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Bay Area thrash metal legends TESTAMENT will co-headline this year’s edition of the SCION ROCK FEST with MELVINS, on June 1^st in Memphis, Tennessee. This annual, all-day FREE event has become a highly-anticipated tradition that brings together both metal legends and newcomers in a different U.S. city each year. TESTAMENT’s label mates MUNICIPAL WASTE and ARSIS are among the over 30 acts scheduled to perform across ROCK FEST’s multiple stages.  View the full list of bands at SCIONAV.com: http://www.scionav.com/blog/2013/03/26/full-scion-rock-fest-lineup-announced/

PROSTHETIC RECORDS’ most recent signing, thrash-infused grinders RAMMING SPEED, have just announced that they will join heavy rockers Valient Thorr and Metal Blade’s Gypsyhawk on a summer U.S. tour. The band will also be appearing throughout the spring alongside Goatwhore, 3 Inches of Blood and Revocation throughout the northeast and midwest. A complete list of the band’s upcoming tour dates can be found below.  Continue reading “Ramming Speed Announce Tour With Valient Thorr & Gypsyhawk”

Los Angeles-based progressive death metal band Mouth of The Serpent are all set for a US West Coast summer touring run, as support act to Apparitions from Phoenix, Arizona. The dates and cities are listed in the tour flyer above, with venue announcements coming soon within due course of time. Mouth Of The Serpent’s latest release ‘Manifest’ came out early last year (reviewed by us here), and subsequently they signed with an independent record label from Dallas, Texas called Swimming With Sharks Records. A new record is expected in late summer. Continue reading “Mouth Of The Serpent To Embark On ‘Plague The West’ Tour This Summer”

Legendary Bay Area thrash metallers DEATH ANGEL will enter AudioHammer Studios next month to begin recording the follow up to their 2010 release, Relentless Retribution. Guitarist Rob Cavestany recently checked in to give the following update: Continue reading “Death Angel Set To Enter Studio To Record New Album”

Six Feet Under have just announced the ‘Hell In July’ US touring run with support from Decrepit Birth and Cannabis Corpse. The dates and venues are listed in the flyer above, and also below: Continue reading “Six Feet Under Announces ‘Hell In July’ US Tour With Decrepit Birth & Cannabis Corpse”

British thrashers EVILE have revealed that the official title for their upcoming fourth full-length album is Skull! This highly anticipated follow-up to 2011’s Five Serpent’s Teeth was once again recorded with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England.  The artwork for the album was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, SODOM, HATEBREED). Continue reading “Evile Reveal New Album Title & Artwork”