A song or a band sounds different at first compared to later, it’s the evolution of listener perception. Pure hostility and anger becomes in metal (or in any dark and heavy music for that matter) after getting used to it not anger anymore, the distortion of voices and guitars no longer an ax falling or a fist flying, but more […]

  ATTIKA 7 (http://www.attika7.com) and SCORPION CHILD (http://www.scorpionchild.com) have just been added to the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer. Both bands will be playing all tour dates with SCORPION CHILD headlining the Sumerian Stage and ATTIKA 7 playing the Musician’s Institute Stage. To see all the bands playing this summer on Mayhem, check out the Mayhem website at http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/bands.   What goes better […]

Listen here to the new single “Let It Go”! Your new single “Let It Go”, which will be released July 1st, what is it about? It’s about how to let go on old anger and frustrations from old relationships. So that you can go into a new one with a clearer mind. I think the main reason […]

Just south of us in the Mountain State of WV there is a busy sound lab.  KR-3 are the technicians (Tim Boyd – guitar, vocals…Shane Lundy – guitar, vocals…Travis Hoard – keyboard, vocals…Ian Varlas – bass…Steve Fullerton – drums). They make way cool music and their latest concoction “Fractures and Sparks” has dropped on the […]

Hey Pittsburgh! Guess what? You probably have family or close friends that know something about the mining business. And we’ve all heard that the Steel City produced a ton of coal back in the day. Some say diamonds, renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities, most of which originate from the strong bonding between its atoms […]

Hospital Ships’ new record is getting dropped on the world next week, but you don’t have to wait that long to give it a taste. The album is streaming in its entirety over at Pitchfork Advance,augmented by some amazing video loops created by bandleader Jordan Geiger’s co-songwriter and guitarist, Taylor Holenbeck. Get excited, one of the year’s […]

British thrashers EVILE have released their new album, Skull, today in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records! This highly anticipated follow-up to 2011′s Five Serpent’s Teeth was once again recorded with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England.  The artwork for the album was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, SODOM, HATEBREED). To […]

About to embark on their first UK tour, the London date of which sold out within a few days, MONEY will be releasing their debut albumThe Shadow of Heaven on 26th August via Bella Union Records. Recorded in London through the deep, dark winter of 2012/13, it’s an ethereal, transcendent record that’s notable for its musical and intellectual […]

NECROPSY’s complete demo collection, Tomb Of The Forgotten, is now available digitally in North America. Packed with the band’s entire recordings from 1989 to 1993, this release is a must-have for every fan of classic Finnish death metal. To purchase Tomb Of The Forgotten, please head over to iTunes. Tomb Of The Forgotten - The Complete Demo Recordings track-listing: CD1 […]

  Intergalactic mutants GWAR and hardcore metal heavyweights Hatebreed are co-headlining a short run of gigs in September. GWAR has also confirmed a new festival date, appearing at Chicago’s “Riot Fest” for the second year in a row. Joining the fun will be Richmond, VA’s Iron Reagan, featuring members of Municipal Waste and Cannabis Corpse.   GWAR is gearing up […]