Music

Rock ’n’ roll seems to nestle an almost infinite number of distinct musical genres under its very broad umbrella, but when one of those genres hangs around long enough – as heavy metal has for close to 50 years now – it’s bound to spawn a range of sub-genres all its own. How many? Honestly, we stopped counting after we crossed the
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Hardcore heavyweights Hatebreed have finally unveiled all the details to their long-awaited new album, Weight of the False Self and alongside this news comes the album’s bruising title track. “Weight of the False Self” couldn’t have come at a better time. Amid a dark 2020 comes this new Hatebreed anthem which implores listeners to unleash the power
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In an unsurprising twist, income inequality is reflected in the streams artists receive with 90 percent of streams going to the top 1 percent of artists. The data was compiled by Alpha Data, the analytics company that powers the Rolling Stone Charts, “for on-demand audio and video streams of music released between January 18th and
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Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda is certainly making the most of the pandemic downtime, preparing his third Dropped Frames release in as many months. In advance of the album arrival, Shinoda also has a new song to share, “License to Waltz.” For those not familiar, earlier this year Shinoda became active on Twitch creating music with
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On Avicii‘s birthday yesterday, SiriusXM and the Tim Bergling Foundation teamed up for BPM Presents: Avicii Birthday Tribute for Mental Health Awareness. The radio event also coincided with National Suicide Prevention Week, which runs through September 12th. In the video below, Avicii’s father Klas Bergling discusses what it was like trying to help his son — “You
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Of all the mash-ups and strange, genre-defying covers on the internet, there’s probably nothing more bizarre to imagine than a band like Slipknot sounding pop-punk. Well, thanks to SugarpillCovers, now we know. The video, titled “If Slipknot Were Pop-Punk,” is a cover of the All Hope Is Gone track “Sulfur,” done in a pop-punk style. SugarpillCovers wrote
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Funko Pop! Rocks figures are one of the most popular pieces of merchandise to buy nowadays to show your appreciation for your favorite rock and metal artists. Ozzy Osbourne has already been immortalized into one of these little collectibles, but a new one is coming based on his latest album Ordinary Man.  The new version of
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Judas Priest have announced their first official book documenting a half-century of history behind the Rob Halford-led metal band. Appropriately, it’s called Judas Priest – 50 Heavy Metal Years. Compiled by veteran rock photographer Ross Halfin along with David Silver and the band’s manager, Jayne Andrews, the tome also contains written retrospectives by the group’s current
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