Church of Misery

Church of Misery While a bummer that Rwake cancelled their appearance at Cameo on Friday (they would play MDF though), the night was no less heavy, featuring a headlining appearance from the great Church of Misery with The Gates of Slumber and newly added Evoken…

Saint Vitus Arguably the centerpiece of the entire Maryland Deathfest lineup was the return of the UK doom juggernaut Electric Wizard (pictures HERE), so suffice it to say that a large portion of the Sunday (on 5/28) roster leaned in that direction…

Church of Misery at Inferno Festival (more by BBG) Scion Rock Fest have announced their first round of 2012 bands, including some very interesting and out-of-the-box choices…

BBG is back in Oslo, this time for Inferno. Here’s what he’s catching at the Norwegian metal festival… It’s late and I’m strolling down Karl Johan’s Gate in Oslo, trying to snag a snack at one of the only late-night spots in the area, 7-11 (it’s not only NYC that they’ve infiltrated)…

Church of Misery‘s signature blend of doom, sludge and sawed-off blues will spread its scattershot across the US surrounding their appearances at Maryland Deathfest and Chaos in Tejas…

Saint Vitus @ Irving Plaza in 2011 (more by BBG) Chaos in Tejas (May 31-June 3 in Austin) have announced ANOTHER batch of bands to add to their ridiculous lineup including Saint Vitus, Church of Misery, No Statik, Toys That Kill, Pegasus, Martial Canterel, Anasazi, Bloodwing (mems of The Spits, who are on tour soon), Harm’s Way, Hatred Surge, the Hex Dispensers, John Wesley Coleman, Joyce Manor, and many many others…

Voivod at Maryland Death Fest (more by BBG) We already knew that Voivod was in charge of curating part of the program, but the ante has been upped with the announcement that the influential Canadian band will play all of their seminal Dimension Hatross LP and that they’ve invited Yob to play the fest…

Today Is The Day at Highline Ballroom (more by BBG) And so it has begun. After a fun Maryland Deathfest 2011 (pictures of day 1, 2, 3, 4), the festival has announced confirmations for MDF 2012 including some amazing names (Bethlehem, Demigod, Ghoul, Church of Misery, The Devil’s Blood, Dragged Into Sunlight, Ulcerate, others) and even a true a headscratcher (Anvil…

It’s been a long few days for Kim Kelly, who is currently gallavanting around Europe with Mike Scheidt and YOB, but the metal maven filed the below Roadburn report to tie up the rest of her time at the 2010 edition of the epic festival that took place during an equally historic time…

Dave Verellen of Narrows (more by Samantha Marble) Another year gone, but not without lasting memories! Eyehategod (x2). Akitsa. Rorschach (x2)…