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  • MassConcerts has announced details of this years New England Metal & Hardcore Festival. They have confirmed dates and a preliminary band lineup which is already a huge one! The event will once again be at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, this year marking the 15th anniversary of the iconic festival. Things will kick off with a pre-party on April 18th, 2013 followed by three official days of the fest on the 19th, 20th, and 21st. Festival fonder Scott Lee commented,...

    New England Metal & Hardcore Festival’s 15th Anniversary

    Posted on January 10, 2013 | No Comments
    MassConcerts has announced details of this years New England Metal & Hardcore Festival. They have confirmed dates and a preliminary band lineup which is already a huge one! The event will once again be at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, this year marking the 15th anniversary of the iconic festival. Things will kick off with a pre-party on April 18th, 2013 followed by three official days of the fest on the 19th, 20th, and 21st. Festival fonder Scott Lee commented,...

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  •     This quote was lifted from Opeth’s Facebook page: “Hi guys! I’m writing from beyond the grave. Seriously, I was not in a car crash and I haven’t broken my arm. All that happened is I hit my head in mastodons tour bus as I was getting a new pair of (red) underwear out from my suitcase. Wish the story was more rock and roll, believe me. Anyways I split my head open down to...

    Update from Mikael Akerfeldt! (Graphic Images)

    Posted on May 10, 2012 | No Comments
        This quote was lifted from Opeth’s Facebook page: “Hi guys! I’m writing from beyond the grave. Seriously, I was not in a car crash and I haven’t broken my arm. All that happened is I hit my head in mastodons tour bus as I was getting a new pair of (red) underwear out from my suitcase. Wish the story was more rock and roll, believe me. Anyways I split my head open down to...

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  • Metal Hammer, because they are the fucking pinnacle of metal news and one that every metalhead should trust like the fucking Bible. Well, only if they deem your favorite band to be good; if they don’t then you might as well get ready to be pissed off like me and Justin always are. That being said… …Metal Hammer reported Tuesday morning that Opeth vocalist/guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt had broken his arm in a car wreck. Well, with that...

    Metal Hammer is full of SHIT! Mikael Akerfeldt is OK!

    Posted on May 9, 2012 | No Comments
    Metal Hammer, because they are the fucking pinnacle of metal news and one that every metalhead should trust like the fucking Bible. Well, only if they deem your favorite band to be good; if they don’t then you might as well get ready to be pissed off like me and Justin always are. That being said… …Metal Hammer reported Tuesday morning that Opeth vocalist/guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt had broken his arm in a car wreck. Well, with that...

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  • Featuring the likes of Emmure, Five Finger Death Punch, Pop Evil, and God Forbid the Trespass America Festival was recently announced.  Complete with a press release that boasts it to be a “festival set on revitalizing the metal scene with some of the most current and credible bands in hard rock/metal.”  Okay, so it does have Trivium and Battlecross, two fairly credible bands in the metal world, but overall this thing has a glaring “WTF?!”...

    The Trespass America Festival Only Begs The Question, “Why?”

    Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
    Featuring the likes of Emmure, Five Finger Death Punch, Pop Evil, and God Forbid the Trespass America Festival was recently announced.  Complete with a press release that boasts it to be a “festival set on revitalizing the metal scene with some of the most current and credible bands in hard rock/metal.”  Okay, so it does have Trivium and Battlecross, two fairly credible bands in the metal world, but overall this thing has a glaring “WTF?!”...

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  • Shrouded in mystery and excitement since Procupine Tree’s Steven Wilson and Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt announced the full on collaborative project Storm Corrosion we finally get a glimpse of what’s to come with the new single “Drag Ropes.”  It’s a very haunting piece filled with odd moments that make it very interesting.  The shadowy stop motion video compliments it well, and makes this peek into the album all the more enticing. Much like anything else Wilson and Akerfeldt touch I’m...

    Storm Corrosion Finally Give A Taste Of Their Upcoming Album, And It’s Quite Eerie

    Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
    Shrouded in mystery and excitement since Procupine Tree’s Steven Wilson and Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt announced the full on collaborative project Storm Corrosion we finally get a glimpse of what’s to come with the new single “Drag Ropes.”  It’s a very haunting piece filled with odd moments that make it very interesting.  The shadowy stop motion video compliments it well, and makes this peek into the album all the more enticing. Much like anything else Wilson and Akerfeldt touch I’m...

