I had a hunch they’d signed a deal with Century Media, but it turns out my second guess was more accurate. Carcass have indeed inked a deal with Nuclear Blast for their comeback LP Surgical Steel Due in stores this fall, the CD was mixed by Andy Sneap after the project’s producer, Colin Richardson, quit Read More
Wait. You hadn’t heard? A revamped version of Carcass has tracked a comeback album (Surgical Steel), which should be out sometime later this year. Just last week, Carcass signed a new record deal, but they’re not saying who with. Not yet, at least. “Did we not tell you? We signed a deal for the new Read More
Remember when that concert for New York happened in December, and I kept hinting that I thought Led Zeppelin would be getting back together for it? Well, I wasn’t just talking out of my ass. I had actually heard something about a reunion happening at the show. I can’t tell you how, but I heard. Read More
By now, you know that Phil Anselmo and Vinnie Paul Abbott no longer talk. Once brothers in Pantera, they’ve since had a falling out over Vinnie’s real-life brother, Dimebag Darrell Abbott, who was gunned down during a Damageplan show in Columbus, Ohio, nearly ten fucking years ago. You should also know that Phil wants to Read More
That’s right, my Carcass-loving friends. If you love Carcass, you’re good people in my book. Why? Because Carcass released flawless fucking death metal albums that still hold up today. The reactivated British metal band is finishing up the mix of their comeback record, Surgical Steel. Carcass recently recruited Andy Sneap to mix the fucker. This, Read More
Ex-Mars Volta and At The Drive-In member Cedric Bixler-Zavala tells Spin.com that ATID’s recent reunion wasn’t as rad as it could have been. You may recall the band got back together last year for a money-grab…I mean, spate of live gigs. “I guess for now, it is,” Cedric said, when asked if At The Drive-In’s Read More
Let’s face facts, people: Chances are Pantera will never, ever, ever get back together, leaving all of us boneheads forever disappointed. Because of some slight (whether actual or perceived), drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott refuses to have any contact with Pantera frontman and metal legend Phil Anselmo. In a new interview I read this morning on Read More
A story on Blabbermouth claims Carnal Forge — an insanely awesome death thrash band that threw in the towel far too early for my liking — will be making a comeback this year with a new drummer. Founding guitarist Jari Kuusisto will be joined by singer Jens C. Mortensen (who handled vocals on 2007‘s Testify Read More
Not that this is any great shakes, but any Carcass news is good news, if you ask this chronic farter. Seriously. How awesome is it that some incarnation of Carcass exists? Here is the first official photo of the band’s new lineup. Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist and vocalist Jeff Walker in the band’s Read More
Remember Grip Inc.? They released some albums during the 1990s, and I can remember working in a record store and alphabetizing the rock section and coming across Grip Inc.’s records and thinking, even as a youth, “Fuck that’s a bad name.” And it is. Lombardo says in a new interview the band is coming back, Read More