thrash

Is live music back? For now, and hopefully for much longer than that. Check out photos and a review of Portland experimental metal duo Wizard Rifle's stop in Chicago on their tour (they've got two upcoming dates supporting The Sword in New York).

We exchanged with Eric Peterson, Testament's guitarist and primary songwriter, about the band's incredible 13th milestone "Titans of Creation" (out now).

We chat up Athenar of Ohio thrash/speed outfit Midnight -- the band's latest release, out tomorrow, pays sinister homage to all that rips and roars.

Stream a mean-as-fuck new song from Denver death-sludge outfit Necropanther's upcoming album, plus an interview with the band.

The definitive book on the formative years of Bay Area thrash is now a documentary -- as director Adam Dubin describes, “[this is] not a Metallica movie, it's a movie with Metallica in it." Screening dates and our extensive interview are inside.

The Phoenix thrash vets are back.

We unveil an early full stream of the ripping debut full-length from Texan thrash masters Widower.

We chat with singer/guitarist Zack Weil from the Chicago-based thrash/sludge trio about their upcoming album "High Anxiety" -- also, watch a bezerk new music video for the single "Tween Shitbag."

Yatra, the brontosaurian Baltimore band, brings the doom. They were joined by Backwoods Payback, Decap Attak, and Dour.

We unveil the latest full-length from the ever-wild Austrian thrashers prior to its official release on Friday.