*HM Magazine is celebrating its 25th Anniversary! The new issue features Impending Doom on the cover and has stories on Norma Jean, Haste the Day, Stryper, Altar Boys, Tourniquet, Tooth & Nail Records’ Brandon Ebel and more. The “So-and-So Says” interview is with Tom Araya of Slayer and will definitely raise some eyebrows. Fittingly, the [...]
MuteMath recently instituted the ‘Fannish Inquisition’ for their fans. They answered every (or almost) every question posted to the group on Twitter and Facebook last Friday. The responses shed a little light on a band that has proven quite enigmatic in recent times. Some of you may even find answers to questions you’ve had for [...]
Pennsylvania-based industrial metal act CORIOLIS are set to release their sophomore album The Endless Funeral on June 1st. Check out a new interview with band frontman Jonathan P. Stamets right here.
Updated with additional tour dates Chi-town celtic punk rockers FLATFOOT 56 are touring their mid-west arses off this year in support of their new disc Black Thorn. They’re even doing a jaunt up into the fabled Canadas in June. Here are the band’s Canadian tour dates – these guys put on a raucous, fun [...]
“OLD ANGEL” – Release date May 11, 2010! We are proud to announce the upcoming release of The Lost Dogs Route 66 album, “OLD ANGEL,” on May 11th. This is a one of a kind recording, a story told in each song. Your listening experience will feel like you were along for the ride. It’s [...]
*Soundgarden reunited for a surprise hometown show, playing Seattle’s famed Showbox at the Market to a sold-out crowd of 1200 lucky fans. Check out one review/setlist. *KLANK (Circle of Dust, Argyle Park) has returned with NUMB…Reborn. You can buy it online exclusively at the FIXTstore. *Black Thorn is the new release from Chicago-based Celtic punk [...]
Christian recording artist Jennifer Knapp, who recently returned to music after a long absence, has come out of the closet as a lesbian.
Every Tuesday new DLC (downloadable content) is released on the Rock Band digital music store. It’s how you add to your game and extend its life beyond the less than 100 songs originally on the Rock Band 2 disc. The; the game also gives you the ability to export the songs off of Rock Band [...]
Michael Sweet posted this to the official Stryper facebook page… We wound up not recording today and I thought it would be a good opportunity to update all of you on the progress of the new record. We’ve been burning through tracks and at this stage we have all drums, bass, rhythm guitars and “sweetening” [...]
The seminal L.S. Underground, led by the prolific Michael Knott, has released a brand new album for 2010. NEW MICHAEL KNOTT RELEASE: L.S.UNDERGROUND – PTSD. It features the talents of Michael Knott, Jim Chaffin from the Crucified, Brian Doidge, Josh Lory, Matt Biggers, Daniel Sonner, Casey James Prestwood, and Rick McDonough. You can order this [...]
Big news for GRAMMATRAIN fans – the reunited group has just released a new single. The song is entitled “The Last Sound,” and is an anthem for the Seattle Sounders FC! “The Last Sound” will premiere March 25th at Qwest Field when the Sounders host the Philadelphia Union in their regular season home opener. You [...]
Pennsylvania-based industrial outfit CORIOLIS has posted a journal detailing some themes and thoughts regarding their forthcoming sophomore release, due April/May 2010. Check out the blog post. I discovered CORIOLIS summer 2009 at Cornerstone Festival, after reading they were “influenced by Circle of Dust.” Picked up their first album and followed up by doing an interview [...]
*Demon Hunter’s new album The World is a Thorn is out today. *Norma Jean is in the studio to record a new album. Also, they appear to have stolen their new band font from Maylene & the Sons of Disaster. *Living Sacrifice’s new album debuted in the Billboard 200, a first for the group. The [...]
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Legendary Christian thrash/progressive metal group TOURNIQUET is preparing to record a new album in late summer 2010. The line-up is Luke Easter (Vocals), Aaron Guerra (guitars), and Ted Kirkpatrick (drums). The group’s most recent release was 2003′s Where Moth & Rust Destroy. Additionally, drummer/main songwriter/insane genius Ted Kirkpatrick is putting out two solo albums with [...]