Mortar is a Old School Thrash Metal band based in Kolkata, India. Ever since their inception in 2011, Mortar has been providing the dormant Thrash Scene in India something to cheer about. Mortar in the recent past have released two singles – “The Human Plague” and “Ground Reality” which have been critically acclaimed by the Old-School Metal fans from across the world. Continue reading “Indian Thrash Metal Band MORTAR To Release Debut EP “Ground Zero””
Tickets for this year’s NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL are officially on sale NOW. Set to commence with a pre-party on April 18th, the official three-day ritual will take place the weekend of April 19th, 20th and 21st at the historic Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts and mark the annual event’s 15th anniversary. Continue reading “NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL XV: Tickets On Sale Now”
Tommy Victor frontman of quintessential New York Metallers PRONG is pleased to unveil his brand new signature guitar model from Schecter Guitar Research. Tommy will be showing off his new guitar at this year’s NAMM show. Tommy will be signing on Friday January 25th at 1:00 PM in room 210. PRONG will then take to the stage Saturday January 26th at The Grove in Anaheim, CA alongside Exodus, Jeff Loomis and Chris Poland. Continue reading “PRONG’s Tommy Victor Unveils Signature Schecter Guitar; Confirms NAMM Signing & Performance”
Melodic Metallers FIREWIND have announced Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Adagio, Beyond Twilight, etc., pictured above) as new vocalist for their upcoming North American touring activities, after longterm vocalist Apollo Papathanasio parted ways with the band. Even though Papathanasio has been temporarily replaced for some touring activities in the past, he has appeared on all FIREWIND releases since 2006’s “Allegiance” album and the band’s upcoming live-album will feature recordings from his recent final shows with the group. Continue reading “FIREWIND Announces New Vocalist For Upcoming Tour”
Anthems, Anthrax’s long-awaited, eight-track EP that pays tribute to the classic songs by some of Anthrax’s favorite bands from the 1970s, will be released in North America on March 19 (MRI/Megaforce), and on March 22 in Europe (Nuclear Blast). Anthems‘s track listing features Rush’s “Anthem,” Thin Lizzy’s “Jailbreak,” “TNT” by AC/DC, Boston’s “Smokin’,” “Big Eyes” by Cheap Trick, Journey’s “Keep on Runnin,” as well as the album version and a special remix of Anthrax’s “Crawl” from the band’s critically-acclaimed 2011 album Worship Music. Continue reading “ANTHRAX Confirms ‘Anthems’ EP”
Indian thrash metal band Sceptre have revealed that the name of their new album is ‘Age Of Calamity’. The artwork for the new record has been done by designer Aakash Dwivedi who has previously worked with bands like Albatross, Solar Deity and Eyehategod.
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