TheJamZone 2024 - Heavy Metal Music News Review
Indie Basement (3/29): the week in classic indie, college rock & more

Indie Basement (3/29): the week in classic indie, college rock & more
Greetings! This week I review six albums, including shoegaze vets Ride's third and best album since reforming a decade ago; The High Llamas' best album in nearly three decade, plus very good new albums from Dent May, Holiday Ghosts, Reyna Tropical and Chastity Belt. It's a bigger ... Read more...

gglum on how The Microphones, Alex G, Big Thief & more influenced her debut LP ‘The Garden Dream’

gglum on how The Microphones, Alex G, Big Thief & more influenced her debut LP 'The Garden Dream'
After a string of singles and a couple of EPs, London-born singer-songwriter Ella Smoker signed to Secretly Canadian for her proper debut album as gglum, The Garden Dream. It has her stepping beyond the bedroom pop of her previous work and exploring a bunch of different styles, from the bold, ... Read more...

Chastity Belt break down every song on their new album ‘Live Laugh Love’

Chastity Belt break down every song on their new album 'Live Laugh Love'
Seattle's Chastity Belt are back with Live Laugh Love, their first album in five years and first for Suicide Squeeze after three on Hardly Art. "We've been playing music with each other for over a decade," says singer-guitarist Julia Shapiro, "so it really does feel like we ... Read more...

Notable Releases of the Week (3/29)

Notable Releases of the Week (3/29)
Last week may have been the busiest release week of the year so far, and the overload of great new albums is not stopping any time soon. I highlight eight new albums from this week below, and Bill tackles more in Bill's Indie Basement, including shoegaze legends Ride's third reunion album, ... Read more...

AC/DC's European Tour Sold 1.5 Million Tickets In One Day

AC/DC's European Tour Sold 1.5 Million Tickets In One Day
AC/DC recently announced a massive European tour that stretches from May to August. The shows are AC/DC's first on the continent since 2016, and clearly there's still an insane demand to see the band live. According to Chris Dalston, co-head of international touring at Creative Artists ... Read more...

The Weekly Injection: New Releases From SUM 41, A PERFECT CIRCLE/PRIMUS/PUSCIFER & More Out Today 3/29

The Weekly Injection: New Releases From SUM 41, A PERFECT CIRCLE/PRIMUS/PUSCIFER & More Out Today 3/29
This week's new heavy metal releases include a band's farewell, a triple split, some really solid catchy stuff, and more! To the metals… A Perfect Circle / Primus / Puscifer - Sessanta E.P.P.P. Genre: Experimental rock/Primus Origin: Los Angeles/El Sobrante, CaliforniaLabel: ... Read more...

Guitar Virtuoso NILI BROSH Performs New Intro Theme For Rebooted X-Men '97 Animated Series (Video)

Guitar Virtuoso NILI BROSH Performs New Intro Theme For Rebooted X-Men '97 Animated Series (Video)
If you're a comic book nerd, you're likely aware of the relaunched X-Men '97 Animated Series on Disney+. The iconic intro theme - created by  composer Ron Wasserman - has been updates and features guitar virtuoso Nili Brosh. She has shared a new video along with the following ... Read more...

Dent May dishes up his 12 favorite food songs

Dent May dishes up his 12 favorite food songs
Dent May's new album, What's for Breakfast?, is another tasty treat, and he knows that songs, like omelettes, benefit from just a little cheese. He showers these dozen pop eggs with just enough parm - in the form of nods to '70s and '80s soft rock and twisting well-worn phrases ... Read more...

Highly ADDICTIVE! Inhale the Raw Blackened Sludge of KEEF CHAMBER

Highly ADDICTIVE! Inhale the Raw Blackened Sludge of KEEF CHAMBER
WTF The new KEEF CHAMBER album is FUCKING BLAZIN HOT and will only add to the effects of your HIGH! Unholy fuck, this band is kicking out some serious Blackened-infused Sludge! They have the right amount of Punk in the mix and are not afraid to pay homage to their Blues ancestors! I got to keep it ... Read more...

Release Day Roundup: 3/29/24

Release Day Roundup: 3/29/24
Top PicksRage - Afterlifelines (semi-symphonic power thrash) I don't like Rage. I don't know why. I love thrash metal, and there are plenty of similar speed- and power-metal-inflected acts that do it for me, but they've just never clicked with me. Now, however, that declaration comes ... Read more...

