Scour (Phil Anselmo, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Pig Destroyer, Misery Index) Book Only Public Live Show of 2024



Scour, featuring heavy music veterans, including Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals), John Jarvis (Nest, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index), and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Lock Up), have announced their sole public live appearance for 2024. Find out more below.
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Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Ozzy Osbourne, and Slipknot are The Greatest Metal Bands of All-Time, According to Forbes


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Of all the websites in the world, financial magazine and website Forbes has released a list of the top 38 metal bands of all-time. The list actually has no real surprises. All the top most popular bands of all-time are present, topped by Metallica, with virtually no other surprises in terms of major underground bands. In picking their list Forbes wrote that it’s “impossible to include all metal sub-genres in this type of list, the sub-genres that are most prominent and influential across metal today were considered with priority.” They added that all 38 bands were chosen due to having “the most significant impact in the metal genre, and a number of these bands are among the genre’s most famous and revered bands.”

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Coal Chamber Pulls Out of Aftershock 2024, Due to Dez Fafara’s Ongoing Health Issues


Coal Chamber has announced they have canceled their appearance at Aftershock 2024 next weekend. This is following the postponement of their fall 2024 tour dates until spring 2025 due to ongoing health issues suffered by frontman Dez Fafara. The band has been replaced on the bill by their frequent touring mates Dope. The fest still features Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Pantera, Judas Priest, FFDP, Disturbed, Biohazard, Shadows Fall, and 130 more of your favorite artists. Continue reading


Aftershock 2024 ft. Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Pantera, Judas Priest, FFDP, Disturbed, Biohazard, Shadows Fall and More Announces Set Times


Aftershock is right around the corner and we have the set times! The fest features Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Pantera, Judas Priest, FFDP, Disturbed, Biohazard, Shadows Fall, and 130 more of your favorite artists. Continue reading


Metallica Books The M72 2025 Tour with Pantera, Suicidal Tendencies, Limp Bizkit, and Ice Nine Kills – to Play Sick New World, and Sonic Temple Festivals 


Metallica has announced year three of their M72 World Tour supporting their 2023 album 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings). The band will again play their No Repeats weekend of shows with a different setlist each night. Support will come from Pantera, Suicidal Tendencies, Limp Bizkit, and Ice Nine Kills on different nights. The tour will also include Metallica two-night headline sets at Sick New World, and Sonic Temple Festivals. More tour dates are expected to be announced soon.  Continue reading


Pantera Announces Power Trip as Special Guest for Their European Tour


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As Pantera wraps up two years of opening for Metallica, headline dates and festival appearances, Pantera has announced the reactivated Power Trip as the special guests for new dates in Europe, and the UK dates in 2025. Catch our recent festival and headline show reviews of Power Trip. Full details on the tour below!Continue reading


CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake 20th Anniversary


On August 31 Lamb of God’s Ashes of the Wake (Epic Records) officially turns twenty. I was still in highschool and vividly remember stopping by Bullmoose Records in Salem, New Hampshire to pick up my copy. But that’s not to say that those were simpler times.Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Trail of Lies – Only The Strong


Syracuse, New York will be familiar to fans of Straight-Edge Hardcore thanks to Earth Crisis and Trail of Lies can thus be seen as a continuation of this lineage.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Orange Goblin – Science, Not Fiction


Following the path blazed by bands like Kyuss and Monster Magnet who emerged from the Grunge scene, Orange Goblin was one of the main bands who kept the bong songs in rotation to help cement the sound we think of today as Stoner Metal.Continue reading


Pantera Announces New European Headline Tour Dates


Pantera continues to have a busy 2024, following their reunion/tribute tours of 2023 with Metallica, headline dates and festivals, the has followed their previous headline tour of the USA, with new dates in Europe, on top of their recently announced UK dates in 2025. The band is back out on the road for Metallica’s year 2 of their 72 Seasons tour, with headline sets at festivals such as Aftershock this fall. Full details on the tour below!Continue reading