Watch fun. perform "Carry On" acoustic
Record Store Day has unveiled a new acoustic video from fun. performing an acoustic version of “Carry On.” Check it out below. Fun. – The Ghost That You Are To Me from Record Store Day on Vimeo.
Interview: Baroness' John Baizley discusses the "unexpected" tone of their third album
Metal demigods Baroness are so prepared for their third album—which they’re recording with producer John Congleton, who helmed 2009’s Blue Record—that frontman John Baizley knew exactly in what direction the band were going months ago. In fact, they tracked bass and drums for the album last November in Hoboken, New Jersey, right before Baizley gave...
OFF! release new song, "King Kong Brigade"
OFF! (members of Black Flag, Adolescents, Hot Snakes, etc.) has released a new song titled “King Kong Brigade.” It's from their self-titled full-length due out May 8 via Vice. Check it out below or download it here.
Sum 41's "All Killer No Filler" to be reissued on vinyl
Asbestos Records will be reissuing Sum 41's 2001 full-length All Killer No Filler on vinyl. No word yet on a release date or pressing info but we'll keep you posted. All Killer No Filler launched Sum 41 into popularity with the hit singles “Fat Lip” and “In Too Deep.”
Handguns release "Fingers Crossed" video
Handguns has released a new, iPhone-created video for “Fingers Crossed” culled from footage taken on the Pop Punk The Vote Tour. Check it out below. The band's new album, Angst, is due out later this year via Pure Noise.
Watch Yellowcard perform acoustic at Warped kickoff party
Yellowcard recently performed a pair of acoustic songs–“Ocean Avenue” and “Sing For Me”–at the Vans Warped Tour kickoff party in Los Angeles. Check out the video below. The band will be on the mainstage of Warped this summer and should have a new album out later this year. Video chat by Stickam.com
The distribution of heavy metal bands around the world, according to Guardian
The map above, posted to the Guardian's tumblr account, apparently breaks down the concentration of metal bands among the world's population and in something that's almost too easy, the highest concentration of metal bands per capita can be found in Scandinavia. The map cites both the Metal Archives as well as the CIA's factbook in...
Premiere: Failsafe, "Routines"
Check out this premiere of Failsafe's new video for “Routines.” It's the title track from their new album, out Apr. 3 via Hawthorne Heights' Cardboard Empire label.
Rise And Fall - Faith
Rise And Fall Faith It doesn’t take long on Rise And Fall’s fourth album, Faith, for the Belgian bloodletters to challenge the speed and fury of labelmates All Pigs Must Die and Converge. This is some angry, pissed-off, maniacal chaos that takes raw chunks of D-beat, thrash metal, noise rock, hardcore and even a little...