Los Angeles-based metalcore outfit Authors of Fate are set to drop their second single, "Leather Liver," from their upcoming EP, Seat's Taken. Recorded and produced by Taylor Young (Nails, God's Hate) at The Pit Studios, the group has teamed up with Metal Insider for...
Interview: Cannibal Corpse Drummer Talks ‘A Skeletal Domain’ Production, Cattle Decapitation
Cannibal Corpse, easily considered one of the main death metal groups since the genre’s emergence, are still active and going strong. Last year, the band released their thirteenth album, ‘A Skeletal Domain,’ via Metal Blade Records. To continue...Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho: I save the bad stuff for the music
It’s hard to believe that Children of Bodom have been around for over 20 years. Having formed in 1993, the band has come to signify melodic death metal, and with their ninth studio album, I Worship Chaos, coming out tomorrow, they’re at the top of their...Producer Will Putney talks about starting his own label, Graphic Nature Records
If you’re in a hardcore or metal band, the name WIll Putney probably means something to you. Having produced bands like Amity Affliction, Stray from the Path and Counterparts, as well as his own band, Fit For An Autopsy, he knows his way around music on both...Interview: Author & Punisher Discusses Cattle Decapitation, ‘Melk En Honing’ Album
Tristan Shone leads the one-man industrial project, Author & Punisher, based out of San Diego and notable for the homemade created instruments titled ‘Drone Machines’ and ‘Dub Machines.’ His sixth album, Melk en Honing, was released earlier...Interview: Atreyu live again
When California metalcore band Atreyu took a hiatus in 2011, many thought that it might be the last we’d hear from them. However, three years later, they announced that they were back, and now they’ve got a new album Long Live, out on Friday (18) and a new...Follow Us
Track Premiere: Authors of Fate – “Leather Liver”
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Crownshift (Nightwish, Children of Bodom, etc.) share “My Prison” video
Crownshift, the new project featuring members of Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Wintersun, and Finntroll, have recently announced their debut self-titled album, is scheduled to arrive on May 10th via Nuclear Blast Records. The collaborative group has unveiled a studio...
Architects share new single “Curse,” announce new tour dates
British metalcore giants Architects have dropped a visualizer for their new single, "Curse." Produced by Jordan Fish and released via Epitaph Records, the track features guttural screams, massive riffs, and powerful vocals from frontman Sam Carter. The new track...
New and Noteworthy, July 1: Typical Miracle
As is usual for the metal release calendar, the summer has already yielded some of the greatest albums expected to be released in 2014. This week, we get some more gems and highly-anticipated releases amid a short list. Read up and enjoy! Every Time I...
New and Noteworthy, June 24th: The Creature Lives
When releases appear from bands that don't have new music as regularly as we might want, the beast that is the metal community rises with a collective will and surges over this new music, determined to be immersed in its glory as quickly as possible. So it is with...
New & Noteworthy, 5/27: A Farewell to Misery
To those of you that had a long weekend, we hope you enjoyed it safely and in good company! This week is considered by those here in the US as being the unofficial beginning of summer, and if this release week is any indicator, summer is going to be heavy as hell this...