Dethklok’s ‘Metalocalypse Season II’ DVD on the Way

It would pretty ridiculous for a band to release two DVDs in just two years. Then again, Dethklok are a pretty ridiculous band.
That’s right, “Metalocalypse Season II: Black Fire Upon Us” is headed our way as a double-DVD set (providing it’s not banned first for inciting fans to commit suicide), and will drop like [...]

Move Over Unearth, Make Way For Drone Gods Earthless

Yeah, we know Unearth’s new album, The March, is coming out October 14 and it’s a pretty strong record, but right now we’re far more stoked about the new Earthless double disc, Live at Roadburn, an offering that definitively conveys the breathtaking spontaneity and headspinning grandeur of this San Diego droner-metal band.
A stuporgroup composed of [...]

Sneak Preview: Listen to Gojira’s Skull-Peeling ‘The Way of all Flesh’; Band to Open for In Flames in November

We’ve been waxing rhapsodic about Gojira’s new album, The Way of All Flesh since mid-August, and now fans can finally hear it for themselves. The disc doesn’t come out in the U.S. until October stream, but the band has posted 10 of the 12 tracks (the other two are coming shortly), which rip like a [...]

Don’t Take Cattle Decapitation’s Word For It, Check Out Carcass Live Footage For Yourself

Last week, we posted a guest blog by Cattle Decapitation vocalist Travis Ryan, in which the grindcore growler discussed espoused the virtues of Carcass and explained how his faith in metal was restored when he attended the group’s reunion show in Hollywood at the House of Blues.
Even if you weren’t there or at any of [...]

Your Vote Counts: Choose a Band to Return For Next Week’s ‘HBB’ or We’ll Strangle This Little Girl

Aw, c’mon. We would never really strangle a little girl — unless you didn’t put your brains in gear and choose an act from last week to return to the next “Headbangers Ball.” You’ve got a tough choice to make (not the thing about the little girl… we know you’re do the right thing). There [...]