Metalsucks — IT’S HANUKKAH IN ALMOST-JULY!!! After two weeks of salivating over the mere thought, dates for Periphery’s first-ever headlining tour — which will feature support from The Human Abstract, The Contortionist, and, playing for the first time ever ... more info

Metal Injection — Woah! This is a monster tour announcement. Periphery announced their first ever North American headlining tour to go down between September 2nd and October 8th. The band will be bringing some shredders with them: The Human Abstract, Textures, and The... more info

Metalsucks — Well THAT’S not a shitty line-up. Periphery are gonna do their first-ever headlining trek starting in September. And we would all pretty much go no matter what, ’cause it’s Periphery, and Periphery rules. But just to make extra, extra sure that... more info

Metalsucks — How did we ever miss this? We’ve been following the progress of the new Textures album (their first since 2008′s Silhouettes, which single-handedly bolstered stock in the Kleenex Corporation by 180%) with such rabid excitement that I have no idea... more info

Metalsucks — Me too. But for now we’ll all have to settle for little clips of a few new songs scattered throughout their latest video update from Split Second Sound Studios in Amsterdam. This episode focuses on the guitar recording process, which seems to be go... more info

Metalsucks — A week or two ago word got out that Animals as Leaders, Intronaut, Last Chance to Reason, Dead Letter Circus (who I don’t really know but who just signed with Sumerian… and apparently Textures’ Stef Broks is a fan, which ain’t a bad sign), an... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonPelléas et Mélisande works uncommonly well in the concert hall. Debussy's symbolic tragedy takes as its starting point the belief that "music begins where words are powerless". The characters, with the exception of Arkel, lack insig... more info

Metalsucks — The lucky ducks in Textures have the luxury of taking their sweet ass time to craft the perfect follow-up to their stunning 2008 release Silhouettes. That’s because they’re recording at guitarist Jochem Jacobs’ own Split Second Sound studio in ... more info

Metalsucks — Let us all rejoice that Textures are making a new record this year, a follow-up to 2008′s stunning, expansive masterpice Silhouettes. But what will the record sound like? How’s recording going so far? How are things working out with new vocalist... more info

Metalsucks — New Devin (now times three!), new BTBAM, new Protest the Hero, new Meshuggah, new Obscura, new Scale the Summit… most likely new Opeth, Mastodon and Dream Theater… and now new TEXTURES. What did we do to deserve this? As in, can someone pleas... more info