Sunn O))) recently released their seventh album Monoliths and Dimensions via Southern Lord . About.com had a chat with Greg Anderson about the new album, the influence of Gregorian chants ... Read More

Kittie has signed a three album deal with E1 Music. In The Black is slated to be released September 15, 2009. Some new songs on the album ... Read More

DragonForce will embark on a month-long, headlining tour this Fall, which kicks off on September 18 in Hollywood and runs through October 11 in Philadelphia. This will probably be ... Read More

Progressive veterans Dream Theater are one of the definitive bands in the genre, and every release is met with anticipation and high expectations. Their latest effort Black Clouds & Silver ... Read More

For nearly two decades Amorphis has been one of the most popular and successful Finnish metal bands. From their groundbreaking 1994 album Tales From The Thousand Lakes to their current ... Read More

After the incredible albums that came out in 1980, the following year wasn't even close in terms of groundbreaking metal albums. In fact, 1981 was probably the weakest year ... Read More

Slipknot have announced a string of fall tour dates, including some special appearances. The band will embark on a three week run in October, hitting mostly west coast markets. ... Read More

The World Outside is the sophomore effort from Eyes Set To Kill. The Tempe, Arizona band blends harsh male screams with the melodic singing of Alexia Rodriguez. Rodriguez gives us ... Read More

Eight Ways has elements of jazz, progressive metal, gothic metal and traditional metal. The songs are diverse, with something new lurking around every musical corner. Madder Mortem is equally adept ... Read More

Thrash legends Megadeth have the title of their twelfth studio album: Endgame. The album is expected to be released in September through Roadrunner Records. It was recorded at the band’s ... Read More

Known as the former eccentric frontman of Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend is back to unleash a four record series under the name of the Devin Townsend Project. With the ... Read More

In looking at the top 10 of 1980 it's amazing at how many of these bands are still around today and making music. Over 25 years later almost all ... Read More

Moonspell and Samael will be headlining the "Night Eternal Above America” tour this fall. Joining them will be Book Of Black Earth and Secrets Of The Moon. Vorph of Samael commented, ... Read More

The origins of metalcore date back to the mid 1980s, where bands like Agnostic Front and Suicidal Tendencies were mixing thrash, punk, and hardcore together. Metalcore has quickly become one ... Read More

Ox is a welcome return. For the uninitiated, Coalesce was one of the early purveyors of what became metalcore, and adjectives like mathcore and post-hardcore have also been used to ... Read More

Pig Destroyer might get more attention with each new album but that doesn’t mean the band has opted for life on the road. Instead, the members of the grindcore quartet ... Read More

DevilDriver will headline the second annual Thrash And Burn Tour. The North American tour kicks off July 24 in San Diego. Other bands on the bill include Emmure, Despised Icon, ... Read More

Slough Feg is known for a sound that includes traditional, power and folk metal. That's why Ape Uprising's opener "The Hunchback Of Notre Doom" comes as somewhat of a surprise ... Read More

Ross Sewage is the Renaissance man of underground metal. He plays bass and shares vocal duties with long-term Bay Area death metal outfit Impaled. He is a periodic touring bass ... Read More

Ratt and Extreme are teaming up this summer. The tour, which will feature sets from both bands with Ratt closing, kicks off on July 12 in Amarillo, TX and ... Read More

Black Sails At Midnight is more diverse than Alestorm's debut. Rollicking folk metal mixes with thrashy guitars, accordians and atmospheric keyboards. "Leviathan," "Wolves Of The Sea" and a few other ... Read More

Joel McIver, who wrote the Metallica biography Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica a few years ago, has written a bio focusing on Cliff Burton. To Live Is To ... Read More

Fire up those Tivos and DVRs, because the new Iron Maiden documentary Flight 666 is coming to your television beginning Saturday night, June 6th. The first airing on VH-1 ... Read More

Ever since his split from Dream Theater, Kevin Moore has marched to the beat of his own drum. He played for Fates Warning for a while, then started his own ... Read More

CKY will be embarking on a full U.S. tour this summer. The band will play a run of dates in Canada from June 14 through June 28 and will then ... Read More