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Coalesce will partner up with Converge for select dates of the band's 'Axe to Fall' tour. Coalesce will appear on dates beginning May 8 and running through May 22. Lewd Acts and Black Breath will also perform. "Coalesce has never gotten to go to the West Coast very much," singer Sean Ingram told Noisecreep about the band's inclusion on a string of Weft Coast dates...

Colorado's Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire -- easily the best metal band name we've unearthed this year -- will release their Prosthetic debut, 'Songs of Ill Hope and Desperation,' on June 8. The band, oft describe as "funeral grind" for its grind and doom tendencies, terms which may seem mutually exclusive, has determined that the music contained on the album will be not only the

The readers of Guitar World have spoken, and when it comes to 2009 in terms of extreme metal it gets no better than 'Ruination' from Job for a Cowboy. The Glendale, Ariz. band's album beat out last year's releases from Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Immortal and Suffocation...

San Diego deathgrinders Cattle Decapitation have themselves a new bassist, the band's third since forming in1996. They've enlisted Derek Engemann, formerly of Unmerciful, to join the fold. He replaces Rahsaan Davis and will "handle all upcoming touring duties," according to a statement from the group...

The 2010 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival enters its 12th year this spring, returning to Worcester, Mass. Taking place at The Palladium, the event will be held April 23 and April 24 -- a special kickoff party, sponsored by Atticus, will also take place on April 22...

"'He Is Never Coming Back' is an unapologetic and unforgiving loss of patience," frontman Gaza Jon Parkin told Noisecreep. "Listeners may not find this record as hectic as the last, but it is certainly every bit as grumpy." Further putting things into an ammunition context, Parkin said, "'If I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die' is a Mac 10, this is a sawed-off shotgun... R

Even over a phone line from California, Throwdown frontman Dave Peters is a formidable presence, and during Noisecreep's podcast interview, he took command the same way he does when he's onstage, clutching a mike, sweat pouring down contorted face and tattooed sleeves...

"I like this song a lot because it's the first time I've ever been able to do a duet in metal," Gaza vocalist Jon Parkin told Noisecreep about 'The Kicking Legs,' which is available for download right here on Noisecreep. ' Tino and I got to gaze deep into each other's eyes as we barked back and forth...

Red Chord throat Guy Kozowyk is a busy man. His grind/death band just finished tracking 'Fed Through the Teeth Machine.' A fall release via Metal Blade is planned, and we're fairly certain it will be so over-the-top and awesomely relentless, it'll feel like enduring eight rounds with Muhammad Ali...