Ed Hackimer - This Day In Metal

Machine Like Precision: An Interview with Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me)

When Dan Briggs joined Between the Buried and Me in early 2005, the band was at a bit of a crossroads. After releasing The Silent

Interviews 3 min read

This Bond, It Runs Deeper Than Blood: Warmen's Evolution Continues on Band of Brothers

If you want to be very literal about Warmen’s new album and its title, you could say that yes, of course, they named it

Album Reviews 7 min read

Into the Eye of the Storm: Killswitch Engage, A Photo Pass, and the Summer of Loud Festival

I don’t fancy myself much of a photographer, but that didn’t stop me from applying for a photo pass to see the Summer

Concert Reviews 7 min read

Rising Up to Stand Once More: An Interview with Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis)

When founding members Tomi Koivusaari, Esa Holopainen, and Jan Rechberger named Amorphis in 1990, they must have had a view to the future of the

Interviews 4 min read

A Band of Brothers, Down for Life: An Interview with Antti and Janne Wirman (Warmen, Children of Bodom)

When Children of Bodom played their final show at Helsinki Ice Hall on December 15, 2019, it quite possibly could have been the last time

Interviews 4 min read

The Spirits That I Called: An Interview with Tom Angelripper (Sodom)

So the story goes, Tom “Angelripper” Such started Sodom as a last ditch effort to escape a life of working in the coal mines in

Interviews 3 min read

Emperor at Kings Theatre (Brooklyn, NY)

Norwegian black metal pioneers Emperor played a raucous show at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn this past Saturday night on the second stop of their 2025

Concert Reviews 4 min read

Brothers In Arms: An Interview with Alexander Kuoppala (Children of Bodom, Thyrargo)

Though he may not have known it at the time, Alexander Kuoppala’s eight-year tenure in Children of Bodom would prepare him for his future

Interviews 4 min read

Once Upon a Time in the Desert: An Interview with Mario Lalli (Across the River, Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson)

When asked about Mario Lalli while being interviewed for a documentary about the desert rock scene he grew up in, Josh Homme of Kyuss and

Interviews 3 min read

I'm Walking Towards Dead End, and I'm Walking All Alone: The Tortured Genius of Alexi Laiho

“It sounds like Zakk Wylde, but better.” – Zakk Wylde This is the way that Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne’s axeman for decades and widely regarded

Features 24 min read

Say Hello to My Other Side: An Interview with Colin Edwin (O.R.k., ex-Porcupine Tree)

Porcupine Tree band leader Steven Wilson started his 2022 autobiography, Limited Edition of One, with a story about the band’s last show before the

Interviews 3 min read

Brent Hinds, Mastodon Agree to Mutually Part Ways

In a statement released on their social media channels this afternoon, Mastodon announced that after 25 years they have agreed to mutually part ways with

News 2 min read