by Zach Shaw | May 7, 2012 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pnv4apmwBI[/youtube] Technically Arch/Matheos made their live debut at the Keep It True XV festival in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany on April 28. However, last Saturday night (May 5) marked the group’s first ever show in America....
by Zach Shaw | Apr 30, 2012 | New Music, Releases
Whitechapel have a busy Summer ahead of them, which includes a stint on this year’s Mayhem Fest. And on June 19, the Tennessee deathcore group will release their self-titled fourth album. Along with the cover artwork (as seen above) and track listing, Whitechapel also...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 30, 2012 | Meet The New Guy
Fans were taken by surprise when The Black Dahlia Murder introduced Max Lavelle (ex-Despised Icon) as their new bassist at this year’s New England Metal & Hardcore Festival. At the time, it wasn’t even known that Ryan “Bart” Williams left the band at all, despite...
by Metal Insider | Apr 30, 2012 | Hockey Insider
You most likely know Brian Slagel as the CEO and founder of Metal Blade Records. But what you might not know about him is that he’s a diehard hockey fan as well. Slagel has given Metal Insider his NHL Playoff hockey picks before, and also helped explain to us the...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 23, 2012 | New Music, Releases
Before his sudden passing, guitarist Cory Smoot (aka Flattus Maximus of GWAR) had been working on the debut album of his solo project The Cory Smoot Experiment. While he originally intended to record with numerous singers like GWAR’s Dave Brockie and Lamb of...