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Boston metallers the Red Chord have lost drummer Brad Fickeisen. However, the departure won't impact the band's forthcoming touring plans, as original Red Chord kitman Michael Justian has returned to the fold. Justian has not publicly appeared with the group since 2004's Maryland Deathfest, and he's since spent time in Unearth, Trap Them, Earth Crisis, Shai Hulud and 108...

"BTBAM. BTBAM. BTBAM" the audience shouted as Between The Buried and Me walked out onto the Irving Plaza stage on Jan. 30. "We have an old friend here tonight, so we're going to play 'More of Myself to Kill,'" frontman Tommy Rogers said. It's been a long time since this writer has seen Between the Buried and Me play anything from the pre-'Alaska' era...

Tour names are quite cosmetic. But for Massachusetts metal monoliths the Red Chord, who christened their upcoming tour -- which also features MyChildren MyBride, Chelsea Grin and Those Who Lie Beneath -- Burgers & Bowling, a name that's a reflection of something they've recently come to love and something they have always loved. ...

Since last year turned out to be one of praise for the Red Chord, the four-piece band from Revere, Massachusetts are ready to hit the road. So far, there are only a handful of confirmed tour dates, and the band will be sharing bills with several other bands, including MyChildren MyBride, Iwrestledabearonce, Chelsea Grin and Those Who Lie Beneath...

Fu Manchu guitarist Bob Balch has launched the educational and entertaining website, PlayThisRiff.com, which offers music lessons to fans by the very artists who perform the songs! "I started PlayThisRiff.com because I wanted to see a website that featured HD videos of actual touring musicians showing others how to play," Balch told Noisecreep...

The latest Red Chord record has been well-received for its dynamics and variety (Decibel) and blazing guitar attacks (Revolver), and the four members from Revere, Mass. are pleased with the outcome. "I feel pretty outstanding about the way that came out," vocalist Guy Kozowyk told Brave Words...

To celebrate the most metal of all holidays, Halloween, we asked Gwar's nefarious frontman, Oderus Urungus, to interview death metal cartoon titans, Dethklok, live on the air. We were hoping the presentation would be more exciting than a Tera Patrick costume party, and that the participants would fill our trick or treat bags with hysterical volleys of death metal humor...

Available in stores this week, the fourth studio album from Revere, Massachusetts' the Red Chord is out to the masses and just in time for the Halloween weekend this album is creepy down to the title -- or is it? Recently stated online, the album title was derived from the Discovery Channel show 'How It's Made...

If ever a band's album sounded like its title it's the Red Chord's new disc 'Fed Through the Teeth Machine,' a carnage-spewing showcase of rapid-fire rhythm shifts, acrobatic guitar runs, seasick tremelo bends and regurgitated vocals. But the 'Teeth Machine' isn't a diabolical instrument of death like the machine in Stephen King's 'The Mangler,' it's an actual machine used by clothing factories to

San Francisco deathcore outfit Animosity have split up, according to a statement provided to Lambgoat. In it, frontman Leo Miller thanks fans for their support, and says that "if you haven't gotten enough of Animosity, please rest assured that we have ...