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 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 …
Australian deathcore group, Thy Art Is Murder, packs a powerful punch with their live shows. On their most recent tour through the United States promoting their fourth album “Dear Desolation”, released on Nuclear Blast, they played a 13-song setlist filled with old favorites and some new jams including their single “Slaves Beyond Death” which was …
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 …
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 …
We tracked down All Shall Perish guitarist (and We Need Merch owner!) Ben Orum over the weekend to pick his brain about today’s music biz. Ben offered his thoughts on “piracy,” the effectiveness of social media, and other tips for aspiring bands in the 2012 metal hustle.