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Fall brings many things. The changing of the leaves. Labor Day barbecues. The Jewish High Holy Days. The Pagan celebration of Samhain. Razor blades in the apples. That's to say nothing of the ensuing global hysteria as we hurtle towards the Mayan calendar apocalypse on Dec...

Seth Hecox of Becoming the Archetype will be on tour a lot in support of I Am, out Sept. 18. He is clearly someone who knows about living life on the road, since the band tours often, so we polled him about the 10 items he must have on the road with him...

Jimmy Hubbard The rock world was shocked last week (Aug. 14) with the news that Baroness had been in a bus crash. Vocalist/guitarist John Baizley broke his left arm and leg and drummer Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured vertebrae, during the accident...

With the exception of Black Sabbath, early heavy metal was built upon a foundation of two-guitar bands. Whether it was the sturdy rhythm/lead axis of Scorpions' Rudolf Schenker and Uli Jon Roth or Judas Priest's legendary K.K. Downing and Glen Tipton team, metal with two guitars is usually twice is good as metal with just one...

When I wrote Sound of the Beast almost ten years ago, I described the evolution of heavy metal as a kind of global game of catch. A heavy iron ball was forged in Birmingham, England, around 1970, thrown to the United States, passed back to Britain for the NWOBHM, and then back to the U...

Picture this: You're driving down the Pacific Coast Highway with Cameron Diaz, while you're both belting out some vintage Iron Maiden. We know, it sounds like some kind of metal fanboy's dream, but believe it or not, the 'Charlie's Angels' screen queen is a fan of the British rockers and of metal, in general. Yeah, that rules.

Everything about Beautiful Beast screams 1989. The brainchild of German singer/guitarist Julian Angel, the hair metal project revolves around songs about having nothin' but a good time, Aqua Net-approved photo shoots and arena-ready choruses...

For the past six summers in Philadelphia, hardcore punk entrepreneur Joe Hardcore has been throwing This is Hardcore, a four day festival bringing the worlds' hardest bands and fans together to dance, dive, have some fun and possibly share a cheese steak or two...

Alabama hardcore merchants Gideon recently released Milestone, their sophomore album. Teeming with circle pit-worthy riffs and empowered lyrics, the record is clearly connecting with fans and critics. Leading Christian music site IndieMusicVision...

Underground rap fiends know the name Block McCloud. The Brooklyn, N.Y. native is not only a seasoned solo artist, he's also a member of the hip-hop conglomerate known as Army of the Pharaohs. Beginning in the '90s, McCloud has been a fixture on the East Coast rap scene, working with the likes of Method Man, Sean Price and The Clipse...