Lucifer

The great metal label Century Media is throwing a free livestream festival with a handful of its bands this month.

New jams from Cirith Ungol, Exhorder, Wardruna, Body Count, Lucifer, Hexvessel, Ruin Lust, One Step Closer, Gouge Away, Portrayal of Guilt, Seed of Pain, and more.

Plus: Oranssi Pazuzu, Agnostic Front, Chelsea Wolfe, Backtrack, and more heavy tour news.

Psycho Las Vegas kicked off on Thursday with the Psycho Swim pre-party, an outdoor show at one of the many pools at the Mandalay Bay casino complex in Las Vegas featuring sets from Corrosion of Conformity, Lucifer, Danava, Primitive Man, ASG, Howling Giant, Idle Hands, and more.

The awesome Las Vegas festival features Megadeth, Opeth, Beach House, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Electric Wizard, High On Fire, Mogwai, Uncle Acid, Bad Religion, and much more.

The full lineup for Psycho Las Vegas is finally here and it's stacked from top to bottom, with new additions joining Electric Wizard, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Beach House, High on Fire, Bad Religion, Deafheaven, Glassjaw, and tons of others.

The party goes down August 15 at Daylight Beach Club, one day before the fest begins in proper next door at the Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino.

Plus: Angelique Kidjo, The Dils' first show in 40 years, Possessed, more Sonic Youth "Daydream Nation" film screenings, Lucifer, Ibibio Sound Machine, and more tour-related news.

Converge bassist Nate Newton shared a huge, eclectic, genre-spanning list of his favorite albums of 2018, with punk, metal, hip-hop, and indie rock picks including War on Women, Daughters, Mazzy Star, Mitski, St. Vincent, Tomb Mold, Hot Snakes, Judas Priest, Cardi B, Deafheaven, Voivod, High On Fire…

In case you were wondering if it was possible for the stacked Psycho Las Vegas 2018 lineup to get even better, the answer is yes. Danzig will headline with his only 'How the Gods Kill' set in the US of 2018.