revocation

On Jan. 6 at Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Knitting Factory, the Binary Code didn't need time to set up their gear. It was already in use by the band before them, Tiger Flowers -- whose van broke down on the way to the show. Yet the Binary Code didn't give the audience a clue that they were starting their set...

Orion Landau, who was featured a few months back on Noisecreep's Album Art of the Week for his work on Revocation's 'Existence is Futile,' returns to the feature. Relapse Records' resident designer has lent his hand for Buzzoven's 'Violence from the Vault,' an EP compilation of unreleased tracks from the 'Sore' recording session in1994...

After a handful of New England and Northeastern U.S. and Canadian dates to celebrate the release of the band's Relapse debut, 'Existence Is Futile,' Revocation were more than surprised a few weeks ago to get the call from their booking agent regarding Scion's desire to fly the band to not one, but two free shows sponsored by the increasingly metal-friendly car company...

On Nov. 3, just hours after stepping off the plane in Los Angeles, the Black Dahlia Murder played a packed club on Hollywood's famed Sunset Strip to a much more intimate crowd than the band is accustomed to. Just as quickly after their set, they were back at the airport and ready for their late night flight to South America...

When I entered the dark, cave-like Fontanas, Rhode Islanders Howl just finished moving their gear off the stage, which meant Complete Failure was minutes away from sonically demolishing a room full of CMJ-ers. It also meant I missed death metallers Gloominous Doom, who started the night off after Crystal Antlers, Nebula and Naam played the BrooklynVegan day showcase...

Revocation's powerhouse debut on Relapse, 'Existence Is Futile,' was a welcome project for artist Orion Landau. "I had been a huge fan of this band for a while," Orion told Noisecreep. "I must have listened to their first album every morning for a year straight, so when they signed to Relapse I was really excited to work with them...

Philadelphia's finest, the diabolical geniuses behind Relapse Records, have partnered up with like-minded souls BrooklynVegan-BBG to present its 2009 CMJ showcase. It's all going down Oct. 23 at Fontana's (105 Eldridge St) during the annual CMJ Music Marathon in New York City...

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...

This past week, metal releases came out of the woodwork. And with it came eye-popping first week numbers and even a top 10 debut. Reported by the folks at Metal Insider, this past week drew in a #35 debut for the good guys in Shadows Fall with their latest album 'Retribution,' Porucipine Tree came in with 17,500 albums sold in its first week, and the MVP of metal of course goes to long time thrash

It seemed like the first cold night of the season in Worcester, Mass., at the CD release show for Ravage's 'The End of Tomorrow' on Sept. 6 -- but the thrash and power metal-laden lineup comfortably warmed up the upstairs of Ralph's Diner...