Doctor Veritas, the third album from Ukraine’s Experimental Death/Black Metal act SVYATOGOR, is out now via Svarga Music. Along with melodic fragments and penetrating vocals, the solos smack of classical Heavy Metal and the saxophone gives the music Jazz and Art-rock tendencies, all of which is rooted in Black Metal.
Death thrashers SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER and USDM brutalists BLOODSOAKED will invade Europe this November as part of the “Hammer Of Gore” European Tour 2012. The tour will run from November 2nd – 11th and hit Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Austria and Sweden. Exact cities and venues are currently being confirmed. Support will come from COFFIN SYRUP, GORGY and MANGLED ATROCITY.
Following a near month-long stretch of European live dates, currently underway, stoner metal icons SLEEP will play four special U.S. shows next month in Florida, Washington and California. The performances come in celebration of the epic deluxe reissue of Dopesmoker released via Southern Lord Recordings earlier this month. Entirely remastered from the original smoke-encrusted Ampex reels, the reissue features an unreleased live recording of one their greatest live performances — “Holy Mountain” from San Francisco’s I-Beam in 1994 — as well as a brand new artwork by long time SLEEP artist Arik Roper.
Portland, OR metallers STONECREEP have added a handful of new dates to their recently announced Storm of the Deathmarch U.S. Tour 2012. The band is touring in support of the 2011 Old-School Metal Records re-release of their album, The Deathmarch Crushes On… The tour is set to get underway on June 16th at Ash St. Saloon in Portland. Dates are as follows:
Swedish apocalyptic death metallers DIABOLICAL are set to enter the studio to record their as-of-yet untitled fifth album. The band has already started pre-production and will begin recording in June. “We have more than enough material written and pre-produced already, and we are confident that this album will be a milestone for DIABOLICAL as a band and for Metal as a genre.”
Hard rock supergroup HELLYEAH has debuted the new music video for their title track “Band of Brothers” today on Vevo. To view the video, which was Directed and Produced by David Brodsky (Video of the Year for Devin Townsend’s “Juular,” As I Lay Dying, All That Remains, In This Moment, etc.) and My Good Eye Visuals.
The first band signed to Disurbed’s Intoxication Records, Art of Dying, have been on the road since the release of their debut album “Vices and Virtues”. They stopped by the Starland Ballroom in Jersey last night for 95.9 WRAT’s Low Dough Summer Kick off Show. Metal Machine caught up with guitarist Greg Bradley before the show for a quick interview: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2m84Zc1fs[/youtube] Local openers Scarlet Carson started the night off on a good note; a huge local following showed up to support them as they played a short set of hard rock, similar to Seether and Breaking Benjamin. After the crowd was warmed up, Art of Dying were ready to take the Starland stage for their...
Now that the dust is settling on the blockbuster that is The Avengers movie, and everyone at Marvel and Disney are finished patting themselves on the back, the question now becomes…what new Avengers should be introduced in the sequel. With the vast history of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, countless heroes have had the privilege of being an Avenger. Mutants, Androids, Demi Gods, Sorcerers and Aliens are just the few who have graced the halls of Avenger Mansion. Here is a list of who we think might work…
Mythological occult metal tormenters ABSU will dominate American audiences with several confirmed performances in the coming weeks, including a live assault in Baltimore this Thursday night as part of the opening night to the Maryland Deathfest 2012 mayhem. ABSU will be joined on stage that night by a plethora of other extreme acts including Rorschach, Dying Fetus, Eyehategod, Agalloch and headliners for the evening, Autopsy.