Doomsday // March 2024

Doomsday // March 2024
I could pretend we always planned to cover both January and February on this edition of Doomsday. But I appreciate you too much to lie to you. The reality is that February is a bitch of a month and I completely forgot to run Doomsday. That's right: we had a fully submitted column and I simply.. ... Read more...

INTER ARMA Streams Cavernous New Single "Concrete Cliffs"

INTER ARMA Streams Cavernous New Single "Concrete Cliffs"
Inter Arma recently announced their long-awaited new record New Heaven due out April 26, and now they're streaming the single "Concrete Cliffs". Equal parts trudging, cavernous death metal and slow-moving melodic death metal, it's not a single you should be skipping out on. ... Read more...

Detroit Rockers PHARAOHS Release Video For New Single “Great Unknown”

Detroit Rockers PHARAOHS Release Video For New Single "Great Unknown"
Detroit rockers, Pharaohs, have released their debut single and video for "Great Unknown". The track is the first release off their upcoming full length album slated for late 2024. With gorgeous guitar-scapes, a tenacious rhythm secIon, and a magneIc frontman capable of smoothly swinging ... Read more...

AMARANTHE Announce First Ever Australia / New Zealand Tour For August / September 2024

AMARANTHE Announce First Ever Australia / New Zealand Tour For August / September 2024
Sweden's Amaranthe have announced their first ever tour of Australia and New Zealand, slated for this August and September. Tickets are available here, dates are below. August 25 - Auckland, New Zealand - Powerstation 27 - Adelaide, Australia - The Gov  28 - Perth, Australia - Metropolis ... Read more...

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band played San Francisco’s Chase Center (night 1 pics, video, setlist)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band played San Francisco's Chase Center (night 1 pics, video, setlist)
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band (photo by Moses Namkung) Bruce Springsteen postponed some of his 2023 tour dates with The E Street Band while he recovered from peptic ulcer disease, but he's officially back out on the road playing the rescheduled dates. Two nights into the run he flew ... Read more...

Mistress of Serpents... Vintage Photos of Snake Charmers

Mistress of Serpents... Vintage Photos of Snake Charmers
One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies was the music video shoot in Wayne's World, the one where near-naked Tia Carrare plays guitar with a python writhing around her. I was a 12-year-old crushing on a babe in 1992, but the "hot woman handling a large snake" ... Read more...

Experience the Enthralling Doom Folk of BLEAKHEART “Where I’m Disease”

Experience the Enthralling Doom Folk of BLEAKHEART "Where I'm Disease"
Right now, I'm immersed in BleakHeart's enthralling doom folk. Today we're premiering their video for "Where I'm Disease," and as someone who was raised by a mother with chronic illness, witnessing her medicalization and the way she was consistently under- and mis-diagn ... Read more...

Today In Metal History  March 29th, 2024  SCORPIONS, TOTO, JANE'S ADDICTION,  JEFF BECK, DREAM THEATER

Today In Metal History March 29th, 2024 SCORPIONS, TOTO, JANE'S ADDICTION, JEFF BECK, DREAM THEATER
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS Happy 77th   Robert Troy "Bobby" Kimball (TOTO singer) - March 29th, 1947 The 19 year-old guitarist on the song below was the legendary Steve Lukather and he told BraveWords recently that: 'The first hit always has a special memory. David Paich wrote a great ... Read more...

ADA Premiere New Single & Lyric Video "Rock Bottom"

ADA Premiere New Single & Lyric Video "Rock Bottom"
ADA Premiere New Single & Lyric Video "Rock Bottom" Baltimore, Maryland-based deathcore quartet ADA premiere a new single and lyric video by the name of "Rock Bottom", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. - Read more...

Ameonna (Chelsea Grin) Premiere New Single “Last Respects” - A Tribute To Late Volumes Guitarist Diego Farias & Garrett Garfield

Ameonna (Chelsea Grin) Premiere New Single "Last Respects" - A Tribute To Late Volumes Guitarist Diego Farias & Garrett Garfield
Ameonna (Chelsea Grin) Premiere New Single "Last Respects" - A Tribute To Late Volumes Guitarist Diego Farias & Garrett Garfield Ameonna, a trio consisting of Chelsea Grin's current drummer Pablo Viveros, along with the aforementioned outfit's former frontman Alex Koehler ... Read more...

