Voïvod’s “Hypercube Sessions” began last August with a blazing live set from RadicArt studios, the studio where Voivod recorded their Juno award winning album The Wake, and continues with Voïvod’s “Hypercube Session 2”, where the band will be performing Nothingface for the first time ever on May 30th. The date also coincides with Michel “Away” Langevin’s Birthday! “Hypercube Session 3” will feature the classic Dimension Hatröss album and will stream on June 27th.
Z2 Comics, the leading publisher of music-inspired graphic novels reveals this fall’s jewel in the crown of the “king” of heavy metal himself; the first-ever comic written by the one and only King Diamond. White Noise Studios scribe Dan Watters and October Faction artist Damien Worm team with The King himself for a chilling new version of the story of Miriam Natias and Jonathan LaFey and an inheritance far more terrifying than even the haunted mansion in which it’s discovered.
Coming off the recent announcement of the band’s sixth studio album The Phantom Tomorrow and their successful Acoustour for US radio, Los Angeles rockers Black Veil Brides are announcing their next global virtual experience Unplugged – the band’s final streaming event of 2021. This announcement comes as Black Veil Brides were just #1 on the BandsInTown X Billboard Top Livestream artists for the week of April 3rd. Recorded live in Los Angeles at the Den Studios, Unplugged will offer an in-depth look at the stories behind the songs from every part of Black Veil Brides’ catalog. Radio hits and fan favorites comprise the setlist for and even the song “Vale (This Is Where It Ends)” from the band’s fifth...
John Schaffer, the guitarist of the Iced Earth has become the first Capitol rioter to plead guilty on charges of his participation in the January 6th riots that took place on the Capitol. Reports are coming out that he is now working in cooperation with the government. Schaffer met with U.S District Court Judge Amit Mehta on Friday morning and came to a deal that he understood meant that he would need to “cooperate fully with the United States”. He pleaded guilty to charges that he obstructed Congresses efforts to certify the 2020 election and that he unlawfully entered a restricted building. Because of this agreement, Schaffer will be put into the witness protection program. Schaffer got caught red-handed...
The Metal Band, Magg Dylan, have released their next single/video “Pawns” with Eclipse Records (4/9). At times the greatest expression of frustrations bleeds itself over into lyrics, vocals, strings, and a beat. “Pawns” is that collection that rides itself through the metal power of who Magg Dylan is – their music sets a standard. The vocal expression plays a power-hungry performance – together their band sanctifies the simple into the metal foray of unabashed truth. “Pawns” speaks through, so play it loudly.
Iron Maiden’s Legacy of the Beast free-to-play mobile game is excited to announce their first ever in-game band collaboration with Swedish metallers Amon Amarth. Entitled the Viking Invasion, the month-long event takes its broad themes from Iron Maiden’s song, ‘Invaders’ from 1982’s ‘The Number of the Beast’ album. Taking a page out of its own (comic) book, Legacy of the Beast created a new character and storyline borrowing from Amon Amarth’s latest album, ‘The Berserker’.
