Metalsucks — Well, the 2012 edition the annual free metal festival sponsored by our favorite sock manufacturer sure went from 0 to 60 in a hurry: rumors started percolating a mere six days ago, about half of the lineup was announced yesterday, and now, today, we... more info

Metal Injection — Montreal death metal masters Kataklysm have been holed up in a studio recently working on a new record, which means the band hasn't done much touring this year. That all changes in August, when the band will hit the road as part of the Iron Will... more info

Metalsucks — It wasn’t so long ago, we remember times where life was so cold. Everything was dark… and then Kataklysm came into the world and set it right the fuck on fire. It’s true! The Canadian death metal demons in Katalkysm have been kicking ass and t... more info

Metalsucks — Jeff Loomis’ new album, Plains of Oblivion, was released earlier this week, and I’m gonna go ahead and give you all the benefit of the doubt that you’ve purchased it by now. But if not, for shame — and I hope the below playthrough video, of ... more info

411 Mania — From her Tumblr... more info

Metal Injection — Holy. Fucking. Shit. If you want to talk about extreme tours, THIS is an extreme tour. This is like Spring Slaughter! Origin, Cattle Decapitation, Decrepit Birth, Aborted, Rings of Saturn and Battlecross are teaming up for what is being called the Oc... more info

Metalsucks — Are you guys sick of all these awesome tours being announced yet or what? Yeah, I didn’t think so. You can sleep in September. Maybe. Probably not. Oh whatever. In case the giant poster at the top of this post didn’t give it away, the next trek ... more info

Starpulse — Picking up where last week's episode left off, we further probe Nikita's backstory and that of Division in this week's Nikita. There's a lot going on in both past and present... more info

Metal Injection — Come join new Co-host Bothorn, and myself, celebrate the best in metal for MSRcast for 2011. There was so much good music released this past year, that we have made this into a two parter! To Be Continued! These are what we considered in our own opin... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Someday when post-pregnancy Beyonce emerges, we might learn how she and Jay-Z came up with their daughter's colorful leafy name. A combination of Jay-Z's favorite color and Beyonce's favorite creeping plant? Beyonce's first choice for a band name bef... more info