by Zach Shaw | Aug 25, 2014 | Columns, Top 5
Many influential hardcore and metalcore bands have come out of the Washington D.C. scene. One current band making the D.C. metal community proud is Darkest Hour who just released their first album on Sumerian Records (and eighth overall). We spoke to guitarist Mike...
by Nathan Katsiaficas | Aug 15, 2014 | News, Photos
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has been going for 7 years now, but this is the first year it has come to Tennessee. For reasons I’ll get to shortly, it’s probably the last time too. The touring festival rolled into Millington, TN (just north of...
by Matt Brown | Aug 13, 2014 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Ah, now that’s more like it. The debuts for this week are much greater in number (and more greatly anticipated) than last week. The top debut of the week...
by Metal Insider | Aug 5, 2014 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
The start of a new month brings us a veritable deluge of new music from recognizable talent, which is a very good thing for the metal community. Having this many well-known bands actively releasing new music on a given week shows that metal is a force to be reckoned...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 1, 2014 | New Music, News
Currently on the road with the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, Darkest Hour have a new album, their first for Sumerian, coming out on Tuesday (5). The metalcore band have always been a step of two ahead of the curve, and for their self-titled album,...