He has some books to grift onto his sizable audience, so it’s not all that surprising, but Skillet’s John Cooper is back with his latest opinion on the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies. At this point, he might as well have replaced Trapt’s Chris Taylor Brown as (arguably) rock’s biggest pariah – except this time, a…
Though still unknown in the west at the time its release, Japanese alt metal legends Dir En Grey had already cultivated an eclectic and unique style on their debut album – Gauze.
It seems like a long time ago, but it really wasn’t. There was a time where Victory Records existed and also snapped up developing, promising bands like Silverstein, Atreyu, and Taking Back Sunday, then watched as they inevitably went to major labels later on. Whether it was post-hardcore, pop-punk, emo, metalcore, or something else, there’s…
Would anyone have expected a band that’s released albums as heavy as From Mars To Sirius to be playing at the Olympics? Well, make no mistake, that band is Gojira. France is, of course, not the USA. While the USA basically refuses to allow metal music to touch the biggest stages it has to offer…
