Altsounds — 36 CRAZYFISTS' tour of the UK and Europe scheduled for October/November has been cancelled due to an illness in the family of singer, Brock Lindow. The tour was the final leg of touring in support of the band's Roadrunner release 'Collisions and ... more info

Metalsucks —   Reader Sam Britch wrote us a very nice e-mail asking us to give some exposure to some Alaskan bands. I only know two Alaskan metal bands off the top of my very pot-filled head, Turbid North and 36 Crazyfists, but those bands are both okay by me, s... more info

Metalsucks — Last week we offered up four limited edition colored vinyls of 36 Crazyfists’ latest Collisions & Castaways. I gotta say, the entries were pretty weak, both in number and quality, but we had to chose four winners anyway so here they are: chainchomp... more info

Metalsucks — Cephalic Carnage’s new ripper Misled by Certainty is now the rightful property of the two lucky winners of last week’s Photo Caption Contest. The two lucky winners are: Brock Stearns: “Mario learned the hard way that theres a difference between... more info

The Music Fix — Alaskan metal crew impress once again. more info

Metalsucks — In May I wrote an editorial in which I wondered aloud (as I so often do) what would become of 36 Crazyfists, a band whose record label dynamics had suddenly and drastically changed after its founders jumped ship and gave up their stake in Ferret to W... more info

Metal Injection — By Ben Apatoff The title (Collisions and Castaways) and cover art (a treasure chest washed upon the shore) of Alaskans 36 CRAZYFISTS' sixth album are probably supposed to hint at excitement and adventure. Spoiler alert: there's nothing musi... 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 — Death claims Ronnie James Dio and Paul Gray. Limp Bizkit cancels all summer dates. Track lists for Korn, Hellyeah, 36 Crazyfists, more. Disturbed, Stone Sour talk new albums. NIN releases new track. Papa Roach readies release. See Metallica, Slayer, ... more info

Metalsucks — “But then our A&R guy got canned and no one at the label cared about us anymore,” goes the old tried-and-true saying about great bands being lost in the record label shuffle. But what about when the A&R guy, marketing guy, label founder and owner... more info