Metal Injection

Wow, this is a killer tour. Hatebreed aren't even off the road for the first leg of their Divinity of Purpose tour and they already have second leg booked. The band announced they'll be heading out this spring with Every Time I Die, Terror, Job For A Cowboy and This Is Hell. That is an [...]

It's official: This is the most dangerous time of the year to be touring in the United States. After crashes rocked the vehicles of Shadows Fall and The Acacia Strain in the last few weeks, Asking Alexandria is the latest band to get involved in a vehicular accident.

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 [...]

Yikes! The worst thing I can image happening while touring is that somebody in the band gets sick. Not only does that leave the rest of the band in danger, but the one thing you want: your own bed is so far away. Such was the case for Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner, who was [...]

The Guessing Game is back for another. Click here to see what the answer was. Winners were contacted via email, so check your inbox to see if you're the lucky winners and getting a great Shadows Fall prize pack This week, we have a killer Motorhead vinyl to away. One lucky winner will get a [...]

I made a comment yesterday on my Twitter that it seems safer to take a van, following the news that the tour bus shared by Shadows Fall and God Forbid caught fire the day before yesterday. I apparently spoke too soon, because Converge was in a van crash last night. The band hit a patch [...]

Goddamn, these tour buses are ridiculous. The tour bus shared by Shadows Fall and God Forbid caught fire yesterday while the two are currently finishing their North American tour, but, luckily, no one was hurt. Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner announced the incident via Facebook, saying:

Back in August, we reported that Death Ray Vision, the band which features  Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair, Killswitch Engage bassist Mike D'Antonio, Seemless guitarist Peter Cortese, drummer Colin Conway and guitarist Zach Wells have been demoing material and now have a new label. The band announced today that they have signed with Bullet Tooth Records,  the label founded by Josh Grabelle, [...]

It's Friday, and before the weekend hits, let's do a sweep of all the new music that was just put out, including new tracks from TesseracT, Dying Fetus, Mark Tremonti of Creed fame, Shadows Fall, Enslaved grind masters Phobia and a video teaser from Animals As Leaders. Let's begin… TesseracT have posted their cover of [...]

It's only Tuesday? That's kind of a bummer, why can't it be the weekend for a whole week, am I right? Thankfully, we have some new music to help us get to the end of the week. We've got new tracks from Shadows Fall, Six Feet Under, Melvins Lite and more. Another new Shadows Fall [...]

Holy shit, it's Thursday already? Fuck yes! The weekend is just around the corner. Let's get this party started with some new tunes: First up, check out this pretty funny promo clip for Tenacious D's upcoming comeback album, Rize of the Fenix. It's an educational tale of the woes of tinnitus and how the band's [...]

Meet Mike Heller. He used to be in Malignancy and System Divide. Now, the dude is the new drummer for mothafuckin' Fear Factory. When Gene Hoglan had to step down from the drum throne, due to other commitments, guitarist Dino Cazares reached out to Sick Drummer Magazine to recommend possible replacements, and after an arduous [...]

Thursday is here and while I'm gearing up for Metal Night, here are the new tunes I'm listening to… Shadows Fall are set to put out a new album, Fire From The Sky on May 15th and to kick things off, they have premiered the title track on Noisecreep. While I may not be the [...]

Shortly after vocalist Brian Fair and drummer Jason Bittner confirmed on their Twitter accounts (here and here, respectively) that Shadows Fall has entered the studio, Razor & Tie announced the band has inked a new multi-album deal with the record company, and that fellow Springfield, Massachusetts-native Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage / Times of Grace fame will [...]

As we are winding down our recaps, we present our Top News Stories of 2009. We picked out the most talked about happenings of the year, as well as some of the absurd. Did we miss a story that you think is big? Let us know in the comments… Ozzy and Zakk Break Up The [...]