Metal Assault: News

The Los Angeles-based, classic metal-inspired quintet HOLY GRAIL don’t believe in taking breaks! The band, currently on a national tour alongside Dragonforce and Huntress, will head back out on the road to support fellow rockers Valient Thorr just a few weeks after the Dragonforce tour wraps up on May 11. The first batch of Valient Thorr dates are below, with more shows still to be announced. Continue reading “HOLY GRAIL Announce Tour Dates With Valient Thorr”

German thrash legends Kreator have just uploaded a lyric video for the title song of their upcoming album “Phantom Antichrist”. The video can be viewed below. The album is set to release in Europe on June 1st and in North America on June 5th. Continue reading “KREATOR: “Phantom Antichrist” Lyric Video Released”

The dates for this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour have just been announced. The tour will start at the House of Blues, Hollywood CA on July 20th, and end at the Grove, Anaheim CA on August 25th.  Continue reading “SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR 2012: Dates Announced”

Mumbai-based black metal band Solar Deity have released their new DSBM single titled “Snowless”. It’s available for streaming at this location.

Nile have just issued the following update:

“We are extremely sad to inform this to our fans in India that our Tour of India has been called off as the visas for 3 of the members were refused today by the Indian Embassy in Washington D.C. 2 people in the travel party were granted the visas in Houston and in Athens, but the rest were not – for reasons that none of us know . The Indian embassy has not cited any reasons for rejection of the visas. It was and is beyond the control of the band, either of the promoters or the artist management. We did all we could to make this happen and tried working on getting the 3 visas for almost a month! The promoters – Dream Rigs Entertainment (Delhi) and Obliquity India, Lanyard Entertainment and ARK Events (Bangalore) want all fans to know who have booked tickets “online” that they shall be refunded in full by the respective ticketing companies for Delhi and Bangalore concerts. But this is not the end and all of us are going to try to get Nile back to India.”

Kryptos has been confirmed as the final Indian band that will take part in the Bangalore Open Air Festival, set to take place on June 16th 2012 at Palace Grounds, Bangalore. The lineup is as below, and tickets are now on sale at this location. Each ticket costs Rs. 1500, and the first 10 ticket buyers will get to do a meet and greet with Iced Earth and Kreator. The first 100 buyers are entitled to a backstage tour on 15th June 2012, the day before the event. The official website for the festival, http://bangaloreopenair.com, is now live.

Continue reading “KRYPTOS Confirmed For Bangalore Open Air; Tickets On Sale”