Discharge

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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...

”I always had some punk influences. I guess it comes from my childhood when we were constantly looking for more extreme music,” said Attila Csihar.

Barishi, Metallica, Anthrax/Lamb of God (covering Discharge), Chelsea Wolfe (covering Ozzy), Every Time I Die, Brutus, and more metal quarantine-era videos and streams that you can check out right now...

Randy Blythe, Charlie Benante, Scott Ian and Dan Lilker team up to cover Discharge's “Doomsday” and “The Final Blood Bath“ in quarantine.

The comp features 53 songs, including a mix of rarities and Discharge's best-known songs, and it comes out on gatefold double splatter vinyl.

Martyrdod's new album comes out in May and includes a Discharge cover.

Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only and Doyle reunited as The Original Misfits once again, for Los Angeles and Las Vegas shows, after playing together for the first time since 1983 at Riot Fest 2016. Like at Riot Fest, they were joined at last week's shows with original Slayer (and current Dead Cross) drummer Dave Lombardo...

The Original Misfits -- aka the reunion of original Misfits members Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only and Dyle, who first reunited at Riot Fest 2016 -- recently announced an LA show for December, which they said would be their only show of 2017. That show sold out and it turns out they're actually playing one more: Las Vegas.

Ministry, Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity, Marduk, Venom Inc, Discharge & more are playing the fest, which also has "a fully immersive walkthrough experience of pain, pleasure, and metal."