Author: Andrew Bansal

Ohio metal heathens SKELETONWITCH have announced plans to demolish North America this summer on a headlining tour, which will also feature classic rockers Barnburner (Metal Blade Records). The tour, which includes two weeks’ worth of dates in Canada, commences July 17 in York, Pa., soon after the band returns from a European tour during which they will play festivals alongside the likes of Slayer, Megadeth, and Behemoth. Complete dates are listed below.  Continue reading “SKELETONWITCH Announce North American Tour Dates”

The set times for this year’s Scion Rock Fest, which will take place in Tampa, FL on June 2nd, have just been announced, and is in the image above.

Event organizers for Slaughter By The Water have begun weekly video announcements of the 2012 line up scheduled to take place on August 25, 2012 aboard the decommissioned USS Hornet flight carrier docked in Alameda, California. Continue reading “ABYSMAL DAWN & FOG OF WAR Confirmed For ‘Slaughter By The Water’”

This week Southern Lord confirms the details for a special free label showcase in Pomona, California this June.

As part of the massive Southern Lord label package tour set to tear through the country in the weeks ahead, the label showcase co-presented with Scion A/V metal will take place at The Glass House in Pomona, andwill be the solitary manifestation of the entire tour to take place in Los Angeles County. The lineup for the show features all four core acts on the label tour — Enabler, Burning Love, Martyrdöd and Black Breath — in addition to a special headlining guest appearance by labelmates Pelican.

As a free Scion A/V metal RSVP-only event the spots will fill up extremely fast. If you plan on attending, make sure to reserve your spot RIGHT NOW, AT THIS LOCATION.

The Southern Lord label tour will run through the U.S. for nearly a month, with the core acts Enabler, Burning Love, Martyrdöd and Black Breath being joined by the likes of Poison Idea, Noothgrush, Pelican, Power Trip, Wild//Tribe, Dead In The Dirt, The Secret and more via special regional appearances. Continue reading “SOUTHERN LORD RECORDS Announces Free SCION A/V Showcase Event”

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has released the following statement on his website:

I feel sad to see the Sabbath reunion becoming a bit of a soap opera on the internet. It has been a very tough year for us as a band, having announced our reunion plans, only for Tony to be diagnosed with lymphoma, leaving us no choice but to postpone the proposed Sabbath tour, and then for Bill to go public on his site about an un-signable contract. None of us knew how Tony was going to respond to his intensive chemo therapy, and radiotherapy. Ozzy and myself flew to England to be with Tony, and on his “good” days, we’d meet at his home studio and put ideas together for the upcoming album, all sitting down together, no drummer involved, just 3 of us quietly putting together ideas. We thought that when we had enough songs together for a full band rehearsal, we’d move back to L.A and put the whole thing together with Bill. Unfortunately, to our surprise, Bill issued a statement on his site saying he’d been offered an un-signable contract. Continue reading “GEEZER BUTLER Releases Statement”

Black Sabbath have just issued the following update:

“We have decided not to make any  detailed  comment  on Bill’s latest statement. There are two sides to every story. We have been working hard at rehearsals making excellent progress after Tony’s treatments and we have engaged a substitute drummer for the forthcoming shows. See you at Download.”

–Black Sabbath, 5/17/12