Metal Injection

The first wave of Black Metal is almost always associated with the Scandinavian peninsula, but there were so many things going on in the crazy and small world that several bands tended to have similar ideas at the same time. Master's Hammer are a Czech band with plenty of great black metal sound; theirs is [...]

Both black and death metal embody the most misanthropic, morbid, depressing, sickening, and rebellious traits of mankind—yet they are quite different from each other. While death metal is often cartoonish and easy to separate from reality, black metal is often grotesquely grim and starkly realistic. In particular, the war-obsessed brand of black metal popularized by [...]

Man, Dillinger Escape Plan are really making the rounds with their former members. First, Mike Patton joins them in San Francisco, then original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis joined them at the New York show and last night in Norfolk, VA, former guitarist Brian Benoit joined the band onstage for the final breakdown of their big hit, [...]

My neck is killing me right now. On Saturday Night, Noa, Sean and I, along with a ton of our friends went to the Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, Red Fang show, and it was quite the fun experience. I think I overdid it with the headbanging because right now my neck and back are still [...]

I was so pumped to finally get to experience Argonauts live, a band who I've hyped up to ridiculous levels for myself, which of course features Dimitri Minakakis (formerly of The Dillinger Escape Plan), drummer Dave Witte and guitarist John Adubato (Burnt By The Sun) and bassist Brett Bamburger (East of the Wall). The band [...]

We were shocked when the remaining members of Nevermore announced that guitarist Jeff Loomis and drummer Van Williams were out of the band. But we never seemed to hear their side of the story. My buddy Axl Rosenberg of MetalSucks got on the horn with Jeff Loomis and wasted no time getting to the bottom [...]

We were super stoked when news of Argonauts broke. For those of you who forgot, the band features Dimitri Minakakis (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan), John Adubato (Burnt By The Sun guitarist), Dave Witte (Burnt By The Sun drummer, Municipal Waste) and bassist Brett Bamburger (East of the Wall). They played their first show at the [...]

We started this edition of the Livecast talking about Rob's return to the show, Noa's breast implants and we got a call from SchenkelTown. We also watched a video of Sean shakin' his booty. In the second hour, we premiered our newest parody.It is pretty much the most offensive track we've ever released. We've made [...]

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Well this is certainly exciting as fuck! Former frontman of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dimitri Minakakis (you know, the guy who screamed his heart out on Calculating Infinity), John Adubato (Burnt By The Sun guitarist), Dave Witte (Burnt By The Sun drummer, Municipal Waste, a million other bands) and bassist Brett Bamburger (East of the [...]

When I saw Burnt By The Sun at what was billed as their "only" US reunion show in 2009 (our footage here), I was at peace with knowing this would be the last time I would see this incredibly crushing band. Well, looks like they are coming back for one final curtain call. The band [...]

This past Sunday, Noa, Frank, Sean and I made our way to the Music Hall of Williamsburg to watch the Dillinger Escape Plan perform a headlining gig. I have probably seen this band close to 20 times, and everytime I think they won't be able to top the previous show, they just go ahead and [...]

Sounds of a Playground Fading, the latest album from legendary Swedish metal act In Flames, will arrive in the US on Tuesday, June 21st. In anticipation of its release, the band has sent out the track list and album artwork. The album comes as the follow-up to 2008’s A Sense of Purpose and will be [...]

by: James Zalucky ATHEIST has a history that is both triumphant and frustrating. Triumphant due to their glorious artistic feats and enormous influence. Frustrating due to their all-too-short run as technical death metal visionaries. Aside from various early demos, their catalog consists of three genre-defining classics: the raw, blistering debut, Piece of Time; the brilliant, [...]

by James Zalucky So I was checking my inbox this morning and found an email from the Soundgarden fan-club site. The email announced the artwork had been released for Soundgarden's new retrospective compilation, Telephantasm. The artwork is pretty interesting, so I figured I'd share some of it here. Telephantasm comes out in the US on [...]

"There's a lot of sex on this episode," Darren explained at one point in the show; he was not lying. This week Jenny joins us on the show and we immediately begin talking about Rob's pubes. Somehow the conversation then moves to Jenny's tits and then takes a turn for the hilarious. We somehow end [...]

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