Jon Wiederhorn
Howl Tour Dates With Eyehategod, Black Cobra
Providence, R.I. progressive doom band Howl will launch two months of dates to support their debut full-lenth, 'Full of Hell,' which came out May 11. For the first three shows of the tour, Howl will open for legendary Louisiana sludge band Eyehategod, starting June 13 in Providence...
Warped Tour 2010 Lineup Metal Highlights
Sure, there are loads of punk bands on the Vans Warped Tour lineup, but this year's Warped Tour actually features as many metal bands collectively as the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.
Maybe Mayhem crushes Warped in terms of metallic might, but if you're into experimental metal, metalcore, deathcore, screamo, hardcore and punk, you might want consider a trip to this year's Warped...
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Nominon Tour Dates With Infinitum Obscure, Quinta Essentia
Three extreme metal bands, Nominon, Infinitum Obscure and Quinta Essentia, will launch the Death Metal Darkness Tour 2010 on June 18 in Ramona, Calif. So far, 15 dates are scheduled through July 7 in Clifton, N.J. But at least one more gig will be added to the tour...
Lordi, ‘Babez for Breakfast’ — New Album
Finnish monster costume rockers Lordi will drop their fifth album, 'Babez for Breakfast,' on Sept. 14. The first single, 'This Is Heavy Metal,' will come out Aug. 6. The album was recorded in early 2010 in Nashville with producer Michael Wagener (Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Janet Jackson)...
Sons of Liberty, ‘Brush-Fires of the Mind’ — New Album
Sometimes metal bands are bothered by current events and react by writing songs with political lyrics. Iced Earth frontman Jon Schaffer has taken his dismay with recent happenings several steps further by forming a new band, Sons of Liberty, to voice his protest and inform his fans about injustice, inequality and governmental corruption...
Acheron Frontman Cancels Farewell Tour, Starts New Band
In late April, Acheron architect Vincent Crowley announced he was laying the band to rest after a final gangbuster tour in which Acheron would play their first album, 1991's 'Rites of the Black Mass,' in its entirety. The onslaught was to begin at the Central Illinois Metalfest on July 23, but following some complications putting a lineup together, Crowley had thrown in the crimson towel...
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Mastodon, ‘Jonah Hex Soundtrack’ — New EP
First, majestic prog-metallists Mastodon created the cinematic 'Crack the Skye' album, and now the Atlanta-based aristst are getting ready to release the actual movie soundtrack to 'Jonah Hex' with Oscar-nominated composer Mario Beltrami ('The Hurt Locker,' '3:10 to Yuma')...
Early Man, ‘Death Potion’ — New Album
Thrash revivalists Early Man will release their second album, 'Death Potion,' on July 20. The album was recorded in Seattle at Soundhouse Recording with producer Jack Endino (High on Fire, Skeletonwitch, 3 Inches of Blood).
Like the band's 2005 debut, 'Closing In,' the new album is rooted in the rapid-fire riffs and crushing rhythms of bands like Exodus, Overkill, Testament and Trouble...
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Historic ‘Big Four’ Sonisphere Festival Tour Opens in Poland
The wheels for the seven 'Big Four' Sonisphere tour dates went into motion slowly but surely. First, Slayer signed on to do some shows with Megadeth in Australia and Japan. Then, the bands booked the North American Carnage dates, which were postponed when Slayer frontman Tom Araya needed neck surgery...
Ozzy Osbourne Fans Scream Into the Guinness Book of World Records
Before June 11, the world record for loudest scream was held by a group of Finnish Scouts and was measured at 127.2 dBA. The shouting was recorded on the grounds of Toivala's Metsäkoulu, Siilinjärvi, Finland on April 16, 2005. On June 11, during the fifth inning of a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Ozzy Osbourne convinced the stadium crowd of 52,000 to