Music

Skrillex x Avril Lavigne? Yes, please! When the producer appeared on the pop/punk sensation’s Instagram story last week, fans jumped right to “collab.” Sure, maybe they linked up to skateboard or simply hang out… but even though they don’t appear to be in the studio, it’s hard to wrap our heads around them getting together

While the “Big 4” gets a lot of credit for the advancement of thrash metal, especially in the U.S., would any of those acts be considered the originators of the style? In a new chat with The Metal Interview (heard below), Anvil singer Steve “Lips” Kudlow claims his band created that sound and style first.

We have the privilege to showcase Neovaii latest addition to his beloved portfolio with his album, ‘Dawn’. Dawn provides a diverse platform of the talented producers flexing of sound design and production prowess. Throughout this groundbreaking album Dawn you can hear Neovaii’s many influencers from Alternative rock, dubstep, trap to pop. Having garnered the support

Ozzy Osbourne was recently bestowed with a ‘Man of the Year — Lifetime Achievement’ award by GQ magazine. In the wide-ranging interview, the Prince of Darkness confirmed the person currently occupying his childhood family home charges money for people to sleep in his old bedroom. It’s the ultimate one-night stay for any Black Sabbath and Ozzy mega

Rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing kits are hitting the market and they could change the way people test at home or before going out to public spaces, including concert venues. Swallow Events is behind a new kit specially designed for the live events industry. This is first company to offer its rapid testing service to organizers

Coheed and Cambria fans have followed the band through elaborate stories with dynamic characters woven through multiple albums. Now the characters from The Amory Wars will come a little closer to life with the introduction of a new action figure line. Frontman Claudio Sanchez has partnered with his comic book brand EVIL Ink and leading

Fresh off dropping his explosive collaborative track “Awake” with FaZaD and a remix for DJ King, Hong Kong-based producer and songwriter Jaxis is back with his first solo original this year, coming to bedroom-based label Esc. Records toshare “Whatcha Need.” Aiming to bring the best of Hong Kong’s electronic music to the world, Jaxis has

The music video for System of a Down’s legendary breakout single “Chop Suey!” has just hit one billion views on YouTube. The milestone comes only months before the iconic song marks its 20th anniversary. Having recruited a cult following with their debut self-titled album, System of a Down were poised to become the next great

After releasing three massive compilations for the debut of Subsidia in September, Excision & co. are back with the next installment of the heaviest of bangers on Night Volume 2. Feauring tracks from Dubscribe, JEANIE, High Zombie, Cyclops, CVPTAGON, Shoku, Excision, Download, Codd Dubz and more, it appears this compilation is going to be primarily new

The music industry was going through seismic changes at the turn of the 21st Century, thanks to accelerating advancement of technology, the Internet and a specific revolutionary catalyst called the MP3 file, which allowed fans to indiscriminately share music, both digitally and illegally, via groundbreaking digital tools like Napster. Every musical artist on earth, without

Guitar Center has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy along with efforts to restructure and refinance the company. Even before the pandemic happened and the shutdown began, online retailers such as Sweetwater became direct and fierce competitors with Guitar Center. Still, the nation’s largest retailer of music instruments expects to bounce back from bankruptcy by the end

Let’s get one thing out of the way — 2020 sucked. It was an absolute shit show. We don’t have to go into detail about the COVID-19 pandemic, because it’s something that has impacted the entire world. And the music and live entertainment industries felt that impact hard. After March, all major tours were canceled. Albums

Today, an all-star roster of electronic music talent, professional athletes and gamers are participating in “Friendsgiving In Verdansk,” a Call of Duty battle royale extravaganza streaming live beginning at 12pm PT. Fans can tune in to Nerd Street Gamers on Twitch as Afrojack, Excision, Cheat Codes, Nicky Romero, Ookay, Snails, and more are set to

The body is a canvas, and the heavily tatted Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is always up for some fresh ink. He’s recently added some new pieces, including face and knee tattoos, to his growing collection of body art. Earlier this month, Barker visited Chuey Quintanar for a late night tattoo session in which he added

Sound In Noise’s (SIN) first track on RAM was a retro liquid jam on the label’s 2017 Annual compilation of promising new artists and sick upcoming releases. From there is seems SIN was gunning for RAM (or maybe vice versa) so it was only a matter of time until, after four more tracks on comp albums,

Trust him. Scott Stapp‘s heard it all before, but he’s got a pretty good sense of humor in rolling with the punches over his dramatic vocal delivery in Creed‘s massive 2000 rock hit “With Arms Wide Open.” In fact, while chatting with The Ringer’s 10 Questions With Kyle Brandt (viewed below), he reveals that even

When video game No Man’s Sky first released on August 9, 2016, many of the core features that developers had promised players were missing. At the time, the game was losing users by the thousands, but English indie studio Hello Games worked tirelessly and offered massive, free patches one after another to make it into

Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar recently offered some words for fans who wish Wolfgang Van Halen‘s music sounded more like the musician’s father, the late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Earlier this month, Wolfgang debuted his new rock act Mammoth WVH with a touching tribute to his dad, the propulsive and melodious ”Distance.” It didn’t quite sound