Author: Andrew Bansal

Stoner metal giants Mastodon have announced a North American headline tour for Spring 2017, also featuring Eagles Of Death Metal and Russian Circles as support acts. Tickets go on sale Friday January 13th. Every pair of tickets purchased online for Mastodon includes your choice of a physical or digital copy of their new, soon-to-be released album. You will receive instructions via email on how to redeem your album once it is released (date yet to be confirmed). Dates below: Continue reading “Mastodon Announce North American Tour with Eagles Of Death Metal, Russian Circles”

Tampa, Florida death metal veterans Six Feet Under have announced details for their upcoming 12th full-length studio album, to be released February 24th 2017 via Metal Blade Records. The cover artwork is as above, and various formats are available for pre-order here, and listen to the song ‘Sacrificial Kill’ below. Continue reading “Six Feet Under Unveil New Album Details, Release New Song”

The one and only King Diamond has been announced as the headliner of the 2017 edition of the three-day Psycho Las Vegas festival, set to take place August 18th to 20th at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. King Diamond will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of his iconic ‘Abigail’ album by performing it in its entirety, and this will be his only US show of the year. Additional headliners and official festival artwork will be revealed soon. Tickets are available here. As of now, the confirmed lineup, in alphabetical order, is as below. Visit the festival’s official website for more info. Continue reading “King Diamond Confirmed to Headline Psycho Las Vegas 2017”

Guitar icon Michael Schenker has announced the release of the ‘Michael Schenker Fest Live Tokyo’ DVD+CD on March 24th 2017 via Inakustik. Filmed and recorded at Tokyo’s International Forum on August 24, 2016, this release features the Michael Schenker Fest in which original Michael Schenker Group vocalists Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet and Robin McAuley participated. Continue reading “Michael Schenker to release Live DVD+CD featuring Original MSG Vocalists”

Following the announcement of a Hollywood Bowl show and three festival dates, Los Angeles prog/alt metal supergroup A Perfect Circle have revealed a month-long Spring 2017 run of US dates, their first tour of the States since 2011. Tickets for the newly announced non-festival shows go on sale Friday January 13th at 10 AM local time. Check out the dates below: Continue reading “A Perfect Circle Announce First US Tour Since 2011”

Swedish death metal giants Entombed reformed as Entombed A.D. in 2014, and have been going strong since, both in the studio and on stage. They have already released two full-length albums ‘Back to the Front’ and ‘Dead Dawn’, and have toured extensively. In 2017, they are set to return to North America for a headline tour which also features Full Of Hell and Turbid North as support acts. The tour will hit the Los Angeles area on Tuesday January 17th, and will include Teeth as local openers. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Entombed A.D., Full Of Hell, Turbid North & Teeth @ The Roxy”