Maruta

Miami deathgrinders Maruta returned this year with Remain Dystopian, their first record since 2011's Forward Into Regression and the brief hiatus that followed, and first for Rela...

Hooded Menace at Union Pool in 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro) Finnish death/doomers Hooded Menace are set to swing their Hammer horror at metalheads in select North American locations...

Godflesh at Irving Plaza on 4/10 (more by Greg Cristman) You've already stopped caring about work for the day. Might as well start sorting out your riff-centric weekend bands...

Pelican at the Invisible Oranges CMJ Showcase, 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison) While North America will probably never be able to give the EU a run for its money when it comes to huge blowout metal festivals in the Wacken or Roadburn vein, the lands on this side of the Atlantic are hosting an increasing number of smaller but more targeted (and thereby more appealing, if you ask me) shindigs...

Cripple Bastards at Public Assembly, 2011 (more by Samantha Marble) This year's Maryland Deathfest lineup is pretty much set, which means that it's time for the participating bands to start announcing regional dates around that time of year (late May)...

As we've established, it's thoroughly unpleasant outside, but metal bands are cool with that. It's been a couple of weeks since we've done this, so let's get up to speed: Though long-running Christ-metallers Stryper have postponed their aforementioned Stage 48 show tomorrow night, the other NYC heavy shows this weekend have endured...

Maryland Deathfest announced its (almost) final lineup of bands this afternoon. At this point, the festival really didn't need to add much to sell out its allotment of tickets, but there are some heavy hitters in this round of announcements nonetheless...

Reunited California hardcore heroes Infest played their first show outside of their home state of California on Saturday (3/9) at Churchills in Miami...

DOWNLOAD:Noisear - "Endless Reincarnation" (MP3) Unearthly Trance at Saint Vitus (more by Greg Cristman) Unearthly Trance shows are few and far between nowadays, but the band will awaken from their live slumber to play Acheron on March 1st as part of a bill that includes The Communion, Water Torture, and Syphilitic Lust...

Andy Nelson with Paint it Black at Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by BBG) Mamiffer, Tombs, Locrian, Thou, Fuck The Facts, The Atlas Moth and many more contribute to the second part of our continuing series where we asked some of our favorite artists about their 2011 highlights...