metal (genre)

As Animals Eat My Insides Tease ‘Devoured’

After grinding in the studio for much of 2014, Atlanta metalcore outfit As Animals Eat My Insides have finally revealed details surrounding their forthcoming full-length debut. Entitled Devoured, the album will feature ten songs and is set to hit digital outlets on December 16. Alongside the release date reveal, the band have also posted a […]

REVIEW: Fit For A King – ‘Slave To Nothing’

Artist: Fit For A King Album: Slave To Nothing Genre: Metalcore Label: Solid State Records If any band had the year of their lives in 2013, the honor would most likely go to Texan metalcore outfit, Fit For A King. After laying claim to the most successful debut in Solid State Records history via the […]

Stolas Push Back ‘Allomaternal’ Album Release

Yesterday, fans received some unfortunate news from progressive hardcore band Stolas, who are currently on the tail end of the Blue Swan Records Tour in support of Hail The Sun. According to unknown issues, perhaps well beyond the band’s control, the group has been forced to push back the release of their upcoming sophomore album, […]

8th Grade Metal Band Unlocking The Truth Perform On ‘The Colbert Report’

Yep, you read that right. 8th grade metal band Unlocking the Truth recently interviewed as well as performed on The Colbert Report. For those who don’t know, Unlocking the Truth is a power trio based out of Brooklyn, NY who got their start playing in Times Square, and have now safely secured a whopping $1.7 […]

UTG Premiere: Vanities – ‘Dead Beats’ EP

Just a year after bursting onto the hardcore scene with their incredible debut, New England’s Vanities are back with a killer new record that might be your favorite heavy release of the fall. The world of heavy music has become incredibly underwhelming in recent years, at least on the side of things that caters to […]

In This Moment Announce New Album, Stream Lead Single

It’s been a hot minute since the last time we wrote anything about the female-fronted metal outfit In This Moment. They have been on various tours since the release of their album Blood, and aside from that it seems they haven’t been up to much. That is all about to change though, as the group […]

Ten Years Later, We Still Give A Fuck: A Decade of Lamb of God’s ‘Ashes of the Wake’

In the early 2000s, the heavy metal community was in shambles. Pantera had imploded, and we’d later tragically lose Dimebag Darrell all together. Slayer was on cruise control. Metallica released St. Anger, and Machine Head’s Robb Flynn put on a shiny track suit and tried to rap. Our world needed a hero — and sorry, […]

Hear Deafheaven’s Single For Adult Swim, “From The Kettle Onto The Coil”

As summer comes to a close, so too does this year’s Adult Swim Singles Series. Five singles remain, with the first of those five being Deafheaven‘s “From the Kettle Onto the Coil.” If the title sounds familiar, that would be because we’ve already heard this single. Deafheaven have been playing it live, including at Pitchfork, […]

UTG TV: Rockstar Mayhem Fest 2014 With Ill Niño

“All metal bands, whether you’re in your 20s, whether you’re 18…30…40…you obviously want to turn the youth of America into a metalhead.” Fourteen years ago Cristian Machado stepped up from bass to lead vocals for the NJ based Latin Metal rockers Ill Niño. On July 22 of this year the band dropped their seventh studio […]

UTG TV: Rockstar Mayhem Fest 2014 With Veil Of Maya

A new Veil of Maya album is coming. We promise. How do we know? Well, because we spoke to them! We caught up with Brandon Butler and Marc Okubo in Scranton, PA at the 2014 Rockstar Mayhem Festival to sit down with the guys and discuss a few things. Between traveling around the country with […]

Darkest Hour Stream Full-Length Album

With only a day away until the release of the new self-titled Darkest Hour album, Sumerian Records has decided to give fans an early listen by streaming the full album online. Based off of the singles this metal act already released, Darkest Hour was already slowly shaping into becoming one of the most memorable metal […]

Famined Records Welcomes Ceiling Of Anvers

Over the last few months, Famined Records has added a handful of new bands to their roster. The latest group to join their family is an Italian metal outfit called Ceiling Of Anvers. They happily made their announcement yesterday, and in addition confirmed they would release their new EP through the label. The EP is […]