Metal Injection — Some metal bands age better than others. Come to think of it, some metal genres age better than others. As far as I can tell, the thrash metal bands from the 80's have aged surprisingly well, including the so-called Teutonic Thrash bands from Ge... more info

Guardian Music — For sunshine and good tunes in places further afield, here are the best summer festivals taking place across the ChannelBalaton SoundWhen 12-15 JulyWhere Zamárdi, HungaryWhat Electronic music on the shores of Lake BalatonWho Gossip, Carl Cox, David ... more info

Metalsucks — Game of Thrones: Try to tell free people what to do, and you can expect metal up your ass. Plenty of websites review Game of Thrones every week. But MetalSucks’ Heavy Metal Review is the only recap that counts the decapitations and Kreator referen... more info

Metal Injection — Two German heavy metal heavyweights are teaming up for a massive North American tour. Kreator and Accept will co-headline what they are calling the "Teutonic Terror Attack" tour. Swallow The Sun are confirmed to open the entire tour. MetalSucks repor... more info

Metalsucks — After a promoter in Cleveland, OH spilled the beans yesterday, the organizers of the fall U.S. tour with Kreator, Accept, Swallow the Sun and Ringworm have done the only logical thing they can: they’ve gone ahead and announced the whole darn tour.... more info

Metalsucks — There’s been a kind of bizarre trend as of late of local venues basically spoiling entire tour announcements by releasing info regarding their own date for said trek too soon. For better or worse, the latest perpetrator in this trend is Peabody’... more info

Metalsucks — I know some folks who claim Kreator should be the fifth band included if the Big Four of Thrash were expanded to be the Big Five. No disrespect meant towards Kreator — they’re a great band and they’ve been doing it forever with remarkable cons... more info

Metal Injection — Holy shit, it's Thursday already? Fuck yes! The weekend is just around the corner. Let's get this party started with some new tunes: First up, check out this pretty funny promo clip for Tenacious D's upcoming comeback album, Rize of th... more info

Metalsucks — Kreator have released the title track from their forthcoming release, Phantom Antichrist, and assuming you like Kreator, it’s hard for me to imagine you won’t like this. I don’t think the band is breaking any new ground here, really, but they ... more info

Metalsucks — Barren Earth, whose members hail from such heavy-hitters as Moonsorrow, Kreator, and Swallow the Sun, amongst others, can be described in a number of ways: with the annoying and unnecessary “supergroup” tag, or as a prog band, or as a death meta... more info