This summer, labelmates THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and WHITECHAPEL will embark on a North American co-headlining tour. The tour, which runs from June 8th through July 14th, will findTHE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER performing their latest album, Nightbringers, front to back and more, while WHITECHAPEL will be playing their classic This… Read More ›
Southern Californian hard-rock legends Fu Manchu released their 12th studio album, Clone of the Universe, on February 9th, 2018 via their own label At The Dojo Records. Their record is their first in 4 years, following the 2014 release of… Read More ›
In the video below Kyle Pfeiffer of Blacklite District talks origins of the band name, touring with Flaw and playing The Whiskey in Los Angeles, Minecraft animated video collaboration, what they would like to be remembered for and more with… Read More ›
In the video below Mark Rizzo of Soulfly talks about his soon to be released solo album on Combat Records, boxing, learning other bands riffs and more with Iron Serbian @ Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Lake Tahoe, Nevada… Read More ›
Today, MINISTRY releases a surreal and provocative new music video for the track ‘Twilight Zone’ from the band’s upcoming album, AmeriKKKant, due out March 9 (Nuclear Blast). Building upon the themes of the song, the ‘Twilight Zone’ video takes the viewer on a macabre excursion… Read More ›
Southern California death metal veterans Gravehill are set to return with their fourth album (first since 2014’s Death Curse) The Unchaste, the Wicked, & the Profane. The album sees Corpse relinquishing the bass to take over on vocals, replacing long-time… Read More ›
In the video below Municipal Waste perform @ Den Of Sin in Sacramento, California 02/24/18 with Isotope, Solanum & Demon Hammer. Adult Swim presents Mr. Pickles Thrash-tacular tour began last week at Neumos in Seattle, WA. The 13-city metal tour is… Read More ›
Ringworm are back in the studio recording their new album. Sessions are taking place at Brainchild Recording Studio and Spider Studios with Noah Buchanan (Midnight, Embalmer) and Ben Schigel (Chimaira, Integrity) helming all production duties. A late 2018 release date… Read More ›
Minneapolis, MN Hard Rock Band COLD KINGDOM has announced that they will be joining SLEEP SIGNALS on their 28 date TOUR RITO SUPREME tour. Launching March 1st in Mankato, MN, the tour winds through North America before finishing up… Read More ›
In the video below Mike IX Williams of EYEHATEGOD talks importance of Corrosion Of Conformity, making it, new EYEHATEGOD music, skinheads and more with Iron Serbian of Capital Chaos TV. EYEHATEGOD are currently on a massive North American tour supporting Black… Read More ›
The wait is over: Psycho Las Vegas has unveiled the lineup for the 2018 festival. Featuring black metal legends Dimmu Borgir, the resurgences of The Hellacopters and American Nightmare, industrial heavyweights Godflesh, curveballs Tinariwen and Dengue Fever, and the all-encompassing assemblage of doom, sludge, psych, and rock n’ roll genres… Read More ›
In the video below Exmortus rage @ Blue Lamp Sacramento, December 4th, 2017 with their brothers in Warbringer, Solanum Thrash & Blessed Curse… On the heels of their North American run with SABATON and KREATOR; SoCal bred neoclassical heavy metal… Read More ›
The Monster Energy Aftershock 2018 festival dates have been announced! The festival will be held Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, October 14 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA. Look for the festival lineup announcement on Monday, April 9.
In the video below, watch Flaw perform @ Holy Diver in Sacramento, California 02/20/18 with Zero Client, The Crowned, Blacklight District & Decipher. In 2015, Louisville, Kentucky-based rock/metal act, Flaw, inked a worldwide deal with Pavement Entertainment. The band released… Read More ›
This year’s festival presented and organized by METALHEADS UNITED sees a jamming line up of over 20 acts over 3 nights ranging from stoner rock/stoner metal, doom, psychedelic and heavy blues with headliners Dopethrone (Montreal, QC), Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Vista… Read More ›
After garnering substantial praise for their long sold-out 2016 demo, OF FEATHER AND BONE returned to Goldberg Studios and recorded with Steve Goldberg (Cephalic Carnage) at the helm. The resulting album delivers a tumultuous salvo of blasting death metal; a… Read More ›
Hey it’s me Nikki Knight again with another show review. I know it’s been awhile but I will get you caught up on some of the best shows I have been at in the last few weeks. On Feb 1st… Read More ›
In the video below Xenotaph perform @ The Blue Lamp in Sacramento, California 02/11/18 with Gloriam Draconis, Dearth and Barren Altar.
