It seems the answer to the question I first posed when we learned of this awesome tour is, “A number of singers will be filling in for Chuck Schuldiner on the ‘Death To All Tour, Mr. Harris.’” The first singer is a dude by the name of Charles Elliot. I happen to know he’s a Read More
Go here. Do it. That is where you will find a download for “I Am Colossus,” a brand new song from Swedish experimental extreme metal act Meshuggah. Go. You want free Meshuggah. You need free Meshuggah.
This is mighty cool, and not to be missed if you’re living in the New York City area. Old Man Gloom (which features members of Converge, Isis, Cave In) have booked a show for May 8 at Europa in Brooklyn. The Austerity Program and Psychic Limb will open the show, brought to us by 1000 Read More
That’s right, you labia-licking leper. On the heels of the news that CBGB might be returning comes word of a festival in New York, to celebrate the iconic, now defunct punk club’s legacy. No bands have been announced for the festival yet, and we still do not know where this will be happening, but we Read More
Rise and shine, scat lovers. It’s a glorious new week. I have more work to do than time to do it, and I nodded off right before “The Walking Dead” finale, so I somehow have to get through this day without having it ruined or spoiled. So, yeah…Gojira are going to be releasing a new live Read More
That’s right, you sly-ass mothafucka, you! Reactivated Swedish thrashy death metal act The Crown are back, mothafucka, and have already booked their first gig. The band will play with vocalist Johan Lindstrand on May 5 at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden. I used to go to an adult movie theater by the same name when Read More
I think this world has been less awesome since Chuck Schuldiner departed it. Granted, 9/11 happened just before Chuck’s death, but things haven’t been that awesome since late 2001, now have they? This, however, is kind of awesome. Sick Drummer Magazine and Perseverance Holdings Ltd. have announced the “Death To All Tour 2012.” The trek Read More
That is kind of totally rad and phat. It’s phad, even. Dale Crover — drummer for The Melvins — tells Metal Sucks that the band have tracked some Venom tunes. But not just any Venom tunes. “We’ve recorded some Venom songs, with Scott Kelly from Neurosis singing and playing guitar,” Crover says. Excuse me? That’s Read More
If I were Jon “The Charn” Rice, I’d be honored as hell right now. Norwegian black metal outfit 1349 have recruited the Job For A Cowboy drummer to man the kit for their upcoming North American tour, as the support act for the mighty Marduk. The tour kicks off June 2 in Baltimore, and marks Read More
The dudes over at SickDrummerMagazine.com snagged an interview with former Suffocation drummer Mike Smith, who spoke candidly about his recent departure from one of the best bands ever. “The decision was pretty much inevitable,” Smith confides. “When we first reunited, the economy was in a much different place, and I was able to make Suffocation Read More