Queensrÿche Returns To Crush San Diego at Intimate Sycuan Show
March 27, 2024 FeaturedShow Review

Queensrÿche Returns To Crush San Diego at Intimate Sycuan Show

What does Anthrax, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden have in common? They all faced the daunting challenge of losing their frontmen at one time or another. Not until the original...

Power Chords and Power-Ups: Why Metal Music and Gaming Make a Perfect Match
March 22, 2024 ArticleFeatured

Power Chords and Power-Ups: Why Metal Music and Gaming Make a Perfect Match

This article explores the surprising synergy between metal music and video games. Metal's visceral energy enhances focus and reaction time during gameplay, while its themes of rebellion, triumph, and overcoming...

Judas Priest –  Invincible Shield Album Review. Heavy Metal Royalty Reigns Supreme
March 21, 2024 Album ReviewFeatured

Judas Priest – Invincible Shield Album Review. Heavy Metal Royalty Reigns Supreme

Invincible Shield, from Judas Priest, is an immense success in a long line of monumental successes for the band; this album, famously, marks its birthplace as from the nineteenth studio....

Vesperian Sorrow – “Awaken The Greylight” Album Review
March 17, 2024 Album ReviewFeatured

Vesperian Sorrow – “Awaken The Greylight” Album Review

Artist: Vesperian Sorrow Album: Awaken The Greylight Genre: Symphonic Black Metal Release Date: April 26 2024 On the grand pantheon of symphonic black metal bands, few have carved as distinctive...

Spit On Your Grave – Arkanum Album Review
March 16, 2024 Album ReviewFeatured

Spit On Your Grave – Arkanum Album Review

Coming from the bowels of Monterrey, Mexico, SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE has managed to find its own niche within the death metal scene for their brand of poignant sound and...

How Metal Fuels Creativity in San Diego
March 13, 2024 ArticleFeatured

How Metal Fuels Creativity in San Diego

The San Diego metal scene is more than simply smashing riffs and headbanging mosh pits. It's a thriving ecology that seeps into other creative fields, affecting everything from visual art...

Headbangers Unite: Why San Diego Needs a Metal Hub
March 11, 2024 ArticleFeatured

Headbangers Unite: Why San Diego Needs a Metal Hub

San Diego has a strong metal scene that combines established powerhouses with raw, emerging talent. However, the closing of renowned stores like Blue Meanie Records has created a hole for...

Armored Saint & Queensrÿche at House Of Blues
November 8, 2023 FeaturedShows

Armored Saint & Queensrÿche at House Of Blues

Armored Saint will team up with fellow metal legends Queensrÿche for a co-headlining tour across North America starting March 2024. The tour will kick off in Anaheim, California, on March...

Mercyful Fate Release “Melissa” Digitally in Honor of the Album’s 40th Anniversary
November 4, 2023 FeaturedNews

Mercyful Fate Release “Melissa” Digitally in Honor of the Album’s 40th Anniversary

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce that it is releasing Mercyful Fate‘s classic Melissa digitally on October 30 in celebration of the album’s 40th Anniversary. What makes this release...

Dying Fetus At House Of Blues In San Diego
October 20, 2023 FeaturedShows

Dying Fetus At House Of Blues In San Diego

Death Metal Titans DYING FETUS Launch U.S. Fall Headline Tour Celebrating the Release of ‘Make Them Beg For Death’ Dying Fetus, the reigning overlords of death metal, are kicking off...