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On Friday, October 23, Sevendust presented Live In Your Living Room streaming event, hosted by NoCap Live, LLC., to celebrate the release of its 13th full-length album, Blood & Stone. The alt-metal/hard rock quintet hit the stage in an Orlando, Florida facility and proceeded to kick ass with passion and emotion for an hour long set.

Tool began with “Fear Inoculum,” a standard opener for them, but nonetheless a perfect song to start the night. They played hours of fan favorites such as “Opiate,” “The Pot,” “Pushit,” “Pneuma,” and “Hooker with a Penis.” After a 12 minute intermission, Danny Carrey took the stage alone to play his unforgettable solo, “Chocolate Chip Trip.”

Gloom and doom made their home at the Echoplex in Los Angeles on November 30th, as Katatonia, the revered Swedish architect of dark progressive metal, graced the stage.

The Summer of Loud tour stopped in Irvine for a stripped-down version of the metalcore festival. The pyro and props seen on the other stops weren’t allowed in Irvine, and The Devil Wears Prada had to pull due to illness. The monster lineup of the other seven bands made up for the losses with performances filled with pure power.

On May 13th of this year, Chuck Schuldiner would have been 52-years-old. Even though his physical presence is no longer with us, his memory lives on with his legendary band Death and the music they created.

WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE OF 09’S “IDLE HANDS” ON OUTBURN.COM Portland alternative rock outfit 09 [OH-NINE] have debuted a new single. “Idle Hands” features Fallstar’s Chris Ratzlaff on vocals, with the track marking the fourth single from the collaborative duo of EJ Olsen and Chancelor Reeder.

All of the tours have been canceled this year, and unfortunately, bands can’t get by on album and merch sales alone. Taking away touring is equivalent to taking away a musician’s livelihood. The touring loss also affects crew members, such as tour managers, techs, front of house, merchandising managers, drivers, lighting professionals, and more. On top of that, it doesn’t seem like this pandemic is easing anytime soon.

LISTEN TO THE EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE OF BLACKOUT TRANSMISSION’S “HEAVY CIRCLES” ONLY ON OUTBURN.COM Bright and gleaming at times, warm and meditative at others, Sparse Illumination effectively creates a seamless, lysergic journey filled with potent lyrics coupled with a rush of multi-chromatic textures anchored by magnetic bass grooves and feverish drumming.

To celebrate the release of Greta Van Fleet’s highly anticipated second full-length record, The Battle at Garden’s Gate, guitarist Jake Kiszka picks his top 10 guitar riffs, in no particular order.

LISTEN TO THE EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE OF ANNIHILUS’ NEW SINGLE “THE VOICE OF SHAI-HULUD” ONLY ON OUTBURN.COM Chicago based one-man metal project Annihilus will be releasing its debut album, Follow a Song from the Sky, via Federal Prisoner on August 13th.