by Zach Shaw | Mar 20, 2012 | Touring, Updates
The Summer Slaughter Tour has been a little off schedule in regards to announcing new additions to this year’s lineup. Last night, though, Job For A Cowboy and Periphery were officially confirmed for this year’s Summer Slaughter. The two bands join Cannibal Corpse,...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 16, 2012 | Festivals
For the past few years, Montreal’s Heavy MTL has had some pretty solid lineups, while last year’s inaugural Heavy T.O. extended the festival to Toronto. And this year’s bill is no different, with System Of A Down, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Lamb Of God and...
by Metal Insider | Mar 7, 2012 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The charts are flooded this week with new metal/ hard rock releases, with four of the twelve debuts cracking the top 200. However, this week’s top debut comes from...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 6, 2012 | Interviews
Trivium have been going nonstop since the release of their latest album In Waves last Summer. In addition to playing Mayhem Fest, opening for Dream Theater, and performing around the world, the Florida metal quartet just recently finished a co-headlining tour with In...
by Metal Insider | Feb 28, 2012 | Releases
If death metal is the metal subgenre that the music industry continually tries to ignore, then grindcore is the bastard child that the industry has flat-out disowned. No subgenre is as abrasive, aggressive, or downright assaultive as grindcore, and it has been that...