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Noctis V Metal Fest Announced
Look ma, it's Venom!Scarab Metal Productions has put the finishing touches on the Noctis V Metal Fest. The festival is taking place over three days at the University of Calgary’s MacEwan Hall Ballroom,...
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ANCIIENTS Tapped As Death To All Opener
ANCIIENTS They’re no Gorguts, but Vancouver’s ANCIIENTS are still pretty awesome. And thusly, they have landed the opening slot on the U.S. and Canadian stops of this year’s Death To All Tour — of...
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Partial Lineup For Scion Rock Fest Revealed
Can you make out any of the other bands?And fuck me, do I wanna go! The Scion Rock Fest will do down June 1, this year in Memphis, Tennessee. This annual all-day free event has become a highly...
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Full Scion Rock Fest Lineup Revealed; Testament Tapped
TestamentYes, it’s true! Some of you correctly guessed that Testament was one of the bands hidden in the poster released last week, revealing part of the 2013 Scion Rock Fest lineup. How crafty of you!...
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Skeletonwitch Coming To Canada
SkeletonwitchThat’s right, you lucky Canadians, with your beer and your free health insurance and your hot-ass chicks. Skeletonwitch is coming to see you. Won’t you go see them, too? The band’s plotted...
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ANCIIENTS Replace Terror On Lamb Of God Tour
ANCIIENTSThis week, Lamb of God return to what they do best: Rocking the fuck out before an audience of thousands of metal-loving lunatics. But change is afoot even before the tour kicks off. Terror...
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TesseracT, Anciients To Tour
TesseracTAnd they’re doing in with Scale The Summit. Not doing IT, but touring with. Yes, TesseracT, Scale The Summit and Anciients are teaming up for a fall tour of North America. Are you excited? Get...
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Sepultura Announce Tour
SepulturaI am sorry. I am a fucking slacker. I am late to posting today because I had a few brews last night, and getting up this morning was challenging. So, yeah, Max Cavalera don’t give a fuck but...
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Doc Coyle Tapped For Unearth Tour
Doc CoyleYes, it’s true. Former God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle has to put on his bassist’s hat for Unearth’s upcoming U.S. tour with Sepultura and Kataklysm. That’s because the band’s regular bassist,...
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Sepultura Tour Nixed
SepulturaAnd nixed means “Not happening,” for those of you who don’t know big words. Yes, Sepultura’s forthcoming North American tour with Unearth, Kataklysm, Dark Sermon, Anciients, and others ain’t...
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Gorguts, Protest The Hero Nominated For Junos
ANCIIENTSThe Juno Awards get it right almost every year — in stark contract to the Grammys, who almost always get it wrong…starting with the nominations. This year’s Juno for “Metal/Hard Music Album of...
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Petition Started Over Voivod Junos Snub
VoivodI received a press release this morning about Voivod, who were not nominated for a Juno this year. The Junos are the Canadian Grammys, and the nominees for the Metal/Hard Music included Gorguts,...
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Protest The Hero Win Juno Award
Protest The HeroCongratulations to Chris Adler and Protest The Hero. They’ve all won Juno Awards. Protest The Hero’s Volition took home the “Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year” at this year’s awards...
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Black Cobra Denied Entry To Canada
Black CobraSan Francisco’s doom duo Black Cobra has unfortunately been denied access into the United States’ neighbor to the north. In the middle of the band’s North American tour — which was nearly...
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Intronaut Announce Fall Run Of Shows
IntronautIntronaut will be hitting the road again in Novemver after a short break following their recent tour with TesseracT. The band has been on the road in support of their latest, Habitual...
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Guest Column: Three Bands You May Not Know But Should By Third Ion’s Justin...
Third IonBy now, you should know the drill. We’ve been having musicians from across metal’s grand spectrum pen brief guest columns for us on a number of engaging topics: must-read books, must-see...
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