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Metal!

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Features

Fort Worth Metal Band Nocturnal Spawn Just Wants to Riff

By Kristin LockhartNovember 11, 2025

As they expand their sound even further and garner a wider variety of fans, Nocturnal Spawn is the metal band to watch.

Features

Toxic Madness Wants to Leave You Bruised and Hugging Each Other

By Baylie VikeNovember 10, 2025

Going to the Dallas hardcore band’s show is all raw energy, heavy riffs and mosh pits. They headline TX Tea Room in Deep Ellum on Nov. 13.

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Concerts

System of a Down, Deftones and More Headline Inaugural Sick New World Texas

By Preston BartaOctober 21, 2025

Wake up! The massive heavy metal event with Slayer and Evanescence is set to shake the Texas Motor Speedway on Oct. 24, 2026.

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Critic's Notebook

The Cult and Death Cult’s Show Was Therapy

By Andrew ShermanOctober 21, 2025

From post-punk rituals to anthems, the British rock band proves that time is a mental construct for their gathering of the tribes in Fort Worth.

Critic's Notebook

Limp Bizkit Bassist Sam Rivers Dies at 48

By Eric DiepOctober 18, 2025

Limp Bizkit shared on Instagram that Sam Rivers had died on Saturday. “Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” the band wrote.

Features

Cavalera Conspiracy Returns to Chaos, Binding Us Together Like It’s 1995 Again

By Kristin LockhartOctober 15, 2025

Max Cavalera reflects on Sepultura’s album ahead of the Dallas show. “For a lot of people, it changed the landscape of metal,” he says.

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Critic's Notebook

Mudvayne’s Long Life in Heavy Metal Was Celebrated Loudly at 25th Anniversary Show

By Melissa "Metalissa" GuerreroOctober 13, 2025

Mudvayne’s celebratory tour of their debut album shows they’re still crushing it 20 years later, rocking like it was the early aughts again.

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Critic's Notebook

Poppy Dropped Screams and Kept It All the Way Metalcore at Dallas Show

By Melissa "Metalissa" GuerreroOctober 8, 2025

Poppy’s North American tour dates ended in Texas, a heavy metal show at House of Blues that was dazzling and dynamic.

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Features

Metalachi’s Texas Return Gathers Mariachi and Metalheads Alike

By Poppy XanderSeptember 30, 2025

A cross between music, dance and culture, the self-proclaimed world’s first and only heavy metal mariachi band is ready to party in North Texas.

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Features

‘MotorPsych’ Band Chemical Spell Wants You to Saddle the Fuck Up

By Jamie VahalaSeptember 29, 2025

Chemical Spell has been performing in and around Deep Ellum. Don’t blink or you’ll miss the metal energy, intensity and theater-like stakes.

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Critic's Notebook

Pantera, the Cowboys From Hell, Return to Conquer Dallas After Two Decades

By Preston BartaSeptember 4, 2025

Pantera’s long-awaited return ignited a night of metal mayhem, fiery tributes and hometown pride at the Dos Equis Pavilion.

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Critic's Notebook

Eyehategod and Crowbar Was Sweaty Mastery of Riffs at Club Dada

By Kristin LockhartAugust 28, 2025

Eyehategod and Crowbar are devastating displays of New Orleans riffery, trading off headlining spots during their tour.

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Critic's Notebook

Creeping Death’s 10-Year Extravaganza Showcased All That Is Heavy at Rubber Gloves: Photos

By Kristin LockhartAugust 25, 2025

The hefty 11-band lineup for death metal act Creeping Death’s show provided a little bit of something for every metalhead.

Features

UnityTX’s Jay Webster Sounds Off on Band’s Dallas Roots and Forging Their Own Path

By Kristin LockhartAugust 20, 2025

Ahead of UnityTX’s stop at TX Tea Room, the band’s vocalist gets honest about challenges in the music industry.

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Critic's Notebook

Ghost Gathers the Congregation for a Cathedral of Metal at Dickies Arena

By Melissa "Metalissa" GuerreroAugust 16, 2025

Stunning stage designs and incredible musical performances from the Swedish heavy metal band set this sold-out show apart.

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Critic's Notebook

‘The Elvis of Metal’: Ozzy Osbourne’s Influence Is Forever in Dallas

By Christian McPhateJuly 23, 2025

A tribute to the Black Sabbath leader and pioneer of the heavy metal genre by a fan who saw him at Ozzfest in Texas.

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Critic's Notebook

Hatebreed, With Fugitive and Creeping Death, Celebrated Their 30-Plus-Year Legacy in Dallas: Photos

By Kristin LockhartJuly 14, 2025

Hatebreed, Fugitive, Creeping Death, Gridiron, Escuela Grind and Incite breathed new life into the Summer Slaughter Tour.

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Features

Fugitive’s Blake Ibanez Is Ready to Thrash Hard With Dallas Metalheads on Summer Slaughter Tour

By Nic HuberJuly 8, 2025

Before Hatebreed comes to Dallas, we spoke with Fugitive about forming the group that’s become an instant hit in metal.

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Features

Dallas Drummer Bryan Fajardo Is Putting His Stamp on Grindcore

By Nic HuberJune 24, 2025

We reconnect with Fajardo, whom we named the best grindcore drummer, to talk about how his move to Dallas impacted his life.

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Critic's Notebook

Babymetal Had Metalheads Moshing and Headbanging at Irving Show: Photos

By Eric DiepJune 16, 2025

Fronted by three women – Su-Metal, Moametal and Momometal – Babymetal brings sweet vocals over shredding to heavy metal.

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Features

Fort Worth Band Dead Butterflies Are Screaming Into the Summer

By Diego HernandezMay 5, 2025

The Texas screamo band survives off loaning and borrowing instruments, rapidly rising as an exciting DIY act to watch.

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