Watch Highlights of Earthday Birthday 19 in Orlando

Annual rock festival WJRR’s Earthday Birthday 19 took place yesterday April 14 at Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida. The event featured performances from Godsmack, Staind, Chevelle, Halestorm, Trivium, Pop Evil, The Used, Theory of a Deadman, Soil, Hurt, Evans Blue, and more. Check out some fan-filmed highlights of the performances below: Watch Chevelle perform “The Red” […]

Watch Godsmack Live James Brown Arena, Augusta

Godsmack performed live in Augusta, Georgia last night (April 13) on the Mass Chaos Tour with Halestorm and Staind at the James Brown Arena. Check out the live performance of Godsmack ripping through “Love Hate Sex Pain” at the show: Godsmack recently unearthed a great rendition of “Rocky Mountain Way” on their Live and Inspired album. Listen to it here.

SOS Metal Reviews: White Chapel "A New Era of Corruption," Soilwork "The Panic Broadcast," Kingdom of Sorrow "Behind the Blackest Tears," and more…

WHITECHAPEL: A NEW ERA OF CORRUPTION Knoxville, TN deathcore quintet Whitechapel have built a loyal following by steamrolling audiences with their three-pronged downtuned guitar attack, and their latest offering A NEW ERA OF CORRUPTION continues this squad’s mission statement with a bounty of their trademarked brutality at the forefront of the charge. Featuring 11 tracks […]

SOS Metal Reviews: Orphaned Land, Mnemic, AM Conspiracy, and more…

ORPHANED LAND: THE NEVER ENDING WAY OF ORWARRIOR Israel’s Orphaned Land dazzles the senses and gives a bang for your buck with their latest 15-track offering. This unit’s multi-faceted metallic approach contains an abundance of ingrained native musical influences with genuine instrumentation intertwined with a progressive mix of ornate death metal underpinned with elegant epic […]

Review: Lethargy – Purification [2008]

Welsh troupe Lethargy bundle hard rock heft of the 90’swith progressive rock compositions and classic rock durability into their 11-track sophomore sojourn PURIFICATION. Sounding at times like a cross between Porcupine Tree, Staind, Alice in Chains, and Warrior Soul, tracks like “Bleechin’ Bones” and “14:9” pack a wallop with its mid-tempo mix of melodic metal […]

Top 10 Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Albums of 2008

Here are the lists of “Top 10 Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Albums of 2008” by Meds, Pete, and our awesome readers: Meds [Administrator] Metallica – Death Magnetic AC/DC – Black Ice Maiden Heaven – Kerang! Tribute to Iron Maiden Tesla – Forever More Extreme – Saudades de Rock Motorhead – Motorizer Airbourne – Runnin’ […]

Review: Dropclutch – The Reason [2008]

Upstate NY quintet Dropclutch have incorporated the best moments from modern rock radio into their 10-track jaunt THE REASON. Heavy downtuned guitars, thunderous basslines, and tasty drum work fills out this unit’s Staind meets Godsmack by way of Seether approach on tracks like “Understand” and “Hollow,” while cuts like “Make Your Move” and “Over & […]