…band live again ASAP. Which I’ll have the chance to do when they kick off their tour with Born of Osiris, Dead Letter Circus, and Twelve Ninja next week! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Rm3OpBpwzBs…

…playing them correctly — aka actually rehearsing, as opposed to putting on a show for the camera — but the song sounds promising: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JpKQL08cJ9o Guitarist Johnathan Matos teased, “Get ready…

…of the bill features Fuck the Facts, Fit For An Autopsy, Hivesmasher, and, making their live debut, Stomach Earth. Get tickets here for just ten bucks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4mbr2Ik1Z5M [via Metal Underground]…

…“Hammer Smashed Face.” I have not laughed this hard all year. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qOGszUoivUU I can’t even tell you how much I look forward to the next episode. Whomever is in…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i2c-SURVoUM Think you can shred better than Misha? Now’s your chance to prove it: Toontrack and Jackson are offering a ridiculously sweet gear package to the winner of a contest…

…Jarzombek, while country singer Kayla Marie Howran provides guest vocals. It’s like a big group hug of awesome musicians. Turn your speakers up loud before you hit “play”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WMPd_WEMrLM Like…

…identity of that vocalist a mystery. It sure sounds like Hermida to me, though. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yAHhQwyFAVQ Original story follows below. Although it should be taken with a grain…

…the track below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VV5zUAhSey8 My thoughts: the verses kinda remind me of Chimaira and the choruses sound a whole lot like The Haunted (shocking, I know!). Feared aren’t reinventing the…

…the dude from LCD Soundsystem is just inherently like a billion times more interesting of a concept. I mean, we have no clue what the results could sound like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=i2V_ZT-nyOs…

…release. It’s terrifically weird and off-kilter, the wall the best Ephel Duath songs are. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0Xm-3JCqSDI Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness comes out November 26 on Agonia….

…metal covers as performed by the folky foursome. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=St7TR2ZVbP8 If this were a real album, I would listen all the way through at least once. You? [via Metal Insider]…

…a shot of Pickles with no facial hair, which is enough to make me tune in on its own. Watch the preview below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qIaPGyxVeFU Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem A Klok…

…song has moved to tears, although I think most people weep when they hear it for reasons other than the ones he had in mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3gwq4C7BaF4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mgMCdcZESE4 [via Classic Rock]…

Some dude named Matthias De Hantsetters made this, and well… it’s is incredibly impressive… and incredibly dorky. In the best way possible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kMKjjGgzKtM Bravo, sir! BRAVO! Below is the video…

…meant to be. They even gave him backing singers, presumably in an effort to downplay the fact Simmons’ cantor would have been a better choice for this gig. Sheesh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CP6BIuoY7vw…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=get0cXOsSXg You guys: TesseracT’s new album Altered State, released earlier this year, is really f’n good. It’s a grower, for sure, and it didn’t quite grab me immediately, but now…

…second guitar solo at the 2:30 mark? PRAISE BE TO SATAN, amiriteoramirite??? Check out the track below. In the Minds of Evil comes out November 25 on Century Media. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FSkc-ZISYQM…

…him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=crQgNHtGzJQ And maybe the fact that Downing played so prominent a role in the creation of Judas Priest’s music for forty fucking years somehow doesn’t matter to you. Maybe…

…they feel like a distraction to the live footage. I haven’t seen the film yet, though, so I’ll reserve final judgment; I hope to check it out this week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AidppCG3rhs…

…from watching the video (it somehow never occurred to me that music would sound different on Mars… although it seems pretty obvious now, duh). Enjoy, friends: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s_wGORDxtbE [via The PRP]…