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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...