Devin Townsend

Dream Theater have announced ‘Dreamsonic,’ an all-progressive metal package tour that they plan to do ”for many years to come.”

Tributes have come in from members of Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Pantera, Code Orange, HEALTH, Testament, Thundercat, Knocked Loose, Screaming Females, Korn, Jane’s Addiction, and many others…

To make up for the two lost years, Hellfest returns for two weeks in 2022, and it would be easier to list which heavy bands *aren’t* playing…

plus Dropkick Murphys, Khemmis, Full of Hell, Dawes, Cassandra Jenkins, Melvins, Decemberists, and more livestreams you can watch this week.

Following our lists on ’90s metalcore and 2000s post-hardcore, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 15 classic albums from metalcore’s most popular era.

Teenage Halloween, GWAR, Code Orange, Mr. Bungle, The Fest, The Distillers, Puscifer, Nothing/Full of Hell, Rolling Loud, The Wonder Years (as blink-182), The Skatalites, World/Inferno, Rocky Horror, Grateful Dead, and much more…

Plus Jason Isbell, Bright Eyes, Kathleen Hanna, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Puscifer, The Lemonheads, H.E.R., Bartees Strange, Japanese Breakfast, Phoebe Bridgers, Nothing, Teenage Halloween, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

Also: Obituary, The Ocean (with Jonas from Katatonia), Weedeater, ASG, Toke and more…

Puscifer and Dropkick Murphys are among the new additions to Hellfest 2021, which mostly mirrors the 2020 lineup that didn’t happen.

Devin Townsend, JG Thirlwell, Oceansize’s Mike Vennart, Dutch Uncles, and others have also paid tribute.