Defecrator perform their smash hits @ Cafe Colonial – Sacramento, California 05/28/17. Also appearing were Minenwerfer and Chronaexus. Defecrator offers cavern death in a way that is exciting as much as it is punishing. tapewyrmmetal
Month: May 2017
Tribulation working on new album, line up change, live updates!
With the release of “The Children Of The Night” in April 2015, Sweden’s Tribulation have made a massive impact on the worldwide metal scene. After excessive touring in North America and Europe Tribulation took a well-deserved break not only to recover from… Read More ›
Karkaos Unleash New Album ‘Children of The Void’
Karkaos has evolved into one of the most reputable and celebrated melodic extreme metal acts hailing from Montreal, QC. Unleashing their debut LP “Empire” in 2014 and EP “In Burning Skies” in 2011, this female-fronted band returns in 2017 with their… Read More ›
Watch: Chronaexus Final Live Performance In Sacramento, California
Chronaexus perform their smash hits @ Cafe Colonial – Sacramento, California 05/28/17. Also appearing were Minenwerfer and Defecrator Chronaexus was a Black Metal band from Sacramento, California. Their debut full-length album “Algedonic Awakening” was released on Buriedinhell Records in 2010. Chronaexus’… Read More ›
Venom Inc Announce Upcoming Blood Stained Earth Headline Tour
Venom Inc just finished up a huge performance at this past weekend’s Blackest Of The Black festival in Silverado, CA. Now, you have more chances to witness the band’s live onslaught! Venom Inc have announced their upcoming Blood Stained Earth… Read More ›
Droids Attack Announce Midwest / West Coast Tour Dates
Heavy Metal Band Droids Attack have announced their 17 date North American Tour in support of their February 2017 released LP, Sci-Fi Or Die. Launching June 16th in Des Moines, IA and winds through the band’s first West Coast run,… Read More ›
Watch: Minenwerfer Perform A Full Set In Sacramento, California
Minenwerfer perform their smash hits @ Cafe Colonial – Sacramento, California 05/28/17. Also appearing were Chronaexus and Defecrator. Founded in 2007 to combine the atmosphere of brutal life in The Great War (1914-1918) trenches with raw black metal and a… Read More ›
Doyle Releases Music Video for “Run For Your Life”
Legendary Misfits Guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein has released the Official Music Video for “Run For Your Life.” I did the guitars when I did the Abominator record. We did two albums at once, actually. We were going to do… Read More ›
Jungle Rot Interviewed In Oakland, California And Full Set Performance Footage
Jungle Rot’s latest album, Order Shall Prevail, was released on June 30th, 2015, just as the band prepared to perform at the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. Since then, the Wisconsin metal brigade has performed at the Maryland Death Metal Fest, the Metal… Read More ›
Unleash The Archers Release Music Video For Track “The Matriarch”
The definition of matriarch says: “A woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state; specifically: a mother who is head and ruler of her family and descendants.” “The Matriarch” is also the brand new track and music… Read More ›
Indianapolis’ Sacred Leather Sign to Cruz Del Sur Music
Cruz Del Sur Music has inked a recording deal with Indianapolis’ Sacred Leather for the release of debut album Ultimate Force. With influences that are surely evident to any heavy metal purist, Sacred Leather‘s music seems to emerge directly from the early… Read More ›
Domus Mysterium By Copenhagen Metal Sect SLÆGT Out Now In Europe
Domus Mysterium, the debut LP from Copenhagen, Denmark-based black/heavy metal outfit SLÆGT, is out now in Europe through Ván Records, and will see release on June through the label’s new US label branch and distribution. Building up on their highly-acclaimed… Read More ›
Vader Strike Of The Empire U.S. Tour Kicks Off Today
Polish death metal legends, Vader, kick off their North American trek this Friday at Maryland Death Fest before meeting up with the Strike Of The Empire package. The tour will stop in New Orleans, San Diego, and Chicago, before concluding… Read More ›
