Atlanta black/death metal band, Withered, formed in 2003 and have duked it out in the club scene for almost five years. They released their first full-length, Memento Mori, in 2005 and their follow-up, Folie Circulaire came out yesterday. To celebrate, singer and guitarist Mike Thompson wrote us a guest blog about how to help lost, wandering music fans see the light.

After perusing many metal sites, band pages and magazines, I realized how ridiculously huge and widespread the world of “metal” really is nowadays. Not that this is really a revelation for me, but more of a reminder -- especially when considering how rapidly things have grown just over the last few years. Read more...