Metal Injection

So we all knew that Howard Jones, formerly of Killswitch Engage, was a type-2 diabetes sufferer. What we didn't know was that the dude was in a 3-day coma because of it very recently.

It's been an eventful week in metal. A few tours were announced, we posted some silly videos and bands were resurrected. Here are the top stories of the week: It's The MARILYN MANSON & AVRIL LAVIGNE Collaboration You Weren't Waiting For Nicolas Cage Headbanging Drop Everything & Listen To The New THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER [...]

Guessing Game returned last week and we're back for round 2.  

As the weather warms up and tour season kicks into high gear, we're starting to see more marquee releases coming down the pipeline. This isn't a good time to get behind on your metal… playing catch up later is going to be a bitch from this point on.

It's been a dramatic week in heavy metal, what with the news that Jeff Hanneman might not come back to Slayer, Dave Mustaine getting back on the interview cycle to promote his new album and Phil Anselmo calling for peace. We also posted two killer new videos…drinking beer with Kvelertak and asking bands about their [...]

The band have released another tune off Disarm the Descent for your consumption!

There’s been quite the buzz around Killswitch Engage as of late, what with Howard Jones’ departure and original vocalist Jesse Leach stepping in to rejoin the band permanently and appear on his first record in about eleven years. With all that, one would assume that Disarm the Descent would be a masterpiece of modern metal, [...]

Last week, rumors broke that former Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones was forming a new band. We confirmed the story and exclusively reported that the band would also feature All Shall Perish shredder Francesco Artusato. We just received a press releases from the band's management with further info on the project.

It's been an eventful week in metal. Randy Blythe was acquitted, we launched our Countdown show, and Howard Jones started a new project. Those were the top stories and here is everything else in the top 10 most visited pages of the week: LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe Acquitted Of Manslaughter Charges In Czech Trial [...]

The rumor mill is abuzz about former Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones. Jones left Killswitch last year and has kept a low profile since, but is Howard working on new music?

Killswitch Engage are locked and loaded with the promotion for their upcoming release, Disarm The Discent, out on April 2nd via Roadrunner Records. They released album art last week and now we finally get our first taste of new music. Sure, a demo leaked last summer, but this is the real deal, final cut. What [...]

Last year was a big year for Killswitch Engage. They reunited with their original vocalist, Jesse Leach, recorded a new album and did a fuck-ton of touring. It looks like 2013 will be equally huge for the band as they have just announced the release of their new album, their first with Leech on the mic [...]

Killswitch Engage kicked off their Alive Or Just Breathing 10 year anniversary tour this past Saturday at the California Metalfest. As promised, the band played their seminal Roadrunner debut from beginning to end, and it sounds as good as ever. Kudos to the poor sap who decided to record this whole thing for our amusement, [...]

Hey, remember that really great Killswitch Engage song that leaked a few months ago called "No End In Sight?" It's heavy and great and everything we loved about Killswitch. Well, guitarist/mastermind Adam Dutkiewicz was interviewed recently, and asked how the leaked song compares to the album as a whole, and he said it does not [...]

Machine Head's Robb Flynn isn't the only one who is being kept from playing due to surgery. Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and had to cancel a week's worth of dates because of it. Jason still isn't feeling too well, but the show must go on. In a new statement [...]