Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Sarah Coulter, words by BBG The parade of post-Chaos-in-Tejas touring brought Origin of M to The Charleston on Friday night (6/17). The Japanese hardcore band played their final East Coast show before shipping to Portland for two final... more info

Metalsucks — Best commercial ever? ANYWAY, here’s how we filled our time this week: We mourned the loss of Anal Cunt’s Seth Putnam and Sirius XM Liquid Metal’s Mario Comesanas. We debuted new music by Intensus and, thanks to Decibel, Wormrot, too! Revocatio... more info

Altsounds — Austerlitz are a three-piece electro-indie / art-punk band from Paris. Virtuosic keyboard lines, intricate bass work, a typically French vocal irreverence that moves from the soft through strident and soaring to sporadic bayings of raw emotion all co... more info

Metalsucks — Between the inclusion of Paul Ryan on our Top 25 Modern Metal Guitarists list, the release of their latest album, Entity, and their co-headlining tour with Hate Eternal, which begins tonight, Origin have been crowding the metal spotlight of late. I�... more info

Metalsucks — June is going to be a huge month for metal releases and it starts with a bang today, the month’s first Tuesday. New releases by Morbid Angel, Arch Enemy, Job For A Cowboy and Amorphis are the biggest hitters, while new ones from Origin, Engineer, G... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin & BBG, words by BBG Autopsy An uber-late Thursday night with Tragedy and Origin of M ruined me for Friday day shows (and daylight, for that matter), but I was not going to miss one of... more info

Metalsucks — Why, it was just yesterday that we got wind of Origin releasing samples of every song on their new album, Entity, and now the band is already streaming another one of those songs, “Saligia,” in its entirety over at Guitar World. And I am only too... more info

Metalsucks — The new Origin album, Entity, comes out this Tuesday, which you already knew, because you know how awesome Origin (and their guitarist, Paul Ryan) are and you’re super excited for the record. But I’m telling you anyway on the off chance it slippe... more info

VH1 Blog — 50 Cent has come a long way since his Get Rich or Die Tryin’ days. Now that he’s in a more comfortable position than he was during his days trying to survive life in one of Queens’ roughest neighborhoods, he has the time, ability and opportunit... more info

VH1 Blog — On Monday night, May 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, VH1 will be proud to present the television premiere of a brand new documentary film, 50 Cent: The Origin of Me. In the film, 50 Cent and a team of filmmakers take a trek from his hometown of New York City all... more info