In exactly 4 months the Epic Metal masters of MANILLA ROAD will headline the Friday night of the Warriors Of Metal Fest V Open Air on June 29th at the Frontier Ranch in Pataskala, Ohio (just 20 minutes East of Columbus, OH). Mark “The Shark” Shelton states: “We have not played in Ohio since 1988 or ’89 and we’re really looking forward to play at this American True Metal festival in Ohio!”
Candlelight Records today confirms June 5 as the North American release date for FEAR FACTORY’s new album, The Industrialist. Produced by the band with Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly), the album was mixed by Greg Reely (Paradise Lost/Skinny Puppy/Machine Head). It features additional tracking by Logan Mader (Gojira/Divine Heresy/Five Finger Death Punch) and artwork by Anthony Clarkson (Devin Townsend).
Unholy Exaltation of Fullmoon Perversity from Portland-based trio WEREGOAT (featuring members of Ritual Necromancy, Aldeberan and more) is now available through Dark Descent Records. Raw and slathered in filthy reverb; Weregoat is not a cookie cutter “goat band” trying to get by on heaviness alone. Catchy riffs and cavernous vocals fill out this dirty recording that will leave you wanting more.
Bringers of True Heavy Metal POWER THEORY will be playing “An Evening of Pure Steel” on March 24th at The Blue Room in Secaucus, New Jersey in celebration of SLEEPY HOLLOW’s new release Skull 13. Joining POWER THEORY and SLEEPY HOLLOW will be Pure Steel Records label-mates EXXPLORER along with very special guests VOO DOO TERROR TRIBE and SCARS OF ENVY.
What if superheroes were real? And what if one day they all disappeared? In DANGER CLUB, a new Image Comics series by Landry Walker and Eric Jones, the fate of the world is in the hands of the allies that the heroes left behind — their teenage sidekicks. It’s up to the this rag-tag and fragmented group to battle the immense cosmic evil that threatens the world. But the fight could be over before it even starts if the sidekicks’ struggle for dominance destroys them from the inside.
Death metal goliaths JOB FOR A COWBOY will unleash their brand new studio recording entitled Demonocracy this Spring. Set for North American release on April 10, 2012 via Metal Blade Records, the nine-track Demonocracy was produced by Jason Seucof (Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Trivium) who recorded the band’s blistering Ruination full-length, at Audiohammer Studios, and features another strikingly detailed concept cover by artist Brent Elliott White.
California goregrind maniacs EXHUMED are infinitely pleased to be added to this year’s Summer Slaughter Festival lineup! While the festival’s full schedule and routing are still to be announced, the band are confirmed to share the stage with headliners Cannibal Corpse as well as Between The Buried And Me, Goatwhore and The Faceless.
“Before the word ‘metalcore’ existed… VISION OF DISORDER did” stated the band. “We did what we did because WE loved it, not because we thought others might. 20 years later we’re, once again, at work with the same approach. After a newly inked deal on Candlelight Records, we are about to begin tracking on our first studio album in a decade.
Drummer Rhett “Thorgrimm” Davis of California death horde GRAVEHILL has issued the following update, “2012 began with a line-up change for GRAVEHILL. We added two new full-time guitarists known as CC DeKill & Hell Messiah to replace Matt Hellfiend & Bodybag Bob due to their momentous schedule for EXHUMED. These new guitarists will participate in the next full length record and all live commitments for GRAVEHILL here forward.
