Fort Worth-based duo PINKISH BLACK has finished recording its new album for a tentative spring release via Century Media Records. Produced by PINKISH BLACK's own Jon Teague and Daron Beck, the as-yet-untitled untitled CD was recorded at The Echo Lab, with Matt Barnhart handling engineer duties. Mastering will be handled by James Plotkin. To hear ...
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"Soul To Devour", the new video from the Italian "post metal"/sludge band VAREGO, can be seen below. The clip comes off the group's debut album, "TVMVLTVM", which was released last year via Argonauta Records. According to a press release, "TVMVLTVM" "is a mystical/esoteric concept that will have its continuity in the next works of the ...
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CORRECTIONS HOUSE, the new collective featuring Mike IX Williams (EYEHATEGOD), Scott Kelly (NEUROSIS), Sanford Parker (NACHTMYSTIUM) and Bruce Lamont (YAKUZA), has scheduled a string a rare live shows in January/February. The 19-date trek will commence on January 21 in Brooklyn, New York and wind its way through much of the of the East Coast before ...
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Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! conducted an interview with EYEHATEGOD guitarist Jimmy Bower, who is also the drummer of DOWN, on November 27 after EYEHATEGOD's show in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. Between touring in EYEHATEGOD and their numerous affiliated projects, the band has been slowly stacking up new ...
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Candlelight Records has announced the signing of DEMON LUNG. The Las Vegas-based quartet, featuring guitarist Phil Burns, basisst Patrick Warren, drummer Jeremy Brenton and vocalist Shanda Fredrick, is set to begin recording its full-length debut in the coming weeks at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with producer Billy Anderson (SLEEP, HIGH ON FIRE, EYEHATEGOD) for ...
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J. Bennett of Decibel recently conducted an interview with all five members of DOWN for cover story of the magazine's January 2013 issue. A few excerpts from the article follow below. On bassist Rex Brown's departure from DOWN: Pepper Keenan (guitar): "What happened with Rex? He's a great bass player, but we just ...
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It's been 17 years since a little side project amongst New Orleans-based metal buddies defied the odds and became a genre phenomenon. There have been countless metal, sludge and doom acts serving electric alms to BLACK SABBATH, going as far back as PENTAGRAM, WITCHFINDER GENERAL, SAINT VITUS, CANDLEMASS and CATHEDRAL. Not a lick of them ...
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On August 29, Superskum.com conducted an interview with Jimmy Bower and Brian Patton of EYEHATEGOD at the Marquis Theater in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. Between touring in EYEHATEGOD and their numerous affiliated projects, the band has been slowly stacking up new demo material to put towards an upcoming ...
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Bryan Reesman of Attention Deficit Delirium sat down with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante, DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo and SLAYER guitarist Kerry King about two hours before they hit the stage at the September 7 "Metal Masters 4" clinic at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. ...
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Belgian sorcerers AMENRA have completed work on their fourth full-length album, "Mass V", at La Chapelle studio with producer Billy Anderson (EYEHATEGOD, NEUROSIS, OM, SWANS) for a November 26 European release via Neurot Recordings. Video footage of the recording process cane be seen below. The "Mass V" record-release show will take place on December 22 ...
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Thrash-inspired doom metallers CASTLE will release their second album, "Blacklands", on September 11 via their new North American label Prosthetic Records. The CD — which was produced by Billy Anderson (CATHEDRAL, SLEEP, EYEHATEGOD, NEUROSIS) — was described by Metal Hammer as "charged with arcane mysticism." Commented the band: "We are proud to announce that CASTLE's ...
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On July 19, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with Jimmy Bower (DOWN, EYEHATEGOD). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Between touring in EYEHATEGOD and their numerous affiliated projects, the band has been slowly stacking up new demo material to put towards an ...
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Jimmy Cabbs of KNAC.COM's "Manic Metal" recently conducted an interview with Jimmy Bower (DOWN, EYEHATEGOD). You can now listen to the chat below. Between touring in EYEHATEGOD and their numerous affiliated projects, the band has been slowly stacking up new demo material to put towards an upcoming album. You may have heard a few songs ...
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EYEHATEGOD frontman Mike Williams (pictured below) is one of a number of musicians who have come out in support of LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe, who is facing manslaughter charges in the Czech Republic. Blythe, 41, is accused of causing the fatal injury that occurred at LAMB OF GOD's May 24, 2010 show in ...
