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Metal and Hardcore

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Mayhem Cruise 2012 Announces Lineup: Lamb of God, Machinehead, Anthrax, Hatebreed

    Caution: If you're an old lady looking for a relaxing weekend of easy listening on an ocean liner, you may as well kill yourself. The Mayhem Cruise 2012 is pure brutality. This inaugural Atlantic-bound metal fest will crush, punish, destroy, and burn down every other music cruise's lineup. And when ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    Cannibal Corpse at Culture Room January 22

    Caution: If you're an old lady looking for a relaxing weekend of easy listening on an ocean liner, you may as well kill yourself. The Mayhem Cruise 2012 is pure brutality. This inaugural Atlantic-bound metal fest will crush, punish, destroy, and burn down every other music cruise's lineup. And when ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Anthrax at Revolution Live November 2

    Caution: If you're an old lady looking for a relaxing weekend of easy listening on an ocean liner, you may as well kill yourself. The Mayhem Cruise 2012 is pure brutality. This inaugural Atlantic-bound metal fest will crush, punish, destroy, and burn down every other music cruise's lineup. And when ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    Toxic Holocaust at Churchill's Pub August 10

    Caution: If you're an old lady looking for a relaxing weekend of easy listening on an ocean liner, you may as well kill yourself. The Mayhem Cruise 2012 is pure brutality. This inaugural Atlantic-bound metal fest will crush, punish, destroy, and burn down every other music cruise's lineup. And when ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    Volbeat at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 5

    Caution: If you're an old lady looking for a relaxing weekend of easy listening on an ocean liner, you may as well kill yourself. The Mayhem Cruise 2012 is pure brutality. This inaugural Atlantic-bound metal fest will crush, punish, destroy, and burn down every other music cruise's lineup. And when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    In Defense of Transcendental Black Metal: Rudo Kemper on Corpse Paint, Nihilism, and Anus

    Liturgy's Hunter Hunt-Hendrix.​The taunt of poserdom -- that is, a self-proclaimed authority's suggestion that you just might be a wannabe -- is a stinger. And since punk, rock 'n' roll has suffered new standards of legitimacy (be it fashion, playlists, or diets) with every wave proclaiming itself ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Four Fantasy Cover Requests: Shroud Eater vs. Motörhead vs. Hawkwind

    Throw down with Lemmy Kilmister.On my second Fantasy Local Covers List for 2011, I kinda challenged the gals and dude of Shroud Eater to come through with a cover of any Justin Bieber track. It was originally done as a shits-and-giggles kind of thing, but these heshers actually agreed! So just ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2011

    Iron Maiden at BankAtlantic Center April 16

    Throw down with Lemmy Kilmister.On my second Fantasy Local Covers List for 2011, I kinda challenged the gals and dude of Shroud Eater to come through with a cover of any Justin Bieber track. It was originally done as a shits-and-giggles kind of thing, but these heshers actually agreed! So just ... More >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2011

    Ozzy Osbourne at BankAtlantic Center February 20

    Throw down with Lemmy Kilmister.On my second Fantasy Local Covers List for 2011, I kinda challenged the gals and dude of Shroud Eater to come through with a cover of any Justin Bieber track. It was originally done as a shits-and-giggles kind of thing, but these heshers actually agreed! So just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, October 3

    Marta Xochilt Perez Anthrax's Joey Belladonna salutes Satan.​See the full Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer slideshow. The Jagermeister Music Tour With Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer Sunday, October 3, 2010 Bayfront Park Amphitheater, Miami Better Than: Watching the admittedly great current Su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Anthrax's Scott Ian Talks Amps and Cover Songs in Outtakes From This Week's Print Feature

    Anthrax's Scott Ian rocks the goat beard.​Thrash kings Anthrax, anchored by famously outspoken guitarist Scott Ian, land in Miami this Sunday as special guests on a tour with Slayer and Megadeth. Or at least, that's the plan. If we learned anything from this week's Miami New Times print music feat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Mitchell Luna and Maruta Blast the World at Churchill's This Thursday

    Courtesy of Mitchell Luna​In the late '80s to early '90s, Florida's music landscape was ravaged by a brutal bulldozer known as grindcore. Inspired by death metal, thrash, and classic hardcore, and driven by the DIY ethos of punk rock, groups emerged like locusts. They played faster than everyone e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Q&A Preview with Scott Ian of Anthrax; Metal's Big Four to Play Shows Together Again Next Year?

    photo by Andy BuchananAnthrax's current lineup, with Scott Ian second from left​This past May, thrash metal's "Big Four" -- Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, and Metallica -- appeared together onstage for the first time in years. For whatever scheduling reasons, the show took place in the semi-unlikely l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Kryptic Throne, Paralysys, and More to Play a Metallica Tribute Show at Tobacco Road

