After wrapping up their 2009 SnoCore tour with Static-X, The Flood is going back to the studio. Often compared to Tool, Deftones and Korn, The Flood hail from Seattle, Washington, and are preparing to finish up their debut full length album. The Flood is signed with indie label Deify, who have put the band in the studio to record with multi-platinum, Grammy winning producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down, Johnny Cash, Smashing Pumpkins) at her Radiostar Studios in Weed, CA. The highly-touted video of the song “The Flood” (directed by Hans Kuester) has …read more

Slow weekend for news so what better band to talk about than Slayer!
Not to far back, maybe a month or so I bought new/used versions of God Hates Us All and Diabolus In Musica. These two albums I did not have good physical copies of. God Hates Us All was copied from a friend and Diabolus In Musica somehow got a huge crack in it years ago. So when I saw them come in at a local new/used music store for $7.99 each, I figured why not?
Daibolus In Musica was Slayer’s first studio album of all original material since …read more

Black Tide have just announced that they will be performing at Hot Topic’s annual South by Southwest bash on March 14th at La Zona Rosa in Austin. The SXSW party will also feature live sets from UK sensations Enter Shikari and Texas natives Flyleaf. Headlining the event will be System of a Down frontman, Serj Tankian!
Black Tide are gearing up for the release of Light From Above, their Johnny K (Machine Head) produced debut album which comes out on March 18th.

Rick Ruben, the mastermind behind producing some of the greatest metal and hip/hop records in history was written about in the NY Times September 2nd. Ruben the producer behind bands like Slayer, Danzig, Slipknot, RHCP and the Beastie Boys (Just to name a few) has been around awhile and doing what he does best. Producing great record after great record, some even going on to win Grammys. Below is an excerpt from the article where he talks briefly about working with Metallica, but please do yourself a favor and read the entire article and you will know Rick Ruben a …read more

Friday I was at F.Y.E., you know, the place that generally sell CD’s and DVD’s for about 6 dollars more than anywhere else. Anyway, I found a Megadeth CD entitle “Extended Versions” with a lest of songs that vary from albums through their career. I thought that it was a CD with extended versions of these songs but I overlooked the words “Recorded Live”. When I got out to the car and put it in the CD player thats when it became obvious to me that I bought a live CD. I normally don’t buy Live CD’s because 99% of …read more