Portland, Oregon’s LORD DYING have completed the first leg of their European tour and have returned to the states to begin their North American headline tour tonight (including select dates with Pallbearer, The Body, Subrosa, and Eagle Twin). The tour runs through March 7th in Boise, ID. A complete list of all dates can be found below.
CIVIL WAR, the Swedish Heavy Metal sensation, has inked a deal with Napalm Records. The band features former SABATON members (Daniel Myhr – keyboard, Oskar Montelius – guitar, Rikard Sundén – guitar, Daniel Mullback – drums) alongside bassist Stefan “Pizza” Eriksson (VOLTURYON) and singer Nils Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS, LION’S SHARE, etc). Their debut album The Killer Angels received fantastic feedback worldwide and was certified gold in Sweden! More big things are coming your way! Stay tuned for more news! Get a first taste of CIVIL WAR at the upcoming live dates!
Cincinnati, Ohio —The Warriors of Metal, Inc. non-profit organization is happy to announce that one of the most active Washington DC area female-fronted powermetal bands, A SOUND OF THUNDER, has been confirmed to give an exclusive Midwest performance at the 7th annual Warriors Of Metal Fest to be held at O’Sheckys LIVE Bar & Grill on June 27th and 28th in Columbus, Ohio.
CREMATORY has premiered another video from Antiserum. The video for the song “Kommt Näher” was directed by Dirk Weiler. CREMATORY no longer need to fear comparison with the international competition, Germany’s most popular Gothic Metal Band having earned itself an excellent reputation at home and abroad over the past 23 years. One reason for this is the great recognition value of their songs, along with the band’s characteristic style and their unconditional determination to continue to grow as artists. None of their albums so far are a copy of any of their predecessors; each of them is an independent recording with unique features and fresh ideas. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFPj6SKNXag&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] So...
Portland-based psychedelic doom/drone duo, TAURUS, featuring Stevie Floyd of Dark Castle and Ashley Spungin, formerly of Purple Rhinestone Eagle/Negative Queen, are pleasured to unveil the details of their forthcoming new full-length, No/Thing. Recorded to two-inch tape at Portland’s Cloud City Studios by iconic sound magus Billy Anderson, No/Thing was composed throughout the Summer of 2013 and delivers five frequently terrifying avant doomscapes set within a tranquil nightmare of awkward blackened death metal riff torrents.
DOWNFALL OF GAIA is happy to have found a new drummer. Let the band take over the introduction: “We are very happy to announce that our good friend Michael Kadnar from New York will be the new face behind the drums of Downfall of Gaia and all of us couldn’t be more excited to have him on board! We got to know Mike on our last tour through the United States with his other band Black Table and the chemistry just felt right!
If you counted Saliva out when you heard that they had parted ways with singer Josey Scott, you have been proven dead wrong - all you have to do is give a listen to the group's upcoming single, "Rise Up" (impacting radio and available for purchase via all digital stores on February 18th), and album of the same name (April 29th, via Rum Bum). And with new singer Bobby Amaru firmly in place, it appears as though there is a bright future for the new-look Saliva line-up, which also includes guitarist Wayne Swinny, bassist Dave Novotny, and drummer Paul Crosby.
Pennsylvania death metal assassins, RIVERS OF NIHIL, have announced a handful of live assaults leading up to their appearance on The Best In Brutality Tour with Broken Hope, Oceano, Fallujah, and Kublai Khan. The latest run of dates in support of their The Conscious Seed Of Light full-length will initiate in Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 10th and include a performance at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 13th before kicking off The Best In Brutality Tour on March 18th in Phoenix, Arizona. The trek will come to a close on April 19th in Columbus, Ohio and includes an appearance at this year’s edition of the New England Metal & Hardcore Fest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Without death metal’s founding fathers, Possessed, Obscene Extreme would be a very different festival indeed. Forming in San Francisco in 1983, the band dragged thrash metal into darker and heavier places with their classic albums ‘Seven Churches’ and ‘Beyond The Gates’ on Combat Records. Possessed created a whole genre and then faded away like ghosts. Reforming around vocalist and founder Jeff Becerra in 2007, the original death cult are back and they’re writing new material too. Obscene Extreme 2014, prepare yourself for a new chapter in the unholy book of the dead… Making an overdue return to Obscene Extreme since their debut visit in 2010, furiously outspoken death/grind San Diego outfit...
The second issue of the wildly popular new Skybound series DEAD BODY ROAD, written by Justin Jordan (LUTHOR STRODE) and with art by Matteo Scalera (BLACK SCIENCE), keeps gaining readers and has already sold out at the distributor level. As his vengeful manhunt continues, ex-cop Gage’s momentum doesn’t falter as the body count rapidly increases.
Bazillion Points Books is proud to announce the May 2014 release of HEAVY METAL MOVIES, by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden [ISBN 978-1-935950-06-6]. Lavishly illustrated, gruesomely executed, and featuring well over 1000 of the most intense and headbanging movies ever produced, HEAVY METAL MOVIES is the ultimate guidebook to the complete molten musical cinema experience. Pre-orders are now available, and will ship in may with bonus fabric patch and artisan barf bag!
Widely acknowledged as one of the most devastating and enthralling live bands on the planet, Skindred have been a perennial force for musical invention and remorseless positivity. Last year alone, the band performed to audiences of over 2 million and made their Reading/Leeds festival debut on the main stage.
