What’s the best metal album of each year of the 1980s? Let’s find out! Building off the collective foundation laid by ’70s legends such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, The […]
PRESTO BALLET, the progressive rock project led by METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof, will release its seventh studio album, “Dreamentia”, on June 27 via Rat Pak Records. Founded by Vanderhoof in 2005, PRESTO BALLET combines […]
A live performance from Gama Bomb, one of the acts signed to the newly acquired Prosthetic Records. Photo Credit: Grywnn Another day, another label acquisition – this time from a metal-minded MNRK Music Group, which […]
Mining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence contributing writers Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent […]
Drummer Gene Hoglan of California thrash metal pioneers DARK ANGEL spoke to “The David Ellefson Show” about “Extinction Level Event”, the band’s first new album in 34 years, due later in 2025 via Reversed Records. […]
Here are the best albums by 11 legendary black metal bands! If you are a true black metal fan, you know that tough questions like “What is the greatest Watain release?” can become a persistent enemy of […]
Shane Hawkins, the son of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, is set to tour this summer with Chevy Metal, the covers band that his father formed back in 2013. The US tour kicks off […]
Here are the 11 best progressive metal albums of the 2020s (so far)! It’s truly hard to believe that we’re halfway into the 2020s. As the saying goes, however, time flies when you’re having fun, […]
Here are 11 of the most underrated albums by some of hair metal’s biggest bands. When we talk about hair metal, the conversation usually circles around the same handful of albums. Whether it’s a record that […]
A few weeks after releasing their latest album, Nu Delhi, Bloodywood‘s Raoul Kerr joined Loudwire Nights to dive into their music, look back on their career and open up about what the goal is moving […]
The Beths have signed to Anti- Records, and, with that announcement comes plenty more news. The New Zealand indie-rockers are heading out on a lengthy tour of North America and Europe, and they’ve shared a […]
The Beths have announced their signing to ANTI- and released “Metal,” their first new song since 2023. Alongside their first new music on the label, the New Zealand band has announced a 2025 world tour. […]
BABYMETAL have announced a change to the release date of their upcoming new album ‘METAL FORTH’. Originally scheduled for June 13, due to “changes in the overseas release date” it will now arrive two weeks […]
Matmos, the electronic duo whose catalog includes albums made of sampled washing machines and medical procedures, have unveiled their latest gambit: a new album composed entirely of metal object sounds. Metallic Life Review combines the […]
There are many video games that are enjoying success in live-action. Everyone raves about The Last of Us and Fallout, and rightfully so. They are incredible shows. But, I believe the most underrated—and the most […]
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival returns on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at The Palladium Outdoors in Worcester, Massachusetts Launched in 1999, New England Metal & Hardcore Festival became a cornerstone of the metal and […]
Heavy Song of the Week is a feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal, punk, and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Midnight for […]
Japanese pop metal band BABYMETAL has signed to Capitol Records, which will release the group’s new album, “Metal Forth”, on June 13. Meaning “beyond metal,” “Metal Forth” features collaborations with Poppy, SPIRITBOX, Tom Morello, BLOODYWOOD, […]
BABYMETAL have announced their fourth album, appropriately dubbed METAL FORTH, arriving June 13th via new label home Capitol Records. The LP will feature collaborations with several notable artists. The next single and album opener, “from […]
BABYMETAL have unveiled the details of their upcoming new album ‘METAL FORTH’, set for release on June 13 via Capitol Records. Featuring the previous single ‘RATATATA’ with Electric Callboy, it also includes collaborations with Spiritbox, […]