https://metal-mantra.com Heavy music news, tour coverage, festival guides, album reviews, and scene culture. en-us Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:34:08 GMT https://metal-mantra.com/metal-mantra-banner.png https://metal-mantra.com https://metal-mantra.com/linkin-park-unshatter-movie/ https://metal-mantra.com/linkin-park-unshatter-movie/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:06:00 GMT Linkin Park have opened the Unshatter movie site and dropped a 44-second teaser for a Joe Hahn film coming soon to theaters. Metal News https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-june-5-2026/ https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-june-5-2026/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Parkway Drive deal with old lyrics, DevilDriver roll out another Strike and Kill track, Amy Lee talks Metallica, and hardcore hits Taco Bell. 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Features https://metal-mantra.com/upon-a-burning-body-rise-bull-tour/ https://metal-mantra.com/upon-a-burning-body-rise-bull-tour/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Upon a Burning Body's Rise of the Bull Tour is underway with Traitors, Carcosa, and Swollen Teeth across June 2026 dates. Tours https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-june-3-2026/ https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-june-3-2026/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT P.O.D. and Anthrax are pushing new material while Motionless In White and Castle Rat stack fall tour plans. Rundowns https://metal-mantra.com/limp-bizkit-sam-rivers-tribute-video/ https://metal-mantra.com/limp-bizkit-sam-rivers-tribute-video/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:06:00 GMT Limp Bizkit have shared the full Sam Rivers Forever tribute video, months after debuting it at their first show after his death. 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Metal News https://metal-mantra.com/sleep-theory-danielle-uskiwich-statement/ https://metal-mantra.com/sleep-theory-danielle-uskiwich-statement/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Sleep Theory have issued a statement after Danielle Uskiwich died following a medical emergency tied to a Pointfest crowd-surfing injury. Metal News https://metal-mantra.com/best-metal-2026-so-far/ https://metal-mantra.com/best-metal-2026-so-far/ Sun, 31 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT The best metal of 2026 so far, from The Warning and Holy Wars to Exodus, Dimmu Borgir, Sevendust, Kreator, and more. Features https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-may-29-2026/ https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-may-29-2026/ Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tom Morello's festival, Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry's tour, Death Angel vinyl, and a Denny's merch oddity hit today's cycle. Rundowns https://metal-mantra.com/flotsam-jetsam-rats-in-the-temple/ https://metal-mantra.com/flotsam-jetsam-rats-in-the-temple/ Thu, 28 May 2026 10:45:00 GMT Flotsam and Jetsam have released the title track and video from Rats In The Temple, their Napalm Records debut due August 28. Metal News https://metal-mantra.com/parkway-drive-jed-gordon-sentenced/ https://metal-mantra.com/parkway-drive-jed-gordon-sentenced/ Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Jed Daniel Gordon, Parkway Drive's former merch manager, avoided jail after pleading guilty to a sex offense involving a minor. Metal News https://metal-mantra.com/riot-fest-2026-lineup/ https://metal-mantra.com/riot-fest-2026-lineup/ Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Riot Fest 2026 brings Tool, Twenty One Pilots, Pierce The Veil, Alanis Morissette and more to Chicago's Douglass Park. Festivals Metal News https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-may-27-2026/ https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-may-27-2026/ Wed, 27 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT Periphery, Slayer, Loathe, Knocked Loose, Ozzy biopic talk, and an awards-show miss all hit today's heavy music rundown. Rundowns https://metal-mantra.com/weapons-interview-big-easy-debut/ https://metal-mantra.com/weapons-interview-big-easy-debut/ Tue, 26 May 2026 09:03:00 GMT Weapons explain how former The King Must Die members linked with Hellbender's Bill Scheffler before their June 20 debut at The Big Easy. Features https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-may-25-2026/ https://metal-mantra.com/metal-hard-rock-news-may-25-2026/ Mon, 25 May 2026 09:42:00 GMT Iron Maiden pull out a deep cut, Parkway Drive appear to be moving again, and veterans across metal face what comes next. 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