Frontman John Kevill of Warbringer Interviewed In Oakland, California
The highly anticipated and critically acclaimed Warbringer album, Woe to the Vanquished, was released March 31st 2017 via Napalm Records. Warbringer have been on the road since the album’s release and have no plans to stop anytime soon. Front man… Read More ›
Broken Hope unleash “The Carrion Eaters” music video
Straight from the butchers block, glut yourself on the official music video for brand new Broken Hope banger “The Carrion Eaters.” Warning: this video is NOT for the faint of heart (or light of stomach). Watch it now via Metal Insider…. Read More ›
Shredder Jason Richardson to Embark on Headline Tour
Guitarist Jason Richardson, formerly of All Shall Perish, Born of Osiris, and Chelsea Grin, is embarking on a headline tour this summer, playing with drummer Luke Holland. Special guest openers are The Reign of Kindo and Stolas. Dates are below…. Read More ›
Watch Exhumed Perform In Sacramento, California
Exhumed perform their smash hits @ Starlite Lounge – Sacramento, California 05/24/17. Also appearing were Modern Man, Severpul, Unprovoked & West Coast Fury California extreme metal veterans Exhumed have entered the studio to record their highly anticipated sixth studio album… Read More ›
Holger of Deathblow Interviewed In Sacramento (The Lost Interview)
Salt Lake City Thrashers Deathblow had released an official video for “Prognosis Negative,” the title track from the 2014 full-length debut. This interview was done with guitarist/vocalist Holger at their Sacramento stop of their 2016 The Other Side of Darkness Tour…..Transcribed by… Read More ›
Goatwhore Unveils “Chaos Arcane” Lyric Video
Vengeful Ascension is the imminent new full-length from New Orleans’ metal legion Goatwhore. Set to drop on June 23rd via Metal Blade Records worldwide, the band’s seventh full-length and second recorded reel-to-reel was captured at Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois… Read More ›
Watch Jungle Rot Perform Live In Oakland
Jungle Rot perform @ Oakland Metro Operahouse – Oakland, California 05/22/17. Also appearing were Destruction, Hellbender & Warbringer.
Dead Cross Announce North American Tour
Dead Cross, the hardcore band featuring Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits), Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox), Michael Crain (Retox, Festival of Dead Deer) and Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk), have announced their first North American tour dates. “Everything… Read More ›
Gojira Announce Dates with Pallbearer and Oni
Gojira have announced North American headline dates with special guests Pallbearer and Oni. The summer trek is set to get underway July 30th at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, CA. Presale tickets for the new headline shows will be available… Read More ›
Interview With Guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Hammerfall
Hammerfall recently hit the road with Dealin supporting their globally acclaimed tenth studio album and Napalm Records debut Built to Last, which was released last November via Napalm Records. Hammerfall guitarist and founding member Oscar Dronjak sat down with Iron Serbian… Read More ›
Expulsion Announce Debut Album Nightmare Future
Relapse Records is proud to announce the official signing of extreme metal act EXPULSION. The newly formed group features members of Repulsion, Exhumed, Phobia, Intronaut, Gruesome and numerous others. The band has shared the full details of their debut album… Read More ›
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes Added to It’S NOT DEAD 2 Lineup!!!!
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes have been added to the already stacked lineup for It’s Not Dead 2. One of the country’s largest punk rock festivals, It’s Not Dead is returning to Southern California’s Glen Helen Amphitheater Festival Grounds,… Read More ›
Robb Flynn 50th Birthday Bash Announced
Robb Flynn, frontman of San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, has just announced a special birthday show in his honor. The event is set to take place at the Oakland Metro on July 22nd, and will feature a… Read More ›
Niviane release promotional teaser video.
