12 months. With things like Tim Lambesis’ and Randy Blythe’s brushes with the law, Baroness’ near-fatal bus crash and Lostprophets Ian Watkins being […]

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Therion unleashed new single “Temple of New Jerusalem”

Posted by on December 20, 2017

  Therion have kept their promise that they would release the first single taken from their latest effort Beloved Antichrist before Christmas Day. The time has finally arrived, and we are excited to hear the first taste of the highly anticipated rock opera, which is inspired by Vladímir Soloviov’s A Short Tale Of The Antichrist. […]

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