Heavy Metal

Former MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover joined ACCEPT as a “special guest artist” at the German/American metallers’ first 50th-anniversary concert of 2026 on May 1 at the Karmøygeddon Metal Festival in Kopervik, Norway. Video of the show can be seen below. Drover will also play the following concerts with ACCEPT: May 03 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Filmstudion May 06 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Cirkus When Shawn‘s participation […]

Fan-filmed video of KINGS OF THRASH, the band featuring former MEGADETH members David Ellefson (bass) and Jeff Young (guitar),performing on May 1 at Rockpile West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the “Thrashin’ The Northeast” spring 2026 North American tour can be seen below (courtesy of JIMM SYMINGTON channel on YouTube). KINGS OF THRASH‘s latest single, “Bullets Ready”, was released on Friday, May 1 via Cleopatra Records. “Bullets Ready” delivers a […]

MEGADETH played its version of “Ride The Lightning”, the title track of METALLICA‘s 1984 album for which MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine got a co-writing credit following his 1983 departure from the legendary heavy metal band, live for the first and second time during its headlining concerts Sunday night (April 26) and Monday night (April 27) at Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia. An […]

American heavy metal icons ARMORED SAINT performed their new single, “Close To The Bone”, live for the first time during their concert on Sunday, April 19 at the Rainbow Bar & Grill 54th-anniversary party in West Hollywood, California. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below. “Close To The Bone” is taken from ARMORED SAINT‘s upcoming full-length album, “Emotion Factory […]

NONPOINT performed two new songs, “Is It” and “Red Yeti”, during the band’s headlining concert Saturday night (April 25) at Ritz Ybor in Tampa, Florida. The show, which was part of NONPOINT‘s just-launched “The Outta Control Tour”, featured support from SOIL and SUMO CYCO. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of IFM RAW). “Is It” and “Red Yeti”, the latter of which features […]

Former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT frontman John Bush has released a live video of the ANTHRAX classic “Random Acts Of Senseless Violence”, which originally appeared on the band’s 1995 album “Stomp 442”. Filmed on December 13, 2025 at the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California during the debut performance of Bush‘s “Celebrating The Songs Of Anthrax” show, the video showcases John with his CATEGORY 7 bandmates Phil Demmel (guitar),Mike Orlando (guitar) […]

On Sunday, March 8, MEGADETH held an exclusive celebration party honoring the band’s Billboard Top 200 No. 1 debut (first-ever No. 1 Top 200 in MEGADETH‘s career),as well as seven other No. 1 Billboard chart debuts in the U.S. and an array of No. 1s globally. This once-in-a-lifetime event, dubbed “Thrash The Charts”, in La Vergne, Tennessee brought fans inside the […]

MEGADETH played the song “Let There Be Shred” live for the first time last night (Wednesday, February 18) during the band’s concert at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada as part of a Canadian tour with ANTHRAX and EXODUS. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below. “Let There Be Shred” is taken from MEGADETH‘s final, self-titled studio album which came […]

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson joined SMITH/KOTZEN, the collaborative project featuring IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith and THE WINERY DOGS frontman and acclaimed solo artist Richie Kotzen, during the latter act’s concert Saturday night (February 21) at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London, United Kingdom to perform the MAIDEN classic “Wasted Years”. Fan-filmed video of Bruce‘s appearance can be seen below. Smith originally wrote “Wasted Years” for MAIDEN‘s 1986 album “Somewhere In Time”. He […]