Sacramento, California power metallers Niviane have targeted Fall 2017 for the release of their debut album “The Druid King” through an as yet unnamed label. The band has released a promotional teaser video for the album which can be viewed… Read More ›
Byzantine launches concussion-inducing video for new single, ‘New Ways to Bear Witness’
On July 28th, Byzantine will release their new album, ‘The Cicada Tree‘, via Metal Blade Records. Heralded as the most underrated band from the New Wave of American Heavy Metal Movement, Byzantine has slowly gained a cult-like following after releasing 5 genre-bending… Read More ›
Decrepit Birth Release New Music, Live In Sacramento Video Streaming
Santa Cruz CA’s tech-death masters, DECREPIT BIRTH, will release their first album in seven years on July 21 via Nuclear Blast Records (North America) and Agonia Records (Europe). Listen to “Epigenetic Triplicity” from their upcoming album Axis Mundi, and check… Read More ›
Divinity Release Atlas Video
Unleashing their new album “The Immortalist” on May 26th, Calgary, AB progressive death metal band Divinity have teamed up with Bravewords for the exclusive premiere of their next video “Atlas”. The bands comments: “Believe it or not, we shot and… Read More ›
The Kennedy Veil & The Zenith Passage To Join Devastation On The Nation Tour This Week
Unique Leader labelmates The Zenith Passage and The Kennedy Veil will join the Devastation On The Nation tour this Friday. The brutal mega tour features headliners Cryptopsy and Decrepit Birth, with additional support provided by Rivers Of Nihil, Visceral Disgorge, Seeker,… Read More ›
The Interbeing Release New Single “Deceptive Signal”!
Friday The Interbeing released the second single from their upcoming Album “Among The Amorphous”. The song, called “Deceptive Signal”, is the follow-up to the comeback single “Sins Of The Mechanical”. The new album “Among The Amorphous” will be released worldwide… Read More ›
Dying Fetus Share “Panic Amongst The Herd” Music Video
Death metal overlords Dying Fetus have shared the music video for the second single off their impending 8th studio album Wrong One To Fuck With. The video was directed/animated/edited by Mount Emult. June 23rd, 2017 will see the worldwide release… Read More ›
Sacramento’s Misamore Release Video For “Bloody Mary”
Sacramento based hard-rock trio Misamore have dropped their video for “Bloody Mary”. The song ‘Bloody Mary’ was written a few years before the recording of Misamore’s full-length album, “Monolith”. The song deals with the destruction of what little innocence we… Read More ›
Andrew Boss Set To Release “Invincible” Takes To The Road With Twizted
Utah based rap-metal artist ANDREW W. BOSS self-releases his newest album, Invincible on May 19th, celebrating with two album release parties in Salt Lake City. The first on May 18 at The Graywhale is an all ages show while the… Read More ›
Revocation To Kick Off Tour With Morbid Angel Next Week
REVOCATION are readying to kick off a mammoth US tour with Morbid Angel next week. Beginning with three headlining shows on May 19th, 20th, and 22nd, the band will join Morbid Angel on May 23rd, pillaging their way through nearly… Read More ›
Entrails premieres new single ‘Serial Murder (Death Squad)’
On June, 16th Swedish Death Metallers Entrails will release their new album ‘World Inferno’ worldwide via Metal Blade Records! Entrails have now launched the 2nd single taken off ‘World Inferno’. Please surf over to our exclusive partners for this premiere,… Read More ›
Heresiarch to return this summer with “Death Ordinance”
New Zealand’s Heresiarch will release Death Ordinance – the band’s first ever full-length – this summer on Dark Descent Records. The album breaks a three-year silence following the band’s 2014 7-inch Waelwulf. Heresiarch first emerged from the depths in 2011… Read More ›
Charlotte Wessels of Delain Talks Metal, Cover Songs, Politics And More In San Francisco
Johanna Charlotte Wessels (born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch singer-songwriter who was born in Zwolle, Netherlands. Best known as the lead vocalist for the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. She is also in the symphonic rock musical group called… Read More ›
Deathwish To Embark On Unleash Hell Tour 2017 Next Week
