The second annual Saints & Sinners festival took place last November 3 and 4 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and was headlined by Against Me! the first day and Glassjaw the second day. Other not-so-metal bands including Saosin, Silverstein and Saves the Day also played. But between the emo and the emoer groups, a bunch […]

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In our closest Who Rocks Harder contest to date, Dream Theater defeated Rush by a single vote. And that happened only after the two tied two days ago (thanks to one voter who said he couldn’t decide) and had to go into sudden-death overtime.
To celebrate Dream Theater’s victory, we present a full streaming concert video […]

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On February 28 at Slims in San Francisco, Bay Area veterans, Death Angel blasted out a set of tunes to celebrate the release of their new album, Killing Season, which came out last week. At the show EMG Pickups — which endorses guitarists Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar — were there to shoot the band […]

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If you’re sick of seeing The Dillinger Escape Plan perform the same two new songs, “Black Bubblegum” and “Milk Lizard,” everywhere you go, check out this bad-ass footage of “Sunshine the Werewolf,” “Sugar Coated Sour” and “Party Smasher,” expertly shot by the folks at Metalinjection.net. Nicely done, guys (click “read more” to watch the complete […]

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Clearly “Black Bubblegum” isn’t the heaviest song on The Dillinger Escape Plan’s new album, Ire Works (it’s not even metal, really), but did you honestly expect them to play “Fix Your Face” on national television? We’d much rather see a devastatingly off-kilter band like Dillinger rip it up with a pop song (and a pretty […]

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