    ​We all breathed really heavy sighs when we heard that Metallica was going to release a DVD along with Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer, but realized they won't be joining them for their October 3 South Florida show. After all, what's real metal fan doesn't have a little Metallica stashed away in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Metallica Announce Live EP and Plans for a Joint DVD with Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer

    via their MySpace page​Unfortunately Metallica won't be joining Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer for their October 3 performance at Bayfront Park. But they're still a band that always comes to mind when thinking of classic metal. And what's more "metal" than a band putting together an EP filled with ... More >>

  • Music

    August 19, 2010

    Deftones

    via their MySpace page​Unfortunately Metallica won't be joining Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer for their October 3 performance at Bayfront Park. But they're still a band that always comes to mind when thinking of classic metal. And what's more "metal" than a band putting together an EP filled with ... More >>

  • Music

    August 12, 2010

    Miami metal legend Cynic plays a rare South Florida show at Culture Room

    via their MySpace page​Unfortunately Metallica won't be joining Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer for their October 3 performance at Bayfront Park. But they're still a band that always comes to mind when thinking of classic metal. And what's more "metal" than a band putting together an EP filled with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Slayer Megadeth Anthrax at Bayfront Park = Best Metal Show of 2010 in Miami, October 3

    Photo by Ben ThackerTom Araya of Slayer last played South Florida at the Mayhem Festival in 2009. The band returns in October, this time to Miami's Bayfront Park Amphitheater.​Last year was especially good for classic metal in South Florida, as all of the big four -- Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Meg ... More >>

  • Music

    December 31, 2009

    The year’s top ten list for metal music features four ties

    Photo by Ben ThackerTom Araya of Slayer last played South Florida at the Mayhem Festival in 2009. The band returns in October, this time to Miami's Bayfront Park Amphitheater.​Last year was especially good for classic metal in South Florida, as all of the big four -- Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Meg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Pantera Tribute Show at the Talent Farm Tomorrow Night

    Hopefully, you were going to find out about this show tonight, when you head out to The Talent Farm for the Mend A Heart Benefit Show. But just in case your heart is made of stone and bile, here's your heads up on an ultra heavy show happening at the same venue 24 hours later.Pantera was one of the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2009

    We Love You, Pantera

    Hopefully, you were going to find out about this show tonight, when you head out to The Talent Farm for the Mend A Heart Benefit Show. But just in case your heart is made of stone and bile, here's your heads up on an ultra heavy show happening at the same venue 24 hours later.Pantera was one of the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    Megadeth

    Hopefully, you were going to find out about this show tonight, when you head out to The Talent Farm for the Mend A Heart Benefit Show. But just in case your heart is made of stone and bile, here's your heads up on an ultra heavy show happening at the same venue 24 hours later.Pantera was one of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Megadeth At Revolution on November 25... Yes, Really, Revolution

    ​One of the most tragicomic moments in the 2004 Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster features not the band itself, but rather Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine. In an touchy-feely, on-camera counseling session, Mustaine reveals some seemingly major inferiority issues to Metallica's drummer Lar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Concert Review: Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire at Pompano Beach Amphitheater, November 8

    photo by Ian WitlenClick here to view a full slideshow of photos from the show.Adult Swim Presents the Dethklok Tour 2009With High on Fire, Converge, Mastodon, and DethklokPompano Beach AmphitheaterSunday, November 8, 2009Better Than: Getting home in time for Robot Chicken.The Review: The curre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Q&A with Brendon Small, Co-Creator of Metalocalypse and "Guitarist" for Dethklok, Playing Sunday at Pompano Beach Amphitheater

    William Murderface, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Nathan Explosion, Pickles, and Toki WartoothLate Generation X'ers and Gen Y blasted the notion that cartoons are only for kids. Maybe we didn't want to grow up, or maybe we just didn't want to trade creativity and imagination for the drudgery of eve ... More >>

  • Music

    November 5, 2009

    Mixhell

    William Murderface, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Nathan Explosion, Pickles, and Toki WartoothLate Generation X'ers and Gen Y blasted the notion that cartoons are only for kids. Maybe we didn't want to grow up, or maybe we just didn't want to trade creativity and imagination for the drudgery of eve ... More >>

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    November 5, 2009

    More Than the Mr. + Mrs.

