Time flies, but German rockers Rammstein have now been around a quarter of a century and they intend on marking the occasion by reissuing their debut album, Herzeleid. The album actually came out 25 years ago today (Sept. 25, 1995), but their limited edition, remastered 25th anniversary collection will wait a while longer, set to
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FIFA is coming out with its next video game installment, FIFA 21, in just a couple weeks. Along with its usual gameplay content, its also introducing the new Volta Mode (kinda like FIFA Street) with a selection of Groundbreakers, including Diplo. “From São Paulo to Sydney, show off your style on the streets in more
Give it up to Alice Cooper, who appears to have been thinking ahead when he lent his name to a branded chocolate milk product earlier this year. Milk is the perfect remedy for some smoking hot sauces, and now Cooper is getting in on branding a line of hot sauces as well. The shock rocker
2020’s been a rough year for a lot of people, but GATTÜSO has been thriving! He’s been putting out a steady stream of releases, as well remixing R3HAB and Steve Aoki. If that wasn’t enough, he also signed new label and representation deals with Ultra and William Morris, respectively. Now he’s reunited with fellow New
Three albums virtually define Megadeth. The first is 1986’s Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?, a thrashsterpiece that should stand near the top of anyone’s list of top metal albums. Then there’s 1992’s Countdown to Extinction, the band’s most commercially successful album and one that brought Megadeth to the mainstream. But perhaps the band’s greatest creative
Avicii is being honored with posthumous nominations for the upcoming Billboard Music Awards, set to air next month. The late producer is recognized in both Top Dance/Electronic Artist and Top Dance/Electronic Album categories for his talents and lasting legacy. He’s in great company, up against The Chainsmokers, DJ Snake, Illenium, Marshmello and more. Avicii’s posthumous album
As an artist sometimes you have big dreams. And if you’re lucky enough to find some success, you may also have a pretty big budget on your hands. But that doesn’t mean that the money is always put to great use, as evidenced by this list of the 10 Most Expensive Rock + Metal Albums.
Armin van Buuren has enlisted in Toronto-based producer AVIRA for a collaborative EP, Hollow Mask Illusion — for which each word represents a unique, wondrous soundscape to behold. The joint EP boasts three brand new deep and melodic tracks, “Hollow” featuring Be No Rain, “Mask” featuring Sam Martin and “Illusion.” As far as we can tell, the
Metallica are the biggest heavy metal band of all time. Their catalog is among the most fiercely debated in all of music, which calls for a be-all-end-all of sorts. That means ranking all 115 of their songs. The band formed in Los Angeles in 1981 when drummer Lars Ulrich secured a spot on Metal Blade Records’ Metal
Slushii is throwing down on Fortnite‘s Party Royale island this weekend as part of the Llama-Rama crossover series kickoff with Rocket League. Starting tomorrow, gamers can get on the action by playing Rocket League for absolutely free. Those who already own the game will get some perks as well. Important to note — Fortnite’s developer
While many fans are aware of Tool‘s Maynard James Keenan appearing on Deftones‘ White Pony album, there was also a lesser known contribution from longtime Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland. While speaking with Philadelphia’s WMMR 93.3 with Jaxon and Sara, Deftones frontman Chino Moreno revealed the circumstances of how Weiland came to guest on
Lost Lands is serving up another edition of Couch Lands with episode 3 — and we already have set times for this weekend. Excision will headline Friday night and Sullivan King on Saturday, and each night is entirely stacked with a number of supporting heavy hitters. No sense in building a schedule, really — just
Rob Zombie has paid tribute to friend and longtime creative partner Sid Haig, who famously played the role of Captain Spaulding in multiple Zombie flicks. The tribute came on the one-year anniversary of Haig’s death. Haig’s acting career spanned 60 years, but he finally landed his definitive role in House of 1,000 Corpses, then reprising
Wynn Las Vegas has reported 548 positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 3 deaths among employees since it reopened in June. With help from the University Medical Center, Wynn has attempted to catch employees with the virus early on, even with those who are asymptomatic. Of the 15,051 routine tests so far, there have been a reported
A supergroup is when members of different bands join together and form a new one. Well, there’s a new type of supergroup out there now, and it doesn’t consist of the members of big bands — it consists of the roadies of them, particularly of Slipknot, Deftones, Guns N’ Roses and more. Knifes were formed
NGHTMRE & Galantis. NGHTMRE & Galantis? Apparently, yes. One of the top bass/trap artists and a duo that specialize in their own quirky brand of EDM pop are collaborating for the first time, and we have no idea what this will sound like. Plenty of artists of separate genres have worked together in the past,
The pandemic has taken its toll on the mental health of people around the world, among them musician Devin Townsend, who offered a frank response when speaking with Metal Blast about how he’s been handling the pandemic downtime during a podcast chat. Townsend stated, “I am a hybrid of a lot of things. I am
TikTok and WeChat have both narrowly avoided bans scheduled for today, Sunday, September 20th across the United States. President Donald Trump previously warned the Chinese-owned apps posed as security threats to American users — and the Commerce Department handed down an order that would stop downloads of TikTok and WeChat starting today. Both bans have been