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We reported a few weeks ago that Obituary guitarist Trevor Peres launched his own line of BBQ sauces, which stemmed from his Southern upbringing and watching his grandfather cook. "I spent over a year developin' my original barbecue sauce, and it came out 'Rib'Licioius,'" Peres told Noisecreep...

The last thing you'd expect the longtime bassist of Floridian death metal institution Obituary and the bassist of evil-as-hell Norwegian black metalists Gorgoroth to be is a former mortgage broker. But Frank Watkins was exactly that. "I had a mortgage company for a while and mortgages went out the window in America and it's all corporate," Watkins told Noisecreep...

Frank Watkins is the bassist in two high profile underground metal bands: Obituary and Gorgoroth. He is able to serve both masters with equal effectiveness, though! "It's a smooth-running train," Watkins told Noisecreep about how he juggles double duty with a Florida-based and a Norway-based band...

Obituary guitarist Trevor Peres has a hankering for BBQ. Growing up (and now spending half his time) in the South, it's no surprise that the death metallist has launched his own line of BBQ sauces, called T-Bone's Famous, which comes from a longstanding nickname Peres was christened with by Agnostic Front while on tour back in '92...

There's been a swirl of controversy surrounding Norway's Gorgoroth for quite some time. Whether it was ex-vocalist Gaahl's legal troubles -- he beat the living piss out of someone -- or Gaahl's and ex-bassist King ov Hell's battles with guitarist Infernus over the band's name when the two factions split into two Gorgoroths, the band is always exciting to follow...

The greatest force that delayed the release of Gorgoroth's seventh studio album, 'Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt' was Gorgoroth itself. On Oct. 21, 2007, guitarist Roger Tiegs (a.k.a. Infernus) announced he could no longer continue working with vocalist Gaahl (who joined the band in 1998) and bassist King Ov Hell (who had been with the group since 1999)...

Warbringer have tour dates from now until the end of January, and a couple of dates in Japan already set up for May. This year they've been on opening slots on tours with Obituary and Megadeth. To say that Warbringer is on the road a lot is an understatement...

The Knitting Factory's Hollywood location, a fixture on Hollywood Blvd. since 2000, closed its doors in the wee hours of Oct. 26 after the three-stage club held its final shows Oct. 25. In attendance were supporters of the Los Angeles metal scene, industry personnel and Church of the 8th Day, vehement supporters of the local and national metal scene, and promoter/booking agent for many of The Knit

"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)...

I was quickly reminded of Sepultura's 'Arise' cover from nearly a decade ago, due to the heavy use of various shades of browns and tans. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was the same artist who did this cover, for Evile's 'Infected Nations' release: Michael Whelan...