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Two weeks after the passing of guitarist Matthew Allen Arluck, Chicago metallers Sweet Cobra have issued a statement on their loss and their plans moving forward as a band. "It is with the heaviest of hearts we announce that Matthew Allen Arluck passed away on November 26, 2009, after a hard-fought battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family at their home near Seattle," the band

Mat Arluck, guitarist for Chicago metallers Sweet Cobra, has died at a medical facility in Seattle, where he was receiving cancer treatments. Arluck was first diagnosed with cancer three years ago, and had been battling the disease ever since...

Brooklyn, N.Y. venue The Charleston is smelling more and more like a sewer everyday. But that hasn't prevented people from getting wasted and watching some super awesome and angry acts. Bands like Kylesa, Rorshach and Weedeater have played secret shows in the low-capacity venue...

There's nothing more enthralling and thrilling for a band than embarking on their first tour, playing their music for fans and those who've never even heard of them. Struck by Lightning are stoked about the process, though. "We are practicing and preparing to head out on our first tour...

Over the span of four albums, as well as various EPs and splits, Pelican have established themselves as the forerunner of instrumental metal bands, but longtime fans will be surprised to hear vocals -- gasp! -- on their latest record, 'What We All Come to Need...

For 2008's 'Old Wounds,' Young Widows did an experiment in recording hoping to capture the loud, abrasive ampage of their live show for the album. On a small tour that led the band over to Godcity Studio in Salem, Mass., they recorded their live sets and did tracking to splice into what they were to use in the studio...

To celebrate the most metal of all holidays, Halloween, we asked Gwar's nefarious frontman, Oderus Urungus, to interview death metal cartoon titans, Dethklok, live on the air. We were hoping the presentation would be more exciting than a Tera Patrick costume party, and that the participants would fill our trick or treat bags with hysterical volleys of death metal humor...

Crafting and perfecting the instrumental music genre and ambience that audiences recognize them for, Chicago's Pelican are both out on the road and out with a new album this week, thanks to new label home Southern Lord Records. Unable to be pigeonholed by the variety of their musical influences as well as the lack of a vocalist, the new album keeps a heavy focus on its sound and taking a light hea

Any remnants of summer have come to pass as fall is in the air and the cold sets in. Nevertheless, the metal still forges on. This month, tons of new releases are coming in from familiar favorites such as Lita Ford, Powerman 5000 and Pearl Jam...

Before the music started, smoke machines pushed out enough fog to fill Brooklyn Masonic Temple Sept. 22. The same venue where Repulsion played 'Horrified' in its entirety, sold out for the biggest doom show of 2009: Sunn 0))) with Earth, Pelican and Eagle Twin...