Heavy rock legends MOTÖRHEAD, in collaboration with West Hollywood’s famous Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset Strip, have agreed to dedicate their patio to Lemmy Kilmister and re-name it ‘Lemmy’s Lounge’ in memory of rock’s greatest frontman. It is… Read More ›
On a blistering hot, Labor Day weekend in 1982, about an hour’s drive from Los Angeles, The Ramones, B52’s, Talking Heads, and The Police all took the stage in front of over 100,000 fans. The Police were in mid-tour for Ghosts in the Machine and as Stewart Copeland recollects: “we… Read More ›
An unprecedented lineup has been announced for the 11th annual Rock On The Range, May 19, 20 and 21 at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH. Rock legends Metallica, Soundgarden and Korn will each headline one night of America’slargest and most-acclaimed… Read More ›
Watchful eyes have already noticed Detroit City’s work with productions for the likes of Sage The Gemini and the newly re-united Cool Kids. Now they’ve joined forces with hyphy legend Too $hort to bring you the housey and x-rated “Freeky.”… Read More ›
As the December Los Angeles-based THE POWER OF THE RIFF closes in, the coordinators of the gathering have added an additional day of mayhem to the event, with a pre-party show leading off the festivities. The new pre-party for THE… Read More ›
Sacramento, CA’s modern death metal extremists, The Kennedy Veil, have entered Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA to begin tracking their as-yet-untitled follow up to their crushing debut album, Trinity of Falsehood. Drummer Gabe Seeber finished up tracking drums earlier this week, with guitar,… Read More ›
Atmospheric tech death collective WRVTH today issues the confounding video accompaniment to the track “Cease To Exist” via Decibel Magazine. The tune comes by way of the band’s self-titled full-length release via Unique Leader Records. Elaborates bassist Taylor Preston of… Read More ›
Going in to this review of SOLITUDE’s album entitled “Reach for the Sky” released in North America through the Test Your Metal Records label I had no expectations because I knew little to nothing of this band hailing from Tokyo,… Read More ›
Popular New Zealand based hard rock band Devilskin has released the Official Music Video for the second single off of their second studio album, “Pray”. The video was directed by Tim Van Dammen on location in Hamilton, New Zealand, with… Read More ›
Stay Sick Recordings, the label owned and operated by Attila frontman Fronz, has signed Vesta Collide. The band will release New Obsession on January 20, 2017. Pre-orders for New Obsession are now live via iTunes and MerchNow. New Obsession Track… Read More ›
German thrash titans KREATOR have released the music video for the title track of their upcoming album, Gods Of Violence If you dare to watch the grueling uncut version of the video, check it out here KREATOR singer/guitarist and main songwriter Mille Petrozza comments: “We have prepared… Read More ›
Today, New Zealand artist Gin Wigmore premiered her official video for her latest single ‘Dirty Mercy,’ the first track and video from her highly anticipated forthcoming album due for release in 2017. Gin explains, “I made sure I came out… Read More ›
Following their recent tour with Madball, and performances at Mexico’s Off Limits Festival and Arizona’s Southwest Terror Fest, POWER TRIP prepares to head back out on the road next week, joining the likes of Napalm Death, The Black Dahlia Murder, Pig… Read More ›
“I dropped out of high school with a bass in my hand” Scott Shiflett of Face To Face Metal Correspondent Gene Gaona of Capital Chaos TV wraps of his interview with Scott Shiflett of Face To Face @ Aftershock Festival… Read More ›
Test Your Metal Records is proud to announce its next signing of Vancouver, BC thrashers TERRIFIER for the release of their next album ‘Weapons of Thrash Destruction’ set to be released in January 2017. The release will be the follow… Read More ›
Created by members of some of Sacramento’s hardest working local bands, Korean Fire Drill (because Chinese was already taken), also known as KFD, started off as 3 guys jamming out their first 3 songs on the first day they met…. Read More ›
New Years Day led by the charming and last remaining original member Ashley Costello returned to Sacramento this weekend to a floor capacity crowd as part of a package that included headliners Crown The Empire, Bless The Fall and new up and comers Light The Sky and Too Close To Touch.
Moscow Power Thrashers DISTANT SUN will release their sophomore full-length album Into the Nebula digitally on November 18 via Metalism Records. The album will also be released as a deluxe digipak CD in December. The CD version comes with bonus… Read More ›
Oklahoma City based progressive death metal trio Dischordia still have a few weeks to go before their second full-length, Thanatopsis, drops on Friday, November 25th through Rogue Records America. In the interim, the band partnered with Heavy Brog Is Heavy… Read More ›
Columbus, OH hard rock band Beartooth have announced they will be joining The American Nightmare Tour this spring, supporting Bring Me The Horizon and Underoath. The tour kicks off on March 10th in Houston, TX and keeps the band on… Read More ›
Like clockwork, Italian death metallists’ Hour Of Penance are ready to release their seventh full length album, “Cast the First Stone”, through Prosthetic Records on January 27, 2017. The follow-up to 2014’s critically acclaimed effort “Regicide”, “Cast the First Stone” was recorded… Read More ›
Die Young who hail from the longhorn state of Texas are a hardcore band that formed sometime in 2002. In the course of being banned from Canada–twice and denied entrance into Romania have managed to release ten slabs in various… Read More ›
Metal Correspondent Todd Owens of Capital Chaos TV probes Brian Tatler & Karl Wilcox of Diamond Head on their influence on Metallica, new Diamond Head, touring North America versus touring Europe and more @ Slims – San Francisco, California 11/02/16… Read More ›
Currently on tour with The Black Dahlia Murder, Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, and Power Trip in the USA, Massachusetts-based extreme metal outfit Abnormality has just launched a video for “Cymatic Hallucinations”, taken from their critically acclaimed album, Mechanisms… Read More ›
Des Moines, Iowa Metal band Dead Horse Trauma have announced The Road Rage To Revival Tour with Sacramento, California band The Alpha Complex that features former Motograter and Riven vocalist, Michael “Angel” Woodruff. Following a handful of solo dates, the… Read More ›
Danny Worsnop, the newly-returned frontman for UK metalcore pioneers ASKING ALEXANDRIA, has released the first single and video from his upcoming debut solo album, ‘The Long Road Home’. The official video for “Mexico” was filmed with director Blake Judd and… Read More ›
Relapse Records has released their free annual label sampler showcasing the label’s eclectic roster and featuring a track from every 2016 releases in addition to songs from brand new signings to look forward to next year. The 40-song sampler is… Read More ›
I’m in the minority of people who think Superjoint is Philip H. Anselmo’s best band to date, yes even better than Pantera. This Philip fronted band had me at the first chords of the original groups initial offering in 2002… Read More ›
