Cynic

Following a 12-year hiatus, Dutch technical death metal veterans, Pestilence, reformed in 2006 and now they're finally making it back to North America to tour for the first time in 16 years. The band will launch a 17-date trek with Warbringer, Vital Remains, Enfold Darkness and Sacrificial Slaughter, which starts May 30 in Baltimore and runs through June 17 in New York City...

"Hey Paul! I love you!" "Paul! I want you to have my kids!" The first row of people closest to the stage couldn't stop themselves from yelling one-liners at the band. The love for Cynic's guitarist and vocalist Paul Masvidal was certainly in the air throughout the band's entire set at New York City's Irving Plaza on Jan...

When it comes to music, Sigh frontman Mirai Kawashima doesn't believe in boundaries. Since he formed the band in 1990, Kawashima has explored elements of jazz, psychedelia, orchestral music and the avant-garde within a foundation of thrash and black metal...

On Jan. 6 at Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Knitting Factory, the Binary Code didn't need time to set up their gear. It was already in use by the band before them, Tiger Flowers -- whose van broke down on the way to the show. Yet the Binary Code didn't give the audience a clue that they were starting their set...

Ian Christe is a heavy metal renaissance man. Not only has he written for everyone from Spin to Metal Maniacs, he's also released music as Dark Noerd and in 2007 he launched his own book publishing house called Bazillion Points. Since then he released Daniel Ekeroth's 'Swedish Death Metal,' the unofficial bible for the beloved scene...

On Nov. 27, the same day they released their latest LP, 'The Great Misdirect,' Raleigh, N.C.-hailing progressive metallers Between the Buried and Me have revealed they'll be touring the U.S. in early 2010 with Cynic, Scale the Summit and the Devin Townsend Project...

With the fifth studio release from the North Carolina progessive death metal act Between the Buried and Me, vocalist Tommy Rogers says that the new album is, "some of the best material they ever created," and we agree. The band keeps to their palette of style changing based on the vocals provided; but despite the complexity, it carries depth with meaning...

When Daath guitarists Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler aren't busy with their main band, the duo are working on a guitar-specific side project. After they were asked to contribute guitar work to Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot's side album for Magna Carta Records, the seeds of the side project were planted...

Gojira consists of four dudes from France who write English lyrics. On Sept. 21, when the death metallers played their second New York City-area show this year, frontman Joe Duplantier asked the crowd at Music Hall of Williamsburg, "Can anyone speak french in Brooklyn...

Another long week is in the books, and we're excited for the taping of our next podcast. Today's guests will be Atreyu, and we'll have the usual cast of characters in to discuss the week's new releases (like Porcupine Tree's 'The Incident') and all the latest heavy metal headlines...