Britain’s world-renowned extreme heavy metal act, Cradle Of Filth, has announced dates for the band’s first North American tour since 2009, a headlining run on the “FEARnet and Decibel Presents: Creatures From The Black Abyss Tour”, set to kick off in February. Nachtmystium, Turisas, and Daniel Lioneye will round out the tour’s impressive package on Cradle Of Filth’s long-awaited return to North American shores.
How about a hot shot of Death/Thrash metal? Profondo Rozzo from Italy’s SUBHUMAN has absolutely stunned the critics and left fans hungering for more, not to mention taking out a few innocent bystanders in the process. With machine-gun like precision, SUBHUMAN hit the mark with nine songs of intense Death/Thrash Metal insanity with the release of Profondo Rozzo on Maple Metal Records.
Not many bands can boast such accomplishments as Primal Fear can. In over twelve years, the group managed to release eight LPs and become one of the most important members of the contemporary power metal scene. This year, Metal Mind Productions is proud to bring back four classic Primal Fear albums – the self-titled debut (1998), “Jaws of Death” (1999), “Nuclear Fire” (2001) and “Devil’s Ground” (2004) – each of them proving that true metal is still alive and kicking!
How do you continue to celebrate the life of one of heavy metal’s true legends? You call on those who had the most admiration and respect to gather in one place and do what they do best to pay homage – which includes fellow musicians and fans alike. On October 29th at the Key Club in West Hollywood, CA,
The 10th Annual MHK Metalfest is set to kick off next Thursday, October 28th in Manhattan, KS. The 3-day event will take place at two separate venues; Thursday’s show happening at Mel’s Tavern with the Friday and Saturday shows taking place at the Wareham Opera House, both located within a block of each other.
For the last thirteen years, Secret Sphere have been successfully building their reputation of power metal heroes. Strongly influenced by such acts as Dream Theater, Savatage and Helloween, this Italian group managed to develop a style of their own, forging together fast aggressive riffs and bold symphonic elements.
Boston rock group, HOURCAST, will be heading out on the road with CKY this fall. The tour begins October 29th in Teaneck, NJ and will wrap up on November 13th in Towson, MD. Full tour dates can be seen here: http://mysp.ac/9NlapB (Toronto show cancelled). In June Hourcast released their sophomore album, Dystopia, featuring the single “Freakshow.” The band also shot a video for “Freakshow”.
Triptykon, the highly acclaimed extreme metal group fronted by former Hellhammer/Celtic Frost singer/guitarist, Tom Gabriel Warrior, has captured the visual side of their deeply dark and mesmerizing art in the group’s first music video for “Shatter”, the title track of the new five-song EP which is set to hit stores on October 25th on Century Media Records.
