Bob Mould has been doing this longer than some of you have been alive. Shit, he’s been doing it longer than I’ve been alive. Hüsker Dü, the harrowing and inspiring Minnesota jangle-punk trio with whom a young Mould first sealed his legend, released their first album in January 1983, which puts him more than three [...]

Rick Ross’s new album Mastermind tends to sag under the weight of its own opulence, but it finds one of its few moments of true shout-along catharsis with “War Ready,” a six-minute shout-along death-threat anthem that unites Ross with former foe Jeezy. Now, that track gets an appropriately low-budget and violent vid...

Finnish metal/rock upcomers SHEAR have revealed the album cover and title for their forthcoming second album. Katharsis is set to be released via Lifeforce Records on March 24th in Europe and on April 1st in North America.   The artwork for the new effort was handled by Remko Tielemans, who is also known for his position as bass playe...

After several sold-out shows last year on their inaugural North American co-headlining tour with ELUVEITIE, Finnish epic metallers WINTERSUN will return to North American shores once again for a headlining tour this August/September. Joining them are Italian symphonic death metal champions FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, melodic tech-death kings ARSIS and...

Our Steve loves hardcore, so we thought we'd send him to a show featuring three of the most promising upcoming hardcore bands around. Simple.