Gorguts

A banner year for the underground and one where metal's biggest album ever was released.

Death metal legends Gorguts have just announced a North American tour with Intronaut and Brain Tentacles coming this October!

Gorguts were the victims of a heavy-handed vandal who punched out one of the window's on the band's tour bus with a single blow and all was caught on video.

Gorguts have released 'Besieged,' the second part of their 30 plus minute track from the forthcoming 'Pleiades' Dust' EP.

Former Gorguts and Negativa guitarist "Big" Steeve Hurdle has passed away at the age of 41. The Canadian guitarist died on May 20 after complications from surgery, according to the Cooprative Funeraire de L'Estrie in Quebec and Metal Insider...

MDF Day One The annual Maryland Deathfest takes place in Baltimore. It's like spring break for extreme metalheads, who travel from all over the world to watch underground bands for three days straight. The loud party started with grinders the Communion, Putrescence and Defeatist...

Maryland Deathfest performers Watain and Pentagram have contributed songs to a free digital extreme metal compilation that will be distributed at the event by Metalhit.com. Other artists on the collection are Revocation, the Crinn, Wormrot, Graves of Valor, Hail of Bullets, Nominon, Cardiac Arrest, Sectioned, Diabolic, Colonize the Rotting, Aldaaron, Sacrilegious Impalement, Vulvectomy and Othrus.

It's no secret that CKY frontman Deron Miller is a longtime, diehard death metal fan. He used to pen impassioned letters to Roadrunner A&R guru Monte Conner, regarding the label's death metal acts, which were printed in Metal Maniacs. While CKY certainly aren't outwardly influenced by Miller's personal faves, the singer is tapping into those deadly roots with his side project, World Under Bloo

The Stone is a venue owned by the renowned musician John Zorn. It sits on the busy Alphabet City corner of 2nd Street and Avenue C in New York City. With the exception of one wall covered in a mosaic of large black and white prints of performances, The Stone is pretty boring aesthetically...

On April 10, 2008, I went to a Dysrhythmia show at a venue called Luna Lounge. But before the trio went on, another band with guitarist Colin Marston played. At the time, this writer thought, "How many bands could this dude possibly be in?!" Yet, exactly 21 months later, I found myself standing in front of the same exact stage watching that same band -- which at this point in time has be