Why Six Feet Under's Chris Barnes Stopped Smoking Weed

Why Six Feet Under's Chris Barnes Stopped Smoking Weed
Six Feet Under vocalist and longtime proponent of marijuana use Chris Barnes has revealed that, as of a year-and-a-half ago, he has stopped smoking weed. He's given up alcohol as well. Not only has Barnes been an outspoken advocate of marijuana use, it's been largely entangled with Six ... Read more...

Kryptos Shares New Music Video "Turn Up The Heat"
Kryptos Shares New Music Video "Turn Up The Heat" This summer, on July 5, 2024, India's heavy metal powerhouse Kryptos strikes back with its devastating, forthcoming studio offering "Decimator!" In anticipation of the release, the band has dropped a new music video for the ... Read more...

Cart & Horses / Heavy Metal Fury With Tank And Leader Of Down

Cart & Horses / Heavy Metal Fury With Tank And Leader Of Down
It was Metalheads galore down at the infamous Cart & Horses, Birthplace of Iron Maiden, on a warming Wednesday night. Existing as a one-way gateway into all things horns-to-the-sky, the venue was packed to the brim for the beckoning show downstairs with Tank and Leader Of Down. Tank - Leader of ... Read more...

Diamond Construct Premiere New Single & Music Video "Hell Inside You" From Upcoming New Album "Angel Killer Zero"

Diamond Construct Premiere New Single & Music Video "Hell Inside You" From Upcoming New Album "Angel Killer Zero"
Diamond Construct Premiere New Single & Music Video "Hell Inside You" From Upcoming New Album "Angel Killer Zero" The Colin Jeffs-directed video for Diamond Construct's latest single, "Hell Inside You," has just premiered online, available for streaming via ... Read more...

Oli Brown & The Dead Collective – Epilogue A Testament To Underrated Genius

Oli Brown & The Dead Collective - Epilogue A Testament To Underrated Genius
Call them what you want: mini albums or 12-inch singles with a few extras. Either way, Oli Brown & The Dead Collective made the EP sexy again with last year's Prelude and Prologue. The third in the series Epilogue completes the hat-trick. Oli Brown & The Dead Collective - Epilogue ... Read more...

Reliqa Premiere New Single & Music Video “Killstar (The Cold World)”

Reliqa Premiere New Single & Music Video "Killstar (The Cold World)"
Reliqa Premiere New Single & Music Video "Killstar (The Cold World)" Today, Australian progressive metalcore outfit Reliqa unveiled new visuals and music with their track "Killstar (The Cold World)." This song is part of their upcoming album, "Secrets Of The Future, ... Read more...

Black Sun releases a new single and video

Black Sun releases a new single and video
Spread the metal: Black Sun is an Ecuadorian-Finnish melodic heavy metal band that was originally formed in Ecuador by Nicolas Estrada (drums), Christopher Grünberg (guitar) and Santiago Salem (bass).The band worked with a Finnish producer/mixing engineer and Thunderstone guitarist Nino ... Read more...

Coffin Storm – Arcana Rising (2024)

Coffin Storm - Arcana Rising (2024)
Artist: Coffin Storm Album: Arcana Rising Released: 2024 Style: Heavy Metal Format: MP3 320Kbps Size: 104 Mb Tracklist: 01 - Over Frozen Moors 02 - Arcana Rising 03 - Open the Gallows 04 - Eighty-Five And Seven Miles 05 - Ceaseless Abandon 06 - Clockwork Cult DOWNLOAD LINKS: RAPIDGATOR: DOWNLOAD ... Read more...

Mistress (Fuming Mouth & High Command) debut first demo

Mistress (Fuming Mouth & High Command) debut first demo
Mistress, a new doom metal band featuring members from Fuming Mouth, High Command, and more have released their debut demo featuring four tracks mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk. The group plans to release their debut full length next year, for now you can check out the Candlemass/Electric Wizard ... Read more...

