Metal Martyr (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
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....
Metal Martyr (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Wisconsin’s Lazarus A.D. recently returned from their first ever trip overseas to Japan’s Loud Park festival in Tokyo. Needless to say, the band had an amazing experience. They were the third band to play on the Big Rock stage on October 18th. The stage was headlined by Slayer and also featured Children Of Bodom, Hatebreed and Papa Roach among others. Lazarus A.D. sampled some foreign cuisine,...
Metal Martyr (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
SKELETONWITCH’s new effort, “Breathing The Fire,” sold 3,500 copies in its first week of release, landing at number #151 on the Billboard Top 200 and #2 on the magazine’s Heatseekers Chart. The album was recorded in Seattle with acclaimed producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, High on Fire). The band spent the last month on the road with Children of Bodom and are now supporting...
Song, by Toad (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Well the Funkcast was probably about as gentle a ‘tell me about this genre’ podcast as you’re likely to get. This, on the other hand, is not gentle. I suppose it was never likely to be – there’s only so gentle an introduction you can give to this kind of music. Basically, I was becoming increasingly [...]
Funny Video (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
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Metal Hammer (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The Children Of Bodom man will be handling axe-duties for the Swedish death metallers. (more…)
Metal Martyr (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
SKELETONWITCH is almost ready to unleash their metal masterpiece Breathing the Fire on October 13th via Prosthetic Records. Breathing the Fire is the follow up to the band’s critically acclaimed album, Beyond the Permafrost (Prosthetic Records, 2007). The Athens, OH based band traveled to Seattle, WA to record with producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, High On Fire). The album was mastered...
Metal Hammer (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Lady Gaga, Rhianna and Journey all feature on the COBHC’s wish-list of tracks they’d most like to see Alexi and his Finnish shredders cover in the future. (more…)
Metal Hammer (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Your chance to get your hands on a COB ‘Skeletons In The Closet’ bandana! Enter here!
Line Out (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Polvo, Bronze Fawn, Water Beds (Crocodile) On In Prism (Merge), their first album since 1997's Shapes, Polvo sound like they've upgraded their equipment since crucial mid-'90s recordings like Today's Active Lifestyles and Celebrate the New Dark Age. That means that those patented, wonky guitar tones no longer materialize. For some, those eccentric efflorescences defined Polvo. Obviously, though, Polvo...
Notes From The UndergroundBastard (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Bonus: Trance version by Deborah Harry From the dub: "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" is a country and cowboy-style song. It was written on June 5, 1948 by Stan Jones. [1] A number of versions were also crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949. The ASCAP database lists the song as "Riders in the Sky" (title code: 480028324[2]), but the title has been varied numerous...
El33tonline (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Guitar Hero 5 was available for everyone to try out at the rAge 2009 Expo from the start on Friday. It’s out in a few weeks and there’s already been quite a bit written about it so I’ll just offer a few thoughts. To my mind the new interface is infinitely superior to any other Guitar Hero or Rock Band game, and the advantages of it are particularly obvious in an expo setting. The...
Tape Noise Diary (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Music Machinery points to a new stream of metal that’s been developing, Whalecore: Whalecore is a sub-genre of Southern Rock widely influenced by Heavy Metal, Metalcore, and Progressive Metal. Currently only three artists fall under this genre. Mastodon originally coined the term whalecore when they produced their album Leviathan in 2004. Other bands such as Children of Bodom and Dethklok quickly...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Sometimes a little bit of masturbatory metal revelry is just what the doctor ordered. In the case of Swedish power/melodic/technical metal maestros Children of Bodom, that prescription comes filled in the form of crunching riffs, chain-gun rhythms, climaxing guitar crescendos, and the occasional lo...
Metal Martyr (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Skeletonwitch have launched the first in a series of webisodes documenting the recording of their upcoming full length Breathing the Fire (October 13, Prosthetic Records) with producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, High On Fire, Toxic Holocaust). It can be viewed at prostheticrecords.com. The band has also announced iTunes pre-order is now available for Breathing the Fire. The iTunes version includes an exclusive...
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