Metal Assault: News

* THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED * The winner is Cheryl Armstrong.

Metal Assault in association with the House Of Blues Sunset Strip is bringing you this ticket giveaway for the upcoming Michael Schenker show at the venue on Wednesday February 12th 2014. Schenker has released a stellar new studio album ‘Bridge The Gap’ under the moniker Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock, and will be performing at the House Of Blues with the same lineup of musicians that includes his former Scorpions bandmates Herman Rarebell on drums and Francis Buchholz on bass, along with Doogie White on vocals and Wayne Findlay on guitars/keyboards. Opening acts for this show are Gary Hoey, and Sun featuring Sass Jordan and Brian Tichy. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Michael Schenker Live @ House Of Blues Sunset Strip 02/12/14”

* THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED * The winner is Alyssa Aguilar.

Metal Assault in association with the House Of Blues Anaheim is bringing you this ticket giveaway for the upcoming Queensrÿche show at the venue on Saturday January 25th 2014. We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the show, and below are the three ways you can enter. Please enter only if you’re a Los Angeles/Orange County resident and/or are planning to attend the show. If you enter via more than one social network, your chances of winning increase accordingly. In other words, entering on any two of the three social networks below doubles your chances as compared to entering on one, and doing it on all three networks triples your chances of winning. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Queensrÿche @ House Of Blues Anaheim 01/25/14”

* THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED * The winner is Osmel Rodriguez.

Metal Assault in association with the House Of Blues Anaheim is bringing you this ticket giveaway for the upcoming ‘Metal Masters 5’ event at the venue on Wednesday January 22nd 2014. Presenting an absolutely stellar lineup of musicians including Philip Anselmo, Kerry King, Rex Brown, Billy Sheehan, Charlie Benante, Frank Bello, David Ellefson, Gary Holt, Chris Broderick, Mike Portnoy, the recently added Chuck Billy, and other special guests, this is a gig metalheads simply cannot afford to miss. Besides the all-star metal jam, the show will treat the audience with opening acts Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, and Altitudes & Attitude, the new collaborative project led by bass powerhouses David Ellefson and Frank Bello. Continue reading “Ticket Giveaway: Metal Masters 5 @ House Of Blues Anaheim 01/22/14”

In recent years, heavy metal has spread its wings and found an audience in countries you would have never imagined even a few years ago as places with a potential metal scene. But nowadays, metal is truly a global phenomenon. One of the regions that has rapidly developed its scene in the past few years is South-East Asia, and one country in this part of the world that’s attempting to create its own scene is Bangladesh. Primitive Invocation, an underground extreme metal promotion company based in the city of Dhaka, have been working hard at putting together gigs and are also running a fanzine. They’ve successfully organized events in the recent past, and are now gearing up for their next event, the appropriately titled ‘Banish The Posers’ Fest which is set to take place at the Russian Cultural Centre in Dhaka on Saturday November 16. Continue reading “Metal In Bangladesh: ‘Banish The Posers’ Fest Set To Slay Dhaka On November 16”

Genre-defying southern quintet KYLESA has announced a new October US headlining tour. The tour will kick off on October 1st in Athens, GA, and end on October 27th in Richmond, VA. The tour will see support from Pinkish Black and Sierra. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below. Continue reading “Kylesa Announce US Headline Tour”