Legendary rockers STYX and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS are teaming up with TESLA for a summer U.S. tour that kicks off May 30 in Irvine, CA at the FivePoint Amphitheatre. Tickets for various cities of the tour, produced by Live… Read More ›
U.K.-based punk rockers, COUNTERFEIT. have made a name for themselves across the pond and are ready to conquer North America. Kerrang! has called the band “the real deal” and V Magazine called their album, TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER, “a fast… Read More ›
Swedish death metal legends The Crown will release their new album, Cobra Speed Venom, on March 16th via Metal Blade Records. Produced together with Fredrik Nordstrom at Studio Fredman, the record promises to be one of the biggest surprises of the year. A… Read More ›
Dark electronic act LUDOVICO TECHNIQUE has released the official music video for their single, “Absence.”
Hailing from Rio de Janiero, Brazil, Whipstriker premiere a new song entitled “Calm After Destruction”, taken from their upcoming new album “Merciless Artillery”, which will hit shelves March 9th via Hells Headbangers. Check out now “Calm After Destruction” streaming below.
Spearfish, SD based electronic alternative rock act Blacklite District has announced that they will be joining FLAW as direct support on their North American tour run. Launching Valentine’s Day in Colorado Springs, the tour winds through the Midwest and West Coast, winding up in… Read More ›
Nuclear Blast returns as the official sponsor of Full Terror Assault Open Air Festival! Year four of the three-day European-style open air metal festival will once again be held at Hogrock Campground in Cave-In-Rock, IL on September 6-7-8. Ticket holders can enjoy… Read More ›
Houston-based progressive metal outfit, OCEANS OF SLUMBER, have launched a video for their new single, “No Color, No Light”. The song is taken off the band’s upcoming album, “The Banished Heart”, to be released on March 2 through CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS, and… Read More ›
Spider Rockets combines contemporary loud rock with classic rock elements. The New Jersey-based band travels the sonic spectrum from dark and seductive to energetic to angry, with a dynamic live show and scream-along anthems. Read a little more about Spider… Read More ›
SKINLAB‘s February 11 performance at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California. Check it out below. SKINLAB kicked off a short southwestern run, dubbed “Brothers In Blood”, on January 25 in San Diego, wrapping on February 3 in Harlingen, Texas. Support on… Read More ›
California post-hardcore/sludge misfits HORSENECK – featuring within its ranks current and past members of Will Haven and Chelsea Wolfe – are pleased to unveil the vinyl edition of their critically-lauded Heavy Trip full-length, self-released via the band’s own Worried Bird Records early last year.Heavy Trip was captured by… Read More ›
Legendary Misfits Guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein will be launching the As We Die World Abomination Tour 2018 this Spring. Beginning February 21st in Clifton, NJ, the tour winds through North America before crossing to the UK March 26th in… Read More ›
Very rarely does a 12 minute song fulfill all the elements required to be a great piece of music. There has to be a clear path in which the song is taking you. It is very easy for instruments to… Read More ›
Southern California death metal veterans Gravehill are set to return with their fourth album (first since 2014’s Death Curse) The Unchaste, the Wicked, & the Profane. The album sees Corpse relinquishing the bass to take over on vocals, replacing long-time Gravehill growler… Read More ›
Imagine that The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Chariot and Every Time I Die had a three way baby together, and that baby grew up to have its own show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, that would describe Steaksauce Mustache, a… Read More ›
Through The Eyes Of The Dead have debuted a new music video for their single, “Obitual” today. Directed by veteran video director David Brodsky, this is the second music video TTEOTD has released from their new LP. Through The Eyes… Read More ›
Extinction AD has premiered a brand new music video for their single, “Secret Worlds” today via the internet. This is the first music video we’ve seen off the band’s fast approaching new LP due this Friday. This is the third… Read More ›
Hoods perform new music @ Den Of Sin – Sacramento, California 12/16/17 with Terror, Sworn Vengeance & Peace Killers Hoods is a metalcore band from Sacramento, California. Formed in 1994 by Mike (Hood) Mraz who later added Logan Murray, Tony… Read More ›