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John Doan of MusicFrenzy.net recently conducted an interview with bassist Gary Mader of New Orleans punk/metal legends EYEHATEGOD. You can now listen to the chat in four parts below. Between touring in EYEHATEGOD and their numerous affiliated projects, the band has been slowly stacking up new demo material to put towards an upcoming ...
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Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with guitarist Brian Patton of New Orleans punk/metal legends EYEHATEGOD. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud player below. As previously reported, A389 Recordings will release a new single by EYEHATEGOD. Between touring in EYEHATEGOD and their numerous affiliated projects, ...
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A389 Recordings will release a new single by New Orleans punk/metal legends EYEHATEGOD. Between touring in EYEHATEGOD and their numerous affiliated projects, the band has been slowly stacking up new demo material to put towards an upcoming album. You may have heard a few songs in the band's live set as of late, including the ...
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"3rd Space Gorilla Generator", a brand new song from Maryland's STRONG INTENTION, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below (courtesy of Decibel magazine). The track, which features a guest appearance by EYEHATEGOD frontman Mike IX Williams, comes off STRONG INTENTION's new effort, "Razorblade Express", which will be released on June 1 via ...
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Maryland bands never fall short on extremity. Since the mid-'90s STRONG INTENTION have been punishing the underground with their own blend of New York-influenced hardcore breakdowns and blistering grindcore. Their unique sound has allowed them the longevity to play out and tour with such acts as CRIPPLE BASTARDS, DISFEAR, PHOBIA, EXTREME NOISE TERROR, ROTTEN SOUND, ...
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Video footage of EYEHATEGOD performing a new song, "New Orleans Is The New Vietnam", on April 28 at the Dark Lord Day in Munster, Indiana can be seen below. EYEHATEGOD's entire Dark Lord Day performance can be seen at Tyronehood.tv. EYEHATEGOD released an official live DVD in March 2011 via MVD. Simply titled ...
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You'd better be a sludge lover. BLACK SHEEP's "No Matter Where it Ends" is not a blended affair; it's not sludge-like, sludge-infused, or sludge-esque. It is sludge metal in its definitive form: harsh, abrasive, and pissed off beyond belief. Not even the occasional speed romp or mid-tempo groove breakdown? Not a one! Don't let the ...
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"Blacklands", the new video from San Francisco doom-tinged metallers CASTLE, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Jaan Silmberg for Toronto-based Pistoltrixx. "Blacklands" is the title track of CASTLE's sophomore album, which is scheduled for an April 28 European release via Germany's Ván Records. The artwork for the CD, created by Russian artist ...
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San Francisco's malevolent death metal overlords ACEPHALIX are preparing to release their second official full-length album via Southern Lord this April, delivering with it some of the most uncompromised, old-school death metal brutality of the year. While their first few releases bore a more metal-edged crustpunk sound, the ACEPHALIX attack has undeniably shown more death ...
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DOWN, the acclaimed New Orleans band which features in its ranks CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Patrick Bruders (CROWBAR), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, PANTERA) — entered the studio in October to begin recording the first in a series of four ...
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SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan will appear at this year's South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas next week, premiering his photo book "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey" with a press party and question-and-answer session on Thursday, March 15. Earlier that afternoon, he will participate in a panel discussion, "Seeing Red: Aesthetics & Visuals of ...
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SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan will appear at this year's South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas next week, premiering his photo book "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey" with a press party and question-and-answer session on Thursday, March 15. Earlier that afternoon, he will participate in a panel discussion, "Seeing Red: Aesthetics & Visuals of ...
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Congratulations are in order for DOWN drummer and EYEHATEGOD guitarist Jimmy Bower, who married his girlfriend Dana Kieferle yesterday (Saturday, March 3) in New Orleans, Lousiana. DOWN entered the studio last October to begin recording the first in a series of four EPs, to be released over the next few years (with a year between ...
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DOWN, the acclaimed New Orleans band which features in its ranks CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Patrick Bruders (CROWBAR), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, PANTERA) — entered the studio in October to begin recording the first in a series of four ...
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Mike Williams IX — author, musician and frontman for New Orleans punk/metal legends EYEHATEGOD — will appear with famed 1960s icon and revolutionary John "Ten for Two" Sinclair at the WTF festival on March 14 at Ruta Maya Coffee House in Austin, Texas. The two will speak separately and together, creating unforgettable word jazz in ...
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Australia's I EXIST has posted a video teaser for its forthcoming release, "II: The Broken Passage", due out January 31 in North America and February 6 and February 10 in the U.K. and rest of Europe, respectively, on Lost Shepherd/Prosthetic Records. The CD was made available in Australia last summer via Resist Records. The seven-piece ...
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