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Interview: Salem metalcore vets Converge send home the guests for an explosive new album

Following a release that loaded up on guest stars, Salem metalcore vets Converge send their friends home for the explosive…

Review: Dethklok’s Dethalbum III

With music squarely in the camp of melodic death metal, Dethalbum III isn't reinventing the dethwheel -- but for a…

Review: Ephel Duath’s On Death and Cosmos EP

With Karyn Crisis growling over the top, the latest from avant-metal group Ephel Duath opts for intensity and aggression. It’s…

Behind the scenes of Rodrigo y Gabriela’s big-band orchestrations

In advance of its new album with a 13-piece Cuban big band, Rodrigo y Gabriela has announced US tour dates…

Ephel Duath announces new lineup, EP due in spring

Italian prog-metal band Ephel Duath has announced its newly reformulated lineup. Founding member Davide Tiso is joined by Steve DiGiorgio (Death,…

Native Musicians in Popular Culture at Smithsonian

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian’s current exhibition, Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture, displays…

Weekly Music News Roundup

A tentative lineup for Zorn Fest 2009 is posted; math metallists The Dillinger Escape Plan have another new drummer; rock…