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IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS
IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS
  Photo: Getty Images   Ian Hill has officially retired from Judas Priest. The band broke the news Friday with a personal letter from the bassist himself, closing out a... Read more...
NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE
NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE
  Photo Credit: Emily Thuro The party's over. Netherwilds have released "The Fall," the fourth single from their debut album 'Peasant Rising,' out October 9 via King Volume Records, and... Read more...
METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES
METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES
Metallica's M72 World Tour keeps rolling. The band has announced 12 additional North American stadium shows for 2027, launching May 8 at BC Place in Vancouver and closing out June... Read more...
5 BANDS YOU CAN'T MISS AT LOUDER THAN LIFE 2026
5 BANDS YOU CAN'T MISS AT LOUDER THAN LIFE 2026
5 BANDS YOU CAN'T MISS AT LOUDER THAN LIFE 2026 Louder Than Life returns to Louisville's Highland Festival Grounds September 17–20 with the biggest bill in the festival's history —... Read more...
READER POLL: THE TOP 5 MÖTLEY CRÜE SONGS OF ALL TIME
READER POLL: THE TOP 5 MÖTLEY CRÜE SONGS OF ALL TIME
Photo by Chris Walter/Getty Images You voted. We counted. And for a band whose catalog spans grimy Sunset Strip proto-punk, arena-crushing ballads and one of the most notorious comeback singles... Read more...
THE WARNING ANNOUNCE 2027 'EVERYTHING'S FALLING' WORLD TOUR
THE WARNING ANNOUNCE 2027 'EVERYTHING'S FALLING' WORLD TOUR
Photo by Dimitry Mak Everything's falling into place for The Warning. The Monterrey trio have announced the 'Everything's Falling' World Tour, a 40-date global run launching February 5, 2027 with... Read more...
Korn’s ‘Life Is Peachy’ and the Changing Face of Alternative Music
Korn’s ‘Life Is Peachy’ and the Changing Face of Alternative Music
How a turbulent era, a self-destructive band, and a generation’s alienation fueled a platinum-selling album Read more...
AVENGED SEVENFOLD ANNOUNCE COLLAB WITH STREETWEAR BRAND REPRESENT.
AVENGED SEVENFOLD ANNOUNCE COLLAB WITH STREETWEAR BRAND REPRESENT.
Avenged Sevenfold have previewed a collaboration with 247, the performance label operating under British luxury streetwear brand REPRESENT, in a joint Instagram earlier today. Photo by Dimitry Mak The teaser... Read more...
THE 5 GREATEST EPs OF ALL TIME, RANKED BY METAL EDGE READERS
THE 5 GREATEST EPs OF ALL TIME, RANKED BY METAL EDGE READERS
The EP has always been the industry's utility format: cheap to record, fast to release, useful for holding a band's place in the racks while an album gets sorted out.... Read more...
ASAVA MADE A DETECTIVE SHOW. THEN THEY HAD TO SCORE IT.
ASAVA MADE A DETECTIVE SHOW. THEN THEY HAD TO SCORE IT.
Photo: Shelly Duncan "Saveyourself," out today, is the latest single from Mahjong, the Canton, Ohio band's forthcoming album. It's also the newest episode of How Long Is Forever?, the serialized... Read more...
READER POLL: THE 5 BEST ALICE IN CHAINS SONGS OF ALL TIME
READER POLL: THE 5 BEST ALICE IN CHAINS SONGS OF ALL TIME
Metal Edge readers rank the five greatest Alice in Chains songs of all time. Read more...
TONY IOMMI ANNOUNCES FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN OVER 20 YEARS, SHARES SINGLE "WORLD ALONE"
TONY IOMMI ANNOUNCES FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN OVER 20 YEARS, SHARES SINGLE "WORLD ALONE"
Photo by Ross Halfin Tony Iommi premiered "World Alone" this morning at a global streaming event in Birmingham, a few minutes' walk from the canal bridge the city renamed for... Read more...
TOM MORELLO ANNOUNCES FIRST SOLO ROCK ALBUM 'EVERYONE GETS EVERYTHING THEY WANT,' SHARES NEW SINGLE "DATE NIGHT"
TOM MORELLO ANNOUNCES FIRST SOLO ROCK ALBUM 'EVERYONE GETS EVERYTHING THEY WANT,' SHARES NEW SINGLE "DATE NIGHT"
