Metal Injection — Japanese death metal mainstays Defiled have announced their ninth studio album, Altered State, arriving June 12, 2026 via Season of Mist. The post DEFILED Announces New Album Altered State, Streams "Portal" appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metal Injection — "So we can document what we did and just have it" The post CHARLIE BENANTE Says He "Would Love" If PANTERA's Current Line-Up Released A Live Album appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metal Injection — "For better or for worse, we made our own decisions. We tried our hardest not to be like Metallica." The post GARY HOLT On METALLICA: "They Were The Best Of Us, But I Think EXODUS Crushes Them Now" appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metal Injection — Abigail Williams is set to make their long-awaited return to Europe this year across May and June for a handful of solo shows. The post ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Announces European Tour Dates appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Stereogum — Veteran UK singer-songwriter Beth Orton has never been afraid to play around with genre or to stretch her sound out in all kinds of different directions. Over the years, she’s collaborated with people like the Chemical Brothers and Fuck Buttons’ Andrew Hung. In 2022, she released Weather Alive, a stirring and powerful record that she… The post Beth Orton – “The Ground Above” appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — I didn’t see Dave Lombardo play at Big Ears. When I was figuring out a way to get myself to Knoxville for the city’s annual modern and experimental music festival, the former Slayer drummer’s appearances with a pair of different John Zorn projects figured heavily into my thinking. I decided that I’d go down to Tennessee to listen to heavy music, wherever I could find it, and the guy who played on Reign In Blood seemed like a pretty good place to start. The first Zorn/Lombardo combo, Awakening Ground, was set to perform at midnight of an already long Friday, so I decided I’d see Cobra the following day at noon. No luck — I pulled up about 45 minutes early, but the line was already wrapped around the building, and parking on that side of downtown was scarce and expensive. I gave up, made it to Haley Heynderickx’s 12 o’clock set with time to spare, and started writing this paragraph in my head. The post Heavy Listening At Big Ears appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Have you seen David Byrne on his current tour? I have. It's something to see. I'd never seen Byrne live before last year, though I'd crushed a whole lot of film of his performances over the decades. Byrne's current live show is a truly staggering ensemble act. There's nothing stationary. Everyone keeps moving, and everyone has headset mics. The backup singers are also dancers, and Byrne and the musicians do choreography with them. The drummers all have marching-band rigs. The whole stage is a screen, with different song-appropriate footage absolutely surrounding the performers. The tour comes to theaters that would usually host touring musicals. When they do Talking Heads songs, I felt my soul levitating. Last night's episode of Stephen Colbert's Late Show had a version of that live show, with that ensemble. The post David Byrne Gives Super-Theatrical Performance & Reunites With John Mulaney On Colbert appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Angus Young (AC/DC). For those about to turn 71, we salute you. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read Smoking Popes in MAGNET on AC/DC: The post Happy Birthday Angus Young (AC/DC) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info