Broken Teeth formed in Austin, Texas, in 1999 when vocalist Jason McMaster (Watchtower and Dangerous Toys) recruited former members of Dangerous Toys, Dirty Looks and Pariah for a side project that allowed band members to have some fun indulging their… Read More ›
Pavement Entertainment has inked a deal that will see the August 18 release of Everything and Nothing, the new album from Washington’s American Wrecking Company. American Wrecking Company is a fusion of many influences from Metal, Punk, Rock and everything in… Read More ›
Australia’s unhinged extreme metal villains King Parrot return with their third and finest long player to date in the form of Ugly Produce. Set for release in North America on September 22nd via Housecore Records, Ugly Produce is a ten-track feast of distinctively… Read More ›
Hailing from Philadelphia, New Wave of Traditional American Heavy Metal band Corners of Sanctuary (COS) formed in 2011 with a desire to bring back the sounds of Classic Heavy Metal. Corners of Sanctuary has performed with many notable artists including: Saxon,… Read More ›
The Texas mob recently released a pair of videos ahead of the album’s release, “Hollow Chains,” and “Burn it Down.” Shattered Sun’s first tour in support of The Evolution Of Anger finds them joining the 2017 Vans Warped Tour beginning July 26 outside of St. Louis, MO, and… Read More ›
Joywave have released their sophomore album Content today via Hollywood Records/Cultco Music today HERE. The album title, Content is a heteronym that plays on the theme of CONtent vs ConTENT. The album is produced by Joywave’s own Daniel Armbruster & Sean Donnelly and mixed by Rich… Read More ›
Hailing from Fremont, California brutal death metal and slam trio Splattered premieres a new song entitled “Antediluvian Horror” today, taken from the band’s upcoming 4-way split release “Worldwide Slamicide” (feat. also Stillbirth, Gorevent, and Crepitation). The album is scheduled to… Read More ›
Two-time Grammy-winning thrash/metal legends SLAYER performed their iconic song “Raining Blood” on last night’s (Thursday, July 27) edition of NBC‘s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”. They also took part in a “Tales From Tour” segment in which they shared road stories about a free throw gone… Read More ›
Forged in the fires of internationally acclaimed acts ranging from Death Dealer and Blasted to Static to Empires of Eden and Aussie metal royalty Dungeon, Night Legion unleashes razor-sharp power metal to make your ears bleed – in the best possible… Read More ›
Arizona death metal unit Gatecreeper have announced a headlining European tour this September. The eleven date tour begins on September 8 in Finland and ends on September 22 in the Netherlands. Support will be provided by Ratlord on select dates…. Read More ›
From the Lionheart Facebook page… When we announced our breakup, over a year ago, we meant it. Balancing jobs and personal lives w/ trying to tour full time was impossible, so we chose to take a step back. However, it… Read More ›
Celebrity restaurants tend to flame out in the Sacramento area, as the closures of Sammy Hagar and Guy Fieri restaurants in recent years attest. Those places did not have a guy who spits fire behind them. KISS frontman Gene Simmons, a founding partner in casual dining chain… Read More ›
Progressive tech death collective Arkaik will unleash the anticipated Nemethia, this fall via Unique Leader Records. A continuation on the conceptual saga of the two previous releases, on Nemethiathe journey of Cyrix expands into new landscapes, as does the band’s technical prowess and… Read More ›
Gene Simmons says that he writes new music “all the time” but insists that the business is dead for anybody but the established artists.
Malice is a Traditional Power Metal/Heavy Metal band that will inspire you to take on all life’s obstacles and challenges. Malice captures the spirit of the Norse gods. Malice was started by bassist “The Metal Warrior” Rayman James.
On Thursday, July 27th, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will return to the road co-headlining this year’s edition of the Summer Slaughter Tour with Dying Fetus. The US trek – which runs through August 26th with various off dates scattered throughout – will… Read More ›
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 set them apart from all others by being the very first in a genre they… Read More ›
Toilet of Hell has premiered a new song from Chicago Death Metal trio MORDATORIUM. The song is”Biting Cold” and is taken from forthcoming album Obsessed with Death. MORDATORIUM will release Obsessed With Death on August 25. Inspired by the likes of GRAVE, CARCASS, VALLENFYRE, ENTRAILS, and… Read More ›
This November, Cannibal Corpse will kick off a US tour in support of their upcoming, as-yet-untitled full-length, due out this fall. The tour will commence on November 3rd and run through December 8th. Support will be provided by Power Trip and… Read More ›
US Metal legends Jag Panzer release a new lyric video for the song “Far Beyond All Fear” today. The track is taken from their forthcoming album “The Deviant Chord”. Jag Panzer guitarist Mark Briody created the lyric video: “I wanted… Read More ›
Finland’s melodic death superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM are returning to the states this fall for a mind blowing celebration of 20 years since the debut of Something Wild and the beginning of the Hatecrew. The 24-date tour will kick off on October 31st in… Read More ›
Fallujah perform live @ Bay Area Death Fest 2017 featuring original vocalist Alex Hoffman’s final appearance with the band in the video below.
