Trying to nail down the disparate genres explored by the Wooden Sky isn’t an easy task. When pressed, the band tosses out tags like “folk rock”, but the words don’t hint at the nuances in their sound.

The bands newest EP, Under Constant Influence is an entirely DIY, self-released affair. The album was recorded locally at the famed 8 Houses Down (Teenage Bottlerocket, Discount, Ninja Gun, Planes Mistaken For Stars) and was then hand screen printed on chipboard by the band. EDC features a keytar player and cranks…

Hailing from New Haven Connecticut, The Queen Killing Kings are a piano driven rock outfit featuring roaring organs, thundering drums and sinister lyrics haunted by the tale of an evil romance. The band was founded in 2006 when singer/songwriter Coley O’Toole and drummer Jon Scerbo began exploring the fashions of genre. Armed…

In late 2008 the band released, Apocalypse Youth, a fiery collection of noisy pop songs. As the opening chords of distortion ring out and the drums build to a sharp climax, there is a genuine feeling of excitement, and Lanterns do nothing to quell that anticipation across the EP’s raging sound. The California four piece washes…

Prizing: Win a GIGANTIC Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Prize Pack.

While many people opt for the more traditional morning church or dinner with family, some carpool out to South Street for the Philadelphia annual Zombie Crawl. The Zombie Crawl is a pub crawl which takes place every Easter. People dress up in full zombie make-up and costume, and hop from bar to bar–while scaring the general public of course.

Metal fans lucky enough to have tickets to this year’s sold-out Comic-Con in San Diego will have the opportunity…

Brooklyn’s Suicide City are poised to release their debut full-length, ‘Frenzy,’ on August 4th, 2009. In anticipation of the…

“The Way of the Road” is one amazing free download. Born of liquor and dirt, Ball Harness emerged from a womb of boredom and an excessive desire to drive beers in J-Man’s Basement. The three piece juggernaut started rehearsing in July 2008 and immediately began making live appearances both out of town and in their hometown of Toronto, Ontario.

Black Moor is a Halifax based heavy metal band composed of Eric Hanlin on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Jones on lead guitar, Sylvain Coderre on drums and Rob Nickerson on bass.

Awaken Demons hail from a beautiful Italian city called Cesena. In 2007 they released their debut album From Heaven To Hell through Seventh Dagger and subsequently invaded the US with their friends xAFBx and Rhinoceros. They have spent the better part of 2008 writing their next album and hitting the stage with…

Hopeless Records is excited to announce that for one week starting on June 30th, MTV.com will be the first…

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Here’s a pretty angsty cover of Street Sweeper Social Club doing M.I.A.’s Paper Planes. Sounds more Rage than dub. Street Sweeper Social Club is an American rap rock supergroup, formed in Los Angeles, California in 2006. The band primarily consists of guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and vocalist/emcee Boots Riley of The Coup.