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Come see if you share a birthday with a rock star! Let’s light those candles and don’t spare the pyro. These are rock and metal musicians we’re talking about after all, so join us in celebrating their special days. Loudwire has compiled this handy calendar sharing the birthdays of rock and metal musicians so you […]

Check out our new Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? video compilation “Lies the Internet Told About Thrash Metal.” There’s no shortage of legends and rumors about the heyday of thrash, but luckily, we’ve spoken to some of the most iconic musicians from the scene and were able to get some of the stories straight. We compiled clips

From Hell I Rise, the debut solo album by Slayer guitarist Kerry King, is out now and fans have been sharing their reactions after listening to it. The record’s release was preceded by two singles — “Idle Hands” and “Residue” — which gave fans their first taste of not just King on his own, but

Serj Tankian has released a new song called “A.F. Day,” which he said was originally written for System of a Down. The song will be featured on the rocker’s upcoming solo EP Foundations, which will be out in September through Gibson Records. The track gradually builds up in intensity, and about halfway through, you can hear why

Avril Lavigne has been photographed on the red carpet (well, beige carpet) at the ACM Awards, wearing a black hoodie of a big metal band — System of a Down. The pop-punk princess posed individually and with country star Nate Smith, who released his self-titled debut last year. Although it’s difficult to see and is

Sharon Osbourne has once again addressed why there was an Osbourne family member who didn’t participate in The Osbournes reality series that made stars out of their children Jack and Kelly during their teen years. Aimee Osbourne is Sharon and Ozzy‘s eldest daughter, who still at a young age opted out of partaking in the

Here are the best melodic guitarists in doom metal, chosen by Pallbearer‘s Joseph Rowland. What You Need to Know About Pallbearer From: Little Rock, Arkansas First Album: Sorrow and Extinction (2012) New Album: Mind Burns Alive (2024) Pallbearer have been around long enough now that they’re not just mentioned among doom metal’s brightest modern bands, but truly

These are Ronnie James Dio‘s five best doom metal songs outside of his two stints in Black Sabbath. Leaving Sabbath in the mix would simply make this too easy of a task and there’s some hidden gems and deep cuts in Ronnie’s catalog that rarely enter the general conversation. The early ’90s Dio records, while

Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson recalled the first time he heard Metallica and named his favorite release by them. As two pillars of thrash metal with a complicated history, Megadeth and Metallica had a longstanding feud through much of the ’80s and ’90s. And though Ellefson has praised Metallica in the past, he’s seemingly been more

Slipknot fans have a new nickname for Craig Jones‘ mystery replacement after the band posted a series of closeups of the masks of each current member. It is a new era for Slipknot after they officially unveiled former Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande as Jay Weinberg‘s successor. While there is much to look forward to, including