BlackTide

Just a couple weeks ago, Black Tide released 'Post Mortem,' their sophomore effort. The band, still on Interscope Records, spent the last four years on the road, gaining a fan base and growing up. Now seasoned road warriors, the members of Black Tide have some concrete ideas of where they want to take that band creatively...

On August 23rd, Black Tide will be releasing 'Post Mortem,' their second album. This time out the Florida metallers worked with producers Josh Wilbur and GGGarth and if new single 'That Fire' is any indication of what we can expect from the rest of the record, we're all in for a sonic beating...

Summer is beginning to give up her fight, to borrow a lyrical phrase from the decidedly un-metal Indigo Girls, but that doesn't stop her from pushing out a slate of worthwhile metal releases. The first week of the year marks the return of Bury Your Dead with their former singer Mat Bruso for 'Mosh N' Roll...

The second annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival will return in late Summer and run through early Fall, with Avenged Sevenfold returning to headline the tour for the second year in a row. The tour kicks off August 26th and runs through October 15th, with the shows beginning in the afternoon and running through the evening...

Black Tide bassist Zakk Sandler is so not on Team Edward. The bassist issued a tirade about rumors that 'Twilight' heartthrob Robert Pattinson -- who makes 16-year-old girls swoon as pasty-faced, pouty-lipped, Bella-loving vampire Edward Cullen -- will portray Kurt Cobain in a film about the late singer's life and last days in Nirvana...

Pennsylvania's Icarus Witch are one of a tide of American metal acts recalling the classic '80s NWOBHM sound, but bassist Jason Myers tells Noisecreep they aren't bandwagon jumpers. Quite the opposite, in fact. Since forming in 2004, Icarus Witch have pioneered the classic metal resurgence...

Alesana -- 'The Emptiness' (Fearless): Androgynous, concept-driven metalcore that's ripe for every single date of Warped Tour. That's 'The Emptiness' in a nutshell. High-pitched, sometimes femme vocals live alongside some guttural growls, layered harmonies and metal riffage...

With the economy in the dismal shape that it's in, it's not surprising that the Warped Tour is scaling down a bit. Instead of three main stages like they've had the prior 14 years, festival founder Kevin Lyman announced that they'll just have one and giving bands an extra 10 minutes of performance time...

Spending a year on the road is tough for any musician, regardless of age. When you're just out of your teens, an education picked up on the road is indispensable and will undoubtedly prepare you for the rest of your career. That fact isn't lost on Black Tide, who are currently taking a much-needed and well-deserved two-week break from the road...