Originally formed in 2002 by ex-members of Infestation & Fetus by the Pound, Cursed has survived a revolving door of members til a solid line-up of Roy Stanley ( bass ), Jon Deaver (guitar), Curt Beliew (vocals), Reggie Villegas (guitar),… Read More ›
Following in the smoldering wake of the band’s 2015-issued Dying Gods extended EP, All Out War arises with arguably the band’s most crushing material to date with their sixth official album, Give Us Extinction. With more than forty-two minutes of unchecked aggression, the new… Read More ›
Dale Crover, inspired by Paul McCartney’s 1980 video for “Coming Up,” premieres the video for “Bad Move” via Dangerous Minds. “We had a lot of fun making the video,” says Crover. “It’s a parody of a Paul McCartney video where… Read More ›
Love N War was initially formed in early 2000 when guitarist / songwriter John Adams and vocalist Jeff Vandenberghe met to do a reunion of their former band.The duo has been writing music, performing and touring together since 1982 and… Read More ›
Southern California’s revered groove metal band DevilDriver is teaming up the one and only Superjoint for one of the most anticipated US tours of the Fall. Support on the tour will come from King Parrot, Cane Hill and Child Bite. The tour begins September… Read More ›
Los-Angeles based ska punk band Goldfinger have premiered their newest single “Tijuana Sunrise,” off of their long-awaited album The Knife on Billboard today. The song is the latest cut made available from The Knife, which will be released on July 21 through Rise Records. Featuring a reggae-esque rhythm with… Read More ›
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington hanged himself at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in L.A. County. His body was discovered Thursday just before 9 AM. Chester was married with 6 children from… Read More ›
EYEHATEGOD will kick off a thirty-nine-date US mega tour next month. The Left To Starve summer takeover will commence on August 1st, run through September 13th, and includes performances with Capitalist Casualties, Phobia, Primitive Man, Negative Approach, Antiseen, Cro-Mags, Pig Destroyer, The… Read More ›
California death metal horde Acephalix – featuring members of Vastum, Necrot, Depressor, and more – has completed their third LP, and is preparing to unleash Decreation upon the public masses in September. New label home 20 Buck Spin has unloaded a YouTube stream… Read More ›
Tau Cross, the multinational punk/heavy metal collective featuring Amebix bassist/frontman Rob “The Baron” Miller, Voivod drummer Michel “Away” Langevin, and members of cult crust outfits Misery and War // Plague, has announced their second full-length album, Pillar Of Fire, due… Read More ›
Nothing More premiere the official music video for their new single, “Go To War” today via Monster Energy Aftershock. Directed by Wayne Isham, the video evokes the burning aggression of the track’s lyrics through a passionate bar fight between lovers. Watch it… Read More ›
UK rockers Syteria, featuring Jackie Chambers of Girlschool and previously Blitzkrieg, released a brand new music video for the track “I’m All Woman”, from the debut album ‘Rant-O-Bot’, due out on May 30th 2017. The new album is available on all digital platforms and can… Read More ›
As Diaspora, the imminent new full-length from progressive blackened death collective Cormorant, draws closer to release, today the band offers up “The Devourer” for mass consumption courtesy of a dual premiere between BrooklynMegan and Invisible Uranges. Issues the band of the latest… Read More ›
Closing a four-year void since the release of The Colourless Sunrise debut, from technical power metal, laden with soaring vocals and blistering guitar work, to epic orchestral driven prog, Prospekt has produced their best effort to date. The Illuminated Sky… Read More ›
Recently completing a west coast run of shows with Russia’s Arkona and Norway’s Sirenia, Sacramento’s Graveshadow – a female-fronted Symphonic Metal band that incorporates Doom, Thrash and Goth Metal influences – has entered the studio to begin recording their sophomore… Read More ›
Under their belt, Warrant has eight million records sold worldwide, two Top Ten Billboard albums, five Top 40 Billboard hits, five #1 MTV videos…the list goes on and on. Now, six years after the release of “Rockaholic,” the album that relaunched the… Read More ›
K’s legendary extreme metal icons CRADLE OF FILTH have released the music video for the first single off their eagerly awaited 12th album, Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness Of Decay. The album is now available for pre-orders. Pre-orders as well as the music video… Read More ›
Portland doom quartet USNEA has announced the full details of their third full-length album, Portals Into Futility. Inspired by dystopian science-fiction and the painful intersection of today’s crushing reality, Portals Into Futility offers five songs and fifty-six minutes of expertly… Read More ›
