Altsounds — Cleveland metal maulers CHIMAIRA have announced their return to the UK. Guitarist Rob Arnold checks in to tell us: " ---Quote--- Well I hope that you UK fans are as excited to see us as we are you this coming October! Our last trip over with ... more info

Altsounds — Western Massachusetts' chuggernauts THE ACACIA STRAIN, have completed work on their new album, which will be released July 20th in North American and August 2nd in Europe. The band recorded the follow up to 2008's "Continent" at Planet Z Studios in... more info

Altsounds — Metal Blade Records News Update Knoxville, Tennessee Death Metallers WHITECHAPEL recently entered Audiohammer studios in Sanford, Florida with acclaimed producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVE... more info

Metalsucks — Andols Herrick is easliy one of my favorite drummers in modern metal. And when he’s not working with the mighty Chimaira, he’s giving drum lessons! So while you might usually think “Gee, that’s awesome, I wish I lived near him in Cleveland so... more info

Metalsucks — Australia’s Double Dragon have apparently been tearing shit up on their native island: they’ve played support slots for Slayer, Megadeth, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Chimaira, Carcass, Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy, In Flames, The Haunted, The Black D... more info

Live Daily — Korn and Rob Zombie will headline the third edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival [ tickets ], along with support acts Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch and Hatebreed, among others. The summertime event kicks off July 10 in Devor... more info

Altsounds — Just home from touring with Trivium and Chimaira and closing out an extremely busy and successful year, Tennessee's *WHITECHAPEL* are now set to head into the studio December 27th to January 31st with infamous metal producer *Jason Suecof* (Trivium, ... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Chimaira's latest album, The Infection, crashed the Billboard album charts in April and landed at number 30. But no matter how well-received the Cleveland metal sextet's albums are — and credible metalheads line up to drool about them — listening... more info

Thrash Hits — Hey there metal f*ckers! Another blog for another month, and yet I find myself writing it with a similar hangover. October was a somewhat quiet month for Atlanta shows, but there was really just one that I was worried about: the almighty Metallica. I... more info

411 Mania — Brutal tour hitting North America later this fall... more info