Black Tusk announce US tour this fall

Georgia’s sludge trio, Black Tusk, are back at it and announced the dates for their upcoming headlining tour across the US this fall and will be joined by Wrong and Lazer/Wulf on the road. This will be their first full-blown headlining tour in North America...

CMJ 2014: The week in metal

Next week, New York will be overtaken by hundreds of  bands from around the world, even more college students from the United States and Canada and countless music industry executives for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. If you’ve looked at Metal Insider in the...

Lady Gaga takes in Lazer/Wulf at SXSW

Until yesterday, instrumental thrash/jazz trio Lazer/Wulf could have qualified as one of our top five unsigned bands to watch at SXSW. However, yesterday was also the day they signed a deal with Kylesa’s Retro Futurist label. And they can already claim a...

Your definitive guide to metal at SXSW

Right now, downtown Austin is bracing itself for the calm before the storm. In just four days (7), annual music, interactive and film mega-convention South by SouthWest (SXSW) will begin, and won’t let up until the following Sunday (16). Spring break for the...