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Sludge merchants Black Tusk and Dead Yet? recently released a split where they had a little fun. They covered each other's songs" Black Tusk covered "Fearing Your Mind" while Dead Yet? covered "Facedriver." Noisecreep caught up with Black Tusk drummer James May to talk about the release and the culture of underground covers, as well as what else his Savannah, Georgia-base

When Metallica announced the initial lineup for their Orion Music + More festival, set for June 23 and 24 in Atlantic City, N.J., it seemed they'd forgotten something: heavy metal. East Coast headbangers need not worry, though, as the group has announced a special Damage Inc...

The Savannah, Ga. battering ram known as Black Tusk is set to demolish speakers once again with 'Set the Dial,' their forthcoming fourth studio album. Produced by Jack Endino (Soundgarden, Skeletonwitch), the record's 10 tracks deliver more of the densely layered heavy metal we've come to expect from the power-trio...

New Orleans' Eyehategod make metal that's sludgier than a NOLA swamp, and the band will finally tour the U.S. after a significant absent from the road circuit other than weekend warrior gigging. "It's first U.S. tour in a long time, and while we've been doing shows all over, it's been regional in the South," singer Mike Williams told Noisecreep...

Black Tusk have just announced another round of late spring and summer tour dates that extend their already never-ending itinerary. After touring with Skeletonwitch back in late January, the Savannah, Ga. band found time to finish recording its debut LP for Relapse Records, 'Taste the Sin,' with Jay Matheson and Steve Slavich in Columbia, S...

Cook out with your book out. That's the whole motto behind 'Mosh Potatoes,' the new cookbook full of recipes from metal superstars, due out Nov. 30 via Simon & Schuster. So if you've got a metal fan who is also a consummate foodie, now you've got the perfect stocking stuffer. T...

Webster Hall's the Studio in New York City isn't much like the upstairs part of the classic venue. It's your typical basement music spot and not a historical dance hall. Yet this writer has seen some magical performances at the Studio, including a whacked out Zoroaster...

Savannah, Ga.'s Black Tusk are currently laying a hurtin' on their current tour with Weedeater. Drummer James May checked in from the road, offering his thoughts on why Georgia has exported some of the best up and coming metal over the past several years, with the likes of Mastodon, Zoroaster, Becoming the Archetype and Black Tusk spilling out of the state...

Earlier this year, Chicago-hailing extreme metallers Nachtmystium entered a recording studio to begin tracking the follow-up to 2008's 'Assassins: Black Meddle Part I' under the vigilant eyes of Minsk producer Sanford Parker. On June 8, Century Media will release that effort, called 'Addicts: Black Meddle Part II...

For years now, the good folks at MetalSucks and SMN News have helped bring some of the most sinister tours around to your town, and this June, they'll be doing it again. New Orleans sludge metallers Eyehategod will be taking to the blacktop starting June 3 in Orlando, Fla...