The Black Dahlia Murder will continue on as a band in the wake of Trevor Strnad’s death. According to the band in an interview with Decibel, The Black Dahlia Murder will now feature founding guitarist Brian Eschbach on vocals with former guitarist Ryan Knight returning to the band to fill his role. The lineup outside […]
Umbra Vitae released their debut album Shadow Of Life in May 2020 and is finally hitting the stage for the first time this December. Umbra Vitae has announced two shows happening in Massachusetts and New York on December 15 and 16, with tickets available via the band’s website. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. 12/15: Cambridge, […]
New York hardcore trio Show Me The Body, known to some of you as the band that threw that one dude off the stage for taking a selfie, is back with a new single and a brand new album announcement. Show Me The Body is now streaming the burning new single “We Came To Play” […]
Atmospheric black metal project Woods Of Desolation, the project headed up by frontman D. and drummer and keyboardist Vlad (Drudkh, Windswept), has signed with Season Of Mist and is now streaming the title track of their new album “The Falling Tide.” I’d point out how excellent the writing and overall misty production of the single […]
Record Store Day Black Friday 2022 will take place on November 25. This year’s vinyl-related festivities include a picture disc of Ghost‘s most recent album, anniversary editions of The Sword and Silverstein records, represses of recently reunited bands like Shadows Fall and Kittie, and way more! Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Check out the rock-related […]
In a really great conversation with Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage and his co-host Matt Stocks on a recent episode of the Stoke the Fire podcast, Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe shared his thoughts on what he thinks makes a perfect front person. It’s an age-old debate, but when you have masters of the […]
Pallbearer and Stygian Bough, the project between Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin, are closing out their year with a handful of West Coast dates. The shows also close out Pallbearer‘s recent touring celebrations of their 2012 album Sorrow & Extinction, and presumably begin to usher in the next age of the band. Advertisement. Scroll to […]
Here’s a premise for you – Alice in Chains go back in time to 1999, kidnap the members of Backstreet Boys Taken-style, and turn the pop song “I Want It That Way” into a super moody grunge classic. Sounds too good to be true, right? Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. If this sounds like anything you’d want to hear, […]
From a respectable opening on Day 1 to a veritable dustbowl on Day 2, and then a gargantuan mudslide on Day 3, the 2022 Blue Ridge Festival has been nothing else if not an interesting outing for those who made the trek. But whether the element of chance promised smooth sailing or stormy weather, both […]
It doesn’t feel unfair to call Clutch inimitable at this stage, does it? There simply isn’t another band that does it like they do. After three decades of making the space they occupy in the rock scene indisputably theirs they’ve played with the formulas, injected their brand of effortless cool and turned all the groove-makers […]