BLACK FLAG has announced a spring / summer tour of North America entitled the VICTIMOLOGY TOUR with Brooklyn, NY two- piece atmospheric punk band Cinema Cinema as one of the openers on the grand bulk of dates. The tour kicks off on May 15 in Midland, Texas and includes dates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, New York, Toronto as well as an appearance at the Amnesia Rockfest Music Festival in Montebello, Quebec, Canada on June 20th. This August, Cinema Cinema release their third full length album A Night At The Fights, produced by Martin Bisi (Swans, Dresden Dolls, etc.) and Cinema Cinema.
In celebration of their ongoing global conquest with Exhumed and Skeletonwitch, Relapse Records will be reissuing three long out-of-print LPs from Portland, Oregon thrash metal merchants, TOXIC HOLOCAUST. The group’s now classic albums, Evil Never Dies, Hell On Earth, and An Overdose Of Death, will all be available on deluxe vinyl on April 15th, 2014 and can be preordered from Relapse mailorder HERE. A trailer with detailed shots of the vinyl colors can be viewed HERE.
On April 19th PRONG will release an exclusive 7″ single for the “Record Store Day” celebration in the USA with the new track “Turnover” on side A and a Pig Remix of “Revenge Best Served Cold” by Raymond Watts on Side B. The single is limited to 3.000 copies and comes in green marbled vinyl. The worldwide digital release of this single is April 21st!
After announcing their brand new album “Hail The Apocalypse” last week, AVATAR is coming right back at you with a new music video for the title track, “Hail The Apocalypse.” The iTunes Pre-orders are LIVE with the video single being available right away to anyone that pre-orders a copy. Vocalist Johannes Eckerström comments on the new video: “This is our best video to date. I play your friendly neighborhood doomsday prophet. You get to follow me facing the unbelievers & their reactions when chaos ensues. Good times all around & we are using some really amazing special effects to blow up the planet. Oh, and it’s done like a silent movie.” The visually stimulating album cover...
Triptykon and Century Media Records/Prowling Death Records are proud to announce a special limited edition box set of the band’s second album, Melana Chasmata, containing the album’s main Mediabook CD edition as well as a selection of unique Triptykon paraphernalia. The Melana Chasmata Mediabook features a 32-page booklet and an additional 12-panel fold-out cross-booklet; the paraphernalia comprises a silver Triptykon-“T” necklace, 2 specially manufactured Triptykon candles, a Triptykon tote bag, a poster, and 3 postcards.
In early June 2014, ARCH ENEMY will unleash their 9th studio album, War Eternal, worldwide via Century Media Records and Trooper Entertainment in Japan. With this upcoming release, the band will introduce a new member to their ranks: Alissa White-Gluz, former vocalist of Canadian extreme metallers THE AGONIST. Angela Gossow, who joined ARCH ENEMY in 2000 and made her debut on the now classic Wages Of Sin (2001), will be stepping down as front-woman and focusing on management, while Alissa takes her place.
Death metal pioneers MASTER are set to make their North American return next month for 2014 North American Witchhunt Tour. Kicking off on April 17 in Philadelphia, MASTER will spend three weeks demolishing North American stages in support of their newest release, The Witchhunt. Joining MASTER’s legendary founder/frontman will be guitarists Alex Bouks [ETURNUS, ex-INCANTATION] and VJS [NIGHTBRINGER, INCURSUS], along with drummer Ruston Groose [SURGEON].
