Between the Buried and Me

The past six months have been rough for a lot of great metal musicians. At the end of 2009, Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan died. On April 14, Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele passed away from heart failure. On May 16, Heaven & Hell frontman and metal legend Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer and on May 24, Slipknot bassist and co-founder Paul Gray was found dead i

It may have an unassuming, unflashy name, but the first annual Cool Tour is quickly ascending to hot ticket status this summer. The tour kicks off July 12 and is sponsored by Metal Blade, Atticus Black by Atticus Clothing and Musician's Institute College of Contemporary Music...

Blatant Disarray make no bones about their love for late '80s metal. The North Carolina combo just released 'Everyone Dies Alone,' their debut album for Tribunal Records, and it recalls the heyday of Bay Area thrash. But that doesn't mean they are mere revivalists...

San Diego quintet Burning the Masses will follow up 'Mind Control' with 'Offspring of Time,' due out July 20 via Mediaskare Records. The deathcore band has been compared to an amalgam of Between the Buried and Me, Cannibal Corpse and Necrophagist, so that pretty much sounds like something we'd like to damage our hearing with...

If you've discovered metal over the past decade of so, it's possible that Minnesota thundergods Disembodied might have fallen through the cracks. The hardcore metal band, which formed in 1995 created a pair of brain-rattling records, 1999's 'The Diablerie' and 2000's 'Heretic' before fragmenting into the melodic death metal/metalcore band Martyr AD...

Talk about a lineup! Christian metalcore act As I Lay Dying, who will be releasing a new record called 'The Powerless Rise' next month, have revealed their plans for the inaugural Cool Tour, which will also feature Underoath, Between the Buried and Me and a host of other bands...

The weather is warming up and metal releases are blazing through retail shelves. This week, plenty of quality records are landing. AC/DC, 'Iron Man 2' Soundtrack (Columbia): AC/DC classics like 'Shoot to Thrill,' 'Back in Black,' 'Thunderstruck,' 'T...

If you've yet to hear of Woe of Tyrants, we'll remedy that situation right now with this exclusive premiere of the thrashily modern song 'Venom Eye,' from the band's new album 'Threnody,' which drops on April 13 from Metal Blade Records. You'll feel like you need to go to the dentist and be outfitted for crowns and porcelain veneers, since 'Venom Eye' is like a steel-toed kick to the teeth... Rea

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, ...

In 2009, former Strapping Young Lad throat Devin Townsend released what was perhaps one of the best metal discs of the year, 'Addicted,' the second of four records he plans on releasing under the Devin Townsend Project banner. Townsend toured in support of the disc for the first time in years, hitting the road with Between the Buried and Me and Cynic...