Before The Heart...
   [by Egon on Sunday, August 21, 2005]

Eulogy Records have set up a pre-order for the upcoming debut full lenght from Black My Heart. The disc entitled Before The Devil, has a drop date of September 27th. For the pre-order head over to EulogyRecordings.com by clicking here.

New Jersey Smells Like Garbage...
   [by Egon on Thursday, August 18, 2005]

Although not necessarily MA news, it looks like Hellfest has been cancelled this year. The show's official site Hellfest.com posted this:

"Due to circumstances beyond our control, Hellfest has been cancelled. After a full day in court in Burlington County, NJ, Hellfest was unable to meet unreasonable demands brought to Hellfest's attention by the Sovereign Bank Arena on August 16, 2005 at 6:21 PM, and to be met by August 17, 2005 at 7:00 AM. Actions were taken and Hellfest had an injunction filed by noon on August 17, 2005, but was overruled by the judge."

Bridge Nine Sampler...
   [by Egon on Friday, August 12, 2005]

Bridge Nine Records have offered up a complete download of their new 'No Turning Back 2005' sampler featuring Death Before Dishonor, Champion, Outbreak, and many others. Check it out via torrent download at http://www.mininova.org/tor/88463 or http://www.mininova.org/tor/88600. For those of you who do not know what a torrent is you can download it directly here.

Finally in Silence...
   [by Egon on Friday, August 12, 2005]

Although expected, Burn in Silence have finally finalized their record deal with Prosthetic Records.

Doom is upon us...
   [by Egon on Saturday, August 6, 2005]

Doomriders debut CD 'Black Thunder' will be hitting stores on Tuesday, August 9th. Everyone definitely needs to check out this CD, easily one of my favorites of 2005.

Still in Existence...
   [by Egon on Saturday, August 6, 2005]

Bane of Existence have announced Dusty Lyon and Chris Farmerie (both formerly of Acephalus and Despoilment) have joined the band. In other news, Dusty Lyon might be the best Anchorman-esque name I've heard in a while.