After several sold-out shows last year on their inaugural North American co-headlining tour with ELUVEITIE, Finnish epic metallers WINTERSUN will return to North American shores once again for a headlining tour this August/September. Joining them are Italian symphonic death metal champions FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, melodic tech-death kings ARSIS and up-and-comers STARKILL. Continue reading “Wintersun: North American Headline Tour Announced”
Ohio’s most-loved metal group SKELETONWITCH have revealed that their upcoming album, recorded this spring at GodCity Studio with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Kvelertak, High on Fire), will be titled “Serpents Unleashed.” The follow-up to their Billboard-charting 2011 release “Forever Abomination,” which earned them a cover feature in Decibel Magazine and recognition on several of the year’s “best of” lists, “Serpents Unleashed” is will be released by Prosthetic Records this fall. More information about the album will be revealed in the coming weeks. Continue reading “Skeletonwitch Announce New Album Title”
Disinterred British extreme metal legends CARCASS have signed to Nuclear Blast Records for the world excluding Japan! Surgical Steel, the band’s first studio release since their 1996 LP Swansong, was produced by Colin Richardson (NAPALM DEATH, BOLT THROWER, GOREFEST, CANNIBAL CORPSE, SINISTER, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA) and mixed/mastered by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ACCEPT, EXODUS, TESTAMENT). Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker in the band’s current incarnation are new drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) and guitarist Ben Ash (PIG IRON, DESOLATION, LIQUEFIED SKELETON). Expect some guest vocals from original sticksman Ken Owen as well, when Surgical Steel is released this Fall world-wide. Continue reading “Carcass Sign To Nuclear Blast Records”
The Jeff Hanneman Memorial Celebration will take place on Thursday, May 23 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles from 3:30 – 7:30PM. Hanneman passed away on May 2 at the age of 49. Continue reading “Jeff Hanneman Memorial Celebration Details Announced”
Vancouver’s ANCIIENTS have been added to LAMB OF GOD’s North American tour. The tour is scheduled to start on Thursday, May 16th, in Asheville, NC and will run through the United States before ending in Tulsa, OK on June 10th. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below. ANCIIENTS’ debut album, ‘Heart of Oak’ recently made Billboard’s “Heat Seekers” Top 50 chart. Additionally, ANCIIENTS wrapped up a string of dates as part of the Death to All Tour. ‘Heart of Oak’ is streaming here, and available now on Ltd Ed. digipack with 2 bonus tracks, jewel case CD, Ltd Ed. double gate-fold Lp, and digitally. Continue reading “Anciients Added To Lamb Of God Tour”
We’ve hyped up this release through various news posts in the recent past, and now it’s finally ready to be listened to in its entirety. The ‘Motörhead Tribute – India’ compilation featuring some of India’s best heavy music talent is available for streaming below via the bandcamp player, and you can visit motorheadtribute.bandcamp.com for all the information on pre-order bundles. Continue reading “‘Motörhead Tribute – India’ Album Available For Streaming & Pre-Order”