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Earth Crisis entered the studio this week to begin the recording process for their sixth full-length release. Producer Chris “Zeuss” Harris (Municipal Waste, Terror, Hatebreed) is at the recording helm for the current sessions with a release date expected for this summer.

New Mexico’s favorite grinding sons, Noisear are dropping their highly anticipated Relapse Records debut, Subvert the Dominant Paradigm, which features 30 new blistering tracks available February 1, 2011. Check out the BTS Review and Streaming Track “Global Warning”

All Pigs Must Die have just announced completion of their first full-length album at God City Studios. Fresh off of the release of their 5-song, self-titled E.P. earlier this year, the band has announced a few special shows listed below. Featuring Ben Koller (Converge), Kevin Baker (The Hope Conspiracy), Adam Wentworth (Bloodhorse, ex-The Red Chord), and Matt Woods (Bloodhorse), the band backs a powerhouse delivery of metal-infused hardcore with elements of Swedish death metal and dbeat punk. I.e. it rips.

American Heritage will release Sedentary, their first album since 2006′s critically-acclaimed album Millenarian, on Mar. 1 via Translation Loss Records.

The US’s biggest metal party, THE MARYLAND DEATHFEST returns in 2011, May 26 through May 29, with some of the most influential bands in extreme music. We’re talking reunions, rare appearances, special sets, once-in-a-lifetime performances. Nothing unusual for MDF. We at Blow The Scene have compiled a full list of links for every band performing at MARYLAND DEATHFEST IX for your surfing pleasure as the official roster is now public.

New Exclusive Interview with Phobia’s Shane “The Pain” Mclachlan as band drops new EP Unrelenting on Relapse Nov 23rd! We’re running a special contest with Relapse, read the full interview to win your free copy of Unrelenting!

Richmond VA’s leaders of the thrash revival, Municipal Waste will be embarking on a European Tour this December on the…Read More

Legendary UK death metal act, Napalm Death, now with over 27 years active in the extreme music world, have just…Read More

One of our all-time favorites, Belgium’s Rise and Fall are gearing up for a European Tour kicking off November 19…Read More

Phobia have long reigned as a patriarch of the American grind scene with over 20 years of proliferation that began with 7″ releases at Relapse Records when the now indie-Goliath was still in its infancy and functioning out of a basement. Find out how their forthcoming EP, Unrelenting measures up in this new review.

The reason Control Denied’s 1999 album The Fragile Art of Existence sounds so familiar is because it is exactly such. Familiar. Composed of highly skilled members of Death, Iced Earth and Testament, among others, the late Chuck Schuldiner-led fringe supergroup is fairly standard progressive metal that with an element of grit.

Black Label Society’s Berzerkus Tour just rolled through Pittsburgh on Oct 16 with Clutch and Children of Bodom supporting. Our newest contributor Scott Kozuch was there to review the action for you!

Kylesa Interview Exclusive with Phillip Cope by Staff Writer Andy McNeil as Kylesa gears up for the release of new album Spiral Shadow in Oct and a World Tour!

Tankcrimes label-head Scotty Heath sits down for an exclusive interview with Blow The Scene Editor Joshua Cohen as he discusses the label history, current happenings, and build-up to the first label showcase, Tankcrimes Brainsqueeze happening Oct 8-9 in Oakland Ca!

Trap Them singer Ryan McKenney gives BTS readers a no-nonsense look into the band’s current influences, recording processes, upcoming tour plans, and offers additional thoughts on his epic blog post heard round the music world, and lots more in this full-feature interview.

Municipal Waste have released a new video produced by Fangoria for the song, “Acid Sentence,” featured on the band’s latest…Read More

Los Angeles concertgoers will be treated to a free, all ages live performance showcase on August 8th featuring a wide…Read More

BTS’s Joshua T. Cohen was fortunate enough to catch up with All Shall Perish guitarist and founding member, Ben Orum as he is about to embark on The Summer Slaughter Tour. Ben discusses the bands new line-up, new songs, the gulf disaster, the history of ASP, Obama, and much more!