Metal Assault: News

* THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Winners are Alvin Alemoon and Devlin Shavo Baldwin. Tickets for the show (all ages, $16) are still available for purchase here. *

Metal Assault in association with Goldenvoice brings you another ticket giveaway, this for an upcoming show at the El Rey Theatre on Friday June 13th featuring Chicago/Los Angeles instrumental metal quartet Pelican as the headliners, along with Brooklyn NY experimental outfit Tombs as support act. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Goldenvoice Presents Pelican & Tombs @ El Rey 06/13/14”

* THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Winners are Alexandra Cota, Alyssa Aguilar, Gio Perez, Mylissa Graves and Tim Morris. Tickets for the show are still available for purchase here.

Swedish extreme metal giants Amon Amarth will be once again trekking North America on a big tour this coming fall with support from fellow Swedish heroes Sabaton and Ohio blackened thrash flag bearers Skeletonwitch. The extensive six-week, 35-date tour kicks off at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on Thursday September 25th, and to coincide with the start of the show’s online ticket sale, Metal Assault in association with Live Nation is bringing you an early ticket giveaway for it. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Amon Amarth/Sabaton/Skeletonwitch @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium 9/25/14”

* THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The winners are Noéhly Macedo Gutierrez and Max Miron. Those who didn’t win can still purchase tickets here. *

Metal Assault in association with Goldenvoice brings you another ticket giveaway, this for an upcoming show at the Fonda Theatre on Saturday June 7th featuring Black Label Society as headliners, along with Devil You Know and Butcher Babies as support acts. We’re giving away TWO pairs of tickets to the show. Below are the three ways you can enter. Please enter only if you’re a Los Angeles/Hollywood resident and/or are planning to travel to attend the show. If you enter via more than one social network, or share multiple times on any of the social networks, your chances of winning multiply accordingly. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Goldenvoice Presents Black Label Society @ Fonda Theatre 06/07/14”

* THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Winners are Gio Perez and Jimmy Russ. Those who didn’t win can still purchase tickets for the show here. *

The fifth edition of Paganfest America is currently pillaging masses across the country. This year’s lineup features Finnish folk metal giants Korpiklaani as headliners with fellow Finns in ‘battle metal’ outfit Turisas as main support and Taiwanese extreme metal band Chthonic, Germany’s Varg and America’s own Winterhymn as opening acts. The LA show of the tour is set to take place at the House Of Blues Sunset Strip on Tuesday May 13th, and Metal Assault is giving away two pairs of tickets to the show. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Paganfest @ House Of Blues Sunset Strip”

* THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The winner for the Anaheim and Sunset shows are Elizabeth Villapudua and Danny Corpse respectively. You can still purchase tickets to the Sunset show here. *

Los Angeles hardcore punk legends Black Flag are bringing their ‘Victimology’ North American tour to Southern California, at the House Of Blues Anaheim in Downtown Disney on Wednesday May 21st and the House Of Blues Sunset Strip in West Hollywood on Saturday May 31st. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Black Flag @ House Of Blues Anaheim & Sunset Strip”

For metal guitar enthusiasts and fans of his previous work, the wait is almost over, as Marty Friedman is ready to release his new solo album ‘Inferno’ via Prosthetic Records on May 27th in North America, his first solo album of original material in four years, and more importantly for us, his first worldwide release in more than decade, marking a full comeback of sorts from the guitarist extraordinaire. Fans have been given small tastes of the album as we build up to the release date, and Metal Assault brings you an exclusive premiere of Marty’s commentary on the scorching track ‘Hyper Doom’, along with a teaser of what it sounds like. Check it out below: Continue reading “Exclusive Premiere: Marty Friedman ‘Hyper Doom’ Track Teaser + Commentary”