Monthly Archives: July 2013

iwrestledabearonce Streaming New Album ‘Late For Nothing’ In Its Entirety

Posted by on July 31, 2013

Don’t want to wait until August 6 to hear iwrestledabearonce’s new album Late For Nothing? Stream it in its entirety over at Loudwire.

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Metal By Numbers 7/31: Metalcore gets back to its Roots

Posted by on July 31, 2013

It’s a slow week for album sales, with only three albums selling over 40,000. However, it’s a big win for We Came as Romans, whose third album, Tracing Back Roots, has a monster first week. For a band whose first album came out not even four years ago, they’ve quickly established themselves. Elsewhere, Mike Portnoy’s new band […]

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Trivium Offering Free Download Of A New Song

Posted by on July 31, 2013

You’ve seen Trivium perform a new song called “Brave The Storm.” Now you can stream and download our first taste from their new album, Vengeance Falls. Trivium has unleashed the studio version of “Brave The Storm” online. We were impressed with the live audio quality, but hearing the recording makes us even more excited to […]

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GWAR will be touring everywhere this fall

Posted by on July 31, 2013

In case you haven’t heard yet, GWAR have a new album, Battle Maximus, coming out on September 17th on Metal Blade. The band’s 13th album, it’s also their first to feature new guitarist Pustulus Maximus. But enough about that. As good as any GWAR album will ever be, it’ll always pale in comparison to the band’s […]

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Mike Mangini on new Dream Theater album: “I knew when to be quiet and when to offer something”

Posted by on July 31, 2013

It’s taken 12 albums for Dream Theater to release a self-titled album, but their forthcoming album lives up to all the connotations that come with naming an album after your band. It’s truly a new beginning, as it’s their first album with new drummer Mike Mangini fully involved with the creative process. The band themselves […]

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Soulfly unveils artwork for upcoming album ‘Savages’

Posted by on July 31, 2013

Soulfly has already announced they will release their ninth full-length album October 4 on Nuclear Blast Records, but they hadn’t showed off the album artwork until now. Paul Stottler, known for Sacred Reich’s  Surf Nicaragua cover, created the cover for Soulfly’s future release, Savages. Stottler also had artistic credits on the band’s self-titled breakthrough album, contributing […]

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Born of Osiris Release Album Preview and Tracklist

Posted by on July 31, 2013

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qX-Y3-2eNw&feature=share&list=UUAtlZO9a52JIhQRyXDRLaZQ[/youtube] Do you like sweep picking? Do you also like chugs? Then you will definitely like the album preview for Born Osiris’s upcoming album Tomorrow We Die ∆live. They have already released the track ‘M∆chine‘, which has been a part of their setlist at the Rockstar Mayhem Fest. The rest of the album is in a […]

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System Of A Down’s John Dolmayan Claims “We’ll Have A New Album” By The Time They Next Play L.A.

Posted by on July 31, 2013

Last Monday night (July 29), System Of A Down played their only U.S. date of 2013 at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. However, the night was memorable for fans thanks to a comment made by drummer John Dolmayan at the end of the show. “Next time we come back here, we’ll have a new fucking […]

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Nine Inch Nails prove less is more with ‘Disappointed’ track debut in South Korea

Posted by on July 30, 2013

[youtube width=”500″ height=”344″]http://youtu.be/mGJdy2VRfDc[/youtube] With an artistically minimalist approach, Nine Inch Nails debuted yet another new track “Disappointed” during their performance at Ansan Valley Rock Festival July 28 in South Korea. Edgy synthesizers contrasted with haunting strings characterize the 11-minute-long fan video of the song layered with “Copy Of A.” Frontman Trent Reznor built suspense vocally […]

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Nirvana reissue of ‘In Utero’ to include demos, live performance footage

Posted by on July 30, 2013

A release date for the 20th anniversary reissue of Nirvana’s third and final studio album, In Utero has been set. A deluxe set including previously unreleased demos, B sides, live songs and a DVD of a 1993 live performance is set to be released September 24th through Universal Music Enterprises. The band’s breakout album Nevermind turned […]

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