Holy return to form Batman! Ever since 2009’s outstanding It Hates You, He is Legend’s albums have yielded increasingly diminishing returns – with the title of their previous offering, 2017’s Few, perfectly predicting how many people would wind up taking an interest in it. The once extremely promising act seemed…
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure…
Few bands have suffered from the dreaded “sophomore slump” in recent memory as much as Los Angeles’ All Hail the Yeti, The metal world waited four long years following their promising, self-titled, 2012 debut, only to be greeted by the abominably disappointing Screams from a Black Wilderness (2016), which saw…
Since their inception, BABYMETAL has always been a gimmick driven by an insane marketing campaign. The fusion of a power/death metal act and a Japanese pop idol group was something to be dismissed on paper, but two albums deep and hundreds of sold out worldwide performances later, BABYMETAL is less…
There has been much controversy surrounding this year’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Festival co-founder Kevin Lynman said a few disparaging things about running the tour, citing that metal is no longer about danger and has instead gotten “gray, bald, and fat.” Slayer guitarist Kerry King was of the same…
In a world without Ozzfest, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has taken over as the gigantic, travelling circus of metal every summer in America. It might not have as deep of a lineup as, say, Warped Tour, but the show usually packs in similar crowd sizes and always is…
In case you aren’t familiar with recent developments, Killer Be Killed — featuring Soulfly’s Max Cavalera, The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato, Mastodon’s Troy Sanders, and former The Mars Volta drummer Dave Elitch — actually lives up to its “supergroup” status, measuring up to be the sum of its parts.…
Saturday night was the anniversary of the passing of the great Dimebag Darrel Abbot, guitarist for Pantera who was tragically shot and killed on-stage back in 2004. Eight years is a long time, but for those who respcted and loved Darrel, no amount of time will ever be able to…
And it is brought to us in the way of the Rockstar Uproar Festival. The rumored lineup for the inaugural tour was correct. Here’s the lineup: Main Stage: Disturbed Avenged Sevenfold Stone Sour Halestorm Second Stage: HELLYEAH Airbourne Hail The Villain New Medicine I’d like to see Stone Sour and…
Chris Catharsis brings you the week in review of metal bullshit every Sunday. All the news you might have missed and whatever else is on the chopping block! Well here I am – writing my first post for HBIH. It’s a humbling moment, not unlike my first trike ride or…
