Baroness

Baroness, the Savannah-based quartet whose two prior releases (Red Album and Blue Record) were awarded record of the year honors from both Revolver and Decibel Magazines as well as repeatedly placing on year-end best of lists from Pitchfork and Village Voice, return with a new album titled Yellow & Green on July 17 via Relapse Records. ...

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Baroness will be heading to Australia to open for Metallica. In the meantime, the band will issue a limited-edition, one-time pressing of a seven-inch dubbed 'A Horse Called Golgotha.' Side A is the title cut, a song from 'Blue Record,' while Side B is a previously unreleased cover of 'Bikeage' by the Descendents...

Deftones will embark on headline tour with Baroness in support of their sixth album, 'Diamond Eyes.' The band has already announced that it will tour with Alice in Chains and Mastodon for the can't-miss BlackDiamondSkye Tour this fall, but there will be plenty more Deftones tour dates, which kick off in August, leading up to that run...

Baroness, the most buzzed about band in metal since Mastodon circa 2002 -- thanks to their mind-bending 'Blue Record' -- have booked another impressive tour to add to their resume. The band will embark on a US tour alongside Deftones. The Baroness tour dates launch in mid-August in Spokane, Wash...

Appalachian troubadours U.S. Christmas will be releasing 'Run Thick in the Night,' their fifth album, this fall via Neurot Recordings. The band, whose quirky name is pulled from the 1973 Sam Peckinpah film 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid,' peddle a "unique brand of psychedelic, high-volume blues rock," according to their bio, but the description sells U...

Black Tusk have just announced another round of late spring and summer tour dates that extend their already never-ending itinerary. After touring with Skeletonwitch back in late January, the Savannah, Ga. band found time to finish recording its debut LP for Relapse Records, 'Taste the Sin,' with Jay Matheson and Steve Slavich in Columbia, S...

"For the next five minutes, all shots are $3.50," a Starland Ballroom employee announced. It was a reminder that I was finally in the warm, crusty heart of central New Jersey. That stuff just does note happen in New York City. While Baroness was still setting up their gear on stage, I overheard a group dedicate a round of shots "to Metal...

Like Trouble, the Sword, Mastodon and their current tourmates High on Fire, Montreal-based quartet Priestess create dense, chugging music tinted with bluesy psychedelia and powerful enough to knock out a few teeth. The band's latest single, ...

Doom-a-riffic power trio High on Fire, who defied industry trends and enjoyed a healthy first-week sales uptick on their fifth studio album, 'Snakes for the Divine,' recently premiered the roaring video for 'Frost Hammer.' The vid, filmed on location in N...