While it won't be in Florida, the Scion Rock Fest will headline Brutal Death Metal legends Cannibal Corpse, as well as the seminal Hate Eternal on Saturday March 13 in Columbus, Ohio. For those of you who hate the fees to shows, you can rest easy knowing the entire show is free.

The state of the scene in Florida is not strong. There's exception to this issue, but largely the scene in Florida does not share the prevalence and relevance that other acts, foreign and domestic have. Traffic to shows is down, as well as to most websites the nation over.

Metal Sucks recently posted the story that former Cannibal Corpse guitarist, Bob Rusay, is now a certified Golf Instructor in

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Kam Lee is arguably the first singer to ever sing in the low tone 'Death' style that has come to define Death Metal. Kam started as the singer for Mantas, which later turned into Death. After leaving Death, Kam joined Massacre, alongside Bill Andrews (Death).

Today I had the chance to meet with Mike Fortnier, founder of Morbid Subculture Promotions and singer for Nailshitter. Mike's an interesting guy. He knows volumes about the scene in Florida, which makes him very valuable to chat with.

Massacre, which recently reunited, is now dead again. Kam Lee has disbanded the group after citing harassment from Terry Butler (Six Feet Under, Massacre, Death) about personal matters.

In this episode, we talk about Swamp Gas, and their tour across the Southeast, Purple Rock Scissors, and their shameless promotion of they're amazing new branding, Morbid Angel, and how the folks at Brave Words should do some research before reporting information, Atheist, and their new tour in Europe, and we add the Jeramie Kling interview at the end, just for fun.

In this episode, we talk about the new Solstice album that's recently been released: "To Dust". Also, we talk about the Goatwhore + Amon Amarth + The Absence show at the Club at Firestone in Orlando. We mention the interview we did with Jeramie Kling regarding his departure from The Absence and his reemergence with Ninety Minute Reflex and his new studio; Smoke and Mirrors. We also mention Black Dahlia Murder recording their new album in Altamonte Springs, FL, and finally the announcement that Cannibal Corpse will tour Australia with Dying Fetus