Philip H. Anselmo (Down, Superjoint, Scour, Pantera et al) will be filling in for EYEHATEGOD vocalist Mike IX Williams on two upcoming shows: the first at Southport Music Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19th and the second at the 2016 edition of Gwar BQ in Richmond, Virginia on August 20th.
The creation of Karl-Ulrich Walterbach, Noise Records’ origins lay in the late 70s/early 80s West Berlin punk rock scene. Against the backdrop of the Berlin Wall, the convergence of volatile music, left-wing ideals, and anti-government sentiment spurred Walterbach to release two punk compilations, Soundtracks zum Untergang (Soundtracks to the Downfall), on his first label, Aggressive Rockproduktionen, otherwise simply known as AGR.Due to the influence of Los Angeles hardcore punk masters Black Flag, Walterbach would gradually turn his interests from punk to metal, forming Noise Records in 1983 as the European response to the likes of Metallica and Slayer.
VENOM INC are hitting the road for a European Tour in October with support from Death Metal legends VITAL REMAINS and Italian underground cult Black Metallers MORTUARY DRAPE. MORTUARY DRAPE are 30 years old this year and celebrating their anniversary with an absolute classic set. They will be joined by Brazilian Old Skool Death Metal band NERVOCHAOS and Australia’s finest thrash bastards DESECRATOR. Tour dates are as follows:
Arizona death metal newcomers GATECREEPER have announced their savage debut album Sonoran Depravation. Having devastated the underground since their formation less than three years ago, GATECREEPER now unleash their first full-length, produced by Ryan Bram at Homewrecker Studios and mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, Black Breath) at God City Studios.
Tune in today as Panic! At The Disco unveil their contribution to “Suicide Squad: The Album” with a powerful cover of QUEEN’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Show on Apple Music. Panic! At The Disco frontman, Brendon Urie, will also call into the show for an exclusive interview with Zane Lowe himself. Panic! At The Disco are an award-winning, GRAMMY nominated, internationally acclaimed rock band whose latest album, Death Of A Bachelor debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart. Currently, they’re wrapping up a North American co-headline tour with Weezer that will have played to half a million fans at the end of its run. Suicide Squad: The Album has been celebrated all week long on Zane Lowe’s...
After more than a year of touring relentlessly throughout Europe and North America on the strength of their latest LP, The Children of the Night, Tribulation are proud to return to the US and Canada for the band’s first ever headlining tour in the region. Joining them will be Youth Code and Horrendous, as well as Cauldron on select dates (Canada). Speaking on the upcoming trek in North America, the band comments:
Swedish experimental heavy-rock pioneers OPETH have released the second instalment, “Studio Report – Episode 2,” of their in-depth, behind the scenes series on the making of their 12th studio album, Sorceress. The highly-anticipated record is due out on September 30th via the band’s imprint label Moderbolaget Records with Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
Australia is a breeding ground for quality metal, it seems, as the past few years has seen numerous, highly-unique acts come out of the continent and take the metal community by storm. Everything from the progressive mindset of Karnivool to the deathcore titans in Thy Art is Murder has, in some way, left a sizeable mark on the rest of the genre, which makes the arrival of Ne Obliviscaris nothing short of remarkable. The band has made headlines over the course of their past two albums, ranging from reviews praising their art, to the revelations that their music is being studied by conservatories for music majors. It has certainly been a roller coaster for Ne O (for simplicity’s sake) the past few years, and things...
