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Life as a touring musician is far from easy. Forget the endless drives, stomach-destroying fast food and scummy promoters -- one of the most constant, looming fears of anyone who tours for a living -- or at all -- is getting equipment or a vehicle stolen...

The Atlas Moth hail from Chicago, but at this point in their budding career, they feel as at home in a van as they do on the streets of the Windy City. The psychedelic doomriders have criss-crossed the U.S. multiple times in the past few years, and this time around, they were hauling ass down those 99-odd miles of bad road alongside brothers-(and sister...

Back in the day, punks and metalheads were bitter enemies, a problem Billy Milano addressed in the immortal Stormtroopers of Death ode 'United Forces.' He urged, "Skinheads and bangers and punks stand as one/Crossover to a final scene/United forces and their job won't be done/Until the world can see," and it seems that the latter generations listened, as now, you'll generally Mohawks an

Boston's gnarliest band of bro-dudes, Ramming Speed, have been enjoying a hell of a year, criss-crossing the European continent, signing to the mighty Candlelight Records and rolling down the East Coast and across the entire U.S. with Cannabis Corpse on a chemically-altered DIY tour...

Oh, 'retro' thrash. Was the thrash metal explosion of the past few years a marketing ploy cooked up by label executives or the long-awaited recognition of a hardworking bunch of bands? It's anybody's guess, though many artists and fans seem to be leaning towards the former nowadays...

This fall, two of the metal underground's fiercest will be combining forces for 6 uncompromising weeks of speed, death, and dankness. Cannabis Corpse -- practically an all star band of Richmond's finest, featuring members of Municipal Waste, Battlemaster and Parasitic playing punishing weed soaked death metal -- will be joined by Boston thrash/grind road warriors Ramming Speed (Backstabbers Inc...

Metal is not immune to trends, and it's had its fair share of horrid ones. Does anyone really want to revisit funk metal anytime soon? That said there are still eras in its history that can and should be kept alive. In the last few years, a new front of bands has brought back the thrash sound that first crept into the scene in the early-to-mid 1980s with bands like Testament, Anthrax and Razor...

BAPTIZED IN THRASH: With the summer slew of tours starting up in the coming weeks, Wisconsin thrashers Lazarus A.D. have announced an upcoming tour with labelmates in Bison B.C. and Woe Of Tyrants along with Barnburner. Appropriately titled "Baptized In Beer Tour" the tour will begin early July in Canada and make its rounds until the beginning of August with their last showdate in Seattl