Metalsucks — Bubble-sludge? Superpower-pop? Stoner-slop? Beast-rock? Torche just begs to have some dumb genre named after them. As one of the heaviest, and certainly the catchiest, vocal bands in the domain of what might be called “metal,” that’s their bur... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As we found out not long after posting the dates, Bowery accidentaly announced the old tour lineup with the new High on Fire dates. If you missed the post update, note that neither Kylea or Torche are opening for High... more info

DrownedInSound — If there was ever a summertime metal album, this is it. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG High on Fire at the BV/POTR Deathmatch (more by Greg Cristman) Knowing the High on Fire guys, it's safe to say that the Oakland metal trio will probably try to tour their asses off on the strength of... more info

Metalsucks — By now you’ve no doubt heard about Metallica’s Orion Music + More festival, set to take place June 22 and 23 in Atlantic City, NJ. Today’s announcement that The Black Dahlia Murder will play, last week’s additions of Ghost and Charred Walls... more info

Metalsucks — I’m listening to Torche’s Harmonicraft for the first time myself as I’m sitting here typying this, but just a few songs in, I’m ready to give it a thumbs up. The cover art — which I think is really, really cool — is a bizarrely perfect ... more info

Chorus.fm — You can stream *Torche* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/torche/)'s whole new album, Harmonicraft, with track commentary by bassist Jonathan Nuñez -- here (http://www.spin.com/articles/hear-torches-epic-harmonicraft-miamis-finest-break-down-n... more info

Metal Injection — We're in (not so) sunny LA for the Golden Gods Awards, so we've been a little behind on all the new music and video clips lately. Here's a bit of a roundup. Needless to say, things will be moving a little slower on the site for the res... more info

Chorus.fm — A new song from *Torche* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/torche/) can be found here (http://soundcloud.com/volcoment/torche-reverse-inverted). Submitted by whiterussian more info

Metalsucks —  photo by Gary Copeland In all honesty, I ultimately found Torche’s last release, Songs for Singles, to be kind of underwhelming — especially coming on the heels of 2008′s excellent Meanderthal. But the band has just unveiled “Reverse Inver... more info