As you have noticed (you’re here, right?!), the Roadburn site is back up again thanks to the efforts of d[esign]Void. He has restored Roadburn.com over the last couple of days, and it took him loads of time and work coz’ the hackers got deep into the back end of the site -it was an utter ...

Queens of the Stone Age has confirmed via its Facebook page that it will embark on a run of club shows during which it will perform its critically-lauded 1998 self-titled debut in its entirety along with some B-sides and rarities. The exact cities and dates will be announced on Monday, February 14. ...

Brooklyn-based avant-black metallers Liturgy will release their second full-length, entitled Aesthethica, on April 11th ? and Rock-A-Rolla  has a very special sneak peek into their latest opus! The follow-up to their 2009 debut Renihilation, Liturgy?s latest slice of ?transcendental black metal? wil ...

Legendary New Jersey hard rock band The Atomic Bitchwax (also TAB) will release its new album The Local Fuzz on April 26 via Tee Pee Records.  The trio’s fifth full length effort delivers an advanced take on its blistering, virtuosic sound via a single, glorious 42 minute song titled ‘Th ...

So far English atmospheric (or ?post rock? or ?shoegaze? or?) black metal quartet Fen have divided underground audiences ? as black metal groups fucking with templates and narrow definitions often do. If you?re unfamiliar with the quartet, the 8-minute title track from Towards The Shores Of The End, ...

Bergen, Norway?s revered heavy metal festival Hole In The Sky have announced its first bands. Sweden?s veteran black metal group Marduk, mysterious occult rock band Ghost and New York City?s black metal horde Negative Plane have been confirmed for the 2011 edition of the festival, set to take place ...

Praise for Lords of Bukkake‘s Desorden Y Rencor from San Francisco?s aQuarius Records: Not to be confused with the Master Musicians, these LORDS Of Bukkake are Spanish, and specialize in a particularly twisted, sick, sludgey, electronic flecked ultradoom. The label describes their sound as Iro ...