Anthrax — Mike Heller Fills In on Four Hours’ Notice
Mike Heller learned Anthrax’s set in under an hour and played it to over 50,000 people. So where’s Charlie Benante?
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Anthrax — Mike Heller Fills In on Four Hours’ Notice
Mike Heller learned Anthrax’s set in under an hour and played it to over 50,000 people. So where’s Charlie Benante?
A Perfect Circle — 2027 Tour Hits Hollywood Bowl and Cow Palace
A Perfect Circle book the Hollywood Bowl and Cow Palace for 2027, plus a vibey new single with no edge.
Amon Amarth — Allfather Awakens Listening Party in LA
Amon Amarth is spinning The Allfather Awakens live tonight in Hollywood, and it's free.
Slipknot — (sic)est Stadium Tour Hits SoFi Stadium in August 2027
Slipknot is taking the (sic)est Stadium Tour to SoFi on Friday the 13th. Sit low: floor or lower bowl.
System Of A Down — Free Toxicity 25th Anniversary Exhibition in LA
System Of A Down is celebrating 25 years of Toxicity with a free week-long exhibition on La Brea. I'll be there.
LIVE
Live Review: Pallbearer at Constellation Room, Santa Ana (2026)
Pallbearer played Foundations of Burden front to back for 250 people, then hung out at their own merch booth.
Tour Roundup: August 24, 2026
Ghoul hit 1720, Big Ass Truck I.E. ends a national tour in Pomona, and Distant land in Anaheim.
ALBUM REVIEWS
Album Review: Loneshore – Nothing Left to Deconstruct
Loneshore's doom-soaked second album starts slow but builds into something genuinely unique.
Album Review: Goreworm – Miasmic Solitude
A death metal record I'd never heard of a week ago that I can't stop playing.
Album Review: Devin Townsend – The Moth
Devin Townsend’s magnum opus is an orchestral masterclass — and almost never the heavy record you came for.
Album Review: The Scalar Process – Agnomysticism
France’s The Scalar Process made me sit up straight — Agnomysticism is the real thing.
FEATURES
Scene Report: Castle & Thrashoween
Castle brings a JUNO-nominated doom pedigree to Knucklehead Hollywood while Sinister Sounds packs 1720 with LA thrash.
The Friday Five: September 18, 2026
A ten-year wait ends, an LA doom record outguns the legends, and we're back on schedule.
The Friday Five: August 7, 2026
Back after a few weeks off, and the unfashionable records won.
Live Nation Gutted the Music Press
Veeps and Live Nation laid off nearly all staff at BrooklynVegan, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Goldmine. Four months after Sony gutted Metal Injection and MetalSucks.