by BBG

DOWNLOAD: Goes Cube - "Safety Coffin" (MP3)

Goes Cube at Bell House (more by Keith Marlowe)

As previously mentioned, Goes Cube will pop champagne with Rosetta, Naam, and The Austerity Program at The Studio at Webster Hall on March 9th (tickets) as part of the In Tides And Drifts LP release party (due March 29th via The End). The old cliche for heavy bands is that the new LP is always "heavier, and more hooky" than the last, but in the case of In Tides & Drifts this is definitely the truth. Check out one of more pummeling moments of early Mastodon-ian thunder in album opener "Safety Coffin", available for download above and streaming below.

We are also happy to report (technically for the 2nd time) that Goes Cube and Kvelertak have been added to the BrooklynVegan/1000Knives stage at Full Metal Texas at Emo's on 3/16, alongside such esteemed folk as Trap Them, All Pigs Must Die, Hull, Rwake, and more TBA. Meanwhile, the lineup on the main stage has blossomed as well, looking a bit like this: Better Left Unsaid, The Word Alive, Elysion Fields and Upon A Burning Body. More details and the flyer below.

The free Emo's show will be brought to you by the fine folks at Bands On A Budget, Dead Conflict Records, Evil Bong 3D, Harpoon Brewery, Sin Cal Industries, and Wacken Open Air in addition to March Is Metal Month, Metal Injection, Metal Insider, MetalSucks, Record Store Day and Put In Mouth.

More details, all Goes Cube dates, the song and some video, below...

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by BBG

Austin, get ready for some of this (more by Samantha Marble)

Full Metal Texas is entering its third year as one of the biggest metal events at SXSW. I had a great time catching faves like Kylesa & Skeletonwitch at Emo's Annex in 2009, and in 2010 they featured names like Dillinger Escape Plan, Howl, (the calling-it-quits?) Iron Age, Darkest Hour and others.

Now it is with great pleasure that I announce my involvement in Full Metal Texas 2011 alongside Yeah! Management, Branch Marketing Collective and 1000Knives! Much like last year, the free event will take place during the day on Thursday (3/17 from 12 - 6PM) in Austin across two stages at Emo's. But here's where it differs.... featuring 15 bands in total, roughly half of the bands will appear on the "BrooklynVegan Stage" which will include performances from:

Trap Them
Rwake
Hull
All Pigs Must Die
And more to be announced.

The second, or rather, Main Stage will feature some VERY big names in addition to the following:

Better Left Unsaid
Drive A
Elysion Fields
(more TBA)

The show will be brought to you by the fine folks at Bands On A Budget, Dead Conflict Records, Evil Bong 3D, Harpoon Brewery, Sin Cal Industries, and Wacken Open Air. In addition, March Is Metal Month, Metal Injection, Metal Insider, MetalSucks, Record Store Day and Put In Mouth are all also on board as show sponsors.

Some more details on the show are below and the full lineup is forthcoming! Also note that this one is one of FOUR BV-BBG related metal shows slated to happen in Austin during SXSW this year... so make sure and look out for more announcements soon

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