I woke up on the weird side of the bed this morning, folks. Sometimes, you’ve gotta get weird if you’re going to survive the kind of day I’ve got in front of me. Have you ever had so much to do, you thought you were going to vomit? Then you know why I’ve gotta get Read More
This morning, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich was on Howard Stern, talking about the band’s upcoming Orion Music + More festival in Atlantic City, and something cool happened. During the conversation, Lars mentioned that Charred Walls of the Damned — the band featuring Stern show player Richard Christy, who is a legendary drummer who was in Death Read More
Clearly, this is a sign of the End of Days. Kreator and Accept are apparently going to be touring my home continent together, all in support of Kreator’s much ballyhooed new album. Read about that shit here. It seems — and this may be bullshit — that Kittie may also be on this trek. That, Read More
Well, doesn’t this just tickle me in all the right places. Southern Lord Records is putting together a new tour for this summer, featuring acts from their impressive roster. The tour will take place in June and July and crisscross America. Who’ll be on it? I thought you’d ask, so I found out. Burning Love, Read More
Man, I love that TV show “Oddities.” While I live in New York, I have never been to that shop — though I should make a trip. Mastodon vocalist and guitarist Brent Hinds, it seems, is a regular customer. At the end of this post, watch a video of Hinds on the Science Channel show, Read More
This tour just keeps getting better and better — how could you miss it? Seminal technical metal outfit Atheist have been added to three shows on the Death To All Tour; the shows in Orlando, Atlanta and Dallas, to be specific. The latter two — at the The Masquerade on July 1 and House of Read More
Rad. The new reissue of Sleep‘s Dopesmoker will be in stores on May 8 through Southern Lord. For the 2012 reissue, there are some very notable changes. The original studio tapes have been remastered, presenting the album as the band had originally intended. The audio is clearer, louder, and at last brings a true representation Read More
At the end of this post, you will find some must-see TV. Nine Inch Nails performing on a cheesy old dance show that seems to date back to the late 1980s or early 1990s. It’s fucking hands-down hilarious, and harkens back to a simpler time, when the coke was stellar and flowed abundantly and the Read More
One of the greatest bands to ever happen, Autopsy, will be releasing a new DVD called “Born Undead” on May 28 in Europe. That’s right, you corpse-kicking stamp collectors — mark it down on your fucking calendars! The DVD comes out here in the states on June 5 through Peaceville Records. “Born Undead” charters Autopsy’s Read More
I am very happy for my dude Josh Eldridge, who has now launched his own label Gravedancer Records. Josh has teamed with EMI to offer worldwide distribution of Gravedancer’s releases, while The MuseBox Label Group will provide label services. A press release says the label “looks to deliver the best in heavy music and Read More