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Gatecreeper surprise-release new record ‘An Unexpected Reality’ (listen)
Gatecreeper's killer new record is split into two distinct sides, with seven fast grind/punk-inspired songs on side A and one long 11-minute death-doom song on side B.
37 metal albums we’re anticipating in 2021
From legends like At The Gates and Carcass and Eyehategod and King Diamond and Iron Maiden to newer bands we're excited about like Enforced and Gravesend and Suffering Hour and Sepulcros...
SOM (Caspian, Junius, Constants) prep new EP (watch video for “Awake // Sedate”)
The EP includes two new songs and remixes by Holy Fawn and members of O'Brother, Teenage Wrist, and more, and you can hear the soaring, shoegazy lead single now...
Nashville hardcore band Thirdface announce debut LP for Exploding In Sound (stream a track…
Nashville hardcore band Thirdface (whose drummer is also in Yautja) signed to Exploding In Sound Records for their debut album, and you can hear the ripping lead single now...
Iced Earth singer releases new statement about accused Capitol rioter guitarist
”I absolutely DO NOT condone nor do I support ANY acts of violence or anything else that ANY protester or rioter was involved in on January 6th at the US Capitol building,” Stu Block writes in a new statement.
Shin Guard are now Hazing Over, talk name change, new sound & new EP
Shin Guard have changed their name to Hazing Over, shifted their lineup a bit, and are now diving headfirst into metalcore and deathcore. Watch the video for first single ”Jock” and read our interview with the band about their new endeavor...
Terminal Bliss (pg.99, City of Caterpillar, etc) surprise-release debut EP ‘Brute Err/ata’
Terminal Bliss -- the new band of pg.99/Pygmy Lush vocalist Chris Taylor and guitarist Mike Taylor, ex-City of Caterpillar bassist Adam Juersko, and Iron Reagan/ex-Darkest Hour drummer Ryan Parrish -- have just surprise-released their debut, 10-song EP...
Blanck Mass announces new album, ‘In Ferneaux,’ shares “Starstuff”
The anticipated followup to 2019's Animated Violence Mild is announced.
Watch Holy Molar’s new video for 14th anniversary of ‘Cavity Search’ EP
The band's label Three One G is also giving away free CD copies of the EP with all purchases of $15 or more in their webstore this week.
Marsha Zazula, co-founder of Megaforce Records (Metallica, Anthrax, etc), RIP
Marsha co-founded the seminal heavy metal/thrash label with her husband Jon in 1982 and they went on to release classic albums by Metallica, Anthrax, Overkill, Mercyful Fate, Testament, and more...