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On Oct. 27, Toxic Holocaust and the Black Dahlia Murder performed in Nashville, much to the chagrin of the town's most conservative residents, who objected to the bands' arrival at the city's Christian-run Rocketown venue. The controversy even made the local news, and local parents are hopping mad that the venue will host such blasphemous acts...

ON A BOAT: Nola sludge kings Eyehategod have a few dates scheduled in the Northeast later this month. The shows feature an impressive supporting cast, including Pig Destroyer, Goatwhore, Anal Cunt, Howl, Unearthly Trance and Tombs, and one of the shows is actually on a boat...

"A small person falls, you help them up. Anyone falls, you help them up and keep it f---ing moving," Goatwhore vocalist Benjamin Falgoust demanded Oct. 24 when they played Gramercy Theater with Obituary. This was part of Falgoust's Judas Priest circa 1982 concert ethics speech (he gives it often)...

For the first time ever, I wish I was in Skindred. That's because the band will be embarking on its first ever tour of India later this month. They'll be playing in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi, and, with any luck, the boys will have some time to do a little sightseeing...

Reigning kings of Egyptian-themed technical death metal Nile have debuted the new track 'Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld' on their MySpace page earlier this week. The song comes from their upcoming release, 'Those Whom the Gods Detest,' scheduled for a Nov...

Later this November, blackened metallers Skeletonwitch will take Europe by storm with a co-headlining tour alongside Goatwhore and Toxic Holocaust. Though the announcement comes while the 'Witch are currently on tour stateside with Children of Bodom and the Black Dahlia Murder, guitarist Scott Hedrick shares his excitement for the forthcoming trek, exclaiming, "Hell f---ing yeah...

Illegal downloading has hobbled the music industry over the last decade, and try as they might, labels and musicians have been unable to quell online leaks and file sharing. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Late last night, the publicists for Smashing Pumpkins issued a press release announcing that Billy Corgan, the band's sole remaining founding member, would be releasing a new album call

"I want to hear that primal ass chant. The war chant," Down's Phil Anselmo demanded Sept. 14 at New York City's Nokia Theater. The crowd then, in military fashion, delivered a steady stream of "Ehh! Ehh! Ehh!" Down have come a long way from being a Pantera side project with a history that has provided for a full documentary on the band...

Residents of New Orleans know a little about black magic and black metal. Head to the French Quarter any time of the day to have your palm read, fortune predicted...or to find that perfect voodoo doll for that special someone in your life. You might also hear the amazingly fierce sounds of Goatwhore, a band proud to call Louisiana home...

In a brand new entry for his 'Jumping Darkness Parade' blog series for MetalSucks.net, Daath guitarist Eyal Levi reveals that he almost died on their current tour. Apparently, the shred master was just discharged from the hospital yesterday after suffering a horrible case of pneumonia...