by Richard Bailey | May 31, 2014 | Crowdfunding, New Music, News
Acrassicauda, the Iraqi metal quartet featured in the 2007 VICE documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad, is back with new music and have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund their first full-length album. Their EP, Only the Dead See the End of War, produced by...
by Richard Bailey | May 29, 2014 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
Ghost surprised a few people in between their debut Opus Eponymous and their sophomore album, Infestissumam, by replacing singer Papa Emeritus with Papa Emeritus II. Never mind that the voice sounded the same, and the main difference was the color of the...
by Richard Bailey | May 12, 2014 | News, Touring
Coheed and Cambria made the big announcement after not one, but TWO countdowns on the bands website. The word is travelling the web fast that the rock behemoths are setting their sights on a North American tour and will be playing their breakthrough album, In Keeping...
by Richard Bailey | Apr 29, 2014 | Touring, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/X3m5Z9eYGXM[/youtube] Given the quality of most fan-shot footage, we cringed when we read that there was fan-shot footage from an Iced Earth show. However, the recording is actually really good. Jon Schaffer shreds, like he always does, with a...
by Richard Bailey | Apr 16, 2014 | Crime, That's Unfortunate
A 23-year-old El Paso resident was sentenced Monday for an incident taking place at one of the most sacred places in Texas. In an act that will remind many of you of Ozzy Osbourne, Texas resident Daniel Athens took a leak on a shrine dedicated to all who had lost...