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SEPULTURA SepulQuarta NUCLEAR BLAST 8/10 GROOVE THRASH METAL: The COVID-19 global pandemic didn’t stop every band from being creative. Take Brazilian groove thrashers Sepultura for instance....

Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider’s solo band is back with a vengeance. On Snider’s new blistering solo album, Leave a Scar, the iconic singer has the fire burning inside of him once again. Snider talks about getting back to rocking, Leave a Scar, his relationship with producer Jamey Jasta, and more.

Times of Grace—the side-project between current Killswitch Engage members Adam Dutkiewicz (vocals/guitar/bass) and Jesse Leach (vocals)—has returned with its expansive second full-length album, Songs of Loss and Separation, 10 years after its debut. Jesse recently spoke with us about the writing process for the new album, the lyrical inspiration, and what the future holds for Times of Grace.

TIMES OF GRACE Songs of Loss and Separation WICKED GOOD/ADA 7/10 MELANCHOLIC METAL: Ten years after its 2011 debut album, The Hymn of a Broken Man,...

Light the Torch’s second full-length album, You Will Be the Death of Me, is a master class production of modern melodic metal. In our talk with Howard Jones, the singer explains how he went through dark times during the writing of the new album.

LIGHT THE TORCH You Will Be the Death of Me NUCLEAR BLAST 8/10 MODERN MELODIC METAL: Formed in 2017, the Los Angeles trio, Light...

L.A.’s Dirty Honey has hit the ground running since its 2017 formation. The quartet—featuring vocalist Marc Labelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Corey Coverstone—has seen its stock rise exponentially within the hard rock scene.

FEAR FACTORY Aggression Continuum NUCLEAR BLAST 9/10 INDUSTRIAL METAL: Almost always, Los Angeles’ Fear Factory can do no wrong. Bursting onto the scene with...

LIVING DEAD GIRL Exorcism 8/10 MODERN METAL: Exorcism is the debut full-length album from Canadian modern metal band Living Dead Girl. Fans of Stitched Up...

During a father and son getaway at a remote mountain property in the middle of the Arizona desert, Cavalera senior and his youngest son, Igor Amedias Cavalera, spent the COVID summer of 2020 writing Go Ahead And Die’s self-titled debut full-length record. Igor speaks about the writing and recording of the album, what it means to be a Cavalera, his stoner metal band Healing Magic, and much more.