California death metal butchers Autopsy will headline the all-ages Slaughter by the Water festival in Richmond, Calif. on June 25th at the Craneway Pavilion. The lineup is a virtual Who's Who of extreme metal bands: Nuclear Assault, Whiplash, Cattle Decapitation, Zombie Apocalypse, Warbringer, Hatchet and a host of others bands illegible logos will round out the bill...
Last weekend, this scribe jetted off to Japan to catch the final two dates on Dir En Grey's 'Uroboros' tour, which nearly razed Tokyo's infamous Budokan arena over two nights. But when the shows weren't going down, I had a nice opportunity to see the city...
The parents of missing Metallica fan Morgan Harrington are once again organizing a volunteer, community search for the 20-year-old Virginia Tech student. She disappeared nearly three months ago after ending up outside the John Paul Jones Arena, where Metallica were headlining a gig...
It's been nearly two months since Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington went missing from a Metallica concert in Charlottesville, Va., and police still aren't any closer to finding the 20-year-old, who was last seen wearing a Pantera shirt, a black mini-skirt and black boots...
In the mid '80s, New Jersey trio Whiplash were one of the East Coast hopefuls in the frenzied thrash metal sweepstakes. Their first album, 'Power and Pain,' hit in 1985, the same year Anthrax released 'Spreading the Disease' and Slayer dropped 'Hell Awaits...
Nestled in a kitchen-like enclave in the musty recesses of the Noisecreep compound, the members of '80s thrash band Whiplash are presenting staffers with samples of their new line of hot sauces for an official taste test.
Three flavors are positioned next to a large cup of nachos...
BORN AGAIN ON THE AIRWAVES: This past week, Whiplash's Tony Portaro had an exclusive interview with DJ Greg Ahrens on the "Street Patrol" show on 89.5 WSOU based in South Orange, N.J. During the radio show listeners heard two new tracks off of the forthcoming album 'Unborn Again,' which is slated for a July 15 release from Pulverised Records...
The sun is shining brightly, and we couldn't be more thrilled. For us New Yorkers, the last two weeks have been super soggy, and its nice to have a break from the rain, if only for a day or two. Also, it means we won't have to lug our umbrellas to the Porcupine Tree listening party tonight (more on that in the coming days)...
WAKING INTO SINGLES: Posted late last week, Century Media's Warbringer posted a new track titled "Severed Reality" from their upcoming album 'Waking Into Nightmares'. Scheduled for a May 19 release in the states the Ventura, California thrashers also filmed a music video for the aforementioned release with director David Brodsky (Shai Hulud, Through The Eyes Of The Dead) and will premie