Citing influences like Panic! at the Disco and Slipknot, Crown the Empire are more than your average metalcore band. Their debut album for Rise Records, The Fallout, is as much about poppy choruses and electronic flourishes as chugging riffs and screaming. If anything comes through in a Crown the Em...

Canadian heavy metal rockers 3 Inches of Blood are bidding adieu to the stage once and for all with two final shows this November 7-8 at the Commodore Ballroom in their hometown of Vancouver. The band has featured a rotating lineup since forming in 1999, but their latest roster is the most intense a...

California punk outfit Ceremony has spent the last decade mining the sounds of hardcore, garage, and post-punk to deliver an impressively diverse and hard-hitting collection of albums. The band's earliest days were marked by loud, fast, aggressive songs that barely hit the minute mark, but by 20...

BULLETBOYS IN CONCERT: LA glam rockers BulletBoys are still going strong more than three decades after they first climbed the charts with hard-hitting anthems like ìSmooth Up In Yaî. Their hair may not be as big as it was in the ë80s but their arena-sized anthems sound as massive as ever, making eve...

British heavy metal powerhouse Judas Priest has released 22 albums over four decades. They laid much of the groundwork for the heavy music of the 80s with their two guitar attack of revved up blues-based riffs They continue to tour, treating metal fans to extravagant live shows and spirited renditio...

BEARTOOTH IN CONCERT:Beartooth, the hardcore punk band of former Attack Attack! frontman Caleb Shomo, is quickly climbing the ranks with their scream-along anthems and showstopping performances. Shomo cuts an energetic figure on stage, jumping around to tracks like "I Have a Problem" and ...

Australian metalcore quintet Northlane always hit audiences hard with their incendiary breakdowns and cerebral musicianship in concert. Whether ticket buyers jump into the pandemonium of the mosh pit or observe the musical mastery from afar, the group’s stunning juxtaposition of grace and grit is su...

As the first group to land an extreme metal album at No. 1 on the BIllboard 200, Pantera became overnight torchbearers of the genre, paving the way for a long and successful reign that shows no signs of slowing . In 2013, Pantera frontman, Phil Anselmo, and bassist, Rex Brown, reunited and joined An...

As a Swedish death metal band that mainly pens and performs songs about Viking history and lore, it makes absolute sense that their name is in the fictional language of Sindarin (created by J. R. R. Tolkien) and translates into “Mount Doom”—the volcano in Tolkien’s fantasy world of Middle Earth.

ANIMALS AS LEADERS IN CONCERT:Apex predators Animals as Leaders represent the next evolution in progressive metal with their bone crushing power, lightning speed, and mind-blowing creativity. In concert, Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes both play massive 8-string guitars that allow them to hold down cru...