Metal Injection

By: Navjot Kaur In what may seem an unlikely collaboration, Testament and Shadows Fall joined forces to cover a heavy metal classic: Ozzy Osbourne’s very own, “Bark at the Moon.” It was during Shadow Fall’s performance in Toronto, ON that Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick provided this energetic cameo for the band's live-take on the 27 year ...

By: Navjot Kaur From Altars of Madness to Heretic, if one thing is clear, it’s that Floridian death metal godfathers Morbid Angel have kept and intend to keep the momentum going with years of consistent, crushing extreme metal outputs. Over 20 years since their conception via Trey Azagroth in 1984, and with a history of constant ...

By: Shannon Joy After weeks of rumors circulating around possible tour replacements for KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Howard Jones, the band were finally joined onstage last night with former frontman Jesse Leach during a performance at The Filmore New York at Irving Plaza. Leach joined his former band onstage for five tracks: “My Serenade”, “Numbered Days”, “Self Revolution”, ...

If you are a fan of the Livecast, you know we constantly talk about how a lot of unsigned bands' names are not search engine optimized (SEO for short) and every now and then I try to give a few tips. Well, it looks like the fine bloggers at The Inevitable Noose took it one ...

Know who this is? Leave a comment and you could win big! Above you will find this week's Extreme Zoom. Think you know who it is? Leave a comment with your best guess. We will pick one correct answer at random to relieve a brand new copy of IMMORTAL's recent release, All Shall Fall. What about last ...

When I interviewed Dave Lombardo of SLAYYYEEERRRR at last year's Mayhem Fest, he made it clear that he listens to a lot of music, and only a small portion of it is metal, let alone thrash. I believe him! Live footage has surfaced of one of Dave's many side projects, Philm (which also features ...

While they are trying to put that crazy riot behind them, METALLICA are forging ahead planning to reinvent their stage show for the near future and it's supposedly really big. The band's manager, Peter Mensch says there are big plans for 2011: "Let's just say that next year you will see a Metallica tour that will ...

This Rob-and-Darren-free episode will be remembered for two things: The gang finding out what nugget porn is and the gang reading Rob's old Livejournal entries. That's right, we invaded that fuck's privacy because he's in Texas and we're not. It was hilarious, download that shit and thank us later. Also, do you like squirters? Here's ...

By: Shannon Joy Alt-country singer RYAN ADAMS has announced plans to end his year-long hiatus with the release of his first heavy metal album, Orion.  No, this is not a joke, and yes, that is ADAMS in the picture.  Creepy. ADAMS stated on his official website: "We're going to begin pressing Orion–my most legit METAL record–on vinyl next week." Additionally, ...

By: Shannon Joy KING DIAMOND has taken to CovenWorldwide.org to personally address the apparent rumors and speculations that have been surrounding him and the band as of late. The KING describes the unfounded gossip as “way too big to cover in a blog”. In an effort to address the attacks, KING DIAMOND has decided to take an ...

Periphery have posted yet another new track on their MySpace page, titled The Walk. The song has plenty of "djent" to make their fans satisfied. I think this is my favorite track they have premiered so far. The album hits stores on 4/20 and is already up for pre-order. If you want a little less djent, ...

by: Graham Hartmann Blackie Lawless showed his prima donna side by walking out on a gig because of a $198 restaurant bill. The W.A.S.P. lead singer refused to pay the bill and stormed out of The Crocodile Rock only hours before he was supposed to take the stage. THE MESS, who were slated to play after W.A.S.P. took ...

As you are reading this we are boarding a plane to Austin, TX to begin a few days of drunken debauchery and perhaps even check out some metal shows. Of course, we are talking about South By SouthWest. Frank and I are going to cover the shit out of it. We will be taping a ...

What great gifts Wednesday has brought us. Sean Gresens has uploaded 8 new bootleg videos of The Acacia Strain kicking ass from back in January at Santos Party House. When Sean tapes a set, he makes sure to tape A LOT so you have a good amount of variety to see the type of damage ...

A few weeks ago, we were invited by Earache Records to a private screening of the new At the Gates documentary. The metal blogeratti was out in full force with members of MetalSucks, Metal Insider, Noisecreep and others in attendance. The documentary was edited by founding guitarist Anders Björler and is included on The Flames ...

A little over a year ago, I posted a flow chart of heavy metal band names but I think this map is even more impressive. Some dude on Flickr made an entire subway map breaking down the history of rock music. It's quite epic. Click on the image to enlarge it. Click to Enlarge

We know how he feels about Slayer, now on his new comedy album, Fart and Wiener Jokes, metal comedian Brian Posehn talks about an experience with purchasing a (non-metal) song on iTunes. Needless to say it did not go well. The album is set to be released 4/27, and will feature a few new musical ...

I am getting really excited for new music from the Deftones. Between their first single, Rocket Skates and now the title track, Diamond Eyes, it looks like the band may see a bit of resurgence. I was never the biggest Deftones fan, but I always liked what I heard. Needless to say, when the full ...

We have not been able to shutup about The Dillinger Escape Plan the last few weeks. First, we posted their video for "Farewell, Mona Lisa", then after attending their opening tour date, I posted a bootleg of another new song, Chinese Whispers and yesterday we posted their appearance on Fox News. But, I know what ...

This clip is hilarious… Oh and the Them Crooked Vultures album rules!

Another Monday, another Guessing Game! Before getting to this week's game, let's all congratulate lucky junkie PutThemToDeath for winning last week's game. He will be getting a new copy of DESPISED ICON's album, Day Of Mourning. If you couldn't guess last week's answer, click on the thumbnail to the right for the full reveal. I would ...

A few months ago we announced that we were teaming up with MetalInsider.net and Scion to bring you guys the No Label Needed contest, which would give one lucky band the chance of a lifetime with a hookup of getting songs produced by Machine, hanging out with the guys in Shadows Fall and asking them ...

Varg Vikernes is a controversial figure. The man who went to prison for infamously murdering his Mayhem bandmate, Euronymous, was released this year and ended up putting out an album. The brave bloggers at Demon Pigeon took to reviewing the record in the only way appropriate for this situation, in LOLCAT speak. If you are ...

by Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann I thought I was too old to have a life changing experience at a rock show. Music is more important to me now than it ever was, but I never thought a live band could blow my mind like back in my teenage years. Last Friday proved me wrong. As I stood ...

by Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann I once read online that Daughters vocalist Alexis Marshall’s style could be accurately compared to the sound of Elvis Presley being tortured. I would argue from more of a Jerry Lee Lewis on hallucinogenic drugs standpoint, but both are pretty damn accurate. This acid trip of a band made an important change to ...