Some people are very familiar with bands like T.O.M.B. (Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy), SUNN 0)))))) and GULAGGH/STALAGGH come immediately to mind, within the Doom/Drone/Black Noise genre(s), and others are not so much. I fall into the first category, more through SUNN 0)))))) than any other band, including the one I am about to tell you about (Hint: It’s the acronym).
As announced earlier this week, extreme metal icons ARCH ENEMY have introduced a new member to their ranks: Alissa White-Gluz, former vocalist of Canadian act THE AGONIST. Angela Gossow, who joined ARCH ENEMY in 2000 and made her debut on the now classic Wages Of Sin (2001), will be stepping down as front-woman and focusing on the band’s management.
The Warriors of Metal, Inc. non-profit organization has announced an adjustment to the lineup for this year’s show. While we’re disappointed that Philadelphia’s FLESH ENGINE cannot be part of our lineup with their 2nd studio album CD release performance this year, we’re excited to confirm Pittsburgh’s VERMITHRAX as a very suitable replacement. This True Metal outfit with thrash, Power & Progressive Metal elements was founded by former and founding members of Reading Zero, Nunslaughter, Icarus Witch and Order of Nine and has recently been joined on second guitar by James Malone of Nuclear Blast recording artists, Arsis.
ESCAPE THE FATE will embark on a co-headlining US tour this Spring with Pop Evil in support of their current single “One For The Money” off their new album Ungrateful. The tour kicks off at Pop’s in Sauget, IL. With both bands blowing up at radio, the pairing will bring out as many devoted fans, as it will bring new.
BLACK FLAG has announced a spring / summer tour of North America entitled the VICTIMOLOGY TOUR with Brooklyn, NY two- piece atmospheric punk band Cinema Cinema as one of the openers on the grand bulk of dates. The tour kicks off on May 15 in Midland, Texas and includes dates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, New York, Toronto as well as an appearance at the Amnesia Rockfest Music Festival in Montebello, Quebec, Canada on June 20th. This August, Cinema Cinema release their third full length album A Night At The Fights, produced by Martin Bisi (Swans, Dresden Dolls, etc.) and Cinema Cinema.
In celebration of their ongoing global conquest with Exhumed and Skeletonwitch, Relapse Records will be reissuing three long out-of-print LPs from Portland, Oregon thrash metal merchants, TOXIC HOLOCAUST. The group’s now classic albums, Evil Never Dies, Hell On Earth, and An Overdose Of Death, will all be available on deluxe vinyl on April 15th, 2014 and can be preordered from Relapse mailorder HERE. A trailer with detailed shots of the vinyl colors can be viewed HERE.
On April 19th PRONG will release an exclusive 7″ single for the “Record Store Day” celebration in the USA with the new track “Turnover” on side A and a Pig Remix of “Revenge Best Served Cold” by Raymond Watts on Side B. The single is limited to 3.000 copies and comes in green marbled vinyl. The worldwide digital release of this single is April 21st!
