by Metal Insider | Oct 15, 2013 | New Music
For most bands in the metal world, the ultimate goal is to become a band like Slayer or Metallica – for your music to have a self-contained identity that the whole world knows you for, and to be able to profit from the identity that your music has. Today our two...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 18, 2013 | New Music
Everything we’ve heard from the new Pelican album, Forever Becoming, has been pretty great. The band have already let two songs, “Deny the Absolute” and “Immutable Dusk”, out there in advance of the October 15th release of the album,...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 14, 2013 | New Music
While “heavy” is definitely a word that applies to post-rock instrumental quartet Pelican, it’s definitely not the first word that would come to mind. Those words would probably be “post-rock,” “instrumental” and...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 11, 2013 | New Music
A pelican is a flightless bird, but you wouldn’t know that from listening to the soaring melodies of “Immutable Dusk,” the first taste of their forthcoming album, Forever Becoming. It’s been four years since their last full length...
by Zach Shaw | Jul 10, 2013 | Festivals
Slayer seemed to have a lot of fun at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest back in 2011 (a lot of fun). Now Slayer are returning for yet another year of fun in Texas, as they’ve been confirmed for this year’s edition. Slayer joins big names like Snoop Dogg (or Snoop Lion),...