Search results for 'brutal truth'
News
AMY LEE On EVANESCENCE's Current Lineup: 'We Feel Complete At This Point'
In a new interview with Ned of Iowa's Rock 108 radio station, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee spoke about the band's current lineup, which features Emma Anzai of SICK PUPPIES on bass and EVANESCENCE's longtime bassist Tim McCord on guitar. Regarding how Emma came to join EVANESCENCE, Amy said (as transcr...June 19, 2025
News
JINJER's EUGENE ABDUKHANOV On MESHUGGAH: 'In Many Respects, They Created The Whole Scene Which We Have Now'
In an interview with Forever Loud at last weekend's Download festival at Leicestershire, United Kingdom's Donington Park, bassist Eugene Abdukhanov of Ukrainian modern metallers JINJER spoke about what it was like to perform at the event right before Swedish progressive metal pioneers MESHUGGAH. He...June 19, 2025
Review
An Insatiable Violence
Few sensible people would dispute that CRYPTOPSY are one of the most revered, respected and influential bands in the world of death metal. The perennial problem has been that until fairly recently, it was never entirely clear which version of the band would appear at any given moment. It was fairly...June 18, 2025
News
TESTAMENT's New Album To Be Mastered This Week; Fall 2025 Release Expected
In a new interview with The Mixtape podcast, guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT confirmed that he and his bandmates have completed mixing their upcoming studio album with Swedish producer Jens Bogren, who had previously worked with OPETH, KREATOR, PARAD...June 18, 2025
Review
Where Only Truth Is Spoken
A perfect combination of modern vitality and old-school ethics, MALEVOLENCE have one of the most fearsome reputations in all of contemporary metal. Largely fueled by their devastating prowess as a live band, the Sheffield quintet have been an unstoppable steamroller over the last few years, conqueri...June 18, 2025
Review
Destination Extinction
With perfect timing, HAGGUS may have just created the optimum soundtrack for a summer of civil unrest. Exponents of "mincecore" — a filthy, DIY strain of grindcore, first created by the legendary AGATHOCLES in early '90s Belgium — these balaclava-wearing anarchists have made their position on the cu...June 18, 2025
News
REVOCATION Announces New Album 'New Gods, New Masters'
Technical death metal architects REVOCATION will release their new full-length album, "New Gods, New Masters", on September 26 via Metal Blade Records. REVOCATION creates extreme music for extreme times. On "New Gods, New Masters", their fifth record for Metal Blade, the quartet — spearheaded by fou...June 18, 2025
News
Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Announces 2026 U.S. Leg Of 'Operation: Mindcrime - The Final Chapter' Tour
Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate has announced the 2026 U.S. leg of his "Operation: Mindcrime - The Final Chapter" tour. The trek sees the 66-year-old vocalist performing the band's classic "Operation: Mindcrime" album in its entirety for the last time. A post on Tate's social media announcing the t...June 18, 2025
News
APOCALYPTICA's Next Album Could Include All Aspects Of The Band's Sound, From 'Sensitive' To A 'Powerful Chaos'
At this past weekend's Download festival at Leicestershire, United Kingdom's Donington Park, Eicca Toppinen of Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA spoke to Alex Alicia about the band's plans for the coming months. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We've been really focused on touring [in...June 17, 2025
News
PAPA ROACH's JACOBY SHADDIX: 'I'm Glad I Made It Out The Other Side With The Perspective That I Have Now'
In a new interview Terrie Carr of WDHA-FM 105.5 FM, the rock music station licensed to Dover and Morristown, New Jersey, PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix spoke about his band's continued commitment to stressing compassion for those dealing with mental illness and attempting to remove the stigma th...June 17, 2025
News
Watch: FIREHOUSE Performs New Single 'Mighty Fine Lady' At Minnesota's BENAFEST
Fan-filmed video of FIREHOUSE performing the band's latest single, "Mighty Fine Lady", live on June 14 at the BenaFest in Bena, Minnesota can be seen below (video uploaded by the Christine Zemien-Martin channel on YouTube). "Mighty Fine Lady" marks FIREHOUSE's first release with the band's new lead...June 17, 2025
News
APOCALYPTICA's PERTTU KIVILAAKSO Reveals His 'Wish List' Of Artists To Collaborate With
At this weekend's Download festival at Leicestershire, United Kingdom's Donington Park, APOCALYPTICA lead cellist Perttu Kivilaakso was asked by Daniel Steer of Mike James Rock Show if there are any musicians left on his "wish list" for possible collaborators on the band's future recordings. He resp...June 15, 2025
News
POSSESSED's JEFF BECERRA: 'I Don't Think Death Metal Would've Had The Staying Power If It Wasn't For CHUCK SCHULDINER'
Although DEATH is considered to be one of the most important and influential death metal acts of all time, the Florida-based band did not release its debut album, "Scream Bloody Gore", until 1987 — two years after the arrival of "Seven Churches" by California's POSSESSED, whose bassist/vocalist, Jef...June 14, 2025
News
METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD: 'I've Grown Probably The Most In The Darkest Of Times'
The four members of METALLICA took part in a question-and-answer session with The New Yorker writer Amanda Petrusich after the screening of their new documentary, "Metallica Saved My Life", which premiered at New York City's Tribeca Festival on Wednesday, June 11 at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts...June 14, 2025
News
DAVID ELLEFSON Reflects On MEGADETH's 'Risk': It Is 'Probably The Most Controversial Album In The Catalog'
Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has once again defended the band's "Risk" album, saying that the LP served as a gateway for a lot of fans into the world of MEGADETH. Issued in 1999, "Risk" received a mixed response from critics and alienated hardcore MEGADETH fans due to its departure from th...June 14, 2025
Prev 