Shadows Fall

Stereogum — Dark, atmospheric Brighton post-punk/goth trio Esben And The Witch take their name from a Danish fairytale, one of those stories starring a witch and her oven. The cover art on their full-length remains reminiscent of Current 93’s Where The Long Sh... more info

Metalsucks — Last week we offered up an autographed copy of Shadows Fall’s recently released Madness in Manila Live CD/DVD and a nifty Zoom Q3 Handy Video Recorder, all in exchange for coming up with the funniest caption to the Shadows Fall photo at right. Th... more info

Stereogum — Taking their name from a Danish witch-and-oven-themed fairytale, it’s fitting the cover image for moody, expansive Q Awards-nominated Brighton gothic post-punk trio Esben And The Witch’s full-length debut Violet Cries reminds me of both of Curren... more info

Starpulse — This new Review Rundown will offer takes on new releases from Shadows Fall, Echo Revolution, Amely, Jukebox the Ghost, and the Word Alive. more info

Metalsucks — For last week’s contest we offered two winners the chance at three Hammers of Misfortune CDs recently reissued by Metal Blade. I quite enjoyed the photo for last week, so let’s see what we’ve got in the way of winning entries: aidangerard: “... more info

Metalsucks — Last week Noisecreep debuted the track “A Public Execution” from Madness in Manila, a new DVD/CD set Shadows Fall are releasing on October 26 that chronicles their performance last year to 15,000 manic Filipinos. “I can just see Brian Fair’s... more info

Metalsucks — And I don’t mean that they literally killed someone. What The Shads did do is slay  – in the figurative, idiomatic sense of the word — a gimongous (15,000 people) audience in the Philippines last year, and filmed and recorded the event to boot... more info

MTV.com News — Five Finger Death Punch, Lamb of God and other bands play raucous sets for more than 15,000 heavy metal fans on New Jersey tour stop.By Jeremy Kaplan Korn's Jonathan Davis (file) Photo: Kristian Dowling/ Getty Images The temperature outside... more info

411 Mania — This week three of my favorite NWOAHM/metalcore bands face the 3Ls treatment, along with the Quarter Finals of the World Cup of Metal more info

411 Mania — Band keeping busy in between Mayhem Festival Dates... more info