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Hatebreed won't skip a beat this summer. On Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival off dates -- that's industry-speak for days when the band doesn't have a Mayhem Fest tour date -- the band will play shows and fill in the gaps with Lamb of God and 3 Inches of Blood...

Our neighbor to the North -- we mean Canada -- has its Canadian Independent Music Award, also known as the Indies every year, and the organization is celebrating its 10th year! Those Canadian defenders of the metal faith known as 3 Inches of Blood have been nominated for Metal Artist/Group of the Year...

3 Inches of Blood are true heavy metal road warriors. The Canadian combo spent the last year out on tour, supporting 'Here Waits Thy Doom,' their fourth overall album and debut release for Century Media. Though their new wave of British of heavy metal informed songwriting style has won the group plenty of critical and fan praise, it's 3 Inches of Blood's balls-to-the-wall live show that makes the

Want to put some metal back in your summer festival plans? Canada has the answer in Heavy MTL, a two-day festival in Parc Jean-Drapeau at Île Saint-Hélène, Montréal. Heavy MTL is set for July 24 and 25. Heavy MTL was first held in 2008, and organizers took a hiatus from the event in 2009. This year, Heavy MTL is b...

Nowadays, sponsorships by clothing brands and energy drinks are all the rage. For Atticus, though, it's about the lifestyle and sticking with it. When it came to sponsoring metal bands and tours -- not to mention putting out compilation samplers -- Atticus wasn't afraid to branch out into the unknown, since it was primarily a punk rock brand...

This March marks the second Scion Rock Fest, which premiered in Atlanta last February. The location has moved to Columbus, Ohio and will take place on March 13. Once again, the event will be free, and you'll need to RSVP and follow the instructions to obtain your ticket, as there is a limited supply...

On Jan. 20, Warped Tour architect Kevin Lyman and his camp confirmed what was one of the worst kept secrets of the latter half of 2009: Korn will be headlining the 2010 Rockstar Mayhem Festival, which kicks off July 10 in San Bernardino, Calif...

Fu Manchu guitarist Bob Balch has launched the educational and entertaining website, PlayThisRiff.com, which offers music lessons to fans by the very artists who perform the songs! "I started PlayThisRiff.com because I wanted to see a website that featured HD videos of actual touring musicians showing others how to play," Balch told Noisecreep...

In 2009, the heavy metal community suffered a number of devastating losses. Current and former members of Evile, Sweet Cobra, 3 Inches of Blood, Cobra Clutch, Faith or Fear, StrydegoR, Space Eater, Maserati and Candiria were all taken from us too early in 2009...

Dec. 11 is a Friday night, and Los Angeles' Holy Grail just returned from a successful North American tour. What else is there to do but play a welcome home show at the famous Whisky a Go Go (the venue that helped launch the careers of the Doors, Alice Cooper and Guns N' Roses to name but a few) on the band's home turf, right...