Counterparts to tour Europe this Summer with Deez Nuts, Dying Wish, & Get The Shot on select dates

Counterparts to tour Europe this Summer with Deez Nuts, Dying Wish, & Get The Shot on select dates
Canadian metalcorers, Counterparts, plan to spend their Summer abroad taking part in the European festival schedule this June. The itinerary will include mostly festivals, however they have sprinkled in a few club shows with support from Deez Nutz, Dying Wish, Get The Shot, and The Acacia Strain on ... Read more...

Enquire Within return with thumping new track

Enquire Within return with thumping new track
Imposing Brit hard-hitters ENQUIRE WITHIN continue to rise with the launch of their ferocious new EP, Elysium, out on Friday 31st May. The EP is heralded by their explosive brand new single and video, Seeds of Destruction, which features Howard H Smith (Acid Reign), and is out now - https://www.yout ... Read more...

Helldown return with biting new track

Helldown return with biting new track
Ferocious UK metal crew HELLDOWN stamp their authority on proceedings with their explosive new single and video, Beneath The Veil. Watch the video, here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aECzEsxtHRY . Attacking your senses from Swansea, Wales, and originally formed in 2013, the towering quartet ... Read more...

Benighted announce European tour with Baest and Coffin Feeder

Benighted announce European tour with Baest and Coffin Feeder
French extreme death metal/grindcore troupe, Benighted, have announced plans for a European run scheduled for this Fall. Support for November's "Beast Against BEast European Tour 2024" will be handled by Baest and Coffin Feeder. The group is currently preparing to release their tenth ... Read more...

Despised Icon former guitarist Yannick St. Amand loses home & studio in fire, GoFundMe available

Despised Icon former guitarist Yannick St. Amand loses home & studio in fire, GoFundMe available
Former original Despised Icon guitarist and producer Yannick St. Amand unfortunately lost his home, studio, and most of his and his family's belongings in a tragic home fire on March 20th.  In a recent interview, St. Amand shared the following: The morale is still very good, we are all ... Read more...

Whores. release fourth new single, "The Death Of A Stuntman" off upcoming LP

Whores. release fourth new single, "The Death Of A Stuntman" off upcoming LP
Atlanta-based sludge metal/noise rock trio Whores. have shared another offering from the group's impending sophomore LP. "The Death Of A Stuntman" is the fourth single from War, set for release on April 16th through Ghost Is Clear Records. Pre-order War here. A lyric video created by ... Read more...

Oceano to headline Toledo Deathfest 2024, line up announced

Oceano to headline Toledo Deathfest 2024, line up announced
Long-running Ohio-based death metal festival, Toledo Deathfest, has announced it's 2024 line up which will once again feature Chicago, IL deathcore unit Oceano returning to headline. The full line up also featuring The Convalescence, Visceral Disgorge, Casket Robbery, Rose Funeral, and more ... Read more...

Scar Symmetry drummer Henrik Olsson and guitarist Benjamin Ellis exit band, replacements announced

Scar Symmetry drummer Henrik Olsson and guitarist Benjamin Ellis exit band, replacements announced
Scar Symmetry, the Swedish melodic death metal group, has undergone a significant lineup change. Co-founding drummer and lyricist Henrik Olsson, along with guitarist Benjamin Ellis, have exited the band.  Lawrence Dinamarca (Nightrage) steps in as the new drummer, while Stephen Platt (Collibus) ... Read more...

Wake to return to Europe for the first time in 7 years in May

Wake to return to Europe for the first time in 7 years in May
Canadian Death/Black metal five-piece, Wake, have announced their return to the UK and Europe for the first time in seven years. The tour will kick off in Karlsruhe, DE on May 9th and run until Nijmegen, NL on May 29th, support for the trek will be handled by Thought From Descent and Devouring Ruin. ... Read more...

While She Sleeps: Self Hell review - exploding out of metalcore with a scream
(Sleeps Brothers)On their sixth album, the hardcore Sheffield quintet bring furious riffs, howling, swearing and … acoustic guitars? Formed by school friends in former mining villages near Sheffield, While She Sleeps were briefly on a major label but have gone an independent route to build a ... Read more...

