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Archive - January 2010

Behemoth 1/26 at House of Blues

Tuesday night saw Polish death metal legends, Behemoth, come through town on their own headlining tour. A blizzard in North Dakota threatened to keep them from making it to our city, but the band persevered and found a...

MXV
January 28, 2010

Arch Enemy North American tour starts today

Arch Enemy is gearing up for their first North American tour in over a year, with a headlining run on the “Tyrants of Evil” tour, kicking off Wednesday, January 20. Exodus, Arsis, and Mutiny Within will play in support...

MXV
January 20, 2010

R.I.P. Jay Reatard

Unlike the rumored death of Chuck Biscuits which thankfully turned out to be a hoax, sadly this one appears real. Jay Reatard passed away at the age of 29 last night. He appeared to have died in his sleep and the cause...

MXV
January 13, 2010

Anvil 1/10 at House of Blues

The new decade in the windy city started off with the return of a band that is into their third decade together as a band, three decades where they really didn’t get a whole lot of recognition in the big scheme of...

MXV
January 12, 2010

Slayer cancels all tour plans through April

Unfortunately for metal fans everywhere, Slayer has had to cancel their planned tours this winter. Lead singer/bass player Tom Araya has to undergo back surgery. As someone who just went through this myself right before...

MXV
January 12, 2010

Pelican “Final Breath” video

Pelican have just completed and posted a video for the final track on their latest album, What We All Come to Need, an album I still haven’t heard yet! It is their first for Southern Lord and this song also has...

MXV
January 6, 2010

Sid! DVD

Sid! By Those Who Knew Him DVD/CD MVD Visual In his short life and even shorter stint in the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious became the most recognizable figure in all of punk rock. People who never even heard punk music...

MXV
January 6, 2010