Ohio’s SKELETONWITCH will bring their brand of “blackened thrash” to NYC’s acclaimed “BLACKENED MUSIC SERIES” on November 14. The show will take place at Brooklyn’s Union Pool and will also feature Relapse’s BLACK ANVIL and is part of “THE BLACKENED WEEKEND,” which will also feature appearances from RWAKE, KRALLICE, SHRINEBUILDER and more. Previous installments in the series have featured the likes of REPULSION, PIG DESTROYER, BRUTAL TRUTH, SUNN, EARTH and PELICAN.

‘WITCH guitarist Scott Hedrick commented;
“We’re very pleased to be a part of the Blackened Music Series. Blackened is relatively new and has already put together some great shows. And we’re …read more

Flyleaf have just added Memento Mori webisodes parts 3 and 4 to their Kyte Channel. In the 3rd webisode the band talks about the artwork behind Memento Mori, which was created by bassist Pat Seals, using a woodcut technique. In the clip, guitarist Sameer beams,
“Pat is an amazing artist. We’ve kinda assigned him to doing all the artwork on the record, videos, and for photo shoots.” He later exclaims, “The whole texture of woodcutting and the way it looks, it has a really beautiful feel to it.”

In the 4th webisode the …read more

Gwen Stacy have announced new headlining dates for December. The band who are currently headlining with support from Ice Nine Kills and Stray From The Path will be doing the Dec dates with support from Amarna Reign. The band is in support of their new album A Dialogue which was released last week. Reviews are pouring in such as NUVO, the Alternative weekly from the band’s home city of Indianapolis who gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and said Gwen Stacy “are very good at what they do.” Indie Vision Music.com said of the album “Any fan of …read more

SHADOW GALLERY, widely considered a major and innovative force within the realms of progressive rock and metal, have returned with their 6th studio effort Digital Ghosts. Following up 2005’s Room V as well as the Prime Cuts compilation release of material from previous albums in 2007, Digital Ghosts was released on October 26th, 2009 in Europe and November 3rd, 2009 in North America via InsideOutMusic. The band is also excited to announce that they filmed a video last month and it will be released in the coming weeks.
Lead guitarist and bassist Gary Wehrkamp had the following to say about …read more

Below is some footage shot by Christy Borgman of LA Woman Photography at the Palladium in Hollywood, CA on Halloween night. Rob Zombie kicked off his new tour on October 29th in support of the upcoming Hellbilly Deluxe 2 album that will be released on November 17th.
Zombie had the following to say,
“We have a lot of new things this time, you know, we didn’t want to go out and just do the same old show, so we’ve dug deep and we’ve kind of tried to mix it up. You know, there’s always the obvious songs that you have to play …read more

American metallers Devildriver have posted the new video for their song “Fate Stepped in” online. The song is from their album Pray for Villians, which is available in stores or online now.
Drummer John Boecklinhas also posted the following update from the road,
“It has been an interesting tour so far. My heels got infected due blisters from my new running shoes so I have been rocking sandals this whole tour and it’s fucking cold outside.
“Dez got sick and actually had to cancel a show in Germany. Mike went down with the flu for about three days.
“Our bus broke down in Scotland …read more

Last night (Oct. 30), Slipknot performed their song “Snuff” from All Hope Is Gone on Jimmy Kimmel Live. I’m glad that the late night shows are starting to showcase metal acts, and this one actually sounds almost decent for once.
Check it out below:

Mastodon performed their song “Divinations” from Crack the Skye last night (Oct 29) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In my opinion live metal performances on talk shows/live TV always end up sounding like shit, and this one is no exception… and since Jimmy Fallon has had several metal bands performing on his show lately, maybe it’s time to get a decent sound technician?
Oh well, it’s still a good song, check it out below:

ODERUS URUNGUS OF GWAR FEATURED IN SPIN MAGAZINE
ODERUS, BEEFCAKE AND BALSAC SERVE AS CELEBRITY JUDGES FOR THE 14th ANNUAL BURTON SNOWBOARD DOG-COSTUME CONTEST
2009 truly has been the year of GWAR. They released their 25th anniversary album Lust in Space on Metal Blade Records; they are currently on their 25th anniversary tour with Lamb of God and The Red Chord. ODERUS URUNGUS has become the “Interplanetary Correspondent” for Fox News Red Eye, and now ODERUS URUNGUS is featured in the latest issue of SPIN Magazine.
The feature in the November 2009 issue of SPIN Magazine takes place at the Slave …read more

Bigelf has unleashed their new video for the song “Evils of Rock n’ Roll” from their amazing new album Cheat the Gallows!
Shot on the Progressive Nation tour, the Evils of Rock n’ Roll features spooky mellotrons, blistering guitar riffs and some scary surprises. Check it out below!