Metalsucks — The great thing about the annual CMJ Music Marathon is that there is never a shortage of awesome shows to attend. Case in point: on October 19, the night after our own showcase with Metal Injection and 1000 Knives, our friends at Metal Insider will ... more info

Metal Injection — Our upcoming CMJ showcase featuring Pig Destroyer, KEN Mode, Early Graves and Encrust on October 18th at Public Assembly (co-presented with MetalSucks and 1000knives) will not be the only metal showcase during the CMJ music festival. Our good friends... more info

Metalsucks — There weren’t any major heavy hitters with new albums last week, but there were plenty of great, new releases from mid-level and smaller bands including Torche, Prong, Anathema, Paradise Lost, Cancer Bats, Unleashed and Disfiguring the Goddess, al... more info

Metalsucks — Following their currently-in-progress, semi-inexplicable tour with Hellyeah, Clutch will do a brief series of eight headlining dates and one fest appearance this summer with Prong with and Lionize. I’ve never really been a fan of the support acts,... more info

Metal Injection — It's the middle of the week, and what better way to get over the hump day slump than by cranking some new tunes? Onward… 3 Inches of Blood just posted a new track on their Facebook page, and it's a tribute to the "Metal Woman." It's ... more info

Metalsucks — As if you didn’t already have enough awesome shows coming up this spring, four bands have now announced two mini-tours, both of which are sure to be a lot of fun. So: Crowbar and Prong are doing a twelve-date U.S. run in April. I’ve somehow neve... more info

Kings of A&R — Monte Pittman is an acclaimed rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, who just released his second album, “Pain, Love & Destiny”. Monte has also been the live guitarist and a co-writer of Madonna’s since 2001, the live guitarist and music dire... more info

Altsounds — Until meeting at the funeral of Paul Raven, former bassist for *Killing Joke* as well as Ministry and Prong, Jaz Coleman and Paul Ferguson (drums) had not spoken for nearly 20 years. The 80's saw *Killing Joke* really pushing music forward, incorpo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Gumshoe said... 2010 was a hell of a year; wish I could remember what in the name of god HAPpened ... READ about my year-end thoughts on: -- the blogosphere -- too many bands? -- positive developments -- is there time to listen to EVERYthing? LISTEN.... more info

Metalsucks — I am a huge Pantera fan — in fact, they are probably my favorite metal band of all time. Ever since I saw them in back in 1991 or so (with Prong and Trouble, what a fucking show), they’ve been at the top of the heap when it comes to the NEW GENER... more info