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Wage War ‘It Calls Me By Name’ EP Review: Five Songs, Zero Filler
Wage War’s new EP ‘It Calls Me By Name’ is five songs of Florida heat: grooves, bounce, and metalcore bite with zero wasted seconds.
From Ashes To New ‘Reflections’ Review: Hook-Heavy, Hard-Hitting, and Built for Repeat Spins
From Ashes to New sharpen the hooks and keep enough weight on Reflections to make this modern alt-metal record stick past the first chorus.
Thrash of the Titans in Berkeley Review: Testament’s Hometown Victory Lap at The UC Theatre
Testament’s hometown finale at Berkeley’s UC Theatre felt like a victory lap and a reunion: Bay Area thrash royalty in the room, pits in motion, history alive.
Lamb of God at The Masonic Review
Lamb of God hit The Masonic on April 3 and turned a sold-out San Francisco room into a blunt-force reminder that groove metal still hits like a weapon.
Corrosion of Conformity — Good God / Baad Man Review: Eight Years Was Worth the Wait
Eight years, two lineup losses, and a pandemic later — COC return with a double album that covers the full range of what this band can do.
Bad Omens at Oakland Arena: From Goldfields to the Colosseum in Three Years
Bad Omens closed the Do You Feel Love tour at Oakland Arena Friday night. Three years ago: Goldfields. That gap isn't a trajectory — it's a detonation.
Resistor — BITE THIS! Review: Long Island Sends a Message and Means It
Resistor's debut full-length is exactly what nu-metal needs — raw, genuine, built on actual turntables, and unconcerned with being polished. 8/10.
Don Broco - Nightmare Tripping Review: The Album That Needed Nickelback and Sam Carter in the Same Year
Don Broco's fifth album pairs Nickelback on the title track and Sam Carter on 'True Believers' — and both land. Nightmare Tripping is their heaviest, most purpo
Black Label Society — Engines of Demolition Review: The Record Zakk Had to Make
Engines of Demolition is BLS at full output — 15 tracks, no filler, closing with 'Ozzy's Song.' Zakk Wylde made a grief record without calling it one. 8/10.
Exodus — Goliath Review: Rob Dukes Returns and the Beast Is Fed
Exodus return with Goliath and Rob Dukes back at the mic. Forty-plus years in and the Bay Area titans still know how to draw blood.
The Warning Own Lollapalooza Chile 2026 — Kerosene Burns Live and Ritual Signals the Next Era
The Warning debuted Kerosene live and unveiled brand new track Ritual at Lollapalooza Chile 2026. We've been covering these sisters since 2021. They've never be
Devin Townsend's 'The Moth' Arrives May 29 — A Decade in the Making
Devin Townsend's most ambitious record — a 24-track orchestral opus a decade in the making — lands May 29 via InsideOut. Lead single out now.
Review: Lamb of God 'Into Oblivion' — Angry, Dangerous, and Unapologetic
Twelve albums deep and Randy Blythe is still the bringer of truth. 'Into Oblivion' is Lamb of God at their most focused and furious since 'Wrath' — a controlled
Review: Kreator — 'Krushers of the World'
Kreator's 16th album is a direct line back to the thrash that made them legends — and they're still drawing blood in 2026.
The Warning's 'Kerosene' Is a Declaration of War — And It's Exactly What We Needed
The Warning's 'Kerosene' just dropped and it's the most confrontational thing the Villarreal sisters have ever released. First listen review.
Best Metal Biographies on Audible — The Essential Listening List
If you spend any time in a car, at the gym, or on a plane, you already know that Audible […]
Rob Zombie — The Great Satan | Review
Five years is a long time to wait. The Great Satan is Rob Zombie's most focused record in over a decade — a 38-minute chainsaw rip that earns every second.
Wage War — 'Song of the Swamp' | Single Review
Wage War go heavier and nastier than usual on 'Song of the Swamp' — a murky, groove-drenched piledriver that sets the tone for the It Calls Me By Name EP.
Holy Wars — 'Ceremony' | Single Review
Holy Wars' 'Ceremony' is a heavy, cinematic gut-punch from vocalist Kat Leon about surviving the darkest version of yourself. The album Shadow Work/Light Work c
Knocked Loose Feat. Denzel Curry - "Hive Mind"
KnockedLoose feat. Denzel Curry — Hive Mind (Single + Video Review)
Black Veil Brides Drop “Certainty” and It Hits Harder Than You’d Expect
Black Veil Brides have officially opened 2026 with a goddamn statement. The band’s new single “Certainty” and its blistering video […]
Avenged Sevenfold Surprise-Release New Track “Magic” for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Avenged Sevenfold have pulled another signature left hook, surprise-dropping a brand-new song titled “Magic” — a collaborative track created for […]
Ex-I Prevail Frontman Brian Burkheiser Launches Scatterbrain With Taylor Swift Cover
Former I Prevail vocalist Brian Burkheiser has officially re-entered the heavy-music world with the launch of his new project,Scatterbrain, debuting […]
Review: Left For Good – Bad Omens
Review: “Left For Good” by Bad Omens More reviews: Review hub. Introduction: A Dark Return On November 18, 2025, Bad […]
Sleep Token Conjures An Arcadian Ritual At Oakland Arena
On October 10, 2025, Sleep Token turned the Oakland Arena into a temple of atmospheric metal. From the moment the […]
Testament – Para Bellum (Album Review)
Even before the music starts, the hand-painted cover art of Para Bellum — depicting a serene angel constructed from missiles […]
Review: Vicious Rumors – The Devil’s Asylum
Vicious Rumors – The Devil’s Asylum: No Apologies, No Soft Edges, No Exit There’s a certain point in a long-running […]
Metallica M72 Turns Levi’s Stadium Into Sacred Ground During No Repeat Weekend in Santa Clara
Metallica M72 Turns Levi’s Stadium Into Sacred Ground During No Repeat Weekend in Santa Clara In their Bay Area “hometown” […]
Parabellum — 'Behold a Pale Horse' Review: Sacramento Thrash With Something to Say
Sacramento's Parabellum make their sophomore statement with a concept album drawn from Revelation. The ambition is real. So are the riffs.