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  • Storm Corrosion is the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between two of the modern progressive rock scene’s most innovative and multi-talented artists: Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson. The pair will release Storm Corrosion on April 24 via Roadrunner Records. A little background information on the genesis of this project: Åkerfeldt and Wilson  have been friends since the late ’90s, when Wilson co-produced Opeth’s revered Blackwater Park album. Over the years, they’d often spoken of working on a...

    Get Excited! OPETH’S MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT + PORCUPINE TREE’S STEVEN WILSON TEAM UP FOR STORM CORROSION

    Posted on February 7, 2012 | No Comments
    Storm Corrosion is the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between two of the modern progressive rock scene’s most innovative and multi-talented artists: Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson. The pair will release Storm Corrosion on April 24 via Roadrunner Records. A little background information on the genesis of this project: Åkerfeldt and Wilson  have been friends since the late ’90s, when Wilson co-produced Opeth’s revered Blackwater Park album. Over the years, they’d often spoken of working on a...

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  • In an interview with blistering.com as reported by SkullsNBones we have learned that GHOST are recording a new album. As if my mind couldn’t have been blown enough by learning that i’m finally going to get to see them live(With Mastodon and Opeth).   “”Most of the material has been written already. Throughout the production and writing, we’ve been using the word ‘divine’ a lot. Whereas with the first album, the sound was slightly ‘wooden’, we want the new album...

    GHOST Working on New Album

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | No Comments
    In an interview with blistering.com as reported by SkullsNBones we have learned that GHOST are recording a new album. As if my mind couldn’t have been blown enough by learning that i’m finally going to get to see them live(With Mastodon and Opeth).   “”Most of the material has been written already. Throughout the production and writing, we’ve been using the word ‘divine’ a lot. Whereas with the first album, the sound was slightly ‘wooden’, we want the new album...

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  • Hell Yes! Is that a date in Myrtle Beach i see? That means we will be their! This might be one of the best tours of 2012. Seeing new Mastodon material and Opeth together? Gonna be fun as hell! And the Satanic Pope that is Ghost? Hell yes. TOUR DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: April 4 – State Theater – Portland, ME April 5 – Orpheum Theater – Boston, MA * April 6 – Metropolis –...

    MASTODON/OPETH/GHOST TOUR DATES

    Posted on January 31, 2012 | No Comments
    Hell Yes! Is that a date in Myrtle Beach i see? That means we will be their! This might be one of the best tours of 2012. Seeing new Mastodon material and Opeth together? Gonna be fun as hell! And the Satanic Pope that is Ghost? Hell yes. TOUR DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: April 4 – State Theater – Portland, ME April 5 – Orpheum Theater – Boston, MA * April 6 – Metropolis –...

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  • MetalSucks reported here that Trivium and Ghost had engaged in an EPIC foosball battle. Everybody thought that it was just to take the piss and have some fun. Until now! MetalSucks reports that their were some high stakes on the line. They are as follows!:   WIN: Open a tour for Mastodon and Opeth. LOSE: Tour with  Asking Alexandria, Dir En Grey, I See Stars, The Amity Afflication, and  Motionless in White.   The thing for me is, if Ghost...

    GHOST To Open For Mastodon/Opeth — TRIVIUM Open For Asking Alexandria?

    Posted on January 17, 2012 | No Comments
    MetalSucks reported here that Trivium and Ghost had engaged in an EPIC foosball battle. Everybody thought that it was just to take the piss and have some fun. Until now! MetalSucks reports that their were some high stakes on the line. They are as follows!:   WIN: Open a tour for Mastodon and Opeth. LOSE: Tour with  Asking Alexandria, Dir En Grey, I See Stars, The Amity Afflication, and  Motionless in White.   The thing for me is, if Ghost...

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  • While this intro may be as pointless as the list itself(especially seeing as most of you will skip to number one and then get on with your lives), hopefully it will offer a bit of insight into why I chose these albums as the best of the year out of so many other releases this year.  Some will say it was a shit year for metal, and I say they weren’t digging deep enough.  There...

    It’s That Time of Year Again Where We Make Lists! The Best of 2011!

    Posted on December 9, 2011 | 1 Comment
    While this intro may be as pointless as the list itself(especially seeing as most of you will skip to number one and then get on with your lives), hopefully it will offer a bit of insight into why I chose these albums as the best of the year out of so many other releases this year.  Some will say it was a shit year for metal, and I say they weren’t digging deep enough.  There...

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