LA-based Deloyd Elze specializes in deconstructed sad-eyed alt-country. There’s more than a little Bon Iver in the way he dissects the singer-songwriter format, but there’s nothing abstract about his deep drawl and plainspoken lyrics, which remind me of everyone from Fust to Justin Townes Earle to Zach Bryan at times. Sorry to go full RIYL…
Sleeping With Sirens, Rise Against, Black Veil Brides and Pennywise are among the 56 new acts that were announced for the 2026 Vans Warped Tour over the past week. Continue reading…
To celebrate the today’s official release of their new studio album Land Of The Rising Sun Part II, power metal representatives Metal De Facto premiere a Svetlana Gonch-directed video clip for the song called “My Plastic Escape”. Read more…
The general on-sale for all dates for Metallica’s Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere in Las Vegas begins today at 10am PT.
16shows were added this week due to overwhelming demand, extending Metallica’s Sphere residency into 2027. As with the previously announced eight-show run, the new additions to Life Burns Faster will continue the No Repeat Weekend tradition that began with the 2023 kick-off of the band’s M72 World Tour, with no songs repeated on each Thursday and Saturday. See below for a full list of dates.
Metallica’s standing at the vanguard of new and unique live experiences has seen the band play to millions of fans across all seven continents in every shape and size of venue imaginable. Their current M72 World Tour has played to more than 4 million fans from Europe and North America to the Pacific Rim and Middle East since its spring 2023 kick-off, its performances and production universally hailed as among the best of Metallica’s 40+ years of traversing the globe.
The band’s Sphere residency will see live staples and surprises spanning the Metallica catalog enhanced by the venue’s immersive technologies that will allow fans to experience the sound and fury of the band’s live performance in new experiential dimensions. Whether you’ve seen Metallica from the upper reaches of a stadium or arena, at an intimate club or theater gig or from the famed Snake Pit surrounded by the 360-degree M72 stage, Sphere’s technology, including the world’s highest resolution LED display that wraps up, over and around the audience; Sphere Immersive Sound, which delivers audio with unmatched clarity and precision to every guest; and multi-sensory 4D technology, will present a wholly unique and entirely new Metallica experience for all who attend — including James, Lars, Kirk and Robert.
Metallica co-founder/drummer Lars Ulrich commented, “About 12 seconds into the opening night of Sphere with U2 back in ‘23, I thought ‘We have to do this, it’s completely uncharted territory!’ This residency gives us another chance to reinvent how we interact with our fans in a live setting. We are beyond excited to share this with the world in six months time, and way fuckin’ psyched to go next level!”
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You ever wonder what your favorite music growing up would sound like if pushed through a hip-hop inspired deathcore filter and it was accompanied by a Mad Max-esque music video? Just me?
Well, that’s exactly what Filth dropped today, as they just released their Welcome to Shell Town EP. This new release shows the band covering a number of nu metal classics, including Drowning Pool’s “Bodies”, Disturbed’s “Stupify”, and now Limp Bizkit’s 2000 smash hit “Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)”. The EP also includes two original tracks in “Shell Town” and “Outta Pocket”.
But what about that makes it Mad Max style? Check out the video below. Directed by Toddi Babu, the video sees the guys in Filth performing and driving around in a post-apocalypse that absolutely cribs the aesthetic and vibe of George Miller’s classic diesel-fueled epics.
Welcome to Shell Town is out today and you can get it wherever you get your music these days. In addition to the new music video and cover, you can check out the band’s “Beasts of the East” tour that’s kicking off tonight. You can find the full list of dates below and get your tickets today.
Filth ‘Beasts of the East’ Tour w/ Blackwater Drowning
3/6 Dunbar, WV The Shop Live 3/7 Salisbury, MD Lurking Class Skate 3/8 Richmond, VA Canal Club 3/9 Baltimore, MD Zen West 3/10 Wilmington, NC Reggie’s 3/11 Greensboro, NC Hangar 1819
w/ Autumn Lies Buried, Comawaves & Jawjacked
3/12 Virginia Beach, VA Scandals Live 3/13 Gastonia, NC The Rooster 3/14 Atlanta, GA 529 3/15 Jacksonville, FL The Albatross 3/17 Pensacola, FL The Handlebar 3/18 Tampa, FL Brass Mug 3/19 Orlando, FL Conduit 3/20 Summerville, SC Trolley Pub 3/21 Spartanburg, SC GroundZero 3/22 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Towards the end of this year, German power metal collective Dominum will embark on 18-date headline European trek. The Night Flight Orchestra will be joining them as main support and special guests on this tour dates. Read more…
Katie Alice Greer is back. The former frontwoman of Priests is releasing another solo album titled Perfect Woman Sound Machine, Vol. 1 next month via GAK Records. It’s the follow-up to her 2022 solo debut Barbarism, which honestly fucking rocked. Greer has already released a couple singles from the project, including “Expo ’70” and “Talk To Leslie.” Today, she’s back with another called “Unglued,” which reminds us that this world teaches us that nothing is ever enough. “Western hegemony compels me and everybody I know to always want more,” she announces over guitar screams and a whirling sense of despair.