The war rages on! Old school metal veterans MEMORIAM are set to unleash their second album, The Silent Vigil, on March 23rd, 2018 via Nuclear Blast Records. Just a year after the release of their debut album For The Fallen, the band returns with an authentic, raw offering of… Read More ›
Ventura, California fantasy metal/rock outfit GYGAX has issued “The Lascivious Underdark” — the lead single from their impending second album, Second Edition, streaming below. GYGAX picks up where their 2016-released Critical Hits debut left off. The eight tracks that comprise… Read More ›
Rock band From Ashes To New have released their single and lyric video for “Crazy,” premiering the song on SiriusXM Octane today and streaming below. “Crazy” is the first single off of their upcoming LP, The Future, releasing April 20th via Better Noise Records / Eleven Seven Music…. Read More ›
The origins of noise metal legends WILL HAVEN can be traced back to 1995, when they first emerged as a staple in Sacramento, CA’s storied underground. For the past two decades-plus, they’ve existed on the fringe of extreme music – championing an… Read More ›
NIVIANE are very excited to announce they will be supporting SIRENIA (Norway) for 1 leg of their upcoming North American Tour. They will be joined by THREAT SIGNAL (Canada) & VALINOR EXCELSIOR (Colombia). Only a handful of the dates have… Read More ›
Sacramento-based quintet Graveshadow – who deftly mixes symphonic/gothic metal with elements of doom, thrash and epic progressive power metal – unveil the first taste of their new album via the lyric video for the song, “Widow and the Raven,” premiering… Read More ›
Light Will Consume Us All, the impending second full-length from Sacramento, California-based doom bringers CHRCH, is set for release this April via Neurot Recordings. Standing at a crossroads of light and dark, CHRCH wields epic, lengthy songs, massive low end, and an occult… Read More ›
VENOM INC. – the trio formed by legendary Mantas, the Demolition Man & Abaddon – is set to kick off the next stage of their Blood Stained Earth World Tour. The first part will lead them through Asia plus Oceania,… Read More ›
The “Last Arbiter” by Xael is one of those albums you know you have heard before but not really sure where. Their influences are very prevalent, but that is not to be mistaken for a bad thing. They have mixture… Read More ›
Florida deathcore act Bodysnatcher are preparing to thrill audiences around North America, as they have announced that they will be embarking on the ‘Death of Me’ North American headlining tour this March. The month-long trek is set to kick off on March… Read More ›
Following an extremely successful North American tour supporting the mighty Obituary, DUST BOLT are now set to return Stateside in May. The band will again be supporting Obituary, but this time they will also be joined by Pallbearer and Skeletonwitch…. Read More ›
Distinguisher @ Holy Diver…courtesy of Zoran Theodorovic 02/05/17 Sacramento, California Distinguisher are touring in support of their self-released studio album, What’s Left Of Us, which was released on February 10, 2017. Distinguisher will be performing at the 20th Annual 2018 New England Metal… Read More ›
Death metal overlords DYING FETUS have announced a Spring North America Co-Headlining Tour with Australia’s Thy Art Is Murder. The tour commences March 15 in Poughkeepsie, NY; runs through 31 cities and travels full circle ending in Amityville, NY on April 22…. Read More ›
Yesterday, symphonic metal titans THERION kicked off their pan-European headline tour with IMPERIAL AGE, NULL POSITIV and several others. While presenting some of the new tracks of their upcoming album Beloved Antichrist, THERION will also perform their classic hits from almost 3 decades of band history and… Read More ›
French metal hardcore band, Beyond The Styx, have released a music video for “Danse Macabre”, a track taken from their new album Stiigma, out on February 23rd via Klonosphere/Season of Mist Distribution & Diorama Records. Stiigma was recorded at DOME… Read More ›
Prosthetic Records have signed FL progressive death metallers, MONOTHEIST. Featuring JJ “Shiv” Polachek (7 Horns 7 Eyes, Nekroi Theoi) on vocals and Prophet on guitars. Their new album, Scourge, will be available on all digital outlets, CD and limited edition blue w/… Read More ›
“Tsar Bomba, (Russian: “King of Bombs”), byname of RDS-220, also called Big Ivan, Soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over Novaya Zemlya island in the Arctic Ocean on October 30, 1961. The largest nuclear weapon ever set… Read More ›
The war rages on! Old school metal veterans MEMORIAM are set to unleash their second album, The Silent Vigil, on March 23rd, 2018 via Nuclear Blast Records. Just a year after the release of their debut album For The Fallen,… Read More ›
