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Photos and text by Cosmo Lee Yesterday Suffocation played on The Daily Habit, a show on Fuel TV. (The episode will air in a few weeks.) I went to the studios to watch. They played two songs from their latest album. Three celebrity types introduced the band. I didn’t recognize any of them. The main […]

Pictured: Lightning Swords of DeathText by Cosmo Lee What was your favorite metal show this year? I saw lots of great shows in 2009. Landmine Marathon and Victims laid waste to NYC’s Lit Lounge (live reviews here and here). Stinking Lizaveta and Brendon Small were stellar surprises (reviews here and here). I saw Fuck the […]

Screenshot from live videoReview by Casey Boland Bands have been reuniting at an alarming rate. It’s not a matter of who is back together so much as who is not. That Cave In returned is no surprise. The band entered its hiatus amicably, with members appearing on one another’s projects. With continued interest in the […]

Belphegor “Los Angeles, are you ready for the devillll?” I laugh. But not at Helmuth. Belphegor’s vocalist/guitarist is dead serious. All the stage lights are red. It’s dark, and it’s hot. Others are smiling, too. Eyes glint. It’s time for revenge. Payback for the hours burned to get to this point. James Brown saw red […]

Al Cisneros, Dale Crover, Scott KellyPhotos by Alysa Pakkidis I don’t see River Phoenix. Or Kobe Bryant, or Paris Hilton, or any of the women from The Hills. Ace Frehley played here recently, and Slash made a surprise cameo. I missed all that. Tonight the Viper Room is a regular club. I wait in line […]

VaderPhotos by Chris Rowella With few exceptions, Connecticut’s metal scene lacks talent and cohesive support. People come out for Ozzfest and Emmure, but not much else. Thankfully, a variety of international bands temporarily buried that fact at Hartford’s Webster Underground last Friday. I arrived too late to see Rose Funeral, but their cookie-cutter deathcore holds […]

High on FirePhoto by Bridget Christian Invisible Oranges reader Roger C recently attended the Calgary date of North America’s biggest fall metal tour: High on Fire, Converge, Mastodon, and Dethklok. He recounts his experience below. As soon as I remembered that Matt Pike had been in Sleep, my excitement increased tenfold. During the sound check, […]

Photos by JOE M500 Insect Warfare have reunited for a two-week UK/Ireland tour that begins today. (See dates here.) Evidently the venues are tiny rooms that cannot possibly fit the hundreds of people — some traveling from the Continent — planning to attend. I wish I were one of them. Armored VirusEnslaved by Machinery To […]

Hurricane Eyehategod hits the US East Coast a month from today. The New Orleans mainliners will do up Baltimore, New York City, and Cambridge, MA. (See dates below.) These shows have ridiculous lineups. Goatwhore and Strong Intention will open all three shows. Pig Destroyer will also play the Baltimore and New York dates. (The latter […]