Author: Andrew Bansal

In addition to their run of stadium shows opening for Metallica and theatre shows supporting Opeth, the mighty Gojira have announced a string of headline dates of their own, wherein they will be joined by Kyng (05/02 – 05/03), followed by dates with Deafheaven and Code Orange (05/16 – 05/18). Tickets for all headline dates will be available Friday, February 17th at 10:00 AM local time. Check out Gojira’s tour itinerary below. Continue reading “Gojira Announces Headline US Dates with Kyng, Deafheaven & Code Orange”

’80s metal group Quiet Riot have announced their 13th full-length studio album, ‘Road Rage’. Slated for release on April 21st 2017 via Frontiers Music, it features the lineup of founding member Frankie Banali (drums), Chuck Wright (bass), Alex Grossi (guitar) and Seann Nicols (vocals). Check out the artwork and track listing below. Continue reading “Quiet Riot Announce New Album Details”

Metallica have officially announced dates for their ‘Worldwired’ North American tour, with opening acts Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat and Gojira on select dates. Presale for fanclub members and Citi card members begins tomorrow, February 14th, and general ticket sale begins on Friday February 17th at 10 AM local time. Check out the dates below. Continue reading “Metallica Announce North American Tour Dates with Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Gojira”

Russian pagan metal band Arkona are returning to North America this Spring with a special 15th anniversary celebration show lined up for their fans in this continent. Besides their set, there’s the added bonus of Norwegian gothic/symphonic metal band Sirenia, doing the first ever North American tour. Allentown, Pennsylvania prog/power metal band MindMaze will provide additional support on all dates, plus, Sacramento, California symphonic metal band Graveshadow and Las Vegas, Nevada thrash metal group Sicocis will open on select dates. Check out the itinerary below. Continue reading “Arkona Announce North American Tour with Sirenia, MindMaze, Graveshadow & Sicocis”

After being forced to postpone their 2016 North American tour due to visa issues, Swedish black metal veterans Marduk are finally back in this continent, and this time, everything is going according to plan, and is running on schedule. They’ve brought with them Incantaion and Svart Crown as support acts. The tour will hit Los Angeles with a show at The Regent on Friday February 17th, and that gig will also feature local openers Icon Of Phobos and Highland. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Marduk @ The Regent”

‘Tokyo Tapes’ is a live album released by the Scorpions in 1978, and guitar maestro Uli Jon Roth, who was in the band at the time, recreated the experience with his own solo band in 2015, at the same venue where the Scorpions concert was originally recorded. Uli released the ‘Tokyo Tapes Revisited’ concert film plus live album in Decemmber 2016. He is now touring North America in support of it, playing a similar set of songs, a celebration of his classic work with the Scorpions. The tour arrives in Southern California for next week, including a gig at Brick By Brick in San Diego on Friday February 17th. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Uli Jon Roth @ Brick By Brick (San Diego)”