After months and months of speculation and supposition and confusion, it seems we finally have some resolution with this Old Man Gloom album situation thing. Old Man Gloom, for those not in the know, are an awesome fucking band featuring members of Converge and Cave In, and ex-members of Isis. Now you know. And knowing Read More
I don’t know if I’ve said this enough, but I love the new All Pigs Must Die album, God is War. It is currently in my car’s 5-CD player’s rotation, and when it comes on, I fucking go nuts, risking my own life and the lives of other motorists. The good news is All Pigs Read More
Converge have updated fans on what they’ve been up to lately, and they’ve been up to a lot. They have re-signed with Epitaph Records for the worldwide release of their albums. “Deathwish will still handle the vinyl for our full length releases (and also release our long-awaited new DVD project),” the band says online. “We Read More
Rumors spread and then were dispelled that a new Old Man Gloom record was in the works. The rumors are circulating once more that a new album is in the works. Old Man Gloom features members of Converge, Cave In and ex-members of Isis, and it looks as though they just may release their fifth Read More
Bay Area-based duo Black Cobra have finished the recording of their upcoming fourth full-length album, which is set for release this fall. This will be the band’s second release for Southern Lord Recordings, after Black Cobra’s 2009 LP Chronomega. This time around, Black Cobra enlisted the production talents of Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou and his Read More
Massachusetts’ All Pigs Must Die will issue their debut full-length this summer. Entitled God Is War, the disc will boast eight songs and will drop August 16 through Southern Lord Recordings. “Combining of old-school Swedish death metal savagery with explosive hardcore aggression and blistering, punk/d-beat energy, All Pigs Must Die have quickly become an extremely Read More
I just got the new Today Is The Day album. It’s awesome. But you won’t be able to hear it until August 16. Sorry. Pain Is A Warning was produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge and will be released through Black Market Activities/Good Fight Music. Led by visionary frontman Steve Austin, Today Is The Day Read More
So, yeah — this band called All Pigs Must Die (which features, among its members, dudes from Converge, The Hope Conspiracy and Bloodhorse) have some good news and some bad news with regard to their upcoming releases. Which do you want first — the good news or the bad? Well, you have no choice. Here’s Read More
Whoa — not cool. I mean, not cool on a number of counts. It blows that they have to cancel the remaining date of their U.S. tour, but also it blows because Converge or more appropriately, a member of Converge had a “health scare.” Not cool. “On our day drive from St. Louis to Austin, Read More
OK, so, a few weeks ago, Kurt Ballou of Converge teased that Old Man Gloom, the sludgy doom metal project featuring members of Converge, Doomriders, Cave In, Zozobra, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and alumni of Isis (namely, Aaron Turner) are working on some new music. Then, he took it back and said he was just kidding. Funny Read More