THE DEATH FROM THE WEST TOUR The Death from the West Tour features bands that epitomize the genres of Death Metal and Metalcore Influences, Short Fuse, Repaid In Blood, and Scylla. SHORT FUSE Short Fuse™ is a six piece, Melodic Death Metal act from the San Francisco area who craft their compositions by skillfully combining …
Tour Announcement Swedish black metal legends WATAIN have announced plans to conquer audiences across North America in early 2018 as they embark on a headlining tour next Winter featuring direct support from Destroyer 666. “We are very pleased to announce our eager return to the North American continent with TRIDENT WOLF ECLIPSE. The two “Black Metal Warfare” …
Tour Announcement Doom rock icons THE OBSESSED will join Clutch and Devin Townsend Project for a final run of shows to close out the year. The month-long journey begins tonight, November 29th in Greensboro, North Carolina and will draw to a close December 31st in Columbus, Ohio with additional THE OBSESSED only shows scattered throughout the tour. See all confirmed dates below. …
Interview: Jon Howard of Threat Signal. We have known the lads in Threat Signal for a number of years, and you can even see them in our shirts in videos and on tour (Because they love how comfy they are, but love us too!), so we do have a long history with this band of …
WHITECHAPEL will kick off their North American headlining tour this Friday. Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the band’s The Somatic Defilement release, the A Decade Of Defilement tour will run from November 10th through December 16th and find WHITECHAPEL performing select tracks from The Somatic Defilement, some of which have not been played since the album’s release. Support will be provided by Carnifex, Rings Of …
CANNIBAL CORPSE will kick off their US headlining tour in support of their upcoming Red Before Black full-length next week. The tour will commence on November 3rd and run through December 8th with support provided by Power Trip and Gatecreeper. See all confirmed dates below. Many words come to mind when you hear the name CANNIBAL CORPSE, but one truly defines the soon-to-be …
GOATWHORE will join 1349 and labelmates Tombs for a short run of live dates leading up to their performance at this year’s edition of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest in San Bernardino, California. The band will kick off the journey with a warm up show Lafayette, Louisiana Friday, October 27th before joining 1349 and Tombs in Memphis, Tennessee …
AFTERSHOCK 2015 We have been to, and covered, almost every Aftershock Festival and we are absolutely stoked to be there again at a new location! Last year, between the drought, dust and the heat, the fans really needed to pay attention to staying hydrated, and alcohol intake. Even with the heat and dust, the show …
I was fortunate enough to have the honor of tracking along on this tour across the US, getting myself into trouble, and capturing some amazing moments across this country with some amazing musicians from California and Brisbane, Australia. Most of the antics can not really be put into the public, but let’s just say it …
We have been covering Mayhem Festival for a number of years, and it was the basic replacement for Ozzfest. We always liked Ozzfest so much more, as it was the premiere showcase for the latest in metal, and had so many upcoming bands on the roster. Mayhem took over that mantra, but had been losing …
We are always happy to go to Van’s Warped Tour, while it is difficult to get to every place you want to with so many stages, the atmosphere and energy are so much fun! You have to get there early if you want to see all the acts! This unique part of going to the …
Touring Season Touring season is upon us once again, and metal fans will be coming out in force to see their favorite bands. Most notably will be Mayhem Festival for those that like the classic metal feel, and Van’s Warped Tour for those that like the newer metal and variety. Lamb of God and Slipknot …
We all remember the crazy videos from our favorite bands at house parties or out in the woods creating a show! There are plenty of stories of the old punk days in the desert where bands brought generators into the middle of nowhere, and just partied! This was the purest for of the art form …
Mastodon May 31st, 2015 – (Burbank, CA.) Mastodon were featured on tonight’s episode of HBO’s smash TV phenomenon Game of Thrones. Band members Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher, and Brent Hindsportrayed wildlings in the episode “Hardhome” that premiered Sunday, May 31st at 9 p.m. with multiple repeat showings during the week. Broadcast details are listed below. Please check local listings for further details of go to: http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones#/ The band was personally invited …
King Parrot are notorious for their incredible live show, and of course their amazing and wild music videos! While recording their new album, Dead Set, at Philip Anselmo’s place, they decided to make a music video. And it didn’t disappoint! Whenever the guys roll through San Francisco, CA we always put them up, and they always show …
We are friends with a lot of Australian Bands, especially myself. I have worked with or hung out with Deprivation, Recoil VOR, and the King Parrot lads and I were texting when I was just out with Recoil VOR. Not to mention all the ones I just know. So when Dan, of the mighty Bok …
The Metalluminati invaded Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, CA, and we braved the extreme temperatures, dust clouds, and crowds to get some pictures of some great bands over the two day festival. CROWDS EYES SET TO KILL HELL YEAH BLACK LABEL SOCIETY CHEVELLE LIMP BIZKIT ATREYU WE CAME AS ROMANS …
Aftershock Festival has been a festival in Central California (Sacramento on the river in Discovery Park) that blends a wide variety of rock, hard rock, and metal acts. Last year, there were two main stages, and a side stage. This year the festival expanded to three main stages, and a side stage. This year the …
Here are some of the pictures we took at Mayhem Festival 2014 at Shoreline in Mountain View, CA KORN ASKING ALEXANDRIA TRIVIUM SUICIDE SILENCE MISS MAY I DARKEST HOUR MUSHROOMHEAD
This year we had a lot of interviews set up with a number of great artists. The festival was not so packed this year at Shoreline in Mountain View, CA for the main stage, but the parking lot stages had great turn out. We wanted to ask artists about touring this year, and how they …
Van’s Warped Tour Interviews We invaded Van’s Warped Tour once again this year. In 2012, we had such a great experience that we definitely wanted to do it again. In 2013, they only approved us the day before, which meant that we couldn’t set up anything in such a short time. This year, they approved …
We went to Van’s Warped Tour in Mountain View, Ca and this is a gallery of all the pictures we took from the various stages from the tour. *Photo Credit to Yvette Rodriquez on some of the images.
Matt Young of Aussie Metallers King Parrot have been on a constant touring schedule in Australia, the United States, Canada, and next in Indonesia. For those in Australia, Higgo, is a main-stay of the Australian Metal Radio airwaves on Triple M Distortion. He has helped many bands get on his show from all over the globe …
Being on tour, you will have a number of issues that will come up on the road. Long drives between gigs, little or no sleep, living on pizza and PB&J, baby-wipe showers, and the drummer puking all over the van. Having a tour manager to be the bad guys can keep tensions down, and allow …
Being able to draw in your local area is something to be proud of, as it is difficult in this industry to get recognition. However, if that is all you do, then you will go nowhere in the larger picture. The problem that I see with most bands is that they feel that since they …
We caught up with Patrick and Jeramie of The Absence at their show at Rooster’s Roadhouse in Alameda, CA. After being pushed off of MetalBlade Records, the band went into DIY mode. The band put together a self-booked US Tour, as well as a show in Mexico. The music industry is seeing the reduction in …
I think there is a misconception about what bands see as the road to success in the modern industry, and the reason is: they still believe the path is through a record label. The problem is that no one is buying records! We have coined the phrase dinosaur mentality for this view of the industry. The path to …
Photos from our trek to the Aftershock festival over the weekend, shot by Yvette Rodriguez.
We went out to the Aftershock festival in Sacramento to sweat our asses off and talk to artists.
Alex Winter’s ‘Downloaded’ takes a look back at Napster and its effect on today’s music biz.