Friday, December 21, 2013 News Round-Up

We might not be posting on the regs through the holidays, but we’re not dead (yet). Here are a few things of note to keep you busy today:

Cloudkicker has released a new song called “Signal/Noise,” available as a free download or stream via Bandcamp. Stream below:

Vanisher covered Megadeth’s “Countdown to Extinction:”

Billboard is claiming that the recent addition of Metallica’s catalog to Spotify has negatively impacted their album sales (comparing this year to data from the weeks leading up to Christmas each of the last five years). Is it Spotify’s fault or just an overall downward trend in sales? If it’s Spotify’s fault, is that necessarily a bad thing? You decide.

Necrosexual interview Vomitor. Hilarity ensued:

Rotting Christ are streaming a new song called “In Yumen / Xibalba:”

Metallica’s Orion Music + More Festival will be back for a second year in 2013. It will be held in Detroit on June 8th and 9th.

Today is the Day announced tour dates with Black Tusk, KEN Mode and Fight Amp. Dates here.

The world probably won’t end today, but it does happen to be the shortest day of the year for those of us in the northern hemisphere. Get with it: