Let's face it, we can't get enough of kitten and puppy videos. In a life filled with so much stress, there's something positively soothing about watching our furry friends rolling around with each other, or just hanging out in random places...
As our sister site Spinner reported last week, a Russian city banned heavy metal gigs in an effort to suppress supposed Satanic activity from spreading among the city's youth. According to Russia-Infocentre, the West Russian city of Belgorod is acting under the orders of Governor Evgenie Savchenko...
These days, there are metal bands of all kinds operating on all kinds of budgets, from barely-indie level all the way to major label productions. In Europe, though, no matter how big or small you are, a metal band can get the whole nine yards when they tour there -- a situation recently experienced by avant-grindcore band Iwrestledabearonce...
It's spring, a time when young men's thoughts turn to those of fancy: chicks, mostly. But spring also means the launch of lots of awesome tours (because let's face it, winter touring is for the birds), which all help to warm us up for the summer's spate of festivals and apocalypse-summoning co-headliners...
Leave it to spazzcore oddballs Horse the Band to inspire a Middle Eastern melodic hardcore metal band to launch an international career in music. During their 2008 shoestring world tour, Ankara, Turkey quintet Since Yesterday hosted three of the Horse's gigs, and after hanging out with the Los Angeles group, decided it was time for them to step it up and start working on their first full-length a
Horse the Band toured the world -- several dozen countries that plenty of folks wouldn't dare to visit or vacation in -- a bit years ago, and they're now releasing 'We Flooded It, and There's Yoghurt Everywhere, aka 48 Hours in Ukraine' via Vagrant...
For all the damage it has done on the music business, the internet has had a great effect on heavy metal. Besides the mountains of information and new avenues of music discovery, one of the most important things the internet has accomplished is giving every fan the ability to have a voice...