Celtic Frost

We mentioned last week that the stellar Cleveland metalcore outfit Ringworm have a new album called Snake Church on the way via Relapse. In the meantime, they've just shared a split EP with their jazzy avant-metal label-mates Brain Tentacles to tide us over...

Two very busy heavy music acts, Phil Anselmo and Child Bite have managed to find time to record a cover of Celtic Frost's classic To Mega Therion track "The Usurper...

Iron Maiden in Austin in 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) MetalSucks has been spending the past month releasing a list of the 25 greatest metal bands of all time, counting down to number 1 with a new band each day...

Triptykon at Inferno Festival 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) First things first: for those of you who haven't fled town for the holidays already, there are some noteworthy shows this weekend...

If it wasn't official before, it is now: drummer Bill Ward is the most likable member of the original Black Sabbath lineup. While his erstwhile bandmates are busy photoshopping him out of old band pics and releasing new music of dubious quality with tremendously creative cover art, Ward has been keeping a relatively low profile...

Tom Warrior at Gramercy Theater (more here) Thomas Gabriel Fischer - Tom G. Warrior to you - is one of extreme metal's truly legendary figures...

words and "Very late in the evening of October 5, 2010, Triptykon arrived at John F. Kennedy airport in New York, flying in from London. The very next day, we played the group's first concert on North American soil, at the Gramercy Theatre in Manhattan, thereby embarking on the Weltenbrand co-headlining tour of the US and Canada, together with 1349...

by BBG Only Death is Real is the extensive history of Thomas Gabriel "Warrior" Fischer, Eric Martin Ain, Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost: combines hundreds of unseen early Hellhammer and Celtic Frost photos with a vast treasure trove of artwork and memorabilia...

DOWNLOAD: Crucifist - "Honor" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Flood - "Aphelion" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Culted - "Social Control" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fall Of Efrafa - INLÉ (Zipped MP3 Album) Fall of Efrafa Though the rain is mostly gone, it's still a doomy gloomy day here at Week In Metal, where we kick things off with Fall of Efrafa, who have dropped their FINAL album of thundering post-hardcore sludge on Denovali...

My favorite of the two Oceans, the one missing a definite article in front of their name (Ocean of Maine), will be the next heavy band to headline Show No Mercy at Public Assembly (Feb 15th)...