Children of Bodom — Reuniting for Tuska 2027
Children of Bodom's reunion is becoming a real thing, and that's the best news of the week.
LATEST NEWS
Children of Bodom — Reuniting for Tuska 2027
Children of Bodom's reunion is becoming a real thing, and that's the best news of the week.
Deathchant — Surprise LA Show & KOVA Video Shoot
Deathchant's surprise July 9 video shoot at Permanent Records Roadhouse: ten bucks, a full live set, and you on camera.
Deftones — Dia De Los Deftones 2026 Lineup
Deftones bring the 7th Dia De Los Deftones to San Diego's Petco Park, and the eclectic bill actually works.
Live Metal — A Brutal Week of Concert Chaos
Four bands, four nights, four ways for a metal show to fall apart. What is going on out there?
Sleep — New Single, New Lineup, No Matt Pike
Sleep return with new music and a tour, but Matt Pike is no longer in the band.
LIVE
Tour Roundup: June 17, 2026
Danzig locks in September venues with an Anaheim surprise teased, plus Unto Others and Born of Osiris fall runs.
Tour Roundup: June 10, 2026
Three tours announced in one day, all on sale Friday — and all three route through SoCal.
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
The Friday Five: June 26, 2026
Amberian Dawn, Nunslaughter, a Danish speed-metal ripper, and two debuts. Five drops, ranked.
House of Blues Anaheim: A Metalhead’s Guide to the Room
Everything you actually need to know before a metal show at House of Blues Anaheim: how to find it, where to stand, where to park, when to show up, and why it's one of the best mid-size rooms in Orange County.
The Friday Five: June 19, 2026
A lighter week saved by a 20-year doom comeback, an Opeth-sized prog-death gem, and a brutal death metal slab.
Scene Report: Non Servium & 100 Demons at 1720
100 Demons and Spain’s Non Servium both hit 1720 this fall, two heavy bookings nobody else is covering.