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The first wave of bands have been confirmed for the 5th Annual GWAR-B-Q.  Held in Richmond, Virginia at Hadad’s Lake on August 16, the fest will feature a lineup including Body Count, Meatmen, Iron Reagan, Goatwhore, Noisem, and Hatebreed, the last of which you can catch on May 17 at the Black N’ Blue Bowl…

One of the most eclectic lineups in the US, Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, will be back for 2013 on September 5 -7. Pulling from all genres, this year’s line-up includes names like Big Boi (who plays NYC tonight), Spiritualized, Sleep, Wolf Eyes (who have a new video), The Breeders (performing Last Splash), John Cale, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Gorguts, Inter Arma (who play NYC on Saturday), Double Negative (who played NYC this past weekend), Swearin’ (them too), Pissed Jeans, Dan Friel, Waxahatchee and many many others…

DOWNLOAD: Hoax – “Free The Land” (MP3) Hoax at Power of the Riff East, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) The brutal punk assault of Massachusetts’s Hoax gets a video treatment for “Fantasy,” which appeared on their recent 7″ via Painkiller Records…

Dysrhythmia finished their round of dates in celebration of Test of Submission in Brooklyn at Public Assembly on Saturday (11/17). They were joined by a rare appearance from Loincloth (who we profiled here) and NYC’s STATS and Rivers of Nihil…

Congrats to Dysrhythmia who welcome their new LP Test of Submission TODAY via Profound Lore and Nerve Altar soon. Stream the new LP from the Brooklyn technical metal gods below for the very first time anywhere…

With a few notable exceptions, the combination of the terms “progressive” and “Instru-metal” are enough to send me into a drooling mini-coma of cavernous fucking boredom…

The Guardian writes…”On the surface, the attitudes of LA collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All and fellow Golden State compadre Lil B are polar opposites…