Brooklyn Vegan — Converge at House of Vans 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Though details are still sketchy, it looks as if Boston hardcore favorites Converge will hit the road for a string of dates in November surrounding their appearance at... more info

Consequence of Sound — Sports injuries are seriously terrible. more info

Metalsucks — Not too long ago, I tried to persuade Vince to start a MetalSucks kickball team, and he told me that only hipster douchebags play that game as adults. Total bummer for me. And it’s possible I romanticize the game — I haven’t played it in about... more info

Metal Injection — At ORION Festival, Metal Injection asked Baroness, Black Tusk, Torche, Charred Walls of the Damned, Landmine Marathon, Red Fang, The Sword, Thy Will Be Done and Don Jamison what bands other than Metallica deserve their own fest. Here are their an... more info

Metalsucks — Metallica’s much ballyhooed Orion Music + More festival is finally here. The action starts tomorrow in beautiful, scenic Atlantic City, NJ. Shrug. I still maintain that the most interesting thing about this festival will be the non-metal bands. Su... more info

Chorus.fm — *Torche* (http://www.facebook.com/torcheofficial) will tour the UK in September. Scroll down for dates. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Members of Torche and Asshole Parade converge to form Post Teens, a five piece punk crew welcoming their new This Heat EP on June 5th via No Idea. Clocking in at a short-but-sweet six minutes over as many... 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 — 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