by Zach Shaw | Jun 6, 2012 | Cinemetal
While Dave Grohl is working on his own documentary, his bandmate Taylor Hawkins is making his own entrance into cinema. The Foo Fighters drummer has just signed on to play Iggy Pop in a new film about the CBGB club and its founder Hilly Kristal. Also appearing in the...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 6, 2012 | Close Calls
Looks like two dates weren’t the only thing in jeopardy for the Death To All Tour. Apparently, drummer Sean Reinert (who appeared on Death’s Human and now plays in Cynic) suffered a ruptured achilles tendon while training for the tour a few days ago. The injury was...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 5, 2012 | Brutal Collectors' Items
One of metal’s most infamous and horrifying tales has to be Mayhem vocalist Per “Dead” Ohlin’s suicide in 1991. As the story goes, members of Mayhem (including guitarist Euronymous) supposedly collected pieces of Dead’s skull and sent it to fellow black...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 5, 2012 | Touring
It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years since the release of Perseverance, Hatebreed’s major label debut (via Universal Records). It’s an album that helped complete their cross over from their early NYHC roots to thrash metal. And this Fall, Hatebreed will be...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 5, 2012 | New(ish) Music
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCf44l986Ps[/youtube] Last month, we learned that Relapse Records is planning to officially release the debut album from Primate, the grindcore supergroup featuring Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher and Brutal Truth singer Kevin...