New York based Heavy Rock / Metal band FEAR IS DEAD will be releasing their fifth EP, Omnicidal, with a music video for the single “Bliss,” in early August. The band has also announced that they will be hitting the road in support of the EP beginning with a kick off show at The Delancey in New York on August 3rd before crossing to the West coast through California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
In today’s progressive landscape, it’s rare for spectacle and wonder to take a backseat to the artistic merits of music. Prog was founded in the late 60’s and early 70’s using both of these aspects, but acts like King Crimson exploited the more experimental and art-inspired side of the genre almost immediately out of the womb. Today, the modern math rock/proggy noodling community of internet-famous bands who, in a constantly changing environment, work even harder to get noticed by the general public, is a constant fight to differentiate one’s self. Covet is an interesting one, in that they are artistic by nature, but also rather than bore their listener with wordless displays of their superior musicianship,...
Coming on the heels of the release of their latest release Catacombs, New Zealand’s highest-charting rock act Like A Storm will join rock juggernauts Godsmack and Shinedown as direct support throughout the United States. The tour kicks off July 22nd in Clarkston, MI. Like A Storm will be opening the first 3 weeks of the run and will wrap on August 12th in Dallas, TX. The band will also support Godsmack on their recently announced European Fall tour starting in October. A full list of tour dates along with tickets and VIP packages are available at www.LikeAStorm.com/tour. Catacombs marks the first album that the band has recorded, produced, and mixed completely on their own. With the introduction of the didgeridoo...
The North West, UK-based blackened death metal sextet HECATE ENTHRONED – whose ‘brutal epic scornful metal’ has earned extensive acclaim over the past two decades – have signed a worldwide recording contract with the American label M-Theory Audio. The group plans to release a new album – their sixth full-length, and first in five years – in January. More information about the recording will be revealed in the coming months.
Following the release of their critically-lauded fourteenth studio album, Red Before Black, last year, CANNIBAL CORPSE will head back out on the road this winter for US live takeover. The tour will run from November 2nd through December 6th with support provided by Hate Eternal and Harm’s Way. See all confirmed dates below.
It’s that time of year again, the time when GWAR comes to destroy your town and eviscerate your eardrums. However, this is no ordinary tour, this year they do it together with Hatebreed. The “Gore, Core, Metal and More” tour will be co-headlined by your Lords and Masters GWAR, and the mighty Hatebreed.
Metal Blade Records is proud to welcome East Coast thrashing legends Whiplash to its ranks! Whiplash is an original thrash metal band, and Tony Portaro delivers over 30 years of power thrashing death. Comments Whiplash‘s very own Tony Portaro on the signing: “My main influences were the West Coast thrash bands that Brian Slagel brought into the limelight in the early 80’s.
OBITUARY announce a re-issue of 2017’s self-titled full-length release featuring two bonus tracks not included on the original pressing and alternate artwork. Additionally, the band will release the first official vinyl pressing of the Ten Thousand Ways To Die EP, featuring live recordings of twelve classics and fan favorites from the band’s storied catalog recorded on their 2015 world tour! The limited edition OBITUARY vinyl are due out August 31 on Relapse Records. Pre-Order via Relapse.com HERE. Additionally, OBITUARY begin their headlining Summer European tour next week on July 26 at Metal Days Festival. The brief tour ends on August 2 at Rockstadt Extreme Festival. OBITUARY will...
American grindcore icons TERRORIZER, featuring legendary drummer Pete Sandoval, have united with The End Records for the release of their long-anticipated new full-length, Caustic Attack. Produced by Jason Suecof (Deicide, All That Remains, Kataklysm, Battlecross) at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida and featuring the apocalyptic cover art of Timbul Cahyono (Rotting Corpse, Pyrexia), the record serves as the band’s first studio offering in six years.
