As each year comes to a close, all media outlets put out their “Best Of” lists. We posted Mark’s list on Monday, Revolver Magazine posted their list on Tuesday, and now Rolling Stone has shared their “Twenty Best Metal Albums Of 2017” online. Continue reading
Rolling Stone has released its list of the top 100 Metal Albums of all time, and it will surely spark some ire among fans. Curated by a list of the who’s who of proper rock and metal journalists such as Christopher R. Weingarten, Tom Beaujour, Hank Shteamer, Kim Kelly, Steve Smith, Brittany Spanos, Suzy Exposito, Richard Bienstock, Kory Grow, Dan Epstein, J.D. Considine, Andy Greene, Rob Sheffield, Adrien Begrand, and Ian Christe, they definitely had the right pedigree to choose the list. Black Sabbath’s second album Paranoid took home the #1 spot with typical names you expect Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Pantera, Ozzy Osbourne solo, and Megadeth all in the top ten. Other notables on the list include Avenged Sevenfold’s City of Evil at 100, Morbid Angel’s Covenant at 75, Slipknot’s Iowa at 50, and Metallica’s “The Black Album” at 25. Perhaps both disappointing and unsurprising at the same time is how few women-led bands and bands with women in them made the list with just Evanescence, Nightwish, and White Zombie, and Pig Destroyer rating making it. We have listed the top ten in descending order for you and you can also check out the full list the list below!Continue reading
The Sword are streaming a new single, ‘Empty Temples’, from their forthcoming album High Country (Razor & Tie) due out on August 21st. You can hear the track at this link:
Pre-Order sales for High Country begin tomorrow on iTunes. with ‘Empty Temples’ being the free grat track with purchase. Physical versions of the album are available from High Country is also available for physical pre-order at http://www.theswordofficial.com.
The Sword is preparing to perform at a slew of dates in Europe to promote the release.
The Sword tour dates:
Aug 21: Pstereo Festival- Trondheim, NO
Aug 22: Parkteatret- Oslo, NO
Aug 23: Sticky Fingers- Goteborg, SE
Aug 25: Tavastia – Helsinki, FI
Aug 27: Debaser Strand- Stockholm, SE
Aug 28: KB- Malmo, SE
Aug 29: Lille Vega- Copenhagen, DK
Aug 30: Rock Café St Pauli- Hamburg, DE
Aug 31: Magnet – Berlin, DE
Sept 2: Arena – Wien, Austria
Sept 3: Magnet- Munich, DE
Sept 4: Legend- Milan, Italy
Sept 5: Rockhouse- Salzburg, AT
Sept 6: Salzhaus- Winterthur, CH
Sept 7: Universum- Stuttgart, DE
Sept 9: Trix Club- Antwerp, BE
Sept 10: Extase- Tilburg, NE
Sept 11: Luxor- Cologne, DE
Sept 12: La Boule Noire- Paris, FR
Sept 14: Basement- Nottingham, UK
Sept 15: King Tuts- Glasgow, UK
Sept 16: Academy 3- Manchester, UK
Sept 17: Slade Rooms- Wolverhampton, UK
Sept 18: Underworld- London, UK
Sept 19: The Thekla- Bristol, UK
Industrial metal pioneers Fear Factory have debuted a new song today, ‘Protomech’, from their upcoming new album Genexus, due for release on August 7th (Nuclear Blast). You can hear ‘Protomech’ at Rolling Stone’s website at this link or below:
Genexus track listing
1. Autonomous Combat System
2. Anodized
3. Dielectric
4. Soul Hacker
5. Protomech
6. Genexus
7. Church Of Execution
8. Regenerate
9. Battle For Utopia
10. Expiration Date
Limited Digipak Bonus Tracks:
11. Mandatory Sacrifice (Genexus Remix)
12, Enhanced Reality
Pre-order Genexus digitally or in various bundles from http://nblast.de/FFGenexus.