As one of the biggest metal festivals in America, Maryland Deathfest has had some ridiculously huge names on its roster over the past 10 years. But for Maryland Deathfest XI, the awesome quotient has been upped. MDF XI’s organizers confirmed the final lineup today, spread out between Baltimore Soundstage and the former Sonar compound, and [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
It’s not even Halloween yet, but we already know what some of you are going to be up to Memorial Day Weekend in 2013. The Maryland Deathfest has quickly become a must-attend festival, getting acts to fly in and make some of their only U.S. appearances or lining up amazing reunions alongside some of the [...]
Monday, September 10, 2012
And that’s a good thing. Vancouver’s Bison B.C. are set to release their fourth album, Lovelessness, on October 22. The band lead with “Anxiety Puke/Lovelessness,” a nine-minute slab of awesomeness. It’s riffy, semi-proggy and more ambitious in scope than what the band’s done before. Some of that might be due to Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium, Yob, Pelican), [...]
Monday, August 20, 2012
We’re still more than nine months away from the next Maryland Deathfest. And yet with bands like Carcass, Venom, Pig Destroyer, Righteous Pigs, Pentagam, and many others already confirmed, Maryland Deathfest XI is shaping up to be one of the sickest festivals of 2013. But wait till you hear who were added to the bill [...]
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
It still hasn’t even been three months since this year’s Maryland Deathfest, at which the bands gave absolutely everything they had to give, but new additions to the lineup for the 2013 edition of the festival just keep rolling in. Newly confirmed bands as of today are Pig Destroyer (whose new album is set to be [...]
Friday, July 20, 2012
It’s been less than two months since this year’s Maryland Deathfest was held. Yet now we already know the first sixteen bands confirmed for the eleventh edition of the festival. And even though there are still many other acts left to be confirmed, the fest has already raised the bar pretty high. Among the first [...]
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
One of the defining characteristics of Chicago post-rock quartet Pelican is guitarist Laurent Schroeder-Lebec’s swirling and soaring guitars. In a press release the band posted on their website today, the band explain that the guitarist has left the band for an indefinite amount of time. The main reason boils down to his missing commitment to the band’s [...]
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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 hard rock debut comes from Canadian Christian group Thousand Foot Krutch. However, the real top metal debut comes from a band that’s gone through its fair share of changes over [...]
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Talk about one hell of a week for metal and hard rock debuts. Out of the thirteen new releases that made it onto the charts, nine of them actually made it into the top [...]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The metal release calendar has quickly gotten up to speed since the beginning of the year, and that doesn’t look to stop anytime soon. So many incredible bands are releasing new albums, and despite the slumping recording industry, rock and metal are creeping into the charts more and more, infiltrating the Top 200 much more [...]
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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