Guardian Music — Anvil, BasingstokeKirill Karabits has just begun his third season as Bournemouth Symphony's principal conductor, and with a contract recently extended until 2016, the partnership is clearly developing nicely. Certainly the orchestra seems a more cha... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Black Anvil supporting Urfaust at Union Pool (more by Greg Cristman) Black Anvil will headline Brooklyn club Saint Vitus on 11/18, bringing along Chicago's Bloodiest (who last played Union Pool with Indian), Mutilation Rites (who ripped it at.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman, more Urfaust photos by Samantha Marble, words by BBG Urfaust @ Union Pool That powerful crooning voice and mid-tempo black metal reverberated Union Pool on Saturday (9/17), the second US date for Urfaust as part of... more info

Altsounds — After a string of successful tour dates this past July, *Anvil* are back on the road again! Starting mid-October these metal Legends will work their way north across America to the west coast, making several stops throughout California, and return... more info

Guardian Music — Electric Ballroom, LondonBack in the pre-punk early 1970s, proficiency and precision ruled the Earth. Bands melded fiddly, labyrinthine song structures and eccentric time signatures with a love for blues-fuelled boogie. Their natural habitat was the ... more info

Spinner.com — Getty Images Canada rocks - from its landscape to its multiculturalism to its beer and music. Compiling a list of great Canadian hard rock bands of all time is a daunting assignment that will i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Diamond Head in the early 80s It is an undisputed fact that one of the key players in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement of the late 80s was the UK's Diamond Head. And though the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Urfaust The sound of the Netherlands' Urfaust is completely unmistakable; atmospheric black metal riffs colide with an operatic vocal that is tuneful yet powerful, and completely harrowing. We are proud to announce that Urfaust will hop the po... more info

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Altsounds — Anvil are true defenders of the faith and they've never lost sight of their vision to create uncompromising, dyed in the wool heavy metal. They have been on a rock 'n' roll journey for the past 30 years and while few bands can make it to the three ye... more info