WFMU's Beware of the Blog — There were about a million great shows that I missed this week: Goatwhore at Europa (friend review: "One of the best bands I've seen this year"), Buzzov'en at Public Assembly (friend review: "pretty close to great"), The Vibrators at the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Shane on stage with Napalm Death (more by Justina Villaneuva) The grind supergroup Venomous Concept (1/2 Napalm Death, 1/2 Brutal Truth) play Europa Thursday (9/23) with the uber-buzzy Nails and the fantastic and sickening Villains (who also p... more info

Metal Injection — In the wake of their previous tour being canceled due to Nergal's ailments, Watain have announced a headlining run with Goatwhore and Black Anvil as support. The tour kicks off on November 6th in Pittsburg and wraps up nearly a month later in To... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Adam "Nergal" Darski, the 33-year-old guitarist/vocalist from Poland's greatest extreme-metal export, BEHEMOTH, has been diagnosed with a life-threatening form of leukemia, a cancer of blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow. The disease, for... more info

Metal Injection — Aww yea. The Black Dahlia Murder is the type of band that I can see once a week, fuck, once a day, and it would always be awesome. No matter what my mood is, these guys always put a smile on my face when they perform. Which is why I'm super pump... more info

Altsounds — Athens, Ohio's blackened thrash masters, SKELETONWITCH have a busy summer lined up, as they've been tapped for Ozzfest, as well as a Canadian tour with HIGH ON FIRE. The band will be appearing on the second stage at Ozzfest along with former tour p... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Goatwhore classes up Ozzfest Die, die, die already! After 2008's Ozzfest featured just a single date and 2009 was non-existent, I figured that maybe, just maybe, Ozzfest had finally been put to bed. I was sadly mistaken. Over... more info

Metalsucks — Last week I discovered Sludge. Life has not been the same since. Though a lot of their newer material doesn’t seem to be the in the same “Gojira played half-time” vein as the video I posted last week and the one above, it’s still damn good; s... more info

MTV.com News — Rob Halford, DevilDriver and Nonpoint fill out main-stage lineup.By MTV News staff Ozzy Osbourne Photo: Sergio Dionisio/ Getty Images Ozzfest will return as a touring festival this summer, it was announced on Friday (April 30), with Ozzy Os... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by BBG How do Cro-Mags relate to Goatwhore? Read on... Get out your basketball jerseys. Black & Blue Bowl 2010 is billed as "The Return to NYC" and features the legendary Cro-Mags along with Madball, H20, Trapped... more info