Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

Darkest Hour might be D.C.’s hardest-working band. For more than a decade, the heavy-metal quintet has been touring endlessly, both at home and abroad. It has played at Ozzfest and, quite possibly, in your neighbor’s basement. On Monday night, the group delivered a energetic, if dutiful, 40-minute set at 9:30 Club, riding near the top of the Summer Slaughter Tour’s 11-band bill. At vocalist John ...

Days of Dominance Hatebreed at Peabody's on Wednesday, September 3 After Wednesday's show at Peabody's, Hatebreed will sign copies of its new DVD, Live Dominance. The band's first video release captures a bloodletting 2008 concert from Detroit, and it commemorates a run that's 13 years strong. The personal touch has helped the band grow from an underground hardcore group to an Ozzfest ...

With producer Rick Rubin, the band returns with a new album and a reassuring sense of danger. IMAGINE THE smell of barbecue and methamphetamine under the Texas summer sun. This year, the Ozzfest festival -- an all-day celebration of brawny and sinister heavy metal music -- took its amplifiers to the Lone Star State, and tens of thousands of fans came from across the South and beyond to lose ...