Philadelphia’s DEVIL MASTER stake their claim as one of the most venomous, twisted entities in the underground with their hellish debut, Satan Spits on Children of Light. Today they announce the album’s release March 1st on Relapse alongside lead single “Desperate Shadow“. The album, recorded with mastermind Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Volahn, Code Orange, Prurient) rattles the very gates of hell with a vile dose of black metal-infused punk mayhem.
With how 2018 was for rock music, it’s no wonder so many are spelling doomsday for the scene. There’s no mainstream attention or innovation for rock currently, and your atypical rock bands are just aping on what’s expected from the genre. Except Clutch. Let’s be real, love them or hate them, Clutch are doing the exact opposite of literally everyone else and doing well for themselves, too. The near-sold out show at Starland Ballroom can attest to that. I’ve only been to one post-Christmas show, so I was honestly nervous that the turn out would have been a small one. Quite the opposite, as I’ve stated, as Clutch have a serious draw in New Jersey. Nor have I seen Clutch before, so...
CANNIBAL CORPSE will play “Leg Five: North America” of Slayer’s Final World Tour this spring. The journey begins May 2nd in Phoenix, Arizona and runs through sixteen cities, concluding on May 25th in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Additional support will be provided by Lamb Of God and labelmates Amon Amarth.
JOHN GARCIA, the Kyuss legend returns with his next incarnation of Desert Rock, John Garcia And The Band Of Gold, out on Napalm Records! None other than ex-Kyuss and Queens Of The Stone Age producer Chris Goss gave this new groovy piece of dust its finishing touches. JOHN GARCIA takes the next step in his almost 30-year career by combining the strengths of his musical past with the achievements of modern times. It’s once again a distinctive JOHN GARCIA album! JOHN GARCIA on the new album: “After a year of heavy stress, starting my own studio, shutting it down, hiring and firing, the drama is finally over. Saved by surgeon Chris Goss, this record is finally done. It is unclear if I will ever be doing this...
Doom rock icons THE OBSESSED will return to North American stages this February as part of Corrosion Of Conformity’s A Quest To Believe; A Call To The Void 2019 Tour. Presented by Revolver, the trek begins January 19th. THE OBSESSED will join the tour February 16th in Boston, Massachusetts and rumble stages through the final show on February 27th in Nashville, Tennessee. Additional support will be provided by Crowbar and Mothership.
Legendary death metal unit MORBID ANGEL will grace US stages this February as part of the 2019 Decibel Magazine Tour. Set to run from February 17th through March 14th, the band will be joining forces with fellow death metal icons Cannibal Corpse for the first time ever in America on the co-headlining winter trek. Support will be provided by Necrot and Blood Incantation as well as Immolation on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS will spend much of 2019 road bound beginning with a handful of Latin American dates in January and February. The following month, the band will make their way to Australia and New Zealand for the Thrash Blast Grind tour with Australian grind unit and Housecore Records labelmates King Parrot.
Following their Northeast US Coast headlining mini-tour as well as their set at The Power Of The Riff in Los Angeles, Washington, DC-based DARKEST HOUR announces new tour through Canada for early 2019. The Canadian leg of the Death To False Metalcore Tour will see the band performing across Eastern Canada from January 31st through February 8th, co-headlining with Unearth with support from The Agony Scene. The new dates precede the previously-announced European leg of Death To False Metalcore, which will see DARKEST HOUR and Unearth co-headlining with support from Misery Signals, Malevolence, and Left Behind, from March 21st through April 1st. Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge), DARKEST HOUR’s eleventh LP, Godless...
