Nine Inch Nails may be a band, but Trent Reznor has remained the lone constant throughout the group’s run, generating an impressive catalog of dark, devastating and sometimes danceable hard rock albums with a talented group of collaborators that resulted in induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There are plenty “must haves”
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There’s a certain finesse one has to have when it comes to being a contemporary indie artist. You can’t jock other artists’ styles, you can’t “sell out,” and most importantly you can’t not tour. There’s a rulebook that magically appears on your desk as soon as you hit the stop button on your iPhone’s voice
Anthrax‘s frontman Joey Belladonna was once again called upon to deliver the National Anthem at a sporting event. This time it was the Seattle Seahawks who requested Belladonna, as he delivered a stirring rendition of the National Anthem at their home game at Seattle’s Lumen Field against the Las Vegas Raiders. As can be seen
Last night (Nov. 26), WWE’s highly anticipated Survivor Series: WarGames livestreaming and pay-per-view event took place. Although viewers didn’t require anything extra to get excited, the fact that the program opened with a nearly three-minute montage featuring Ozzy Osbourne lip-syncing Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” certainly helped. In the full clip, the Prince of Darkness sits upon an elaborate throne
G Jones has always been one of the most technically impressive producers out there. Every time he releases a track or project, that notion is more and more heavily reinforced, especially with his most recent album, The Ineffable Truth, as well as his recent mixtape with Eprom, Disk Doctors. This year, after taking a break during
Over the past few months, Pantera’s upcoming reunion/tribute tour (which includes festival appearances later this year and European arena shows in 2023) has resulted in both excitement and criticism from followers and musicians. Now, the quartet has shared an exciting – if cryptic – new teaser for their live return and fans are still mixed on it.
Two years ago today, Garrett Lockhart, better known as i_o, passed away. Only 30 years old, his career was really just beginning, having graduated from Icon Collective under the name Fawks and transitioning to more techno-leaning productions under his new persona. Today, in remembrance, in honor, in memory of i_o and his legacy and work,
The inaugural edition of a new rock music festival in Mexico called “The World Is a Vampire” was announced earlier this week (Nov. 23). Can you guess what band is headlining the spring 2023 fest in Mexico City? It happens on March 4, 2023, at the capital’s Foro Sol stadium. Fans of ’90s alternative rock would likely assume the
triplej’s Like A Version gives artists a space to deliver creative covers of popular songs, often outside their own genre. For Flume’s latest appearance, he and Toro y Moi decided to cover the viral hit “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders… and it’s absolutely brilliant. The performance begins simply enough, Toro with a microphone, Flume with
Babymetal will test out a “silent” mosh pit section at their two comeback shows in Tokyo this January. In a post this week, the Japanese kawaii metal group shared the basic guidelines for the silent mosh pit. According to Babymetal, the distinct section is for concertgoers with young children or anyone wishing to separate themselves from the customarily lively main
RXMIRO is regarded as an artist to watch and is known for his electric high-energy club sets and massive performances. He has performed on stage with some of the biggest names in the world, having supported notable acts like David Guetta, Tiesto, Martin Garrix and many more. With his extraordinary mix of bass house and
Guns N’ Roses has been on tour in Australia this week, including a show on the American holiday of Thanksgiving, but there was one thing frontman Axl Rose was not thankful for in a Thursday night (Nov. 24) Twitter post. In it, he calls out the rogue drone operators that were seen overhead at their show at
Have you ever spaced out with a song on repeat, potentially for hours, and you look up and realize it’s been the same song? And yet, you’re not tired of it? That is “Technicolour Psychic Vision” from Flux Pavilion in a nutshell. After transitioning to a bit of a different sound in his 2021 album .wav,
The bromance between Dave Grohl and Post Malone is growing. Earlier this month, on Nov. 16, the Foo Fighters frontman was is attendance at Post’s L.A. gig at the Crypto.com Arena. Not only did Grohl take some photos with his arm around the rapper/singer-songwriter, but he was caught dancing during the performance too. In an Instagram post by Adam Degross, “Personal photographer for
The blurring of lines between the worlds of rap and dance music is nothing new. Many of hip-hop’s first songs drew their inspiration from the rhythmic thump of dance music, flipping samples from songs that had the specific goal of getting a crowd moving. So it’s no surprise that the latest modern mutation of dance
There’s never a bad time to offer gratitude for different things in your life, so Ultimate Metallica reached out to the Metallica Family to hear why fans are thankful for arguably the biggest band in the world. And of course, when they posed the question on Facebook and Twitter, fans responded with some incredible reasons of why they love Metallica. One fan on
Beats bounce across the landscape on You Are Love with a presence that feels infectious for HAMX taking his background as a musician to a whole other level. Hope typically informs dance music, and here HAMX proves that amply. Lyricism has a soulful presence to it. Everything about it goes for a distinct affectionate stance.
The Thanksgiving legend, in short, is this: The Pilgrims and Native Americans came together in 1621 to reconcile their differences and party down with a massive feast (though, as pointed out by Smithsonian Magazine, the cute little story you learned in elementary school isn’t exactly historically accurate). At the center of that feast was supposedly a turkey.