No, seriously - COREY AND ANSO FUCKING KILLED IT THIS WEEK while we were at the Golden Gods, didn't they? I'm still catching up, but I've been getting a serious boner from reading all the shit I didn't write this week. Some of my favorite pieces that neither Vince nor myself had anything to do [...]
By Van Damned (ATX)The mercury in the outdoor thermometer has been hovering above the 100 degree mark for days. This isn't anything unusual for a Texas summer – in fact, we Texans take a peculiar pride in our ability to function in the kind of blinding, oppressive heat that would most certainly suffocate our more delicate Northern brethren. We're a hardy bunch, to be sure. Hardy and dedicated.As
by Van Damned (ATX)Whatever we're doing down here in the Lone Star state must be working, because some of the premier touring acts in the country converge on the Austin area this week. Seriously, read this line-up and weep.Schedule after the jump.Tonight, Tuesday the 19th, finds post-metal posterboys ISIS showcasing material off Wavering Radiant in Texas for their first time. Fresh off a one-off,
Happy Fat Tuesday, metal fans! May your evening be full of beads, booze, and bodily harm! In celebration, I tried to find some New-Orleans-Mardi-Gras-type music on my iPod today that would be appropriate for this day, and the closest I came was Down's III: Over The Under. I love this fucking record. While [...]
An all-too-long five years after their debut EP, "Legalize Crime", Outlaw Order (whose lineup includes every current member of Eyehategod but Jimmy Bower) finally returns with their first full-length outing in "Dragging Down the Enforcer" (released by Season of Mist). Not surprisingly the nine tracks (bookended by two additional ...

by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD : Khanate - "Wings From Spine" (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD : Grey Machine - Vultures Descend (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Outlaw Order - Siege Mentality (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Millions - "Lest the Professor Catches Fire" (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Orphan - "Bogman" (MP3) Hmm.... who's guitar rig could this be? [...]