The Beths Announce Huge Tour, Share Video for New Song “Metal”: Watch

The Beths: 2025 Tour

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 […]

Matmos Compose Album Entirely From Metal Objects, Share Tour Dates and New Song: Listen

Matmos: Metallic Life Review

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 […]

LORNA SHORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, Others Confirmed For 2025 NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL

LORNA SHORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, Others Confirmed For 2025 NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL

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 […]

BABYMETAL Announces New Album ‘Metal Forth’

BABYMETAL Announces New Album 'Metal Forth'

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, […]

Best Underground Metal Albums of February 2025

Best Underground Metal Albums of February 2025

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 […]

The 9 Best Non-Hair Metal Albums by Hair Metal Bands

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Here are the 9 best non-hair metal albums released by hair metal bands. The 1980s were synonymous with larger-than-life personas, infectious, anthemic choruses, long, flowing locks, skin-tight leather, and guitars drenched in reverb and distortion. […]

Ozzy Osbourne announces final Black Sabbath gig as band reunite for ‘greatest heavy metal show ever’ with HUGE line up

Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath performing onstage.

ROCK veteran Ozzy Osbourne will play his final EVER show this summer, amid his worsening battle with Parkinson’s disease. The music icon has announced he will return to the stage one more time with his […]