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The Ultimate Rock & Metal Christmas Songs Playlist

I’m not sure if it’s because 2020 has been so chaotic or maybe it’s just that I’m getting older. Whatever the case, I am feeling festive AF this holiday season and I created the ultimate playlist to match my mood. My Heavy Holiday Spotify playlist has the ultimate collection of rock & metal Christmas songs to help get you in the spirit! Rock & Metal Christmas Songs You Can Headbang Around The Tree To This playlist has the best rock...

New Music Monday

New Music From ‘Dines X Heafy and More! : NMM

Happy New Music Monday everyone! This week we have a bunch of new music spanning across several different metal subgenres including sludge and sympho-tech metal. We’ve also got one of the new tracks off of the new ‘Dines X Heafy’ EP. New Music Monday 12/7/2020: New Music Dines X Heafy and More! Before we get started, don’t forget that you can listen along with my Spotify playlist. It has all of these songs lined up for you so you can just...

Machine Head & Metallica in Prague in 2008 : FCD #4

No matter where life has taken me, metal music has been my one constant throughout it all. While some may be under the assumption it’s only for people who are “angry”, the rest of us know that it can bring a sense of peace and even….JOY! *Cue shocked Pikachu face.* Fellow metalhead, Pav, talks more about exactly that in this week’s Fan Concert Diary. It all takes place in 2008 at a show for Machine Head and Metallica in Prague....

New Music Monday

New Seas on the Moon & more! : New Music Monday

Happy New Music Monday! This week our top 6 has a little bit of everything, including new progressive metal from Seas on the Moon. This playlist is also a bit dark and doom-y, making it a perfect match for the gloomy weather we’re having in the North East. New Music Monday Playlist: New Seas on the Moon & more! Before we get started, don’t forget that you can listen along with my Spotify playlist. It has all of these songs lined...

Passed the Mic at P.O.D. & Alien Ant Farm – FCD #3

Have you ever been to a concert where the vocalist gives the mic to a person in the crowd? When that moment happens, fans in the crowd can immediately be split into two groups. The first group consists of those who have no fucking clue what the lyrics are and are silently hoping it doesn’t come to them. This is especially true for those that are only in attendance because their friend or significant other had an extra ticket. The...

New Music Monday

New Thrash Metal & More: New Music Monday

Happy New Music Monday Everyone! Thrash is one of my favorite subgenres of metal, if not my all time favorite. Unfortunately, new thrash metal doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves. Unless you’re listening to Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal, that is. You could also say the same for thrash metal bands outside of the Big 4. Many of them you might find to be completely under the radar if you rely on the local radio for new music. And how...

New Music Monday

Ektomorf returns + more: NMM

Happy New Music Monday everyone! This week’s top 6 new heavy music songs are going to vary in style a bit. But it wouldn’t be called The Versatile Virgo if I did everything the same! The first half leans more in an alternative metal, post grunge direction. As it goes on though, the tracks continue to get more brutal, which includes the intensly heavy return of Ektomorf. Before we get started, don’t forget that you can listen along with my Spotify...

New Music Monday

NMM: New Music From System of a Down + more!

Hello and Happy New Music Monday! Here’s to hoping this week is much more low stress than the last. In any case, I’ve got just the right playlist to help you with that! This week there is a total of 7 songs, the most we’ve ever done. There’s new music from System of a Down included here that’s supporting a really important cause. Instead of choosing just one, I felt it was important to include both. You can find the...

Amon Amarth in Brussels: Fan Concert Diaries #2

If you’ve ever lost your friends at a concert, you know it can be stressful. It always seems to happen right when the band you’ve been waiting to see starts to play, too. This week metalhead Pascal tells us about the time he helped a fellow concert goer at Amon Amarth in Brussels, Belgium on November 26, 2019. Check it out below!: My latest concert story [is from] November last year. [It was] Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, and Hypocrisy in...

‘Edification’: After Smoke Clears Debut Album Review

London’s After Smoke Clears are set to drop their debut album ‘Edification’ on November 12th. The groove metallers dropped six singles with music videos from the album so far gearing up for this release. You may remember me featuring some of those singles on my New Music Monday posts. I’m super grateful to have had the opportunity to jam to ‘Edification’ during this crazy week. But I just simply couldn’t wait any longer to tell you all about it! ‘Edification’...