It’s hard to believe that three years ago Darkthrone released The Underground Resistance, the band’s throwback to old 80’s speed metal. While Darkthrone originated as a death metal-turned-black metal band in the early 90’s, the band ultimately abandoned that direction in favor of more retro-metal and crust punk influences, starting with 2006’s The Cult Is Alive. While further releases continued to move away from their black metal fame, the band continues to maintain a cult-like (no pun intended) following and all without barely performing live.
The Devil Wears Prada will hit the road this fall, co-headlining “The Rise Up Tour” with Memphis May Fire. Silverstein will Special Guest* and Like Moths to Flames will open all dates. The tour kicks off in Denver on October 11 and will take the bands cross-country, wrapping up in Berkeley, CA on November 4. Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 8. Visit tdwpband.com and memphismayfire.com for all ticketing info.
As the former Scorpions’ drummer, Herman Rarebell was instrumental in recording classics such as Lovedrive, Blackout and Crazy World between 1977 and 1996, and looks back at a successful stint as the manager of his own recording company Monaco Records. At the moment he is a member of guitar legend Michael Schenker’s current group Temple Of Rock
New Orleans’ road warriors GOATWHORE will return to the US tour circuit this Fall on a short run of live abrasions prior to and following their Ozzfest appearance in San Bernardino, California on September 24th. The trek will commence on September 16th and rupture fifteen stages through October 1st. Support will be provided by The Blood Royale on select dates. GOATWHORE’s latest US journey will follow a two-week stretch of European onstage debauchery set to kick off next month.
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...
