Metal and Hardcore

Iron Maiden

Agnostic Front

Top Metal Albums of 2008

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

Black Tide Rocks

The South Florida band is a long way from Kendall.

Metal Rules

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

Meshuggah

obZen (Nuclear Blast)

Reining in the Blood

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

Release the Bats

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

This Is Not Spinal Tap

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

Bang Your Head Off

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

Gigantour

Gigantour DVD (Image Entertainment)

Bird Sanctuary

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

High on Fire

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

High on Fire

Blessed Black Wings Relapse

Up From the Underworld

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

Head Trip

Between hard rock and a safe place, Metallica finds itself

More Letters than the Alfabet

Between hard rock and a safe place, Metallica finds itself

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Metallica's Death Magnetic tour stops at BankAtlantic Center

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Mixhell

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Megadeth

​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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

Deftones

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Ozzy Osbourne at BankAtlantic Center February 20

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 >>

Iron Maiden at BankAtlantic Center April 16

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Toxic Holocaust at Churchill's Pub August 10

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 >>

Volbeat at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 5

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 >>

Anthrax at Revolution Live November 2

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 >>

Cannibal Corpse at Culture Room January 22

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 >>