As I Lay Dying — Ninth Album Done, Fans Get a Vote
Album nine is done and As I Lay Dying want fans to vote two songs onto it. I'm still confused.
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As I Lay Dying — Ninth Album Done, Fans Get a Vote
Album nine is done and As I Lay Dying want fans to vote two songs onto it. I'm still confused.
Slipknot — “Arsenal” and the Eight-Member Question
Slipknot's first song with Eloy Casagrande rips. The DJ scratching on it raises a real question.
Pantera — The Great NOLA Trendkill Festival Announced
Both Abbott brothers are gone. It doesn't matter. This is still Pantera.
Spiritbox — First New Song Since Tsunami Sea
Spiritbox's first song since Tsunami Sea trades djent for melody, and Josh Gilbert steals it.
Amorphis and Insomnium — Co-Headlining North America This Winter
Two of Finland's biggest melodeath acts are splitting a bill, and LA gets them at the Regent.
LIVE
Live Review: Pallbearer at Constellation Room, Santa Ana (2026)
Pallbearer played Foundations of Burden front to back for 250 people, then hung out at their own merch booth.
Tour Roundup: August 24, 2026
Ghoul hit 1720, Big Ass Truck I.E. ends a national tour in Pomona, and Distant land in Anaheim.
ALBUM REVIEWS
Album Review: Loneshore – Nothing Left to Deconstruct
Loneshore's doom-soaked second album starts slow but builds into something genuinely unique.
Album Review: Goreworm – Miasmic Solitude
A death metal record I'd never heard of a week ago that I can't stop playing.
Album Review: Devin Townsend – The Moth
Devin Townsend’s magnum opus is an orchestral masterclass — and almost never the heavy record you came for.
Album Review: The Scalar Process – Agnomysticism
France’s The Scalar Process made me sit up straight — Agnomysticism is the real thing.
FEATURES
The Friday Five: August 7, 2026
Back after a few weeks off, and the unfashionable records won.
Live Nation Gutted the Music Press
Veeps and Live Nation laid off nearly all staff at BrooklynVegan, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Goldmine. Four months after Sony gutted Metal Injection and MetalSucks.
Scene Report: DTLA Corridor — Pain of Truth & Gutalax
Pain of Truth headline the Regent in November and 1720 books Gutalax for 2027. The corridor is feeding upward.
Dirk Verbeuren Brought a Master Class to Hollywood
Megadeth’s Dirk Verbeuren played a drum clinic for 150 people at Musicians Institute. From one drummer’s seat, it was one of the best nights...