Photo: Danny Clinch   Tom Morello has spent three decades turning a guitar into a weapon. On September 25th, he'll aim it again with Everyone Gets Everything They Want, his... Read more...
KING DIAMOND PART WAYS WITH ANDY LA ROCQUE AFTER 40 YEARS, NAME GUS G AS NEW GUITARIST
KING DIAMOND PART WAYS WITH ANDY LA ROCQUE AFTER 40 YEARS, NAME GUS G AS NEW GUITARIST
Photo: Miikka Skaffari/FilmMagic King Diamond and guitarist Andy La Rocque have parted ways after forty years together, bringing one of heavy metal's longest-running creative partnerships to a close. Firewind founder... Read more...
AMON AMARTH ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'THE ALLFATHER AWAKENS,' UNLEASH "GJALLARHORN"
AMON AMARTH ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'THE ALLFATHER AWAKENS,' UNLEASH "GJALLARHORN"
Photo: Sylwia Makris and Christian Martin Weiss  Thirty-plus years in, Amon Amarth still take their marching orders from a one-eyed god. Oden, the Norse deity of war, wisdom, death, and... Read more...
FROM GRIT TO GOLD: HOW KORN AND LIMP BIZKIT’S NU METAL REMADE MAINSTREAM ROCK
FROM GRIT TO GOLD: HOW KORN AND LIMP BIZKIT’S NU METAL REMADE MAINSTREAM ROCK
Tracing the explosive rise, chaotic peak, and cultural legacy of nu metal—from underground clubs and mosh pits to the top of the charts—reveals how raw energy, irreverence, and a new... Read more...
SCENES FROM INKCARCERATION 2026
SCENES FROM INKCARCERATION 2026
Disturbed, Bad Omens and Limp Bizkit led 65-plus bands at Inkcarceration's eighth edition. See the weekend at the old Ohio State Reformatory in photos. Read more...
GHOST TAKE 'SKELETOUR' TO IMAX WITH '2 BIG TO RIG'
GHOST TAKE 'SKELETOUR' TO IMAX WITH '2 BIG TO RIG'
Photo: Ethan Miller Ghost spent 70 nights on Skeletour with phones locked in pouches at the door, which means almost nothing from the tour exists on film. What does exist... Read more...
NETHERWILDS BRINGS PEASANT METAL TO THE MASSES WITH NEW SINGLE "SIEGE PROOF HOVEL"
NETHERWILDS BRINGS PEASANT METAL TO THE MASSES WITH NEW SINGLE "SIEGE PROOF HOVEL"
Netherwilds have released "Siege Proof Hovel," another dispatch from a kingdom made of mud, ruined teeth and class resentment. The song lands ahead of Peasant Rising, the debut album from... Read more...
NAPALM DEATH BRING GRINDCORE TO NPR'S TINY DESK
NAPALM DEATH BRING GRINDCORE TO NPR'S TINY DESK
Napalm Death have performed at NPR Music's Tiny Desk, bringing four decades of grindcore to a stage better known for hushed acoustic sets. The performance is almost certainly the heaviest... Read more...
IRON MAIDEN SELL HALF THEIR CATALOG, NAME, AND LIKENESS RIGHTS
IRON MAIDEN SELL HALF THEIR CATALOG, NAME, AND LIKENESS RIGHTS
Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images Iron Maiden have sold half of their music to the company behind ABBA Voyage. Pophouse Entertainment, the Swedish firm co-founded by ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus and... Read more...
MASTODON ANNOUNCE 'MARROW DEEP,' THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS
MASTODON ANNOUNCE 'MARROW DEEP,' THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS
The band's first album since 2021 arrives August 28, with new single "Snakes For Dinner" featuring a guest turn from Josh Homme Read more...
ANTHRAX EMBRACE BLACKGAZE ON NEW SINGLE "THE EDGE OF PERFECTION"
ANTHRAX EMBRACE BLACKGAZE ON NEW SINGLE "THE EDGE OF PERFECTION"
  Photo: Travis Shinn Anthrax released "The Edge of Perfection" today (July 10), the second single from Cursum Perficio, the band's 12th studio album and their first in ten years,... Read more...
BON JOVI OPENS TOUR AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ( SET LIST + PHOTOS )
BON JOVI OPENS TOUR AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ( SET LIST + PHOTOS )
Photo: Theo Wargo   Bon Jovi returned to the stage Tuesday night, launching their Forever Tour with the first of nine sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden — the band's first... Read more...
DANNY ELFMAN ANNOUNCES 11-CITY NORTH AMERICAN FALL TOUR
DANNY ELFMAN ANNOUNCES 11-CITY NORTH AMERICAN FALL TOUR