Wisconsin-based punk/metal shredders Deathwish – enlisting members of Wartorn, In Defence, False, and more within their ranks – are preparing to embark on their first official tour supporting their second LP, Unleash Hell, which was released in March through Beer City… Read More ›
Watch Delain Live In San Francisco, California
Delain perform @ The Social Club – San Francisco, California 05/08/17. Also appearing were Hammerfall. Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, and Charlotte Wessels. The name of the band… Read More ›
Broken Hope premiere title track “Mutilated and Assimilated”
Horror aficionados Broken Hope pay tribute John Carpenter’s 1982 classic, The Thing with the worldwide premiere of title track, “Mutilated and Assimilated.” Directed by Tommy Jones, and featuring illustrated storyboards by Mark Rudolph; the infectious essence of brutal death metal… Read More ›
Beastmaker Release New Video For “Evil One”
Beastmaker’s new album Inside The Skull is set for release next Friday May 19th via Rise Above Records. Inside The Skull is not just a muscular hymn to the glory days of heavy metal’s genesis and early prosperity: this is… Read More ›
Watch The Kennedy Veil Perform Live In Sacramento
The Kennedy Veil perform @ The Starlite Lounge – Sacramento, California 05/08/17. Also appearing were Decrepit Birth, Solanum & The Odious Constuct. The Kennedy Veil started as a quartet composed of Casey Childers (ex-Forktung), Gabe Seeber (Alterbeast, Decrepit Birth, ex-Wretched… Read More ›
earMUSIC Signs Alice Cooper New Album Out July 28th
earMUSIC is proud to announce the worldwide signing of legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper. Paranormal, Alice Cooper’s new studio album and his first in six years, will be released on July 28, 2017 on earMUSIC as 2CD Digipak, 2LP, Limited Box… Read More ›
New Obituary Playthrough Video; Begin Headlining Tour With Gruesome Today
Donald Tardy of death metal legends Obituary shared an official drum playthrough video for the track “No” today. The video features live and in-studio footage of Tardy playing along to the song which appeared as a digital bonus track on their… Read More ›
Possessed sign to Nuclear Blast!
Nuclear Blast is proud to finally announce the worldwide signing and return of POSSESSED! Few bands have done more to push the boundaries of extreme metal than the legendary POSSESSED. Even fewer can create a unique style, which continues to… Read More ›
Rising Metallers Ikillya’s Brand New Video “Betray Your Creator” Released
Metal fans across the globe can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of IKILLYA‘s new video, “Betray Your Creator,” on Youtube today. The live performance video captures the animosity that inspired the song. Describing the emotions involved, IKILLYA… Read More ›
Conan Kick Off North American Trek Today
Conan is a monumentally brutal three piece (in the grand tradition of all the hallowed three pieces through time), holding a sinew-tight line and an iron-grip command over the uber-synchronised powerchord changes and tempo-shifts of the anti-holy trio of bass,… Read More ›
Sepultura Announce World Premiere Of “Sepultura Endurance” Documentary
Sepultura have announced that their new documentary “Sepultura Endurance” will premiere at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles, CA on May 21. A Q&A will take place after the film that day as well. “I’m very happy and excited that… Read More ›
Niviane releases album artwork and stream new song “The Berserker”
Sacramento, California power metallers Niviane have released “The Berserker”, the new single from the band’s upcoming debut album, “The Druid King” recorded at Alien Productions Studios by JK Northrup (XYZ, King Kobra). The album cover artwork was created by freelance artist… Read More ›
Hammerfall Perform In San Francisco, California
Hammerfall perform @ The Social Club – San Francisco, California. Also appearing were Delain. The fans have waited almost a full year since the announcement, and now two of Europe’s finest metal exports and Napalm Records recording artists the might… Read More ›
Casket Robbery Announce ‘No One Gets Out Alive Tour
Casket Robbery will hit the road this June on the “No One Gets Out Alive Tour” with Repaid In Blood, In Death, and Bury The Rod. The tour will be in support of their upcoming EP, set to be released in… Read More ›
Sebastian Ingrosso and Salvatore Ganacci Release “Ride It” on Refune
