by Seth Werkheiser | May 29, 2015 | News, Touring
We knew that Aaron Turner’s new band Sumac was going to be a beast. Their debut album, The Deal, came out this past February on Profound Lore Records, they’ve played a few shows, and soon they’ll be playing the Sled Island Festival in Canada in late...
by Alix Vallecillo | May 29, 2015 | Metal on Metal, News, Splits
No, that headline’s not talking about Children of Bodom singer/shredder Alexi Laiho, but the band’s longtime rhythm guitarist Roope Latvala, who has been with them for the past 12 years. The band’s statement reads as follows: Dear COB Hatecrew, we...
by Alix Vallecillo | May 29, 2015 | D'oh!, Metal on Metal, News, Updates
The Dillinger Escape Plan is one of the most intense live bands out there, with absolutely no regard for safety. That’s what makes them so interesting and unique, and what that means is that injuries will occur every now and then like the one that just happened...
by Chip McCabe | May 29, 2015 | Columns, Dissident Aggression, News
At the end of the day what really is the difference between Death Metal and Grindcore? Is it the speed at which each is normally played? The technicality involved? Is it simply that one style tends to vary in its delivery slightly more than the other? Certainly they...
by Alix Vallecillo | May 29, 2015 | Events, News
The mastermind of the animated death metal band Dethklok, Brendon Small, will perform The Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem with collaboration of Anthrax’s Scott Ian and The Paul Green Rock Academy showband in New York this coming July. The concert will...