Hard rock and metal label, Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM), has opened a new office in Hackney, London, marking its expansion into the UK, and the setup of its International division. The label’s roster includes artists such as Kerry King, Opeth, Meshuggah, Helloween, Amorphis and many more. Head into the article below for more information.
Gothenburg metallers, The Halo Effect, have just released a brand new single and video of their track, “Become Surrender.” The track has been a staple of their live shows for a while now, and has quickly become a fan-favourite. This offering comes just a month before the band head out on a European tour, supporting fellow Swedes, Meshuggah. Head into the article below for the video and live listings.
Kicking off 2024 with bang, we headed out to the first show of the year at legendary The Warfield! Hometown heroes Machine Head have not played the city in a few years, and joining them on this epic tour was Fear Factory who missed last year’s show in the city with Static-X. Joining them on this joint are current buzz band Orbit Culture who just got signed to Century Media Records, and Gates To Hell from Louisville opening This is a very strong bill top to bottom especially with two of the most dominant and enduring names in Metal from the nineties still at the top!Continue reading
The Halo Effect have just shared a brand new single, “The Defiant One”, along with an accompanying music video. The arrival of the track comes with the news that they will join fellow countrymen, Meshuggah, in the EU next March, for a fourteen date live haul. Head into the article below for the video and more live details.
ArcTanGent festival has announce its first 2024 main stage headliner, Meshuggah, who will headline on the Friday night as a UK exclusive. Also on the main stage, just before them, are Animals As Leaders, with an EU exclusive show. They join Red Fang, Bossk, Textures, Conan, and many others at the event next August, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Find out more below.
Over the past decade the genre known as “djent” strayed further from paying tribute to Meshuggah into a more slickly produced vein of pop music that just happens to have distorted guitars. Continue reading
Watch pro-shot footage of Meshuggah’s iconic headline turn at Bloodstock Open Air 2023. Meshuggah is still in the midst of a world tour. Check our our coverage of Bloodstock Open Air here.
It is impossible to talk about experimental or avant-garde metal without mentioning long-running metal icons, Meshuggah . Since forming in 1987 in Umeå, Sweden, Meshuggah has developed into one of the most technically complex and virtuosic groups of players the metal realm has ever encountered, their distinctly unique brand of progressive, groove‐infused extreme metal inadvertently launching an entirely new subgenre. Crowned “one of the ten most important hard and heavy bands,” by Rolling Stone, the band has earned the respect and admiration from fans and musicians alike. 2023 now marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of the band’s earliest milestones: Chaosphere. Originally released on November 9th, 1998, Meshuggah’s third full-length studio album shows the band toning down some of the thrashier sounds of previous releases in favor of the more technical, polyrhythmic, groove-oriented sound they would go to explore on subsequent albums. The record contains the songs “New Millennium Cyanide Christ,” “Corridor Of Chameleons,” and “Neurotica,” some of the band’s most streamed tracks, among other highlights. Listen to a remastered version of “Neurotica” right now and pre-order the album:
It is impossible to talk about experimental or avant-garde metal without mentioning long-running metal icons, Meshuggah . Since forming in 1987 in Umeå, Sweden, Meshuggah has developed into one of the most technically complex and virtuosic groups of players the metal realm has ever encountered, their distinctly unique brand of progressive, groove‐infused extreme metal inadvertently launching an entirely new subgenre. Crowned “one of the ten most important hard and heavy bands,” by Rolling Stone, the band has earned the respect and admiration from fans and musicians alike. 2023 now marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of the band’s earliest milestones: Chaosphere. Originally released on November 9th, 1998, Meshuggah’s third full-length studio album shows the band toning down some of the thrashier sounds of previous releases in favor of the more technical, polyrhythmic, groove-oriented sound they would go to explore on subsequent albums. The record contains the songs “New Millennium Cyanide Christ,” “Corridor Of Chameleons,” and “Neurotica,” some of the band’s most streamed tracks, among other highlights. Listen to a remastered version of “Sane” right now and pre-order the album:
