I thought I knew what to expect from Helloween. I’d followed them through lineup changes, reunion tours, and every iteration of their increasingly elaborate stage shows. But standing in front of O2 Arena Prague on October 24th, watching album covers…
There’s a moment in every long-standing band’s career when the audience collectively holds its breath. Halford quitting Judas Priest. Metallica cutting their hair. Nightwish writing Tarja a letter to let her know she’s out. When Primal Fear co-founder Mat Sinner…
“Five years ago, I played my last show… Shortly after this show I was declared dead, but doctors brought me back to life,” Mat Sinner revealed in a frank social media update earlier this year. The Primal Fear co-founder and…
Brent Hinds, former guitarist and co-founder of the acclaimed heavy metal group Mastodon, died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta late Wednesday. According to police reports, the 51-year-old was riding his Harley Davidson when a BMW SUV turned in front…
“Just hope nobody dies,” Michael Kiske, Helloween singer, mutters with a nervous laugh. It’s a casual sentence, maybe even a joke on the surface. But the pause afterward betrays the weight beneath it. The weight that creeps in when your…
Originally published in Nocturne Magazine Before Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Turisas and the likes dominated the heavy metal world with their folk-infused metal, one band had the idea to expand their thrash metal foundation with enticing violin sounds, atmospheric keyboard layers, and…
Fantasy heavy metal outfit Castle Rat have released “Wolf I”, a feral second taste of their upcoming concept album “The Bestiary”, out September 19 via King Volume and Blues Funeral. Building on the mythic universe they’ve crafted on stage, the…
There was a time when discovering Volbeat felt like stumbling onto something oddly perfect. Music that bridged two seemingly distant worlds: the bruising gallop of thrash and the dusty soul of Americana. The band’s early records wore this duality proudly,…
It’s almost a cliché among metalheads to snicker at Metallica’s St. Anger. From the infamous “trash can” snare drum clang to the absence of guitar solos, this 2003 album has long been battered by both critics and fans like… well,…
Bruce Dickinson physically removed a fan from the stage during IRON MAIDEN’s show in Anaheim, California, as evidenced in the video below. On September 22, the Honda Center was the scene of the accident during the show’s closing song, “Aces…