Arsis

Before he formed Life of Agony in 1989 with vocalist Keith Caputo and guitarist Joey Z, bassist Alan Robert was going to school to be a professional illustrator. Then the band got a record deal and he scrapped his art career for a life of rock 'n' roll...

With Jan. 26 being heavy on metal releases, fans responsed by picking up nearly 9,000 copies of Alesana's 'The Emptiness,' which was enough to propel the album to secondd on the hard rock sales charts for the week. Living Sacrifice's 'The Infinite Order' also shifted nearly 3,000 units its first week on shelves, while newbies Taking Dawn sold nearly 1,400 copies of their debut, too...

The revelation the other day from Ozzy Osbourne that his namesake festival, Ozzfest, would be returning this summer after going dark in 2009 as a traveling festival and not a one-off destination date like 2008's installment, has metalheads talking...

Killer Lyrics: Forced to rock / Rebellion rebellion / In the name of the Devil Starve / To take down this life with a feast of famine / In the name of Satan we are forced to rock Nuclear Blast's Arsis returns with their fourth studio album, 'Starve for the Devil,' and the Virginia-based thrashy death metal band has included a few surprises, lyrically-speaking...

When Arch Enemy played Nokia Theater on Jan. 22, frontwoman Angela Gossow started off the night by telling the crowd how heartwarming it was to see a line of fans waiting outside early in the day, despite having to wake up at 11 AM because of New York City bus regulations...

In anticipation of their forthcoming debut album, New Jersey's Mutiny Within -- one of Roadrunner Records' latest metal upstarts -- have some big touring plans in the works. Already underway with a quick run alongside Periphery, the band will open for Machine Head on their only U...

Every morning, this writer wakes up at 6 AM to start working on this column. The tough thing about working from home, though, that early in the morning: Dealing with my cats. You see, by now, my two cats, Dante and Jezebel, are used to my routine...

Last week, we brought you video of God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle, taking a full cup of liquid to the face during a gig in Dallas, Texas; Coyle was filling in for Lamb of God's Mark Morton, and the incident forced the band to cut its set short...

This morning, while you were sound asleep, NASA scientists fired a freakin' missile at the southern-most point of the Moon, trying to find water. We kid you not. We watched it with our own eyes. Actually, we're not so sure what we saw, but NASA claims it crashed two projectiles into the Moon, hoping to kick up six-mile-high dust clouds containing water particulates...

After news of his eating disorder broke earlier this year, Arsis vocalist/guitarist James Malone has made strides towards fighting his anorexia, and nods to his battle by titling Arsis' upcoming fourth studio album, 'Starve for the Devil.' While recording has started this week, the Virginia death metal frontman shares this update from Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts: "Everything I have be