New Orleans Scene Rising

Keith Spera wrote a short piece on Nola.com summarizing recent activity in the New Orleans metal scene:

A flurry of recent activity has reiterated New Orleans' reputation as a hotbed of underground hard rock. Goatwhore, the fearsome black metal quartet featuring singer Ben Falgoust, guitarist Sammy Duet, bassist Patrick Bruders and new drummer Zack Simmons, recently inked a deal with Metal Blade Records, the Los Angeles label that has issued extreme music for more than 20 years, including the first albums by Metallica and Slayer. The long-running Suplecs is nearly finished recording an album with producers Pepper Keenan, best known for his long tenure with Corrosion of Conformity, and Dave Fortman, the north shore producer behind the multimillion-selling Evanescence debut. Suplecs intends to shop the new record to various labels. And the popular Discovery Channel show "Monster Garage" has used local act 4 Mag Nitrous' "Cypress, Stumps & Flies" in seven episodes; the band is also featured on the recent "Monster Garage" soundtrack CD.

"New Orleans has a good reputation (in national heavy music circles)," said Greg Eveline, the local entertainment lawyer who represents several heavy acts. "This may be the next thing, even though people don't really think about it in New Orleans."

Read the full article at Nola.com.