Filipino heavy metal band Slapshock paid their respects to Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington with a cover of the band's debut single, "One Step Closer," at a recent concert. By Billboard ...

Philippines’ very own thunderous rock band; Slapshock has made is getting ready to shakeup Qatar over the weekend. We sat with the legendary group to find out more about their 20 year-old musical ...

Celebrities and fellow musicians have been paying their tributes to Slapshock frontman Jamir Garcia, whose death was reported just earlier today, Nov. 26. Garcia, 42, was found lifeless at his home in ...

The country's top metalcore band Slapshock has every reason to feel great even if they're only billed as a front act for a rock show tonight at the Skydome. Well, the main act is Killswitch Engage, an ...

MANILA, Philippines — For kids well into the ’90s and early 2000s local rock and metal scene, the untimely death of Slapshock frontman Jamir Garcia is a sad news to bear with. But no amount of ...

It's hard to imagine how a rap metal band could survive the backlash after the popularity of the music has faded. But here's Slapshock proudly celebrating their 15th year in the scene with a brand new ...

MANILA, Philippines — More than a year after the tragic passing of heavy metal band Slapshock vocalist Jamir Garcia, remaining members Lean Ansing (guitarist) and Chi Evora (drummer) formed a new ...

After Slapshock vocalist Jamir Garcia was declared dead upon arrival on Thursday morning, his partner and bandmates have begun speaking up. Garcia's partner Jaya Garcia took to a Facebook live on ...

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. Slapshock’s surviving members (from left) Chi Evora, Lean Ansing, Jerry Basco, and Lee Nadela have made peace with the signing of a new agreement that would reclaim their ...

Slapshock vocalist Jamir Garcia died on Thursday, November 26. He was 42. (Editor’s note: An earlier version of this report stated that Garcia was 43 years old. We have since updated the story.) ...

MANILA, Philippines — Slapshock frontman Jamir Garcia’s live-in partner Sojina Jaya Crisostomo believes that the recordings of her late partner should be released to the public to honor his legacy.

(UPDATED) Jamir Garcia wrote those words for the title track of his nu metal band Slapshock’s “Night Owls’ EP released in 2014. He did not live long enough to see his dream of deathlessness come true.