This past March, pummeling instrumental noise/punk/metal duo FOSSILS released their second full-length album, the merciless and deeply entertaining Flesh Hammer. At the subsequent shows during the Spring and Summer, the band’s crushing riff machine handed out severe sonic punches, not at least at Denmark’s biggest metal festival Copenhell, where FOSSILS opened the festivities in front of several thousand entertained metalheads.
Melodic-hardcore juggernauts Four Year Strong has debuted a video for their new song and title track “Go Down In History” today at AltPress.com. The track is featured on the band’s forthcoming, highly anticipated EP, Go Down In History, which is due out July 22nd on Pure Noise Records. The upcoming record can be pre-ordered now at iTunes and at http://fouryearstrong.merchnow.com/.
L.A. based metal act HELLION have announced that RHINO BUCKET front man, Georg Dolivo, will be joining Hellion as their rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist on Hellion’s upcoming North American “Karma’s A Bitch” tour in October. “I am excited to be a part of what the new Hellion is doing, I’ve always been a fan of Ann and her incredible voice.” said Georg Dolivo in a recent interview. “It’s especially great to be back working again with Simon Wright. And having Scott Warren and Maxxxwell Carlisle in the band as well is an added bonus!” “We rehearsed over the weekend and the band sounded heavy and tight. It was massive!” continued Georg Dolivo. “I’m really looking...
OZZY OSBOURNE / FIREWIND guitarist GUS G. and Birmingham, AL rockers LYNAM will be teaming up for a string of west coast dates in October! GUS G. will be supporting his debut solo album, I Am The Fire, and LYNAM will be supporting their newest release, Halfway To Hell. The dates kick off October 15th in Los Angeles, CA at the world famous Whisky a Go Go and mark GUS’ first solo band appearances in North America.
LACUNA COIL continues their world tour in support of their latest Century Media release, BROKEN CROWN HALO. This will be the second run of dates on this album cycle in the U.S. and Canada for the Italian Rockers! Devil You Know is set to support the entire tour and Starset are also appearing Sept. 23 – Oct. 12
This November, Pennsylvania’s Rivers of Nihil will embark on the biggest tour of their career so far! They have been added as the openers to Death (DTA Tours) “Swamp Leper Stomp ’14” tour! Additional support will come from Obituary and Massacre. This tour will kick off on November 14th at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, and wraps up on December 7 in Miami, FL at Grand Central.
