Psychedelic Doom supergroup Sun Don’t Shine (fka EYE AM), featuring members of Type O Negative, Crowbar, and Down, shared a no The group previously released two singles – “Cryptomnesia” and “Dreams Always Die With The Sun! ” The band recently songs for their expected full-length debut album. Continue reading
Wrapping up all the business of 2024 with some fun End of Year Guest Posts from bands, friends, music industry pals, label types, and assorted good fiends! Check out this list from McKeever of Heavy Halo to discuss the top hot sauces of 2024, a topic we know a bit about!
Psychedelic Doom supergroup EYE AM, featuring members of Type O Negative, Crowbar, and Down, changed their name to Sun Don’t Shine! The group previously released two singles – “Cryptomnesia” and “Dreams Always Die With The Sun! ” The band recently songs for their expected full-length debut album. Continue reading
Pour one out for Saint Vitus Bar, The Home of Metal (and more) 2013-2024. We share our feelings on the closing and also:
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Nailbomb have just been added to the lineup of The Max Cavalera Dynasty Show, due to take place this November 9th, at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona. Headlined by Soulfly, the bill already includes Max Cavalera’s other bands, Go Ahead and Die and Healing Magic, as well as Jade Helm, Incite, Shadow Guilt, Six Million Dead, Ocean Harvest, and Zherra. The event closes off a US tour for Soulfly, which features support from Crowbar, Eyehategod, Mutilation BBQ, Morbid Visionz, Skinflint, and Bloodlet. Keep reading below for more information.
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Iron Monkey were one of the OGs from the UK underground Sludge Metal scene back in the mid-late nineties and had a run that included the reissue of their self-titled debut album (1997), and their follow-up Our Problem (1998) – on the mighty Earache Records. Continue reading
In conjunction with their upcoming headline set at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest, death metal legends, Deicide, have collaborated with craft beer institution, 3 Floyds, for The Light Defeated. Named after the closing track from the band’s forthcoming new album, Banished by Sin (out April 26th on Reigning Phoenix Music), it will make its pouring debut at the Philadelphia edition of Decibel’s long-running extreme metal and craft beer event. Find out more below.
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Crowbar has announced their latest round of US headlining dates, confirming a two-week Spring run from March 30th through April 14th, with support from Morbid Visionz. The tour will see Crowbar performing a special set of songs from their Crowbar and Odd Fellows Rest albums as part of the annual Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest in Philadelphia on April 12th. On April 13th, the band will play a Rocks Off Concert Cruise at Skyport Marina in New York City. Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.Continue reading
Ghost Cult scribe Tom Osman interviews Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Down, Solo, Kingdom of Sorrow) all about his newest band, EYE AM. The band is a Psychedelic Doom Metal supergroup featuring Kirk, Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative and Silvertomb, and Todd Strange (ex Down and ex Crowbar). Kirk discusses how both Crowbar, and EYE AM were formed, how the band writes together, signing with Corpse Paint Records, he outlines the potential releases from EYE AM, Kirk’s admiration for Peter Steele, some early Down history, his next release plans for Down, his second solo album, and Crowbar!Continue reading
Having a band named Splitknuckle evokes certain ideas even before you’ve heard the music. Violence, aggression, possibly-self-inflicted pain. Such ideas are only amplified in the title of latest album Breathing Through The Wound (Daze Records) and yes, the music within very much follows these initial impressions.