Archive for May, 2012

May 16
Phat!

Between The Buried In Me: Recording Begins

Posted by Chris Harris on May 16, 2012 in Featured, In the Studio, Rad

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

May 9
Metal Blade likes you

Win One Of Two Metal Blade Prize Packs! 

Posted by Chris Harris on May 9, 2012 in Contests, Featured

Wake up, folks. It’s contest time, and man — do we have some awesomeness for you this morning. So, here’s the deal people. A really cool dude we know at what appears to be your favorite label (judging by our current poll results), hooked us up with two really cool prize packs. Alas, we have Read More

May 4
Cannibal Corpse

Video: Watch A Pointless Summer Slaughter Trailer

Posted by Chris Harris on May 4, 2012 in News, Video

So, I’m guessing the Summer Slaughter folk could have saved themselves a few production dollars here. A Summer Slaughter trailer? If Cannibal Corpse, Between the Buried and Me, The Faceless, and Goatwhore aren’t enough to get you to want to go, the following trailer certainly won’t change that. Dates for the Summer Slaughter tour can Read More

Apr 28
Between The Buried And Me

Between The Buried And Me, Job For A Cowboy Team For Summer Slaughter Off Dates

Posted by Chris Harris on April 28, 2012 in News, Tour Dates

Sometimes, when bands are on summer festivals, they take their days off to fuck around or go to an amusement park. Not Between The Buried And Me and Job For A Cowboy. These dudes are using their time off to play even more shows, and some will even feature Periphery, if you can believe that. Read More

Apr 23
Between the Buried And Me

Summer Slaughter Dates: Come And Get ‘Em

Posted by Chris Harris on April 23, 2012 in News, Tour Dates

That’s right, my mailbox cowboys. At the end of this post, you will find the initial dates for this year’s Summer Slaughter tour, which boasts the likes of Cannibal Corpse, The Faceless, Between the Buried and Me, Job For a Cowboy, Cerebral Bore, Goatwhore and more. It truly is the best metal bill going this Read More

Apr 22
Cannibal Corpse

Summer Slaughter Tour Dates Coming Tomorrow

Posted by Chris Harris on April 22, 2012 in News

That’s right, folks. Tomorrow is the day. The tour dates for this year’s Summer Slaughter will be announced Monday. So tomorrow, you will know when and where you’re going to see Cannibal Corpse, The Faceless, Between the Buried and Me, Job For a Cowboy, Cerebral Bore, Goatwhore and more. In addition, it has been announced Read More

Mar 29
Cannibal Corpse

Summer Slaughter Starting In Late July

Posted by Chris Harris on March 29, 2012 in News

That sounds about right. I would have guessed July 15, but it will, indeed, get underway July 20. This isn’t really news. Summer Slaughter is coming, my heathens. It is coming to fuck your shit up. Of course, this year’s installment of Summer Slaughter puts Mayhem to motherfucking shame. The bill features Cannibal Corpse, Between Read More

Mar 22
Cerebral Bore

Cerebral Bore Win Summer Slaughter Opening Slot

Posted by Chris Harris on March 22, 2012 in Featured, News, Rad

This is a nice surprise. I was sure Pathology was going to get it, and was hoping Fit For An Autopsy would, but it ended up going to Cerebral Bore, who I had considered a long shot. Cerebral Bore bested the likes of Aegaeon, Battlecross, Enfold Darkness, Fallujah, Fit For An Autopsy, Hour Of Penance, Read More

Mar 22
Bubbles

DevilDriver Bassist Leaves Hospital

Posted by Chris Harris on March 22, 2012 in News, Rad

This is good news. DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara has revealed that bassist Aaron “Bubble” Patrick has been released from the hospital. He made the revelation on his Twitter, which I follow consistently, as I am a super huge fucking fan — as regular readers know. Bubbles had been hospitalized with Streptococcus Pneumonia not too long ago. Read More

Mar 21
Dez Fartfarter

DevilDriver Are Free Agents

Posted by Chris Harris on March 21, 2012 in News

I’d sign them to my label. Then shelve the record just to taunt Dez Fafara. DevilDriver vocalist Dez Fafara recently confirmed in an interview that his band is free from the binds of a label contract. The group have apparently been talking with interested record labels. “We used to put out a record about every Read More