Author: Andrew Bansal

After several years of obscurity, British extreme metal legends Carcass made a triumphant comeback with the 2013 release of their sixth full-length studio album ‘Surgical Steel’, their first album in 17 long years, and have been going strong ever since. Now, they are gearing up for a massive North American headline run, aptly titled ‘One Foot In The Grave’ tour, also featuring New Orleans sludgelords Crowbar, Creepsylvania shock rock mongers Ghoul, and Ventura, California NWOBHM flag-bearers Night Demon as support acts. The tour is visiting Southern California for two shows, the second of which is slated to take place at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood on Sunday July 24th. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Carcass, Crowbar, Ghoul & Night Demon @ The Roxy 7/24”

Bringing shred to the masses, Prosthetic Records bands Holy Grail, Exmortus and Spellcaster are joining forces for the ‘Fellowship Of The Strings’ U.S. tour this summer. On this run, the three bands will visit the Los Angeles area for a gig at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood on Sunday August 7th. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Holy Grail, Exmortus & Spellcaster @ The Roxy 8/7”

Following the release of their devastating third full-length album ‘You Will Never Be One Of Us’, Oxnard CA power violence band Nails are slated for a run of California headline dates this July. As part of this run, they will take the stage at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood on Friday July 22nd, with support acts Terrorizer, Freedom and Nomads. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Nails @ The Roxy 7/22”

After several years of obscurity, British extreme metal legends Carcass made a triumphant comeback with the 2013 release of their sixth full-length studio album ‘Surgical Steel’, their first album in 17 long years, and have been going strong ever since. Now, they are gearing up for a massive North American headline run, aptly titled ‘One Foot In The Grave’ tour, also featuring New Orleans sludgelords Crowbar, Creepsylvania shock rock mongers Ghoul, and Ventura, California NWOBHM flag-bearers Night Demon as support acts. The tour is visiting Southern California for two shows, the first of which is slated to take place at the Observatory in Santa Ana on Saturday July 23rd. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Carcass, Crowbar, Ghoul & Night Demon @ Observatory OC, 7/23”

Based out of Buffalo, New York, Abyance (formerly Armageddon) is a fledgling young extreme metal band, founded in 2012 by a group of metalheads in their early teens. They released their debut EP ‘Age Of Darkness’ in 2014 and have been striving to build a fan-following for themselves in upstate New York and beyond, and are now ready with their sophomore EP ‘Parallels and Introspection’, slated for release on July 2nd 2016 in physical and digital formats. The new EP was mastered by the hugely renowned and prolific Zeuss, who has worked with Rob Zombie, Queensryche, Hatebreed and many others, and was recorded and mixed by Toxic Holocaust drummer Nick Bellmore. Metal Assault is pleased to present an exclusive premiere of Abyance’s music video for the song ‘Terra’ off of this new EP. Enjoy it below, check out their other tunes on bandcamp, and keep an eye on the band’s social networks for upcoming live dates. Continue reading “Exclusive Video Premiere: Abyance – Terra”

Bringing his one-of-a-kind virtuosic guitar playing and visual presence to stages once again, Buckethead is back on the road and will visit Los Angeles for a gig at the Novo on Wednesday June 22nd. Metal Assault in association with Goldenvoice is giving away two pairs of tickets to the show. Enter using the widget below. Giveaway is open now through Sunday June 19th 11:59 PT, and winners will be picked and contacted on Monday June 20th. Enter everyday to multiply your chances of winning. Please use an active email address to sign up for the giveaway, we do not send any spam and will not contact you unless you win the tickets. Also, please respond to the winning notification email within 24 hours, or else an alternate winner will be picked. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: An Evening With Buckethead @ The Novo 06/22”