Lorcan Archer of Metal Ireland recently conducted an interview with Hour of 13 about their first ever live show at the second installment of Dublin Doom Day, set for September 18th. An excerpt from the chat follows below. With tickets already being hoovered up by the Doom faithful, Metal Ireland to ...

In 2007 Monster Magnet’s Bob Pantella and Jim Baglino created their own alternate universe under the Riotgod banner, inviting guitarist Garrett Sweeny and the vocalist known only as Sunshine to travel the cosmos with them. Their achieved collective goal is Riotgod, their self-titled debut albu ...

Praise for Dax Riggs‘ Say Goodnight To The World from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records:  If we had to pick a favorite rock vocalist, or more specifically VOICE, it would be pretty tough to not pick Dax Riggs. His croon is so intense and emotive and powerful, able to brood and croon, ...

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Although I'll always have a soft spot for My Sleeping Karma because their second album, Satya, was the first full-length I reviewed specifically for The Obelisk, it's the German four-piece's instrumental heavy psychedelia that endears them most of all. As Elektroh ...

With the original 1972 LP fetching upwards of $300 a piece at various auction sites, Poobah and Ripple Music decided it was time to “re-unleash” the album that started the madness. The fuzzed-out, psychedelic, proto-metal masterpiece is set to hit the streets on October 12th, 2010 and wi ...

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: First off – what a fucking brilliant name. Why no band has been called Conan before, apart from some piss-poor South American rock band of the eighties, is a bit of a mystery. It is the ultimate metal name, and let me tell you this my fetid disciples ...

With the volcano a hazy memory and the post-Roadburn 2010 sleep deprivation dealt with, it's time to start thinking about Roadburn 2011 (set for April 14 – 17 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre, Tilburg, The Netherlands). Not just thinking, but doing! So what's going on? Right now we are talki ...