Posted by Metal Insider on April 19, 2016
On Friday, April 8, sludge act Sourvein released Aquatic Occult, the fourth full-length and first for Metal Blade Records. The band’s twenty year journey to the label has seen them hit the road with Voivod, High on Fire and Saint Vitus, among many others. The North Carolina band called New Orleans and California home before returning to […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on December 2, 2014
This last October Black Flag co-founder Greg Ginn was accused of child abuse by his former wife, Marina Ginn. Now Ginn’s former bandmate, Ron Reyes, has penned an affidavit, accusing Ginn of the same charge. In the affidavit, obtained by Consequence of Sound, Reyes states: “From what I witnessed, I firmly believe from what I witnessed that Greg is not capable of […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 30, 2014
When we last heard from Black Flag (not Flag) their graphic designer had been kicked out of the band. That’s completely understandable, given what the art for What The… looked like. However, he was also the band’s singer, Ron Reyes. Back in November after exiting the band, Reyes posted a Facebook update stating that pro skater […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 20, 2014
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Last week, our buds at Metal Sucks and Noisey debated whether or not the reunited At The Gates should make their way back into the studio and record a new album. Then this morning, The Haunted released its first new […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 27, 2013
Things sure are shaky in the Black Flag camp these days. Not only because there’s a Black Flag touring and another version of the band, just called Flag, touring, either. Nope. It turns out that the Greg Ginn version of the band, who just recorded an album with a terrible cover, are undergoing a bit […]
Posted by Matt Brown on November 6, 2013
It’s been a year full of lawsuits and such for the reunited Black Flag, but the band’s first album in 28 years is now available for streaming. You can check out What The… below while gawking at the album art. We’ve talked about how…subpar (that’s a nice word for it) the cover is before, but it’s […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 24, 2013
Black Flag leader Greg Ginn might have (not) settled his deal with other members of the band, so with that out of the way, the band (Ginn’s version) is free to release another Black Flag album. That was announced today, and the album, set to come out on November 5, is called What The… Once you get […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 11, 2013
While Greg Ginn might have founded Black Flag, that apparently isn’t worth much in a court of law. The guitarist has lost a lawsuit against FLAG, a spinoff of the band featuring former Black Flag members Keith Morris, Dez Cadena and Bill Stevenson. Ginn’s lawsuit also alleged that Henry Rollins was continuing to use the […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on August 5, 2013
Guess it was only a matter of time till the two versions of Black Flag headed to court. Guitarist Greg Ginn and his label SST Records is reportedly now suing FLAG over copyright infringement . According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ginn (who launched his own version of Black Flag) is seeking an injunction against FLAG’s […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on May 14, 2013
The incarnation of Black Flag featuring Greg Ginn and Ron Reyes is wasting no time with new music. After releasing a free download of a new song called “Down In The Dirt” earlier this month, the reunited punk legends (not this version) has released yet another new song. Titled “The Chase,” the song is now […]
