Doom rock icons THE OBSESSED will kick off their long-anticipated US tour this week supporting Today Is The Day. The band will join the trek Thursday, February 27th in Providence, Rhode Island and appear on all dates through March 8th in Atlanta, Georgia. From there, THE OBSESSED will play two headlining shows in Columbia, South Carolina and Richmond, Virginia respectively with additional live dates to be announced in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.
Filmed during a late summer night at Castlefest 2017 in The Netherlands, ‘Lifa – Heilung Live at Castlefest’ captures HEILUNG‘s legendary debut performance. This will be the first time that the mesmerizing footage is available worldwide as a stand-alone audio/visual (Blu-ray) piece. ‘Lifa’ lays bare the power and majesty of the enigmatic Danish trio’s deep and enchanting live ritual for all to experience.
West coast metal veterans Metal Church will release From the Vault via Rat Pak Records on April 10, 2020. This latest release is a special edition compilation album that features 14 previously unreleased tracks from the Mike Howe era, which include four newly recorded studio tracks including a redux of the band’s fan favorite classic “Conductor.”
Ron Keel Band, fronted by million-selling vocalist Ron Keel, has signed with HVM Entertainment & HighVolMusic, partnering longtime friends Ron Keel & HVM chief Bill Chavis in an arrangement that includes multiple album releases on HighVolMusic as well as booking and management through HVM Entertainment.
Titled Seduction of the Innocent, this first trade paperback will collect issues #1-6 as well as the Free Comic Book Day 2019 #0 that kicked off the 50th-anniversary celebrations. Join writer Christopher Priest (Black Panther, Deathstroke) and Turkish artist Ergün Gündüz for their “Kelvin Universe” or Netflix-inspired take on the Daughter of Drakulon.
The Contortionist have released a music video for their spot-on cover song of The Smashing Pumpkins 1995 hit “1979” via Consequence of Sound. Directed by vocalist Michael Lessard, this is the second music video we see from the band’s Our Bones EP released last year. Lessard also directed the music video for the title track “Our Bones” and can be seen below. Vocalist Michael Lessard comments:
DEAD BY WEDNESDAY have announced The Highnamic Duo Tour with Twiztid. “We’ll be doing all of the U.S. dates (NOT Canada) opening for the mighty Twiztid, Slaine, and more!!!!! We played a bunch of the last Warped Tour dates with Twiztid & become friends with some of their camp. These guys are known to bring out a “token” heavy metal band with them out on tour & we are honored to be that band this time around. Yes, we know it’s not a metal tour but that’s the difference between DBW & a lot of metal bands…
OZZY OSBOURNE’s 2020 North American “NO MORE TOURS 2” has unfortunately been cancelled to allow OSBOURNE to continue to recover from various health issues he has faced over the past year. This decision was made to accommodate fans who’ve been holding tickets for rescheduled shows and have been asked to change plans, some multiple times. Following promotional obligations for his new ORDINARY MAN album (out February 21), OSBOURNE will head to Europe for additional treatments.
