ManticRitual

Being a Marduk fan has always been dangerous, but never has it been as dangerous as this past week. The Swedish black metallers have been touring the U.S. in recent weeks with Nachtmystium, Mantic Ritual, Merrimack and Black Anvil in support of their latest LP, 'Wormwood...

When Mantic Ritual vocalist Dan Wetmore exited the band to return to school and pursue his passion for photography, the remaining members went into crisis mode -- as any dedicated band would. They immediately scrambled for a replacement, instead of freaking out and considering ending the band...

You know what's awesome? Spending the entire Labor Day weekend in bed, sick as a dog, and then waking up Tuesday morning, feeling fine. Just in time for work. Yep, that's right. This writer's Labor Day weekend was the pits. Coughing, wheezing, sneezing, getting loopy on Nyquil ...

Entering into the first week of September, Noisecreep starts the month off with some amazing releases and notable debuts on the charts from the week prior. Reported by the good folks at Metal Insider, the projected 10-15,000 units sold was damn near spot on with Victory's Otep pulling in the highest debut, with 10,400 albums sold...

Do you think most true metalheads want to visit Sweden at some point? Lately, I've been thinking about taking a trip. But where? Not really jazzed about going to some resort and sitting in the sun all day ... black clothing attracts heat. I'm not so interested in taking too long a plane ride...

MASSIVE ALBUM DROP: Richmond, Virginia's Municipal Waste have recently announced that they have made the halfway mark recording their upcoming album now titled 'Massive Aggressive' on Earache Records. Set for a tentative August 2009 release, drummer Dave Witte states, "This record is definitely shaping up to be the best we've done easily, I've already banged out all my tracks in 1 & 1/2