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Mare Cognitum, Trevor Strnad, Spectral Lore, Woe, Panopticon & more on new benefit comp

This new Bandcamp-only metal comp benefits Markov Soroka’s (of Aureole, Drown, Krukh, Tchornobog, and more) father, who suffered a severe heart attack and was left without a job or insurance…

Remembering Freddie Mercury (mems of Anthrax, GWAR, BTBAM & more weigh in)

Mercury passed away from complications of AIDS a quarter century ago tomorrow. Since then, it’s been too easy for the metal community to forget the role he played in the music we love. In honor of Mercury’s passing, we reached out several metal musicians to explain, in their own words, the continuing importance of Queen.

This Week In METAL (05/17/09)

DOWNLOAD: YOB – “Burning The Altar” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Caïna – “To Pluck The Night Up By Its Skin” (MP3) sunn 0))) According to ancient Mayan prophecy, The Age Of The Fifth Sun draws to a close in 2012 when armageddon will fall upon the land…

This Week In METAL (09/15/08)

DOWNLOAD: Bloodbath – “Slaughter The Will To Live” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Samothrace – “Slaughter The Will To Live” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: North – “Eidolon” (MP3) Attila Csihar of Mayhem, The Winterdemon (metalnorge) Highly influential black metallers Mayhem have announced that they will tour the US in spring of 2009…

This Week In METAL (07/15/08)

DOWNLOAD: Black Elk – “Eyebone” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – “An Age Imprisoned” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – “I Was Ignored. And Judged. And Cast Down…

This Week In METAL (07/07/08)

DOWNLOAD: Melvins – “Nude With Boots” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Graf Orlock – “A Shocking Interrogation” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Anaphylactic Shock – “Ultimatum” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Adai – “Hawkins” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rob Halford – Metal Hammer interview podcast (MP3) Weedeater sets fires while Jeff Matz (High On Fire, Zeke) admires (wusspie) Smoke monsters Weedeater have announced a co-headlining tour with Black Cobra, including one date in NYC at the Knitting Factory…