Metalsucks — Shadows Fall’s Paul Romanko: Still without a side project of his own. So two of the three current Shadows Fall-related side projects both released new music yesterday, and despite the fact that it is not particularly fair to either band, I am lumpi... more info

Metalsucks — “Somebody get me a goddman second band!!!” Paul Romanko is now the only member of Shadows Fall who doesn’t have a side project — or, if he does, he hasn’t gone public with it yet. What’s that about? I’m sure he has no recollection of th... more info

Metalsucks — Back in 2008, legendary metalcore pioneers Overcast — who went on to be in a couple fo smaller bands you may have heard of, like Shadows Fall and Killswitch Engage — got back together to re-record some old tunes for a collection called Reborn to ... more info

Stereogum — Dark, atmospheric Brighton post-punk/goth trio Esben And The Witch take their name from a Danish fairytale, one of those stories starring a witch and her oven. The cover art on their full-length remains reminiscent of Current 93’s Where The Long Sh... more info

Metalsucks — Last week we offered up an autographed copy of Shadows Fall’s recently released Madness in Manila Live CD/DVD and a nifty Zoom Q3 Handy Video Recorder, all in exchange for coming up with the funniest caption to the Shadows Fall photo at right. Th... more info

Stereogum — Taking their name from a Danish witch-and-oven-themed fairytale, it’s fitting the cover image for moody, expansive Q Awards-nominated Brighton gothic post-punk trio Esben And The Witch’s full-length debut Violet Cries reminds me of both of Curren... more info

Starpulse — This new Review Rundown will offer takes on new releases from Shadows Fall, Echo Revolution, Amely, Jukebox the Ghost, and the Word Alive. more info

Metalsucks — For last week’s contest we offered two winners the chance at three Hammers of Misfortune CDs recently reissued by Metal Blade. I quite enjoyed the photo for last week, so let’s see what we’ve got in the way of winning entries: aidangerard: “... more info

Metalsucks — Last week Noisecreep debuted the track “A Public Execution” from Madness in Manila, a new DVD/CD set Shadows Fall are releasing on October 26 that chronicles their performance last year to 15,000 manic Filipinos. “I can just see Brian Fair’s... more info

Metalsucks — And I don’t mean that they literally killed someone. What The Shads did do is slay  – in the figurative, idiomatic sense of the word — a gimongous (15,000 people) audience in the Philippines last year, and filmed and recorded the event to boot... more info