Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 22, 2015
Being in a band is like being in a relationship, but maybe more intense, since most relationships don’t consist of two or more other people and involve lots of travel in a van. That’s why it’s never really a huge surprise when bands make lineup changes. Havok have announced a new bassist, while L.A’s Twitching […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on January 23, 2015
Job for a Cowboy bassist extraordinaire Nick Schendzielos just released a creepy and crazy new video, filled with babies, explosions, and Dave Davidson of Revocation making an appearance (as a baby, of course). This isn’t just some goofy “viral video” – Schendzielos and Davidson are shredding! Schendzielos, in his Facebook update, said, “Finally releasing this. Check out […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on August 19, 2014
The third and final round of bands added to next year’s Maryland Deathfest have been announced. Some of the highlights include Agoraphobic Nosebleed playing their first ever live show, Cephalic Carnage playing material from their first three albums, and Inverloch playing a Disembowelment set. Bands like YOB, Razor, Conan, Artificial Brain and so many more […]
Posted by Benjamin Friedman on July 2, 2013
Boring road trips are about to get a lot more metal, as the song “99 Bottles of Beer” is recorded by members of 99 death metal bands. According to Fulgora bassist John Jarvis (via MetalSucks), he is teaming up with Cattle Decapitation’s Derek Engemann to establish a huge roster of musicians pulled from some of […]
Posted by Metal Insider on April 21, 2011
This Saturday, for the first time in America in over 25 years, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax will take the stage as the Big Four in Indio. The metal titans have played European festivals before, but their sole American date (so far, anyway) is seeing people fly in from around the world to witness a […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 17, 2010
Y’know, this blog doesn’t run itself, and without the contributions made by the people that write for us and support us, there’s be even less content than the “not enough content” that there already is. With that in mind, we’ve asked the people that write for us, both weekly and occasionally, to contribute their favorite […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on September 15, 2010
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week is a bit quieter on the metal front compared to last week’s charts, and from what we can expect next week. The only metal/hard rock album to debut in the top 200, […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on September 8, 2010
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I admit, the title is a bit deceiving because even though album sales have been at a crazy low this past Summer, all in all it was a very good season for metal. For […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on August 31, 2010
By now, the secret is out that Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski was diagnosed with leukemia recently and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. This news only adds to what has been one of the worst years for metal in terms of genre stability and vitality, although a positive report from Lamb […]
Posted by Dan Rodriguez on June 10, 2009
The MetalSucks/MetalInjection-sponsored Blackenedfest Tour, featuring Mayhem, Cattle Decapitation, Cephalic Carnage and Withered has not been without its share of problems. First Marduk no-showed, followed by a Boise cancellation, then Cephalic Carnage dropped off. The latest bit of drama is being reported through an exclusive in-depth tour diary by Metal Injection’s Justina Villanueva, who reports on […]
