Behold the Arctopus

Bell Witch/Aerial Ruin, The Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato, Pyrrhon, Chelsea Wolfe (Cramps cover), Cave In (Rolling Stones cover), Marissa Nadler (Metallica cover), Thou (Black Sabbath cover), Black Mountain, Haram, Mindforce, Infant Island, KRUELTY, more...

Listen to new songs by Arca, Hannibal Buress & Chrome Sparks, Braids, Jess Williamson, Disheveled Cuss, Self Defense Family, Elephant Stone, The Dears, Woolen Men, and more.

Listen to new heaviness from Kreator, Ulcerate, Cirith Ungol, Brutus, Lingua Ignota, Xibalba, WVRM, END, Barishi, and more.

Listen to new songs by M.I.A., Mark Lanegan, Superchunk's Mac McCaughan, AC Newman (Kenny Rogers cover), Sorry, As Friends Rust, Barishi, and more.

Plus: The Messthetics, Gruff Rhys, O'Brother/The End of the Ocean/Holy Fawn, Michel Che, The 1975, Cursive, and more tour-related news.

Tombs @ The Studio, 2011 (moreTech assassins Behold the Arctopus were just announced for Portland's Fall Into Darkness Fest, so they'll be bringing their A game at this gig as they prep for the big stage...

(more by Jonathan McPhail) Colin Marston is the hardest-working metal musician in New York City, which, to paraphrase The Big Lebowski, puts him in the running for hardest-working worldwide...

A few hints regarding the lineup of the 7th annual Fall Into Darkness fest have trickled out over the past few weeks, but now the full lineup has hit the newswire...

Gorguts at Irving Plaza, 2012 (more by Justina Villaneuva) As discussed, Gorguts will return with Colored Sands, the band's new LP due on September 3 on Season of Mist...

Behold... The Arctopus at Siant Vitus (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Behold.. The Arctopus and Helen Money will cross paths on a pair of tours at Saint Vitus on March 22 (tickets), with Helen Money eventually looping back to play The Acheron on March 24 with A Life Once Lost and the great Author & Punisher (tickets). Th...