True to form, Red 7 is bringing in high caliber heavy hitters to ring your ears into the New Year. Instrumental trio Russian Circles balances bombastic, soaring riffs with metallic feedback lullabies and swirling atmospherics that seem to spin across the horizon into foggy clouds of dust, the likes of which those who witnessed their exceptional performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 will not soon forget. more ›

Our writers and photographers present a sampling of what happened on day one at Fun Fun Fun Fest. more ›

Japanese rock trio Boris are the elder statesmen (and stateswoman) of the underground metal scene. They've been melting faces off since 1996's Absolutego. The band are known for their style-shifting from album to album: in a career spanning fourteen solo releases and numerous other collaborative efforts, Boris' music has been called everything from hardcore punk to sludge metal, ambient drone to psychedelic noise rock. more ›

What’s the Deal: Not to knock musical threesomes or anything, but when one makes themselves sound like there’s a lot more going on than just a guy on guitar, a guy on bass and another on drums they stick out from the pack. Russian Circles have been called post-metal and post-rock, but really they’re a thick, evolving, expanding instrumental group making the most out of their equipment, drawing forth everything from metallic chugs and thrashes to flickering chimes and climactic cymbal crashes. Fun Fun Fun Fest this year will welcome the Chicago group as they tour in support of their third album, Geneva. more ›