Photo: Frazer Harrison Danny Elfman has announced a North American fall tour in support of a forthcoming album, his first new solo full-length since 2021’s Big Mess. The Oingo Boingo... Read more...
READER POLL: THE BEST 3-ALBUM RUN IN METAL
READER POLL: THE BEST 3-ALBUM RUN IN METAL
Photo: Paul Natkin/WireImage We asked Metal Edge readers a simple question with a cruel catch: which band strung together the best three albums in a row? Most legendary catalogs run... Read more...
READER POLL RESULTS: TOP 5 BON JOVI SONGS
READER POLL RESULTS: TOP 5 BON JOVI SONGS
Top 5 Bon Jovi Songs as Voted By The Fans. Read more...
JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM
JESSE LEACH PICKS THE 5 HEAVY BANDS THAT SHAPED HIM
Photo: Dimitry Mak When we asked Jesse Leach to put together a top five for Metal Edge, the Killswitch Engage and Times of Grace frontman went digging into the heavy,... Read more...
5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL
5 MUST SEE ACTS AT INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL
Inkcarceration returns to the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, July 17–19. Here are the five sets we’re planting our feet for. Limp Bizkit — Sunday, July 19    Limp... Read more...
THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR
THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026 SO FAR
The first half of 2026 has been a relentless run for heavy music, from final statements and long-awaited returns to bands twenty years deep sounding hungrier than ever. These are... Read more...
DINOSAUR JR. ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'THERE NEAR' AND FALL 2026 TOUR
DINOSAUR JR. ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'THERE NEAR' AND FALL 2026 TOUR
Photo: Jeff Fowler Dinosaur Jr. are back. Today the trio announced There Near, their first full-length since 2021's Sweep It Into Space, due August 28. It's the band's sixth album... Read more...
AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR
AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR
Photo: Olivia Crumm Agriculture have hardly come up for air since releasing The Spiritual Sound last October. The Los Angeles band have spent the better part of a year touring behind... Read more...
ANTHRAX'S JONATHAN DONAIS NAMES HIS 5 MOST INFLUENTIAL GUITAR PLAYERS
ANTHRAX'S JONATHAN DONAIS NAMES HIS 5 MOST INFLUENTIAL GUITAR PLAYERS
Photo: Jason Squires When Jonathan Donais sat down for Metal Edge to count off the players who shaped him, the Anthrax and Shadows Fall guitarist kept the order loose and... Read more...
READER POLL: TOP 5 WHITESNAKE SONGS
READER POLL: TOP 5 WHITESNAKE SONGS
From the blues-soaked Micky Moody years to the John Sykes juggernaut of 1987, Metal Edge readers voted on the greatest Whitesnake song of all time. Here's how the top five... Read more...
Rival Sons Announce U.S. Headline Tour
Rival Sons Announce U.S. Headline Tour
Rival Sons have announced The Domestic Bliss Tour, a 24-date US run opening Halloween weekend in Boise and closing November 29 in Fort Wayne, with The Blue Stones and The... Read more...
READER POLL: THE GREATEST GRUNGE BAND
READER POLL: THE GREATEST GRUNGE BAND
The greatest grunge band of all time has been a bar argument for thirty years. We put it to Metal Edge readers and let the votes decide where Alice in... Read more...
Masked Duo Angine de Poitrine Debut on Later… With Jools Holland
Masked Duo Angine de Poitrine Debut on Later… With Jools Holland
The anonymous Quebecois duo made their UK television debut with "Fabienk" and "Sarniezz" from Vol. II. Watch both performances and see their full 2026 tour dates. Read more...
HOW WHITE PONY REWIRED METAL FOR GOOD
HOW WHITE PONY REWIRED METAL FOR GOOD
HOW DEFTONES 'WHITE PONY' REWIRED METAL FOR GOOD Read more...
HOW ROSS ROBINSON BOTTLED TEENAGE FIRE ON XCOMM'S 'TIME TO BURN'
HOW ROSS ROBINSON BOTTLED TEENAGE FIRE ON XCOMM'S 'TIME TO BURN'
The producer behind Korn and Slipknot signed a band of Venice teenagers to his own label and called the sessions "daycare." Ross Robinson breaks down XCOMM's debut Time to Burn,... Read more...
MASTODON SHARE “YOUR GHOST AGAIN,” ANNOUNCE POISONOUS WEAPONS TOUR WITH DEAFHEAVEN AND ALCEST
MASTODON SHARE “YOUR GHOST AGAIN,” ANNOUNCE POISONOUS WEAPONS TOUR WITH DEAFHEAVEN AND ALCEST
Photo: Clay Patrick McBride Mastodon released "Your Ghost Again" this morning, their first new music since founding guitarist Brent Hinds died last August. Hours later the band announced The Poisonous... Read more...
GRETA VAN FLEET END THREE-YEAR SILENCE WITH NEW SINGLE "PLAY YOUR GAMES": FIRST LISTEN
GRETA VAN FLEET END THREE-YEAR SILENCE WITH NEW SINGLE "PLAY YOUR GAMES": FIRST LISTEN
Photo: Dimitry Mak A few nights ago, Greta Van Fleet played the Bowery Ballroom. Not Madison Square Garden, not the Barclays Center — the Bowery, a room that holds maybe... Read more...
INKCARCERATION 2026 DAILY SET TIMES ANNOUNCED
INKCARCERATION 2026 DAILY SET TIMES ANNOUNCED
Photo by Katja Ogrin/Redferns Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival has dropped its daily set times, giving fans the full picture of how the weekend shakes out before more than 65... Read more...
PETTI HENDRIX DROPS CHAOTIC NEW SINGLE "APESHIT"
PETTI HENDRIX DROPS CHAOTIC NEW SINGLE "APESHIT"
Petti Hendrix throws a BAPE-clad house party into full meltdown in the video for "APE SHIT," a rowdy new single you won't find anywhere but YouTube. Read more...
HOW POISON’S ALBUM 'LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN' REDEFINED METAL’S EXPECTATIONS
HOW POISON’S ALBUM 'LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN' REDEFINED METAL’S EXPECTATIONS
In 1986, four party boys from small-town Pennsylvania and a glam-obsessed New Yorker released a debut that critics savaged and fans devoured. Four decades later, Look What the Cat Dragged... Read more...
DENIS STOFF ON DEPRESSION, DEMONS AND DRAG ME OUT'S NEW SINGLE 'CAN'T KEEP ON RUNNING AWAY'
DENIS STOFF ON DEPRESSION, DEMONS AND DRAG ME OUT'S NEW SINGLE 'CAN'T KEEP ON RUNNING AWAY'
Four years is a long time to sit on a project, but Denis Stoff hasn't exactly been idle. The Ukrainian vocalist — known to most as the former voice of... Read more...
DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 ARE TAKING PRIVATE LIVES ON THE ROAD THIS FALL
DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 ARE TAKING PRIVATE LIVES ON THE ROAD THIS FALL
Photo: AABID YOUSSEF Death From Above 1979 are hitting the road this fall, and they're bringing 25 years of noise with them. The Toronto dance-punk duo — Sebastien Grainger and... Read more...
INSIDE ANGINE DE POITRINE’S SOLD-OUT NIGHT OF MICROTONAL MAYHEM IN RENNES
INSIDE ANGINE DE POITRINE’S SOLD-OUT NIGHT OF MICROTONAL MAYHEM IN RENNES
Angine de Poitrine brought their sold-out world tour to L'Ubu in Rennes, France last night, turning the room into a churning, triangle-saluting frenzy of microtonal math rock and pure, giddy... Read more...
TIGERCUB LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (PHOTOS & SET LIST)
TIGERCUB LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (PHOTOS & SET LIST)
Tigercub played their biggest US headline ever at NYC's Gramercy Theatre on May 13, touring in support of their new album Nets to Catch the Wind. The Brighton three-piece —... Read more...
WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE TURNS 15 WITH 210,000 FANS
WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE TURNS 15 WITH 210,000 FANS
Over the course of four days, 210,000 fans from all 50 states and more than 30 countries descended on Welcome to Rockville for its 15th year at Daytona International Speedway.... Read more...
THE WARNING NAME THE THREE BANDS CARRYING ROCK RIGHT NOW
THE WARNING NAME THE THREE BANDS CARRYING ROCK RIGHT NOW
Photo: Gustavo Kuri After their mainstage set at Welcome to Rockville this weekend, The Warning sat down with SiriusXM and named three bands carrying rock right now: Turnstile, YUNGBLUD, and Amyl... Read more...
IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS
Judas Priest

IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS

  Photo: Getty Images   Ian Hill has officially retired from Judas Priest. The band broke the news Friday with a personal letter from the bassist himself, closing out a...
NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE
Netherwilds

NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE

  Photo Credit: Emily Thuro The party's over. Netherwilds have released "The Fall," the fourth single from their debut album 'Peasant Rising,' out October 9 via King Volume Records, and...
METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES
Metallica

METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES

Metallica's M72 World Tour keeps rolling. The band has announced 12 additional North American stadium shows for 2027, launching May 8 at BC Place in Vancouver and closing out June...
IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS
Judas Priest

IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS

  Photo: Getty Images   Ian Hill has officially retired from Judas Priest. The band broke the news Friday with a personal letter from the bassist himself, closing out a...
NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE
Netherwilds

NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE

  Photo Credit: Emily Thuro The party's over. Netherwilds have released "The Fall," the fourth single from their debut album 'Peasant Rising,' out October 9 via King Volume Records, and...
METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES
Metallica

METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES

Metallica's M72 World Tour keeps rolling. The band has announced 12 additional North American stadium shows for 2027, launching May 8 at BC Place in Vancouver and closing out June...
IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS
Judas Priest

IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS

  Photo: Getty Images   Ian Hill has officially retired from Judas Priest. The band broke the news Friday with a personal letter from the bassist himself, closing out a...
NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE
Netherwilds

NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE

  Photo Credit: Emily Thuro The party's over. Netherwilds have released "The Fall," the fourth single from their debut album 'Peasant Rising,' out October 9 via King Volume Records, and...
METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES
Metallica

METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES

Metallica's M72 World Tour keeps rolling. The band has announced 12 additional North American stadium shows for 2027, launching May 8 at BC Place in Vancouver and closing out June...
IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS
Judas Priest

IAN HILL RETIRES FROM JUDAS PRIEST AFTER 57 YEARS

  Photo: Getty Images   Ian Hill has officially retired from Judas Priest. The band broke the news Friday with a personal letter from the bassist himself, closing out a...
NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE
Netherwilds

NETHERWILDS UNLEASH "THE FALL" — THE PEASANT METAL REVOLUTION IS HERE

  Photo Credit: Emily Thuro The party's over. Netherwilds have released "The Fall," the fourth single from their debut album 'Peasant Rising,' out October 9 via King Volume Records, and...
METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES
Metallica

METALLICA ANNOUNCES 2027 NORTH AMERICAN M72 TOUR DATES

Metallica's M72 World Tour keeps rolling. The band has announced 12 additional North American stadium shows for 2027, launching May 8 at BC Place in Vancouver and closing out June...