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ARKNGTHAND Guess who plays tambourine! The final episode of Game of Thrones ' first season is nearly upon us—and so far, HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series has been remarkable. With excellent performances, a dogged faithfulness to the spirit of the books, and a truly astounding number of boobs, the show has satisfied old fans while bringing legions of new ones to a notoriously dweeby genre. If future seasons are as as good as this one, Game of Thrones is bound to [...]

. . . Metal fetishizes the first album; this is fact. The first album finds youth at its peak. It is often raw, brash, and the first encounter for many with the band - and you'll always love your first. But metal is aging, and so are its musicians. Oddly, their music usually doesn't reflect aging. Technology has artifically kept alive the careers of many bands. Now Pro Tools and pricey production can juice up even the oldest rocker. Bands like Exodus and Accept are old as dirt, but still roll [...]

Metal Injection has launched a new series titled "Ask The Artist," in which one question is asked to numerous bands to see their responses. In this edition Metal Injection asked members of Between the Buried And Me, Times of Grace, A Life Once Lost, Dying Fetus, Cephalic Carnage, The Ocean, LaZarus AD, Revocation, Structures, Lionheart and more abo... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

The online metal community BornInBlood has started to give away free message board space to Metal bands of any sub-genre or size, the offer is also extended to any metal related site/product that would benefit from a board. For a long time BornInBlood has offered this as a service to anyone who has asked and to some select bands contacted by the site but now they are going to publicise the fact. The benefits of having a message board hosted along side other boards is that on day [...]

Black Market Activities is about to have a ridiculously strong summer, with new releases from Engineer, Khann, Ed Gein, and Fit for an Autopsy all coming out in June, and then, at some point thereafter, a new Today is the Day album, which is pretty much never bad news. And as promotional efforts for these [...]

News Black Market Activities is about to have a ridiculously strong summer, with new releases from Engineer, Khann, Ed Gein, and Fit for an Autopsy all coming out in June, and then, at some point thereafter, a new Today is the Day album, which is pretty much never bad news. And as promotional efforts for these [...]

Iraqi metal band tour US Iraq's one and only metal band, Acrassicauda , announce their first tour in support of their debut EP, " Only the Dead See the End of the War ". The EP, originally released on March 9th last year, is currently available on iTunes. Hailing from Baghdad, Acrassicauda is Faisal Talal (lead vocals, guitar), Tony Yaqoo (lead guitar), Firas Allateef (bass) and Marwan Hussein (drums). Only the Dead See the End of the War, was co-produced by Testament's Alex Skolnick and Nik Chinboukas. After [...]

"L" Part one of the L.O.V.E saga was released in February. We're working on "O" which will be released in the beginning of summer. But you might not have known that the L.O.V.E saga has an evil twin called H.A.T.E ... H.A.T.E will consist of 4 EPs, just like L.O.V.E. They will even contain the same songs. So what's the difference? Well H.A.T.E is the rock version of L.O.V.E. Four rock bands will make one EP each. First out is British band Ball of Mayhem . I managed to get a little interview [...]

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Black metal band Goatwhore has won the award for the Best Metal Band at the Big Easy Awards sponsored by Gambit Magazine. Goatwhore beat out Arson Anthem and haarp, both on Phil Anselmo's Housecore Records. Goatwhore's drummer Zack Simmons and guitarist Sammy Duet accepted the award. The members of haarp and Arson Anthem were in attendance. Ryan Po... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

My Morning Jacket Share Stream of “Holdin On To Black Metal” Band Announces Special Hometown Show at Louisville’s Historic Palace Theater on May 31st Click HERE for “ Holdin On To Black Metal ” Less than two weeks after My Morning Jacket treated fans to a download of the title track from Circuital (ATO Records; May 31st), the band is sharing another track off their upcoming album. Head over to My Morning Jacket’s Facebook page to listen to the new song “Holdin On To Black Metal.” The song will be also available for purchase [...]

Arkan is s rising star in the "eastern" metal genre. Led by bands like Orphaned Land and Melechesh, this genre has exploded recently, because, as Arkan founder and drummer Foued Moukid says, "the listener needs now more originality in music and wants cultural innovation," instead of, say, more blast beats and screaming. Moukid was kind enough to ta... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

News Mark Morton of Heavy Metal Examiner recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist and leader of ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, Alex Skolnick.

Thrilled to see Last Chance to Reason getting some recognition, reader Kyle Bragg has now sent us some other metal bands from Maine, in hopes that the state "will start to be recognized for things other than lobsters, blueberries, and being confused as part of Canada." I dunno, Kyle - your lobsters are fucking delicious! [...]

News Thrilled to see Last Chance to Reason getting some recognition, reader Kyle Bragg has now sent us some other metal bands from Maine, in hopes that the state "will start to be recognized for things other than lobsters, blueberries, and being confused as part of Canada." I dunno, Kyle - your lobsters are fucking delicious! [...]

News ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello will serve as one of the "celebrity" judges at the J&R-sponsored competition "The Next Big Metal Band" this Saturday, April 9 in downtown Manhattan at J&R Music (23 Park Row in New York City, across from City Hall Park).

News Apparently, plagiarizing a concept executed far more effectively by an established humour site gets the LOL-age. So, in the spirit of McSweeney's “What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About You” epic parts 1 and 2, here are some more snappy answers to stupid questions. (Special preemptive thanks to John Peck for not suing me.) [...]

Apparently, plagiarizing a concept executed far more effectively by an established humour site gets the LOL-age. So, in the spirit of McSweeney's “What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About You” epic parts 1 and 2, here are some more snappy answers to stupid questions. (Special preemptive thanks to John Peck for not suing me.) [...]

Those comic geniuses over at McSweeney's Internet Tendency have done it again with the latest installment of "What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About You". (Part One is here.) In the spirit of plagiarism, I've decided to shamelessly co-opt the form to make fun of metal bands. Mastodon: You'd be surprised how much you'd [...]

News Those comic geniuses over at McSweeney's Internet Tendency have done it again with the latest installment of "What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About You". (Part One is here.) In the spirit of plagiarism, I've decided to shamelessly co-opt the form to make fun of metal bands. Mastodon: You'd be surprised how much you'd [...]

Some new additions have been made to the forthcoming 2011 Vans Warped Tour. A few notable heavy bands have also been added to the extensive touring festival and can be found in the list below. August Burns Red Winds Of Plague The Devil Wears Prada Asking Alexandria A Day To Remember Abandon All Ships The Acacia Strain Enter Shikari Of Mi... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com