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

Metalsucks — Instead of having the guys in Torche write a regular tour blog from their recent tour with Corrosion of Conformity, Valient Thorr and A Storm of Light, we thought we’d try something new: a photoblog using Soundcloud’s new Storywheel tool. We at... more info

Metal Injection — Here's a gross Friday story for you. Andrew Elstner, guitarist for the Florida metal band Torche, has had a rough week: A bat pissed straight into his eyeball. This all went down last week and the guitarist posted on his Facebook: "Whether or no... more info

Metalsucks — Metallica made big headlines last month when they announced Orion Music + More, a two-day outdoor festival happening in Atlantic City, NJ this June featuring 22 bands, with both nights headlined by Metallica playing special retro album sets. MetalSu... more info