If you are unfamiliar with Allegaeon, I have but one suggestion: Get familiar with Allegaeon. Start by heading to the end of this post to hear a new song from the dudes. They fucking rule. I have not heard a single note from this band I didn’t like, and now, they will be releasing even Read More
Norway’s Borknagar have a new drummer: Baard Kolstad, who plays for ICS Vortex. Kolstad made his recording debut with Borknagar on their cover version of Metallica’s “My Friend Of Misery,” which was featured on the 20th-anniversary tribute to Metallica’s self-titled album, available with the September 2011 issue of Germany’s Metal Hammer magazine. “[Baard] is an Read More
Hmm. So, I have my thoughts on this trailer, and the music contained within. But I wanna know what you think of it? Listen to the Vext trailer at the end of this post, and tell me you’re not thrilled that Tommy Vext didn’t get the Killswitch Engage frontman job. I mean, if I wanted Read More
That’s right, you heaping hunk of semantic blockage. As I Lay Dying are currently writing material for their fifth album. The dudes have tentative plans to hit the studio this April to record the album. At this point, we don’t know anything more than that. No word on who is producing the fucker, or what Read More
Wanna hear something mad phat? Then head for the end of this post, posthaste. There, you will find an exclusive song stream from Nephelium, the Dubai-based death metal band you’ve been hearing about from your friends. Nephelium, who have relocated to Toronto, have been around for ten years, and it took that long for the Read More
So, Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland has a side project called Black Light Burns. Just in case you didn’t know. That side project has inked a new, worldwide deal with Rocket Science Ventures/THC: Music. Black Light Burns’ long-awaited sophomore LP, The Moment You Realize You’re Going To Fall, will be in stores this summer. “This is Read More
And if you’re creative, perhaps the architect of that new logo could be you. And if your design was chosen as Shadows Fall’s new logo, it’s not like you won’t get hooked up. The design contest, presented by MetalSucks.net, is launching February 21 through Talenthouse, where fans can submit their original designs through March 14. Voting Read More
Oh yes, children folk. It’s not every day I get to write about a metal band adding a new fiddler. But not every metal band is like Korpiklaani. The Finnish folk metal act reveals it has entered a recording studio to begin tracking their new album for a tentative late summer release via Nuclear Blast Read More
It is true, you prog nerd. It’s OK. I can call you a prog nerd because I’m a prog nerd. Cynic’s Paul Masvidal says the band have been working on material for a new full-length album, which will be out by year’s end. “Right now we’re deep in [writing] the album,” Masvidal says. “It’ll probably Read More
Good afternoon, my friends. Wanna hear something cool? Near the end of this post, you will find a Gun Shy Assassin exclusive: A song from Seas Will Rise’s forthcoming LP Disease Is Our Refrain, which is available for pre-order right here. The album is in stores March 6 through Man In Decline/Anxiety Machine Records, and Read More