Scar the Martyr by any other name…

Prepare to shred.

This week’s top stories include Periphery, Five Finger Death Punch, Belphegor, and more.

Listen to all this week’s heavy new releases, like oh say, Schammasch, Fallujah, Sixx A.M., Tremonti, Rob Zombie, Purson, Wrong, and like 55 more.

If you don’t love this song, you hate women.

Because we haven’t written about Nails since this morning!

Heavy than a season premier of The Biggest Loser.

It’s not a new album, but it will do.

A comfortably uncomfortable stay at blackened death’s new headquarters.

Never has teaching your children the alphabet been so grim and kvlt.

No, you did not misread that headline, and no, we are not making this up.

Turnstile are in the Major Leagues now — although they’re being coy about it, the band recently inked a big deal with Roadrunner Records — and their performance shows it… sort of.

Meanwhile, still no word on when they’ll release their long-promised new EP.

The Elitist takes a look at the influx of metal bands on this year’s Warped Tour — Whitechapel, Veil of Maya, Every Time I Die, Atreyu and others. Also: Slayer cuddle some puppies, Bieber wears a Marilyn Manson shirt and Tool still aren’t doing shit.

That amount ain’t even negligible in Colorado.

The Chicago powerviolence quartet’s final album, Apology, comes out May 20!

Darkest day of poser.

Which creepy clips trip your emotional gag reflex or stress you the fuck out?

Whether you like it or not.

40 new heavy albums from Suspiral, Killswitch Engage, Gadget, Veneficium, Making Fuck, and a couple bands comprised of guys who are, like, better looking than most women and would get super laid without being in a band. That’s a bit rude.