In the last 23 days all sorts of great metal festivals have been announced, so let’s round them up a bit.
Scion Rock Fest: February 28th in Atlanta Georgia.
So far there is about 35 bands lined up for this show…and it’s FREE! It’s not that easy though. To get tickets you have to go to www.scion.com/rock/ and register your email address starting on 1/28. Then you have to either pick up your tickets at one of the record stores listed here or pick them up at will-call. You better get there early if picking them up from will-call because space is …read more

I was scanning through CD Warehouse today looking for something new and interesting, neither of which was easily found due to the massive amount of crap this place has. I was looking through the “D’s” to see what Danzig or Dream Theater CDs they had and I came across xDEATHSTARx ‘We Are The Threat’ on Facedown Records. Curiosity got the best of me so I asked to sample it. xDEATHSTARx is nothing new (been around for 6 years) or epic but they have a cool hardcore sound to them as if they got a lot of influence from Hatebreed. …read more