Slayer have revealed that guitarist Jeff Hanneman's death on May 2nd at the age of 49 was alcohol related and not due to the 'flesh-eating' disease necrotising fasciitis that sidelined him in 2011

The 2014 edition of The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise - 70000 Tons Of Metal, will sail January 27th to 31st. SWALLOW THE SUN have now been confirmed to perform on the cruise. Other bands confirmed for the event include: DARK TRANQUILLITY, DEATH ANGEL, FEAR FACTORY, FINNTROLL, LEAVES' EYES, OVERKILL, SEPTIC FLESH, SOILWORK, ...

On their last two albums, released under the lawsuit-inviting name Reading Rainbow, the Philadelphia band Bleeding Rainbow bashed out catchy, lo-fi garage-pop. But the new LP Yeah Right, the first recorded under their new name, is more fleshed-out and expansive, pushing the band’s harmonies over bleary fuzz-jams that remind me a bit of...

The new video for Aussie dance-rock duo the Presets’ new single “Promises” is a propulsive stream of disconnected images — some CGI, some flesh-and-blood. Special Problems direct. Watch it below. The Presets’ new album Pacifica is out now on Modular.

Aaron Turner is in the business of breaking hearts these days. In 2101, he split up Isis, one of the most groundbreaking metal bands of the last decade. This year, he shut down his label, Hydra Head Records, which has been inarguably the best American metal label since Roadrunner was running off classic after classic [...]