Born Of Osiris Turned Away At Canadian Border; Drop Off Tour

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in News

Canada’s ongoing persecution of American bands continues this week, as Chicago progressive metal outfit Born of Osiris were denied entry to Canada last night (Wednesday, March 30). The band will therefore be unable to join August Burns Red on their previously announced Canadian tour. Bummer. “Due to some very unexpected problems at the border, we Read More

Is This What We Can Expect From The Next Cave In Record?

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in Huh?, News

I hope not. I am a huge Cave In fan — ask anyone. Even my mom knows I’m way into Cave In. But this song that Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky performed acoustically recently — which was recorded by a fan at Tremont Music Hall and sounds like utter shit, admittedly — isn’t very — Read More

Korn Release Snippet Of New Song — Hear It Here

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in News, Poop, Song Debuts

It’s all of 13 fucking seconds, and is preceded and proceeded by a whacky Jonathan Davis, Korn’s lead singer. Notice the dude uses the word “shit” three times…in just four seconds. That, alone, is impressive. The song is called “Get Up,” and is the latest piece of Korn music since that last piece of repetitive Read More

Between The Buried And Me Streaming New EP

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in New Records, Sarcasm

You can hear it in its entirety at Metal Sucks right now. Follow this link, people, and go give those dudes a little site traffic — they could use it. I’m just kidding…they’re doing just fine. Still, go and listen to the new Between The Buried and Me EP and come back here and tell Read More

Stream Death Ray Vision’s Entire EP — Now!

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in New Records, News

Death Ray Vision — the awesome new side project from Killswitch Engage’s Mike D’Antonio, Brian Fair of Shadows Fall, and one other former member of Overcast — has been posting a new song a day this week from their new EP Get Lost or Get Dead, and now, you can now hear it in its Read More

Chris Howorth’s Off The Record: End Of Tour Blues

Posted by Chris Howorth on March 31, 2011 in Chris Howorth's Off The Record

In This Moment guitarist Chris Howorth has returned with the third installment of his Gun Shy Assassin column Off The Record. This time around, he talks about the uncertainty of being in a band and that lingering depression that follows the end of every tour. I am writing you from a Flying J truck stop Read More

Sodom Guitarist Rushed To The Hospital

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in News

This, according to Bravewords. We don’t know much at this point, but apparently, Bernd “Bernemann” Kost has been rushed to a hospital, forcing the band to cancel a show this weekend in Poland. The band’s booking agent says in a statement that the guitarist was “rushed to [the] hospital. We do not know what exactly Read More

Jane’s Addiction Preview New Music For Chilean Radio Station

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in News, Song Debuts

If you want to hear a new song from Jane’s Addiction’s forthcoming album and the follow-up to Strays — tentatively titled The Great Escape Artist — well then head here, listen to the track, and come back and tell us what you think. The Great Escape Artist, huh? Coincidentally, that’s how Duff McKagan refers to Read More

Ugly Sneaker Allegedly Inspired By Reign In Blood Art

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in Huh?, News

So, this is fucking interesting. The Brooklyn Projects skateboard shop in Los Angeles [Edit: That’s their first mistake...named for a borough in New York, but located in La La Land] has unveiled it’s very own Nike Dunk High sneaker that was allegedly inspired by the cover art for Slayer’s Reign In Blood. Look at that Read More

The Human Abstract Announce Spring Tour Dates

Posted by Chris Harris on March 31, 2011 in News, Tour Dates

The Human Abstract are going to be touring this spring in support of their new album Digital Veil, which you need to hear if you haven’t. It’s a masterpiece worth your time and attention. Anyways, we’ve got all of those Human Abstract tour dates for you after the jump. The trek kicks off May 13 Read More