Metal and Hardcore

Ragana Find Light in the Depths with 'Desolation's Flower'

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2023

Fans of a particular style of heavy music have likely had Ragana — the metal duo of the mononymous Maria and Coley — on their radar for sev...

Mike Portnoy Rejoins Dream Theater Ahead of New Album, Tour

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023

After a 13-year hiatus, Dream Theater have officially welcomed drummer Mike Portnoy back into the band. There are few details yet, but they...

Job for a Cowboy Detail 'Moon Healer,' First New Album in 10 Years

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023

Job for a Cowboy have announced their first full-length in a decade. The Arizona-founded extreme metallers will return with new album Moon...

The Devil Wears Prada and Fit for a King Plot North American Tour with Counterparts

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2023

The Devil Wears Prada and Fit for a King have announced the second leg — er, semester — of their co-headlining Metalcore Dropouts tour for...

Serj Tankian Announces 'Down with the System' Memoirs for 2024 Release

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2023

Serj Tankian has announced the release of his memoirs. The System of a Down vocalist and primary lyricist will share Down with the System o...

Bell Witch Put on a Mesmerizing Endurance Test in Toronto

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church, October 22

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2023

Heading to church for Sunday service isn't usually worthy of reporting; millions of people around the world perform this ritual every week....

Kittie's New Music Is Going to Be "1,200 Percent Bangers," Says Mercedes Lander

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2023

After Kittie rehearsals resumed for the first time in half a decade back in 2022, fans have been anxiously waiting for new material from th...

​Tomb Mold Experience a "Grand Rebirth of Self"

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2023

After releasing three crushing, influential, and critically acclaimed full-lengths in as many years — 2017's Primordial Malignity, 2018's i...