    William Murderface, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Nathan Explosion, Pickles, and Toki WartoothLate Generation X'ers and Gen Y blasted the notion that cartoons are only for kids. Maybe we didn't want to grow up, or maybe we just didn't want to trade creativity and imagination for the drudgery of eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Q&A With Converge, Playing With Mastodon and Dethklok November 8

    photo by Matt MillerConverge, with Jacob Bannon second from right​To the uninitiated, the Massachusetts quartet Converge can be downright terrifying. And it's not because they appear clad in face paint or leather and chains -- this underground punk-bred foursome would never waste time on costume-l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    MP3 of the Day: Black Metal Soundsystem Mix from Mixhell, Playing White Room November 7

    ​It's enough to make metalhead purists wail and gnash their teeth. Half of the producer/DJ duo Mixhell is Iggor Cavalera, who co-founded seminal Brazilian groove-metal act Sepultura when he was just 15 years old. For the next 20 years, he toured the world and sold out stadiums as the band's drumme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Show Announcements: David Ellefson of Megadeth and Raphael Saadiq

    via flick user NRK P3​Do you think David Ellefson might miss playing for Megadeth? He left the band in 2002, and declined to rejoin the band when Dave Mustaine tried to get them back together in 2004. In fairness, every other original member of Megadeth declined to rejoin Mustain, save guitarist C ... More >>

  • Music

    October 1, 2009

    Metallica's Death Magnetic tour stops at BankAtlantic Center

    via flick user NRK P3​Do you think David Ellefson might miss playing for Megadeth? He left the band in 2002, and declined to rejoin the band when Dave Mustaine tried to get them back together in 2004. In fairness, every other original member of Megadeth declined to rejoin Mustain, save guitarist C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Concert Review: Mayhem Fest at Cruzan Amphitheatre, August 12

    photo by Ben Thacker​Click here to view a full slideshow of photos from the show.Mayhem Fest main stageBullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Slayer, and Marilyn MansonCruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachWednesday, August 12, 2009Better Than: Sitting at an office desk!The Review:Mayhem Fest i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Dethklok, Mastodon, High on Fire, and Converge at Pompano Beach November 8

    ​Fans of Adult Swim's Metalocalypse are probably not reading this post right now. No, they're feverishly searching out tickets for the show, which goes down on November 8 at Pompano Beach Amphitheater.If you're not familiar with Metalocalypse or Dethklok, the death metal band it profiles, here's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Q&A With Tom Araya of Slayer, Headlining Mayhem Festvial at Cruzan on August 12!

    photo by Mark Seliger​For all his band's purported fascinations with life's uglier aspects, Slayer frontman Tom Araya sure is a cheerful guy. Calling from a moving bus in rural Washington state, Araya laughs seemingly every couple of minutes. Surely, though, it's this laissez-faire sense of humor ... More >>

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    June 25, 2009

    More Letters than the Alfabet

    photo by Mark Seliger​For all his band's purported fascinations with life's uglier aspects, Slayer frontman Tom Araya sure is a cheerful guy. Calling from a moving bus in rural Washington state, Araya laughs seemingly every couple of minutes. Surely, though, it's this laissez-faire sense of humor ... More >>

  • Music

    April 2, 2009

    Iron Maiden

    photo by Mark Seliger​For all his band's purported fascinations with life's uglier aspects, Slayer frontman Tom Araya sure is a cheerful guy. Calling from a moving bus in rural Washington state, Araya laughs seemingly every couple of minutes. Surely, though, it's this laissez-faire sense of humor ... More >>

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    Agnostic Front

    photo by Mark Seliger​For all his band's purported fascinations with life's uglier aspects, Slayer frontman Tom Araya sure is a cheerful guy. Calling from a moving bus in rural Washington state, Araya laughs seemingly every couple of minutes. Surely, though, it's this laissez-faire sense of humor ... More >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    Top Metal Albums of 2008

    In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades.

  • Music

    July 17, 2008

    Black Tide Rocks

    The South Florida band is a long way from Kendall.

  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    Metal Rules

    My iPhone says Buckcherry is worthy of rocking with the Crüe.

  • Music

    May 29, 2008

    Meshuggah

    obZen (Nuclear Blast)

  • Music

    July 19, 2007

    Reining in the Blood

    Once pop culture's most notorious scapegoat, Slayer's Tom Araya talks spirituality, farming, and Paul Simon

  • Music

    May 31, 2007

    Release the Bats

    Glenn Danzig brings a double-album's worth of lost material back from the dead

  • Music

    April 12, 2007

    This Is Not Spinal Tap

    After years of playing heavy metal heroes, the members of Torche aim to blaze a new trail

  • Music

    December 28, 2006

    Bang Your Head Off

    This is the pure original metal we're talking about — the Top 10 heavy-metal albums of 2006

  • Music

    October 5, 2006

    Gigantour

    Gigantour DVD (Image Entertainment)

  • Music

    May 18, 2006

    Bird Sanctuary

    Will Pelican's experimental noise free rock music of rock vocals?

  • Music

    April 13, 2006

    High on Fire

    Will Pelican's experimental noise free rock music of rock vocals?

  • Music

    February 3, 2005

    High on Fire

    Blessed Black Wings Relapse

  • Year End

    December 23, 2004

    Up From the Underworld

    This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

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