Death metal pioneers MASTER are set to make their North American return next month for 2014 North American Witchhunt Tour. Kicking off on April 17 in Philadelphia, MASTER will spend three weeks demolishing North American stages in support of their newest release, The Witchhunt. Joining MASTER’s legendary founder/frontman will be guitarists Alex Bouks [ETURNUS, ex-INCANTATION] and VJS [NIGHTBRINGER, INCURSUS], along with drummer Ruston Groose [SURGEON].
Wizards and warriors, rejoice, for the chosen one has returned! The Misery Wizard lives! Since the early 2012 unveiling of their debut sonic behemoth Misery Wizard, fans and critics alike have patiently yet anxiously awaited the second chapter in the ongoing legacy of the almighty PILGRIM, a three-piece doom metal band from Rhode Island.
Currently, Between the Buried and Me are on tour with Intronaut, Deafheaven, and The Kindred. I had the pleasure of seeing them live this past Friday, and was absolutely blown away! It was my first time with all of these bands, including the local opener Moments Till Fall. Every band, whether I was really into them or not, put on a fantastic show, and the tour is very much worth going to see. It’s progressive metal at its finest, and each band definitely had their own take on it! I’ll break it down further now. Venue: Jake’s Backroom, Lubbock TX Having deemed this the concert mecca of Lubbock for all the more intimate live shows, its got a fair restaurant up from, and spacious room to move around...
Baltimore thrash assassins, NOISEM, will undertake their most high profile tour excursion to date next week, as the young crew hits the road on the third annual Decibel Magazine tour. Set to provide their jacked-up, rabid thrash assault as the opening act of the tour, Noisem‘s set will be followed by each night by performances from massive metal luminaries Gorguts, The Black Dahlia Murder, and headliners, Carcass. The three week venture gets underway on Tuesday, March 18th in Orlando, Florida before blasting westward infiltrating major cities across the US and Canada before the final gig on April 13th in Silver Spring, Maryland, right down the street from the band’s home turf. The trek is preceded by several...
Midwestern black/death rock nihilists, WOLVHAMMER, are currently deep in the process of laying down the tracks that are to become the band’s third LP. Occupying Hideaway Studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, WOLVHAMMER is currently tracking their anticipated full-length follow-up to the band’s 2011-released Profound Lore debut, The Obsidian Plains, with Dan Jensen at the soundboard, with eight new tracks penned for the yet unnamed release. Stated guitarist Jeff Wilson today on the recording process, “Just waking up on what is day five of recording for LP #3… fortunately for myself not hungover today. We finished up all of the drums/auxiliary percussion last night, which means we’ll be knocking...
Former and current Queensryche frontman Geoff Tate sat down with Metalmachine.net in NYC to talk all things Queensryche. FOr all those that don’t know, Geoff and the other members of Queensryche or in the midst of a legal situation where there are currently 2 bands called Queensryche. We spoke to Geoff about that and his new band which features long time metal veterans Simon Wright, Rudy Sarzo, Robert Sarzo and Kelly Gray.
Following the release of their 2nd album, Men of Honor, Adrenaline Mob announce today that they will be supporting Avenged Sevenfold and Hellyeah on 12 shows in the U.S and Canada in April and May. The band will be doing headline shows on off days as well as supporting Hellyeah on their headline shows during and after the dates with Avenged Sevenfold. Adrenaline Mob will be touring throughout 2014/2015.
Tennessee-based, feedback-laden, instrumental bass and drum duo, Black Tar Prophet, will release their second full-length next month via the eclectic sound peddlers at Domestic Genocide. Titled Deafen, the nine track behemoth was recorded live with Max Otworth (Lysura, Venality) at Sonic Hex Recording Compound and sounds like planets colliding. Wholly organic, Deafen delivers an unapologetically raw, corrosive barrage of sludgy, tar-thick bass riffing, battering drum work and fuzzy noise-strewn, distortion meant to be played at strategically loud volumes.
Swearing on the treasures in one’s vinyl collection isn’t something we take lightly. Sweden’s demigods of blues-infused psych rock GRAVEYARD are returning to American soil next month with set openers Bombus to teleport you back to the 1970s and make you sell your soul for rock ‘n’ roll all over again – guaranteed.
Following countless years of personal hardships, studio disasters and times of music industry indecision, New Orleans’ own EYEHATEGOD, with much relief and excitement, are proud to announce the release of their brand new full-length! Entirely assembled and financed by the band, the self-titled, eleven-track long player will be released on May 27th by their partners at Housecore Records in North America, May 26th by Century Media in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and May 21st by Daymare in Japan. Comments vocalist Mike IX Williams, “I have to say I don’t believe we’ve lost nary a step in the creation of this album and we think these newer songs are a killer combination of classic EYEHATEGOD...
