Misery Index

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...

The open air metal fest goes down in Cave In Rock, IL this September.

"Rather than indulge brats with over priced cream pops, I mean to deny those looking to buy a cold tasty treat by playing my happy chimes through the streets. And when the children materialize in the streets? I will coast right past them with the sinister look of rejection."

“Seeing as Sonic Youth mash chords like few others, this cover of 'White Kross' just seemed to lift itself beyond the constraints of cover - or filler - song into a bit of a rumbling wall-of-sound epic,” Barney says.

The huge lineup also includes Incubus, Korn, Mastodon, Opeth, Deep Purple, The Offspring, Obituary, Mayhem, Abbath, Alcest, Electric Wizard, Baroness, Om, Envy, Mono, High On Fire, Killing Joke, Youth of Today, and still tons more...

Can you guess their #1 pick? Hint: it comes out next week.

Metallic hardcore crushers Nails are back with a two-song single and a big tour announcement...

Here's all the metal we posted on BV this week, including Ringworm, Spirit Adrift, Inter Arma, Sacred Reich, Knocked Loose, Mind Power, Misery Index, and more.

Listen to new songs from Stereolab, JPEGMAFIA, Broken Social Scene, Saintseneca, Drowse, Ezra Collective, Misery Index, Bracket, Big Thief, and more.

Listen to new songs by Free Throw, Ratso ft. Nick Cave, Ibibio Sound Machine, O.R.k ft. Serj Tankian, Nas, Many Rooms, EarthGang ft. Young Thug, and more.