The Music Tank

Unsigned Canadian metal band Nylithia have posted a video of them covering the castle theme song from Super Mario Bros. 1 over on YouTube.
While the cover is surprisingly close to the original song, it’s the video itself that cracks me up. Mario and Luigi headbanging next to a burning princess? That’s a recipe for success. [...]

Kevin Lyman of Warped Tour and Taste of Chaos fame tells concert goers to buy tour tickets from the official websites. We wonder… why would you even care to tell us?

Picture this: you need to get to a friend of a friend’s house for the Superbowl game this Sunday but you have no idea how to get there. All you have is a quick email telling you that this guy lives on Five Points Road in Rush, NY. As you should, you open up Google [...]

The GuitarWorld website published a fascinating 6 page article on Metallica in which James Hetfield and Kirk Hammet tell the stories behind how Metallica songs were written or recorded.
Hammet is definitely more technical about it, while Hetfield plays it cooler. Here’s an excerpt from their discussion on how “Fade to Black” came about :
HETFIELD That [...]

Opeth released “Watershed” in June 2008, but what makes it so special?

Sit back and enjoy as Fake cleans up his mailbox to dig up content only fit for a Friday.

Because Fridays are not meant to be working days, let me share this with you: 20 of the Sickest
Metal Album Covers.

The city is still recovering from the wrath of one of the most interesting metal tours around, it’s with his ears still buzzing that Fake reviews Gigantour 2008.

More and more artists are opening custom social network for their fans. How much personal information are you willing to give away to join in the fun? It’s likely already more than what labels need. Keep an eye over your shoulder as we explain why.