Animals As Leaders’ had it rough enough while on tour. Unfortunately, though, it didn’t get any better when they finished touring. When the prog metal instrumental group arrived to their home in Los Angeles, they found that they had been robbed of instruments, equipment, personal items, and even guitarist Javier Reyes’ Chevy Blazer. The band [...]
Friday, June 1, 2012
If you were planning on seeing Animals as Leaders play with Thrice in Toronto earlier this week, you can blame the Boston police for their absence. It turns out that the band’s Javier Reyes was arrested this past Saturday (5/27) following the band’s show in Boston, and had to return there for a court date. [...]
Friday, May 25, 2012
That’s right, compadres. Over the course of two albums and a handful of EPs, Brooklyn’s Goes Cube have staked out their own course in music, combining elements of hardcore, post rock, and noise into a taut package. Last year’s In Tides and Drifts was a leap forward from their debut, Another Day Has Passed, and with a new [...]
Monday, March 26, 2012
In addition to dates with Meshuggah in the UK, Animals As Leaders have a North American tour with Thrice coming up in May. However, the instrumental prog metal group will be embarking on those tours without drummer Navene Koperweis. Koperweis, who joined the group in 2010 and appeared on their latest album Weightless, announced this [...]
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Back in November, Thrice announced plans to go on an indefinite hiatus. While the post-hardcore band is not calling it quits for good, they are making it clear that it’ll be awhile till they return. However, Thrice will be embarking on one last tour before bidding farewell. Though more opening acts are expected to be [...]
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Bandhappy, a live online/on-tour music lesson website founded by Periphery drummer Matt Halpern, has launched. You can sign up for lessons by members of Lamb of God, Animals As Leaders, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and more. Check it out here. Tweet
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Between The Buried And Me’s Saints & Sinners Tour with Animals As Leaders and TesseracT came to an end earlier this week. And it would appear that the two openers took a page from Job For A Cowboy on how to celebrate a tour’s conclusion. During drummer Blake Richardson’s drum solo this past Sunday night [...]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week, the top metal/hard rock debuts are two compilations and a live album. However, it’s Animals As Leaders who without question have the best week out of all the metal releases on the [...]
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
It is now a foregone conclusion that I would likely be a terrible A&R person at a record label, because I am very bad at predicting trends in the metal world. For example, if you had asked me four years ago if instrumental metal would ever be a popular genre, I would have laughed off [...]
Friday, September 16, 2011
It’s getting to the point where it’s harder and harder to listen to metal on Spotify. Following in the footsteps of Century Media and Metal Blade, Prosthetic Records have reportedly pulled their catalog from the European music streaming service. According to LA Weekly’s West Coast Sound blog, Prosthetic Records co-owner E.J. Johantgen claims that “There [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
Battlecross has premiered a new song called “Flesh & Bone” with Metal Sucks. The song appears on the band’s new album, War Of Will, due out on July 9 via Metal Blade Records.
letlive. are streaming their new album, and first for Epitaph, The Blackest Beauty. The album is set to be released on July 9th, but you can check it out in full here.
Chimaira has announced dates for a U.S. headlining tour in support of it’s forthcoming album, Crown Of Phantoms. Support on the trek will come from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
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