Reports claim a death metal band from Sydney, Australia, has received an arts grant from the Australian government. That’s pretty cool. I think I could see myself living in Australia. It sounds like a pretty cool country. Ouroboros may be the first death-metal band to receive support from the Australian government through the Australia Council Read More
Because you know your kids need more black metal in their lives. This company Citizen Brick makes what are called “Minifigs” for all sorts of Lego collectors. Even ones who wear corpse paint. “This guy may or may not have a sacrificial alter in his apartment storage unit, yet still embodies the Norwegian black metal Read More
That’s right, children. “Mission To Lars” — a documentary feature film about Tom Spicer, a learning-disabled man who, with his siblings’ help, goes on a transatlantic quest to find his much-obsessed-over hero, tiny drummer Lars Ulrich — will premiere at Hackney Picturehouse in London, England, on June 6 at 9 p.m. I wonder if Lars Read More
Today was kind of a sombre day for me. Not only was it the two-year anniversary of Dio’s death, but for my day job, I had to cover something kinda depressing. I don’t really wanna get into it, but needless to say, the kind of news I was covering never ends happily. Still, something about Read More
Yes, my fine feathered fuckface. Not that there was any indication from the band that the live DVD was not happening, but rest-assured, it’s coming. Progress is being made on the forthcoming Glassjaw live DVD. Footage for it is being pieced together by Sitcom Soldiers. They offered the following update through Twitter: “one year in Read More
Oh yeah — if this isn’t fucking stellar, I don’t know what is. Swedish death metallers Sargatanas Reign have announced that Tomas Lindberg (of At the Gates, The Crown, Lock Up) will be guesting on their upcoming album, Godwork. Now, I need to have this record. Oh yes, I need it. Like I need my Read More
This is kinda phat…and makes me wish I had a butt-ton of money I could just throw away. Death, Massacre, and Mantas guitarist Frederick “Rick Rozz” DeLillo is auctioning off one of his prized BC Rich guitars. He plans on having as many ex-Death members sign it as possible at the “Death To All Tour Read More
Metallica frontman James Hetfield has addressed speculation about a possible collaboration between his band and members of Megadeth. He addressed it by calling it “crazy” spouted by crazy Christian Dave Mustaine — who is still butthurt about not being in Metallica anymore. Mustaine had said somewhere something about him starting some supergroup with Dave Ellefson, Read More
Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell has spoken. To whom? Rolling Stone, and they asked him something like, “Hey Jerry…so, how’s that new record coming along?” Progress is being made on the follow-up to 2009′s gold-certified Black Gives Way To Blue, which was brilliant no matter what you or your Fun Dip-loving friends think. “It’s Read More
Oh, dude. I may need to attend this. Philadelphia is not that far away, after all. The lineup has been revealed for This Is Hardcore 2012, which will go down August 9 at Union Transfer and on August 10, August 11, and August 12 at the Electric Factory. A tone of awesome bands will be Read More