Prior to the release of their debut ‘The Rot of the World’, the live ‘Mind Over Metal’ broadcast is invaded by Kevin Savage, TJ Maynard, and Matt St. Gelais of Alive & Well. Not only do we have in-depth interview action, but also special tracks chosen from At the Gates, Carcass, Amon Amarth, Hope Conspiracy, Crowbar, Living Sacrifice, Alice in Chains, Meshuggah, Danzig, Pantera, and Shai Hulud.

As Metal Director/DJ at WRUV, plus owner of this website, I get sent a metric shit ton of new music every year. I was once able to house my entire MP3 collection on a 160 GB iPod Classic, but as the inevitable digital shift progressed, my virtual library grew exponentially.

I’ve read 45 elsewhere, but count 49 bands on this list for the festival that runs 4/20 – 4/24 in Oslo!

Plastic Head Music today confirms the launch of its North American office.  The newly created American division will be headed up Paula Hogan with Edward Christie coordinating details in the company’s London office.  Logistics and distribution will be handled with existing label partners Candlelight Records and EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution.. Currently ranked England’s seventh largest distributor, Plastic Head Music carries a diverse range of music and dvd titles from over 300 record labels.  Founded by Director Steve Beatty, the company’s title base exceeds 40,000 including over 6,000 exclusive clothing items and 5,000 specialist vinyl titles.  The American division is [...read more]

Meshuggah - “obZen” [Nuclear Blast] … six full-lengths and two EPs deep, they still stand vehemently peerless–a genre unto themselves … here, they learnedly draw from their perpetually-broadening sonic palette (everything from Destroy Erase Improve to Catch 33) to create another album that’s as esoteric as it is visceral … Tomas Haake nixed the “Drumkit From Hell” this time around and still plays with metronomic perfection … quiet moments do exist (mid-2, early-9), but the band mostly delivers the devastation … “Bleed,” in particular, is an absolute avalanche and perhaps their heaviest song to date … keeping with the snow motif, I say Meshuggah is [...read more]