Articles by Greg Pratt
Floor Announce Reunion Dates to Coincide with Box Set Release
PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2010
We told you about the absolutely massive and extremely cool upcoming Floor box set , Below and Beyond, back in September. Well, looks like...
Weedeater Postpone Album and Tour After Front-Man Shoots Off Big Toe While Cleaning Shotgun
PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2010
Look, we apologize in advance for chuckling a bit. We're Canadians, you see, so stories like this just bewilder us. But we do realize this...
Surprise, Surprise: CD Sales Fall in 2009 While LP Sales Climb
PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2010
The numbers for CD sales for '09 are in and, you guessed it, it's not pretty - again. CD sales dropped 17.9 percent from 2008, reports Bil...
Norwegian Black Metal Crew Zyklon Call It Quits
PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2010
Despite recently telling you black metal types to get happy about the now Twilight-less Lords of Chaos movie, get ready to get grim again:...
Slayer Call Off North American Tour Due to Tom Araya's Back Problems
PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2010
Bad news for fans of thrash metal titans Slayer: the band's singer/bassist Tom Araya has to undergo back surgery, so all their tour dates t...
Alkaline Trio Reveal Their <i>Addiction</i>
PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2010
We reported back in November that Illinois weirdo goth punks Alkaline Trio were joining forces with underground mainstay Epitaph Records to...
The Weakerthans Set Release Date for New Live Album
PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2010
Sure, live albums are generally contractual filler, but they can be pretty awesome, classic even. So we're excited as can be to announce th...
<i>Twilight</i>'s Jackson Rathbone Pulls Out of <i>Lords of Chaos</i> Film
PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2010
The worldwide black metal community, long divided by such burning issues as which bands are "true" and what bands are "cult," can now final...