Vertigo-inducing death metallers INCANTATION have unveiled their brand new video for the track “Messiah Nostrum”, taken from the band’s forthcoming album, Profane Nexus. The video is streaming exclusively via Revolver. Regarding the Don Taylor-directed video, drummer Kyle Severn issued the… Read More ›
How did you first get in to music? Who turned you onto rock/metal? Marija Dragićević: Well, us two, sisters, Alexandra and I, were always close, and our mother Aneta had a huge influence on us. She was rocker from the… Read More ›
After some initial and recent promising news, EXIT EDEN have now unleashed their first video! Their debut album “Rhapsodies in Black” is now also available for pre-order. For those who are aware of the talent of these four ladies – Amanda Somerville, Clémentine Delauney,… Read More ›
Tower Of Babel, the new American / European high energy international heavy rock band have released the official lyric video for the song “Midnight Sun” from their upcoming debut album “Lake of Fire” out on July 20 via Lion Music…. Read More ›
Watch Melvins Perform A Full Set of Heaviness in Sacramento, California in the video below. The Melvins, who recently released the double album A Walk With Love & Death on July 7 via Ipecac Recordings, stream new song, “What’s Wrong With You”… Read More ›
Jungle Rot will begin a week of headlining dates starting on July 29th in Central America with shows in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Mexico. View all the upcoming Jungle Rot tour dates. Regarding new music, vocalist Dave Matrise remarked: “We’ve been working away hard,… Read More ›
Crepitation are a Brutal Slammin’ Death-Grind band. Crepitation’s current members live all over the U.K. making the productivity of this outfit less than a sloth on his day off. Currently writing new stupidly annoying material at a snail’s pace for a… Read More ›
Fan-filmed video footage of Iron Maiden performing “The Number Of The Beast” in Oakland, California can be seen below. The band’s set list was as follows: 01. If Eternity Should Fail 02. Speed Of Light 03. Wrathchild 04. Children Of The Damned 05. Death Or… Read More ›
Enterprise Earth and Metal Instruction have teamed up to premiere the band’s NSFW video for “Never Forgive, Never Forget.” The song lives on the band’s album Embodiment, out now via Stay Sick. You can listen to another track, “Mortem Incarnatum,” here. Enterprise Earth will tour with Make Them Suffer… Read More ›
Scottish Slam-Masters, Party Cannon, are back with their latest dose of baby-making, beer chugging, late night grubbing, blast-induced, slamming death metal, ‘Perverse Party Platter’.
Bay Area, California-based progressive/technical death metal titans Inanimate Existence have built up a strong reputation as one of the scenes busiest and most accomplished acts. Since their inception in 2010, the group has toured relentlessly throughout the US and Canada… Read More ›
Sacramento, California-based science fiction power metal band, Helion Prime, performed at The Colony in Sacramento on July 2nd. Video of the band’s full performance is available for streaming below. Back in April, Helion Prime released a new single, “Remnants Of… Read More ›
This weekend, Exodus will headline it’s first Bay Area club shows since late 2013 when the band takes over the Chapel in San Francisco’s Mission District for two nights. The band is promising a special event for fans with plans to film the Exodus as… Read More ›
On July 14th, Bloodclot – featuring true hardcore pioneers John Joseph (Cro-Mags), Todd Youth (Warzone, Murphy’s Law), Joey Castillo (ex-Queens of the Stone Age, Blast!), Nick Oliveri (ex-Queens of the Stone Age, Dwarves) – will release their new album, ‘Up In Arms‘, via Metal… Read More ›
Finnish epic metallers, Wintersun, have released a guitar play through video for “The Forest That Weeps (Summer)”, a track from their new album, The Forest Seasons, out on July 21st via Nuclear Blast. Tracklisting: “Awaken From The Dark Slumber (Spring)”… Read More ›
Sacramento, California-based power metal band, Niviane, performed at The Colony in Sacramento on July 2nd. Video of the band’s full performance is available for streaming below.
With no room left in hell, Chicago’s Broken Hope will be heading back to UK shores this September as part of the bone-crushing deathgrind HELL ON EARTH TOUR 2017 package. The band will be joined by young guns Gloryhole Guillotine, Italian tech-heads Hideous Divinity and the… Read More ›
From the depths of Sacramento California the crossover thrash metal, punk rock band Psychosomatic was twisted into form in 1988. Spewing forth chaotic blasts of jackhammer style guitar picking on top of super tight speed drumming, ripping fast bass guitar lines… Read More ›
PAIN, the Swedish industrial-metal force led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, LINDEMANN), will make their first ever North American appearance this upcoming September. Comments Tägtgren: “Painheads of America and Canada! We’re happy to finally be doing a North American tour together with Orphaned… Read More ›