Swedish House Mafia maestro Sebastian Ingrosso and Salvatore Ganacci, have teamed up to create the bass heavy “Ride It,” out now on Refune Music. From the get go, the intoxicating vocals of Bunji Garlin, coupled with the bass heavy drum… Read More ›
Mastodon Confirmed As Final Headliners For Psycho Las Vegas 2017
PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2017 – set to take place from August 18th through August 20th, 2017 with a pre-party August 17th at the Hard Rock Hotel And Casino Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada – confirms Mastodon as its final… Read More ›
Bill & Phil Premiere New Music Video “Dirty Eye”
This past January marked the release of BILL & PHIL‘s Songs Of Darkness And Despair, the collaborative release between horror icon Bill Moseley – most notable as Chop Top in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and Otis in Rob Zombie’s House… Read More ›
Watch The Afghan Whigs Official Video For “Oriole”
The Afghan Whigs’ official (NSFW) video for “Oriole”, a standout track from In Spades, has just debuted this afternoon via. In Spades will be out May 5th worldwide from Sub Pop. The album is now available for preorder on CD… Read More ›
Internal Bleeding To Continue On Tour With Vader
On April 20th, Internal Bleeding drummer and veteran FDNY firefighter Bill Tolley passed away after falling five stories from a rooftop while battling a two-alarm apartment fire in Queens, New York. The tragedy touched family, friends, his bandmates, the city… Read More ›
Stitched Up Heart Announce Tour With Support from Hell or Highwater
Los Angeles-based Hard Rock outfit Stitched Up Heart have announced their upcoming Summer headlining tour. The month long trek, titled the “Hearts in Hell” tour, is set to begin in Las Vegas, NV on June 2 and will feature direct support from… Read More ›
Liv Sin Premiere’s New Music Video “Immortal Sin”
Swedish metal goddess LIV SIN releases the video for “Immortal Sin” (f / Jyrki 69 from 69 Eyes) today and has teamed with leading US metal site Metabolic to launch it. The classic Fight cover comes off of LIV’s recently… Read More ›
Cellar Darling ex Eluveitie – Reveal Album Title And Release Date
Cellar Darling , the much-hyped new band formed by ex-Eluveitie members Anna Murphy, Merlin Sutter and Ivo Henzi, will release their first studio album on June 30th. Together they will lead you away into their world of apocalyptic tales and heavy riffs, to awaken your imagination… Read More ›
Reel Big Fish Announce The Beer Run with Special Guests
Reel Big Fish is hitting the road again for a summer tour dubbed The Beer Run. Tapping into the band’s passion for craft beer, several venues/markets on the trek will be participating in an experiential beer festival, which will include… Read More ›
Sacred Reich announces “30 Years of Ignorance” USA tour
This year, Arizona thrashers Sacred Reich are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their classic album, Ignorance. To commemorate this incredible milestone, the band is bringing their “30 Years of Ignorance” tour around the world, which kicks off in Europe in… Read More ›
Thy Art Is Murder announce North American co-headlining tour with Decapitated
Australia’s premiere incendiary musical export THY ART IS MURDER, and Polish metal extremists DECAPITATED, will co-headline a North American tour together this August/September. Joining them are progressive death metal masters FALLUJAH and depressive black metal sensations GHOST BATH.
Kobra And The Lotus Premiere Video For “You Don’t Know”
It’s been three years since Kobra And The Lotus’ last studio album High Priestess was released back in 2014. The time since has not been wasted; with their third album under their belt, and completing multiple tours worldwide (with the likes… Read More ›
Dream Evil Launch “Antidote” video & single off upcoming “SIX” album!
Swedish powerhouse Heavy Metal group Dream Evil are getting closer to the release of their sixth album, aptly titled “SIX”, coming out on May 26th, 2017 via Century Media Records. Therefore, the album’s second single and video for the track… Read More ›
Karkaos Unleash New Video ‘Kolossòs
Karkaos has evolved into one of the most reputable and celebrated melodic extreme metal acts hailing from Montreal, QC. Unleashing their debut LP “Empire” in 2014 and EP “In Burning Skies” in 2011, this female-fronted band returns in 2017 with their… Read More ›
