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By Andrew Bansal

It’s that time of the year again. NAMM 2013 begins tomorrow, Thursday January 24th, and this year I’ve decided to put together the entire schedule and make it public, for the benefit of everyone attending NAMM and wondering what to do, which artists and booths to check out, and where. I have collected information from authentic sources, such as the official NAMM website, and the facebook and twitter accounts of various musicians and music gear manufacturing companies, which I’ve kept a close eye on over the past few weeks. View and download the PDF of the complete schedule below, and have a great time at NAMM! \m/ Continue reading “NAMM 2013: The Complete Schedule”

Canadian heavy metal trio CAULDRON have confirmed a short string of shows in their homeland with DIAMOND HEAD. CAULDRON will be joining the British heavy metal legends for three shows, beginning on April 15th in Montreal, Quebec. CAULDRON vocalist and bassist JASON DECAY comments: Continue reading “Cauldron Confirm Canada Shows With Diamond Head”

The latest round of bands confirmed to storm the stage at NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL XV has today been announced. The fresh additions to the brutal three-day event include Alleageon, Alpha & Omega, Born Low, MurderDeathKill andDark Sermon, as well as Baltimore hardcore squad Trapped Under Ice and New Jersey’s renowned explosive tech metal practitioners The Dillinger Escape Plan. Continue reading “New England Metal & Hardcore Festival Confirms More Bands”

Cannibal Corpse will team up with Napalm Death and Immolation this spring for the Decibel Magazine 2013 tour. Additional support will be provided by Cretin, Beyond Creation, and Magrudergrind. Dates are as follows: Continue reading “CANNIBAL CORPSE To Tour North America With Napalm Death & Immolation”

German thrash trio SODOM have revealed the title of their upcoming new album as ‘Epitome Of Torture’. As brutal as the production of Waldemar Sorychta is the diverse songwriting on the new studio album Epitome Of Torture, a kind of tour de force through the history of thrash metal, featuring harsh arrangements, melodic solos and raging vocal attacks. Continue reading “SODOM Confirm New Album Title”

Indian thrash metal veterans Sceptre have just released the first episode of their video blog series documenting the making of their sophomore album ‘Age Of Calamity’. The album was recorded at Demonic Studios and produced by Demonstealer (Demonic Resurrection/Workshop/Reptilian Death). The album releases in Feb 2013. Continue reading “SCEPTRE Releases First Episode Of Video Blog”