As part of the ongoing celebration of their 20th anniversary, Sweden’s Opeth is releasing live footage and audio from the band’s recent performance at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall. In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, due out September 21st, is a fierce testament to Opeth’s continued success in the progressive metal community.
DIR EN GREY announces a co-headlining tour with Apocalyptica that begins in Toronto on August 23 and concludes September 12 in Seattle, Washington. A fan pre-order and VIP package goes on sale this Friday, July 16 (http://tixx1.artistarena.com/direngrey/), and tickets will go on sale to the general public the following Friday, July 23.
On July 27th, Indiana’s INVASION will unleash their Rotting Corpse Records debut, Orchestrated Kill Maneuver. Sticking with their tradition of finding the sickest and most extreme bands the underground has to offer, Rotting Corpse Records promises nothing but pure, unadulterated brutality from the newest addition to their roster.
With merely six weeks away from the release of their third full-length, Warp Riders (August 24th; Kemado), The Sword are finally ready to give a taste of their eagerly awaited new material. The scorching, groove-heavy number is proof that the band has successfully expanded into new territory while maintaining their cherished heaviness.
After 2008’s “Conquer” when Max Cavalera said that the next Soulfly album is going to feature shorter, more aggressive, stripped down tracks, I was skeptical that he would be able to top that albums heaviness. Well it is 2 years later and there is no doubt in my mind that “Omen”, Soulfly’s 7th studio album, and 4th featuring the lineup of Max, guitarist Marc Rizzo, bassist Bobby Burns and drummer Joe Nunez is everything Max claimed it would be.