Metalsucks — Have you had enough summer tour-related excitement for one day yet? No? Well, hot on the heels of this afternoon’s official announcement that Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Whitechapel and two other bands no MS readers will ... more info

Metal Injection — 'Tis the season to be recording new music. High on Fire are currently holed up in Godcity Studios, which is owned by Converge axman Kurt Ballou, who is helping with the production of the record. While the band has no title yet for this 2012 rele... more info

Chorus.fm — *High on Fire* (http://highonfire.net/) have entered GodCity Studios with producer Kurt Ballou (of Converge) to record their new album. The effort is due out in mid-2012 on eOne Music. more info

Metalsucks — In case the live footage of three new Pig Destroyer songs wasn’t enough to jump your start your morning, High on Fire also recently performed a couple of new songs live. You can check out footage of the tracks, which may or may not be entitled ”... more info

Metal Injection — This is a treat for my friends in the Pacific time zone. High on Fire and Intronaut, two bands that always deliever live, will team up for a string of West-Coast dates next month, hitting a ton of cities in California, with additional stops in Washin... more info

Metalsucks — Someone in the High on Fire camp might be taking #13 of my Cardinal Rules of Running a Metal Record Label list a little too seriously. When I suggested labels and bands shouldn’t throw away money on a fancy .com band website I didn’t mean to sugg... more info

Metal Injection — Above you can see a screenshot of HighOnFire.com, the official online destination for the stoner trio. The website hasn't been updated in at least 10 years, and it's absolutely magical. Whoever designed it really wanted to get across the "f... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Nachtmystium is an American psychedelic and heavy metal band formed by Blake Judd, formerly known as Azentrius, and Pat McCormick. The band's name is derived from the German word Nacht meaning "night", and the made-up term mystium which resembles t... more info

Metalsucks — Sorry, kids, but I am not a Gates of Slumber fan. They’re one of those bands, like The Sword, whose sound is ultimately just too self-consciously retro for my tastes. There are bands doing the whole classic-hard rock/metal thing but putting their o... more info

Metal Injection — Here is an interview Matt Pike, frontman of High on Fire and guitarist of Sleep, wearer of many shirts, did recently after (I'm going out on a limb here) having a few drinks. Pike is absolutely hilarious in this interview, and he makes the case ... more info