AfterTheBurial

Heavy metal bands will never stop butting heads with conservatives when it comes to controversial lyrics, bold subject matter, bloody album artwork, or over-the-top video concepts. Minnesota's After the Burial are certainly no exception...

Norma Jean are about to embark on the doubly explosive Explosions II Part Deux tour with After the Burial, Motionless in White, For the Fallen, and Stray From the Path along for the ride. Explosions II Part Deux kicks off on May 6th. The band wraps its current Explosions II tour on March 25th...

Last Saturday, California Metalfest V took over The Grove, a 1,700-person capacity venue in Anaheim, California, as 30 bands on two stages played in front of headbangers from all over SoCal. Scene favorites As I Lay Dying headlined the event...

Earlier this year, Noisecreep reported on eight-bit versions of metal songs making the rounds on YouTube. What if a metal band covered video game music? That's After the Burial guitarist Justin Lowe's idea. "It's from 'Mega Man 2,' and it's the Bubble Man stage," Lowe told Noisecreep of the song he covered...

The last time Minneapolis' After the Burial released a new CD was two years ago, which is almost a lifetime in metal years -- and even longer if you're a fan. However it wasn't for lack of ambition that the progressive metalcore band didn't add to their discography after 'Rareform...

Retro anything has always been paradoxically in style, and you need to look no further than Youtube to discover a point at which retro intersects with metal. In particular, that point involves the late-'80s generation home video game consoles...

It's very possible Finland's Circle of Contempt have, until now, passed under your radar because, well, they're from Finland. However, if everything goes according to plan, that will soon change. The band has an album on the way from Sumerian Records and just finished their first ever tour with Winds of Plague, Stick to Your Guns, Sleeping Giant and Oceano...

Man, what a gorgeous weekend we had here in New York, despite what every single meteorologist told us heading into the holiday. What an awesome job that must be, huh? You can be wrong all the time, and still, no one fires you. Must be nice. Anyways, we've been away for three days now, which means we've got three days of metal news to catch you up on...