KISS Manager DOC McGHEE Talks Band Avatars And Beyond - "We Had Been Looking At Things For Five Years" (Video)

KISS Manager DOC McGHEE Talks Band Avatars And Beyond - "We Had Been Looking At Things For Five Years" (Video)
KISS manager, Doc McGhee, is featured in a new interview with The Rock Experience With Mike Brunn. He sits down to discuss KISS continuing their legacy as avatars, box sets, selling the brand, the KISS Kruise, and more. Check out the interview below. On the creation of the KISS avatars... - Read more...

China’s OU Release New Single / Video "æ·åŒ– Purge" Featuring DEVIN TOWNSEND

China's OU Release New Single / Video "æ·åŒ– Purge" Featuring DEVIN TOWNSEND
The Chinese progressive metal band OU (pronunciation: 'O') is set to unleash their mesmerizing sound in their upcoming sophomore album, 蘇醒 II: Frailty, co-produced, mixed and feat. Devin Townsend. The album will be released on ... Read more...

Psychiatric Treatment, or Torture? The Oak Ridge Experiment

Psychiatric Treatment, or Torture? The Oak Ridge Experiment
There's a dark joke in my family about psychiatry, and it's that anyone who wants to become a psychiatrist has a mental illness. My granddad was a psychiatrist and seemed to have a scientific disregard for human emotions and needs. Hence the joke, to deal with the trauma. So this ... Read more...

OUR FRANKENSTEIN Addresses Betrayal & Revenge With New Single, “Judas Dance”

OUR FRANKENSTEIN Addresses Betrayal & Revenge With New Single, "Judas Dance"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2024 - Gothic rock band, OUR FRANKENSTEIN has just unleashed their new video & single, "Judas Dance". This is the first single from the band's highly-anticipated forthcoming album due out later this year. "Judas Dance" touches on topics ... Read more...

RFK Media Releases COLD SWEAT Album Unburied Alive, Containing Previously Unreleased Studio Recordings, New And Vintage Live Tracks

RFK Media Releases COLD SWEAT Album Unburied Alive, Containing Previously Unreleased Studio Recordings, New And Vintage Live Tracks
Ron Keel's RFK Media label digs deep to release Cold Sweat - Unburied Alive, in conjunction with the band's appearance at the 2024 M3 Festival on May 5th. The foundation of this album consists of four unreleased studio tracks from the early '90s, which showcase the band (Marc Ferrari ... Read more...

An Unusual Perspective on ’90s Industrial Music

An Unusual Perspective on '90s Industrial Music
Not long ago, I wrote an article about grindcore in the 90s from my recollections of the decade and the genre. When the idea came about, we also discussed doing the same for industrial in the same decade. I am attempting that here although the task will be more challenging. It has nothing to do ... Read more...

Necrot Announces Headlining North American Tour Dates
Necrot Announces Headlining North American Tour Dates Necrot will return to the stage this June on a massive North American headlining tour. The Lifeless Birth Tour 2024 commences on June 5 in Berkeley, California and winds its way through nearly three dozen cities, concluding on July 13 in ... Read more...

Doro Releases New Animated Music Video "Lean Mean Rock Machine"
Doro Releases New Animated Music Video "Lean Mean Rock Machine" Legendary heavy metal icon Doro is back with a thunderous new single, "Lean Mean Rock Machine," which comes accompanied by an electrifying animated video crafted by acclaimed visual artist Balázs Gróf. ... Read more...

Rotting Christ Debuts New Lyric Video "Saoirse"

Rotting Christ Debuts New Lyric Video "Saoirse"
Rotting Christ Debuts New Lyric Video "Saoirse" Band Photo: Rotting Christ (?) In celebration of their 35th year as a band, this May, Rotting Christ are releasing their 14th album. "Pro Xristou" is bound to hold a revered place in the Greeks' heretical history. Always true ... Read more...

Zao Premiere Live Video For “A Well-Intentioned Virus”

Zao Premiere Live Video For "A Well-Intentioned Virus"
Zao Premiere Live Video For "A Well-Intentioned Virus" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based hardcore metal outfit Zao has unveiled a live performance clip of their track "A Well-Intentioned Virus," streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. The footage originates from the ... Read more...

Rage Releases New Music Video "Dying To Live"
Rage Releases New Music Video "Dying To Live" Today will see the arrival of the brand-new Rage single and video for the song "Dying To Live." The song is also included on the upcoming double studio album "Afterlifelines," which will be released on March 29th. Frontman ... Read more...

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