The Chick-fil-A fast food chain has been receiving a ton of media scrutiny as of late, after declaring that they, as a company, are opposed to gay marriage. Although opposition to same-sex marriage is prevalent throughout America, Chick-fil-A Chief Operating Officer Dan Cathy created a media firestorm after a series of controversial actions. As the most prominent gay man in metal, Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford recently addressed the issue
Greek symphonic metal masters SepticFlesh are set to hit North America in October for one of the most diverse tours of the year. The Greek heavyweights will be busting skulls with Brazilian death metallers Krisiun, Israeli metal band Melechesh, Canadian death metal outfit Ex Deo and Columbian black metal act Inquisition. As we’ve showcased in our Extreme Metal Olympics feature, there are many truly incredible metal bands to be found
The Company Band are made up of an all-star lineup of groove-oriented acts. Consisting of Clutch vocalist Neil Fallon, CKY drummer Jess Margera, Fireball Ministry’s James Rota, Fu Manchu’s Brad Davis on bass and guitarist Dave Bone, the Company Band boast one of the most solid foundations in modern rock. We recently had the chance to see the band live in Brooklyn, New York and to talk with both Margera
Group 4 of the Extreme Metal Olympics has featured heavier-than-hell bands from countries such as Belgium, Austria, Japan and Canada. The eight bands within Group 4 have been diminished into two Quarter-Finalists, one of who will win their bracket and move on to the Semi Finals. In perhaps the most fascinating upset of the Extreme Metal Olympics so far, Japanese metal enigmas Dir En Grey defeated one of the most
Group two in the Extreme Metal Olympics contains some of the most purely brutal bands from around the globe. The winners from the Opening Round will now compete in some of the most diverse battles offered in the Extreme Metal Olympic groups. Brazilian thrash legends Sepultura defeated India’s Demonic Resurrection in the Opening Round, bringing the brutal Brazilians into Round Two. They will now face Norway’s Immortal, who beat German technical
We’ve got a great batch of bands competing in this next round of the Extreme Metal Olympics. Featuring bands from Finland, France, Sweden and Poland, Group 3 is shaping up to be one of the most interesting brackets in our Extreme Metal Olympics. Finland’s pride Children of Bodom beat out Australian technical death metal act Psycroptic. French metal band Gojira also emerged victorious against the Canadian metallers of Kataklysm. Now
Gaslight Anthem have made the most of the video format to tell a story with their new short film for the song ‘Handwritten.’ Drummer Benny Horowitz came up with the concept of the cyclical tale of a record’s life cycle and then handed things off to director Kevin Slack to shoot the story. Horowitz tells AbsolutePunk.net, “The original concept stemmed from an idea I had about following the life of