Metal Assault: News

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017

Accept Announce New Album ‘The Rise of Chaos’, Reveal Cover Artwork

German heavy metal titans Accept have announced their 15th studio album ‘The Rise of Chaos’, slated for release via Nuclear Blast on August 4th 2017. Their fourth release on the label, the album will follow their strong efforts ‘Blood of the Nations’, ‘Stalingrad’ and ‘Blind Rage’, all three of which have established the rejuvenated incarnation of Accept fronted by Mark Tornillo. Check out the cover artwork below, as well as a statement from guitarst Wolf Hoffmann. Continue reading “Accept Announce New Album ‘The Rise of Chaos’, Reveal Cover Artwork”

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

Saxon, UFO Announce Second Round of North American Tour Dates

After a successful outing earlier this year, the British invasion of Saxon and UFO will return to North American in September/October, once again as a co-headline bill with support act Jared James Nichols. Check out the dates below: Continue reading “Saxon, UFO Announce Second Round of North American Tour Dates”

May 8, 2017May 14, 2017

Ticket Giveaway: At The Drive In @ Shrine Expo Hall

El Paso TX post-hardcore/art punk group At The Drive In have just released their fourth studio album ‘In • ter a • li • a’ via Rise Records, their first full-length release in a whopping 17 years since the 2000 effort ‘Relationship of Command’. The band is now hitting the road to present this material live, with support act Le Butcherettes, and the tour is arriving in Los Angeles for a show at Shrine Expo Hall on Saturday May 13th. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: At The Drive In @ Shrine Expo Hall”

April 28, 2017April 30, 2017

Ticket Giveaway: Soulfly @ Observatory OC (Constellation Room)

Max Cavalera-led Soulfly is back in town, playing a gig at Observatory OC (Constellation Room) on Sunday April 30th, with opening acts Incite, Fused By Defiance and Thrown Into Exile. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Soulfly @ Observatory OC (Constellation Room)”

April 25, 2017April 30, 2017

Ticket Giveaway: Weedeater + The Obsessed @ The Regent

Wilmington, North Carolina stoner/sludge metal trio Weedeater are currently touring North America with Denver, Colorado doom juggernaut Primitive Man as support act, and for a few shows on the West Coast, they will be joined by Maryland doom legends The Obsessed along with Fatso Jetson and Karma to Burn, as the two tours cross paths and get combined. The joint lineup will be visiting Los Angeles for a gig at The Regent on Monday May 1st. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Weedeater + The Obsessed @ The Regent”

April 24, 2017April 30, 2017

Ticket Giveaway: Brant Bjork + Royal Thunder @ The Echo

Desert/stoner rock icon Brant Bjork is currently on a North American headline tour in support of his latest album ‘Tao of the Devil’, with opening acts Royal Thunder and Black Wizard rounding out a fantastic, somewhat underrated lineup as far as North American tours going around in 2017. This glorious tour will grace and bless Los Angeles on Monday May 1st, with a show at the The Echo. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Brant Bjork + Royal Thunder @ The Echo”