Brooklyn Vegan — What The Heck Fest is taking place this weekend in Anacortes, WA from July 15-17. Bands playing include Mount Eerie, Earth, Liturgy, and many others. 3-Day passes are sold out but partial passes are still on sale. Full lineup... more info

Metal Injection — Boris, Japan's Psychedelic/Noise/Avant-Garde/Experimental/ Metal band, have announced a long list of tour dates throughout both Europe and The United States in support of their simultaneous releases Attention Please and Heavy Rocks. The dates in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Boris, in pillow and undergarment form Boris's new LP offerings Attention Please and Heavy Rocks (2011) represent a bit of a stylistic change for the ever-shifting Japanese band. As such, they've recruited some bands outside of the usual... more info

Stereogum — Liturgy’s Greg Fox is an amazing drummer, one who showcases an otherworldly serenity, even when destroying his kit. Outside of Liturgy, he’s a NYC noise/art-rock staple who’s made sounds with Amen Dunes, Teeth Mountain, Guardian Alien, Family O... more info

Stereogum — In terms of both solstice and the impending July 4th weekend cookouts, summer has fully sprung, and with it come the mid-year Best Of LPs lists. We offered our rundown last week, including Gang Gang, Prurient, Krallice, Pictureplane, Liturgy, Destroy... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG "A lot of people don't take metal seriously as art, and a lot of people don't take art seriously as ethics. That's fine, I guess -- but as for myself, I do both." - Hunter Hunt-Hendrix Hunter at... more info

Stereogum — If you have any interest in underground metal, black or otherwise, you’re aware of the uproar created by Brooklyn quartet Liturgy. Much of the disdain’s focused on frontman Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, and what people view as his “pretentious” readin... more info

Impose Magazine — The above title is not quite fair, but maybe it also wouldn't be fair to write a more honest appraisal, like "Hunter Hunt-Hendrix would like to see you take art more seriously," because then the "haters" (you know who you are!) wouldn't be on... more info

Metalsucks — Photo by Alex York Okay, before I even get into any of this, I’m going to come clean and be totally honest. I absolutely abhor everything about Liturgy, and think that Ghost is an over-hyped gimmick that features musicians from much better bands a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Mayhem at Irving Plaza (more by Paul Birman) After cancelling their last batch of dates, Mayhem will head back out to North America for a fall tour with support from Keep Of Kalessin, Hate, and Abigail Williams. Woe... more info