King Parrot

That pic above is from the Millington, TN stop of Mayhem Fest and was tweeted/deleted by Trivium’s Paolo Gregoletto with the caption, “Brutal pit for the first band today…

Phil Anselmo’s Housecore Horror Film Fest returns to Austin from October 23-26 at Austin, and since we last spoke the lineup was expanded to include a headline performance from both Danzig and his reunited band Samhain (who have other dates including NYC), as well as Neurosis (also playing Maryland Deathfest), Decapitated, Lustmord, King Parrot, Hobbs’ Angel of Death, comedian Brian Posehn and more…

Anaal Nathrakh at Inferno Festival, 2012 (More by Fred Pessaro) If you’re not busy loading your pig’s blood supersoaker, let’s take a walk on the newswire: I wish I could vomit contracts on you people: Ruthless black metallers Anaal Nathrakh are now on Metal Blade and will have a new album out later this year…

and Andrew Sacher Black Tusk at Saint Vitus in 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison) SXSW may be all about catching the hippest bands–check out the SXSW schedule for a lowdown on what’s going on (or browse our “SXSW” tag for some highlights) — including three BV day parties and the BV official showcase — but there’s no shortage of metal to bang your head to, either…

Vattnet Viskar at SXSW 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) We’ve mentioned that New Hampshire’s black/doom metal darlings Vattnet Viskar will be hitting the road soon with both Vaporizer (including 3/3 at Brooklyn’s Acheron) and then later The Dillinger Escape Plan…

Satanicide played a full set of their 100% serious 80’s Jersey (Starts with “Jer” and ends with “zee”) hair metal before being joined on stage by their biggest fan Saturday night (Dec 3, 2005) Moby, the man with a cross tattoo on his neck, helped the band cover Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love and Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell…