Every Time I Die

cto their native Buffalo, N.Y. The band has been releasing a series of webisodes, which are fun, silly and show the band being themselves -- even when they act like idiots. "We wanted to put out 'S--- Happens: The Series,' but the industry is in the toilet, so why pay for the packaging when we can release free installments leading up to a sequential release in October," vocalist Keith Bu

What do you get when you take half of Fall Out Boy, add the guitar players of Anthrax, and top it off with Every Time I Die singer Keith Buckley? You get the Damned Things, who started off June by playing their first-ever show to an enthusiastic crowd at Brooklyn, N...

Mark your calendars and make notes for July 13 in whatever PDA/handheld/smart phone you use. Because that's when Norma Jean will release their fifth album and Razor & Tie debut, 'Meridional.' The official word on 'Meridional' is that it's a return to the band's abrasive, chaotic roots all the while heading down a darker, more experimental path. If...

He left Every Time I Die last year to start a new project called Deadly Animals. And now, with the latter six feet under, drummer Mike 'Ratboy' Novak, who was an original member of ETID, has joined a new band: Cute Is What We Aim For. Cute Is What We Aim For frontman Shaant Hacikyan, who has revived his band after announcing his plans to go solo last summer, recently broke the news...

Liam Cormier, vocalist of Cancer Bats, is seriously bummed that the upcoming tour his band will enjoy with Every Time I Die and Norma Jean is only two weeks, instead of two years. So we had to ask the Canadian vocalist if the tour was two years, would he and the rest of the Bats end up killing or totally falling in love with ETID and Norma Jean...

During the month of May, Every Time I Die and Norma Jean will embark on a brief run of U.S. shows with openers Cancer Bats, according to a press release. And no one's more psyched than Cancer Bats frontman Liam Cormier, who is a self-admitted Every Time I Die disciple...

Armored Saint, 'La Raza' (Metal Blade): 'La Raza' is Armored Saint's first album since 2000. It's been a decade, but Anthrax vocalist John Bush's 'other band' has its own merits. It's not as fast as previous Armored Saint efforts, and bassist Joey Vera acknowledged that fact that he is older, wiser and in a different head space...

Whip shopping with Lamb of God's Randy Blythe? Haunted houses with Dani Filth? It's all in a day's work for New York City-based voice teacher Melissa Cross, who is known for her work with some of the biggest names in metal! Visit www.melissacross...

Lock up your daughters. Every Time I Die are heading back out on the road next month. And when ETID hit the road, a party is sure to ensue. "Well, there will for sure be some unexpected songs from older albums, and of course a bunch of new stuff," guitarist Jordan Buckley told Noisecreep, even as the band had just returned from Australia and was suffering from a major case of jet lag...

Scion and Metal Insider have teamed up for the No Label Needed Contest and Series, which will help one incredibly lucky band earn its way to prominence in the music industry in a unique way: without the assistance of a record label. While many bands make a go of it on their own, the Toyota-owned car manufacturer and the metal industry blog behind No Label Needed are thinking outside of the box and