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It's been a long few years for former Skeletonwitch bassist Eric Harris working to assemble his post-'Witch plans after relocating to Los Angeles unexpectedly late in the summer of 2008. Sure, a few plans didn't pan out, but Harris has stepped up to the mic -- with bass in hand -- and established Gypsyhawk, an L...

Leaves' Eyes drummer Seven Antonopoulos, formerly of Vanilla Ice's touring band and the now-defunct Opiate for the Masses, split from Los Angeles earlier this year and moved to Sweden to take the gig as Leaves' Eyes' drummer. The skinsman, who is now a permanent resident of Sweden but still a U...

About.com's Chad Bower has been a respectable voice in the metal music industry for two decades, so his top picks for the upcoming releases in 2010 are worth keeping an eye on. Many of his choices feature lineup changes in established bands throughout various metal subgenres...

It seems they don't call Unearth bassist John 'Slo' Maggard 'Slo' for nothing. The cardinal rule of 'Your iPod is Showing' is no cheating. Guilty pleasures and fluke embarrassments are just as revealing to us as cult favorites and credibility markers...

Two hours before showtime, Nader Sadek frantically moved around the venue making sure everything was perfect, as any anxious artist who is about to display their work. Cryptopsy drummer Flo Mounier's workout playlist pummeled through the speakers...

Everyone knows multifaceted metal icon Rob Halford has launched a clothing line, Metal God Apparel, and has a new Christmas album out, 'Winter Songs.' But who knew the music industry veteran has been throwing around the idea of working on a black metal side project with ex-Emperor vocalist and guitarist Ihsahn...

For all the damage it has done on the music business, the internet has had a great effect on heavy metal. Besides the mountains of information and new avenues of music discovery, one of the most important things the internet has accomplished is giving every fan the ability to have a voice...

I feel bad for my fiancée. We're a mixed couple: I love metal, she doesn't. And now, we're trying to pick the song for our first dance, because we're getting married this spring. And every one of my suggestions has been, thus far, inappropriate. Natur...

After listening to the Destro's forthcoming album, 'Harmony of Dischord,' which lands in stores October 13, it becomes almost immediately clear that they're not the type of band that should be touring with Arsonists Get All the Girls. The record is a tight-as-a-nun, face-melting melding of old school thrash and sludge...

It's a Monday afternoon, just outside Little Rock, Ark., and the members of the Destro are speeding down the highway, blasting the Allman Brothers Band's 'Ramblin' Man.' The band is on tour with It Dies Today and Arsonists Get All the Girls, and as guitarist Nick Emde admits, the Destro's sticking out like a sore thumb on this trek...