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What’s the best death metal album of each year of the 1990s? You’re about to find out! While death metal began five years earlier if you’re among the true believers who agree that Possessed‘s 1985 debut Seven Churches was indeed the subgenre’s very first full length, it enjoyed a much larger ...

Shakira’s ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’ has taken the world by storm, and we’re taking you behind the scenes of her LA stop with special guest Taboo, choreographer JaQuel Knight, her drummer and more! Watch the global latin star show off her vocal and dancing skills and more Have you ...

Our guest on this episode of How I Learned to sing is Lee Jennings of The Funeral Portrait. The frontman takes us back to his childhood, how he first fell in love with singing, support from his family and the challenges touring presents for a singer. How Lee Jennings Began ...

Sleep Theory achieves its second consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, leading the list dated Aug. 23 with “Static.” Ascending to the top of the tally via a 4-1 leap, the song follows Sleep Theory’s two-week reign on the chart in February with “Stuck in My Head.” ...

Today, we will be investigating why five classic black metal bands stopped wearing corpse paint. Nothing is more irritating than the persistent, ignorant belief that black metal is about corpse paint — the music is what comes first, not to mention that a plethora of quality acts such as Rotting Christ and ...

Music films don’t get much respect — most of the older ones are basically brand extensions, and many of the new ones are extended ads. These days, most biopics and “rockumentaries” are made at least partly to introduce older artists to a new generation and boost their stream counts in ...

Keri Kelli and Greg Koch joined Loudwire Nights on Wednesday (Aug. 13) to dive into the debut album from the new animated band Metal Warrior, The Crushed Souls of Our Enemies. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. “We’ve been working on this project ...

Adelaide’s Harvest Rock festival will return to the South Australian capital this October, with The Strokes and Jelly Roll announced as the event’s big headline names. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The two-day multi-genre affair will take place at Adelaide’s Rymill & King Rodney Parks across the weekend ...

KISS have been selected to receive the Kennedy Center Honors and will be presented the award by President Donald Trump, who will host the ceremony on Dec. 8. “We’ll be honoring one of the greatest rock bands of all time, KISS,” Trump said while announcing this year’s class of honorees, ...

Australia’s Good Things festival has announced the lineup for its 2025 edition, with the likes of Tool and Weezer topping the bill. The touring rock, metal and punk festival will return to Australian capital cities later this year, with performances scheduled for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane from Dec. 5-7. Leading ...