IN WHICH WE — OH LOOK, KITTENS!!!

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Now, with that out of the way, this week’s highlights:

• We debuted new music from Shadows Fall, Havok, and When Tigers Fight.
• We debuted new videos from Municipal Waste, Huntress, and Mares of Thrace.
• Becoming the Archetype’s Seth Hecox got us all caught up on all things baseball.
• We spoke to Aaron Smith from 7 Horns 7 Eyes and discussed Cyclone Temple with Noisecreep’s Carlos Ramirez.
• We really enjoyed classic heavy metal album covers re-created with kittens.
• We really, REALLY enjoyed the new Gojira song.
• We really, really did NOT enjoy hearing about massive layoffs at Roadrunner Records.
• Wes Borland declared Limp Bizkit > Dream Theater.
• Ted Nugent was finally found guilty of something.

And that’s all the news that’s fit to print. Have a terrific weekend, gang. We’ll see ya Monday!

-AR