FOZZY, the active rock band led by Chris Jericho, will continue to rock their fans across America on their Judas Rising Tour with newly added tour dates in 2018.  Set to launch February 28 in New Orleans, LA, the 25-date trek will take the band (Jericho: vocals, Rich Ward: guitars, vocals, Frank Fontsere: drums, Billy Grey: guitars and Paul DiLeo: bass) from east to west, including stops in Los Angeles on March 10 and New York City on April 5, before bringing them back across the country through the spring. Through Fire, Santa Cruz and Dark Star Choir will round out the bill for the night of rock headlined by FOZZY.  

Fresh off their Sold Out European tour, Papa Roach are coming back stateside, hitting the road in support of their critically acclaimed ninth studio effort, Crooked Teeth. The tour kicks off on April 5th in Raleigh, NC and runs through May 13th, wrapping up in Corpus Christi, TX. The tour will be hitting twenty five cities featuring special guests and 2018 Grammy Award Nominee Nothing More, with support from Escape the Fate.  

So very rare is it that I look at a line-up and say to myself “That’s evil.” I like to think we’re past the point in time where we regard metal bands, no matter what genre, as “evil,” but sometimes I end up contradicting myself. Especially in regards to black metal and death metal, using “evil” as a description is so typical, especially when the bands themselves deserve more credit than that. Such is the case when Immolation announced they’d be touring with legendary Norwegian act Mayhem, supporting them on performances of their landmark album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Most extreme tour of the year? Damn right. Growing up in the tri-state area, coming into black metal resulted in myself stumbling... 

Metalmania, the biggest indoor metal festival in Eastern Europe returns to Spodek Hall (Katowice, Poland) on 7th April 2018. The 24th edition of this iconic festival will be headlined by Emperor! Napalm Death, a British extreme metal band have just been added to the lineup. Polish bands Inverted Mind and Kult Mogił are confirmed to perform on the second stage.  

I don’t really get Thrice. I’m speaking of their versatility, that is. The band has proven time and time again that they cannot be pigeon-holed into a genre, and while their core sound is distinguishable, it’s their experimentation and risks that truly stand out. So what don’t I get? It’s simple, really: how does the band continue to impress so seemingly effortlessly?  

Nothing More celebrate massive success at radio today with “Go To War” taking the top spot at Active Rock and becoming the #1 Rock Song in the USA!  

DESPYRE joins BOBAFLEX on a tour of the East Coast this November and December.  

ARKAIK will kick off a near month-long US tour supporting the gore metal miscreants in Exhumed tonight. The journey will commence in San Diego, California and run through December 8th in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. See all confirmed dates below. ARKAIK will be touring in support of their Nemethia full-length, out now and streaming via Unique Leader. Their most ambitious studio album to date was produced, engineered, and mixed by Zack Ohren (Immolation, Fallujah, Suffocation, Decrepit Birth et al.) at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California, and features guest appearances by Joe Haley of Psycroptic, Arde Ostowari formerly of Burning The Masses, Stephen Paulson of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and former ARKAIK... 

Now ain’t this a combo: Nile, the prestigious tech death legends from South Carolina, are going to be teaming up with legendary metal act Soulfly for a string of dates in the first half of 2018.  

New York City’s UNSANE begin a new North American tour in support of their eighth studio full-length album, Sterilize, released in September through Southern Lord.  

Hollywood Undead’s new album FIVE has debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at #22 and #7 on the Top Current Albums Sales Chart.  The album is the band’s fifth Top 25 debut overall.  

POP EVIL have announced Music Over Words Tour today that will serve as the official kickoff for their recently announced all-new self-titled LP. “It’s with great excitement to announce our US headline tour,” says vocalist Leigh Kakaty. “We can’t wait to play our new material and see all our amazing fans across the states. It’s all about the music, it’s Music Over Words.”