Jason Roche

Friday, September 13 Iron Maiden San Manuel Amphitheatre For many months, "The Battle of San Bernardino" has been the most hotly anticipated metal concert of the summer. The undercard of thrash titans Megadeth, Anthrax and Testament is mighty impressive, but the main reason 45,000 metalheads are making the trek to......

Tonight, Black Sabbath plays L.A. behind 13. This recently released LP is the band's first album with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals since 1978. Let's be honest though; while 13 is a solid addition to the Sabbath catalog, the majority of people going to the show will be there to hear......

Vikings, hobbits, pirates, and of course Satan have inspired metal bands. But L.A. group Nekrogoblikon may be the first inspired by tales of goblin apocalypse. Their new EP Power, like all their other albums, takes place in a universe where Goblins reign supreme and destroy everything lying in their path......

One year ago, alt-metal band Baroness was touring Europe behind the release of their criticially-acclaimed LP Yellow & Green. This ambitious double album was getting strong buzz for introducing progressive-rock elements into a sludge-metal blueprint. It was a big moment for the Georgia-based band. The momentum came to a screeching......

Friday, August 2 Xanthochroid The Black Castle This O.C. outfit eschews the usual SoCal metal influences. Instead, they take their cues from Scandinavian symphonic black metal acts like Dimmu Borgir and filter them through the progressive leanings of modern-day Opeth. Their 2012 debut full-length Blessed He With Boils is a......

Who among us is not a fan of Dodger rookie phenom Yasiel Puig? His acolytes certainly include the members of new grindcore band Puig Destroyer. You can hear their delirious track, "One Man, Five Tools" below. We'd imagine it's the first metal ode to the talented Cuban defector. The group......

Tomorrow night, supergroup Palms will make their L.A. debut at The Troubadour. Consisting of Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno and three members of now-defunct post-metal pioneers Isis, the group is touring in support of their self-titled debut album. We caught up with drummer Aaron Harris, bassist Jeff Caxide, and guitarist/keyboardist Cliff......

Psychedelic-sludge merchants Intronaut have been touring in support of their newest album, Habitual Levitations. With the tour culminating in a homecoming show this Saturday, July 6th at the Roxy, we asked Intronaut guitarist and vocalist Sacha Dunable, "What makes Los Angeles metal?" According to the local native? Not too much......

Saturday, July 6 Intronaut, Scale The Summit The Roxy Theatre Intronaut are powerful merchants of sludge and psychedelics. Recent albums such as 2013's Habitual Levitations have seen the Los Angeles quartet become more melodic, but there are still plenty of crushing riffs to inspire headbanging, as well as insanely technical......

On classic albums such as Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? and Rust in Peace, Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine explored themes such as citizen apathy and Big Brother government. These themes are also in play more than two decades later on Megadeth's newest album, Super Collider, out yesterday. But the often-outspoken metal......