Rose Funeral

Rose Funeral's recently released 'Gates of Punishment' album finds the Cincinnati, Ohio deathcore band focusing more on the "death" and less on the "core" side of their sound. In particular Kevin Snook and Ryan Gardner's guitar work has become more technically precise, shooting off leads and riffs like laser beams through the arrangements...

Running a record label in 2010 isn't a picnic. It's a challenge, since no one buys music in the quantities that they used to nowadays. Despite this cold, hard fact, indie labels are able to thrive, because they have a much more unique perspective than a suit running a conglomerate...

The 2010 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival enters its 12th year this spring, returning to Worcester, Mass. Taking place at The Palladium, the event will be held April 23 and April 24 -- a special kickoff party, sponsored by Atticus, will also take place on April 22...

Warbringer have tour dates from now until the end of January, and a couple of dates in Japan already set up for May. This year they've been on opening slots on tours with Obituary and Megadeth. To say that Warbringer is on the road a lot is an understatement...

"You guys ready for Vader to f---ing kick your ass?" Decrepit Birth frontman Bill Robinson got the audience at Gramercy Theater really riled up just before Vader took the stage. Eight albums in 26 years is a whole lot of history for a Polish death metal band...

Man, its looking like an Urfaust day. New York City is blanketed in a thick fog, and a hard rain's been pummeling the pavement all night long, with no signs it's going to let up anytime soon. Considering we're going to be in the office all day, that's cool, so long as Mother Nature clears the skies by this weekend...

TIME TO SLAUGHTER: The metal masses have much to look forward to this summer as the line-up for the 2009 Summer Slaughter tour was released just a few days ago. Relapse Records' Necrophagist will be sharing the headlining spot with Nuclear Blast's Suffocation...