Grammy nominee’s MACHINE HEAD are pleased to announce that they will serve as direct support to METALLICA for a spate of dates that begin in January.
The band, who are currently tearing it up alongside SLIPKNOT, DISTURBED, MASTODON, and others on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, completed a successful opening stint with METALLICA in Europe earlier [...]
The demise of CARCASS in the mid-nineties spawned a metal beast known then by only the most dedicated underground metal fans in ARCH ENEMY. Fast forward to 2008, ARCH ENEMY are one of the most popular and well-recognized bands of metal today. Powered by the band’s unwavering work ethic, not to mention the guitar [...]
It’s been a grossly successful 2007 for APESHIT, and though we find it hard pressed to make that same general claim for metal in 2007, a handful of albums did manage to leave a strong impression on us. We here at APESHIT individually compiled our own top 10 metal albums of 2007 lists for [...]
Metal Blade is both very proud and excited to announce that KING DIAMOND has received a Grammy Nomination for Best Metal Performance for the track “Never Ending Hill†off their latest album Give me Your Soul…Please.
King comments on his bands nomination:
“It’s a great honor to be picked as a nominee; it’s totally shocking and unexpected. [...]
In an unfortunate turn of events, MACHINE HEAD bassist Adam Duce will miss this Fall’s highly-anticipated Black Tyranny Tour in the U.S. due to a broken leg suffered while dirt biking in Redding, CA. Initially thought to be nothing more than a bad sprain, x-rays later confirmed the break, which required surgery to attach [...]
The onslaught that is “The Black Tyranny Tour” begins Friday, September 7th. With MACHINE HEAD and ARCH ENEMY both performing full headlining sets and THROWDOWN and SANCTITY supporting, you won’t want to miss this tour!
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn states: “Man, it’s just an endless stream of good news here in MACHINE HEAD-land, we [...]
Sometimes it can be difficult to review an album that actually deserves the hype it has received by the less critical masses, and this is such a review for MACHINE HEAD’s newest release, The Blackening. I personally have been unable to stand any of this band’s releases since The More Things Change… until now. [...]
MEGADETH will release their 11th studio album, United Abominations, May 15 via their new label, Roadrunner Records. Frontman Dave Mustaine recently completed tracking and mixing the album in rural Derbyshire, England with producer Andy Sneap.
Of the new CD, Mustaine says listening to it “puts a smile on the inside of me for the first [...]
MACHINE HEAD recently finished recording The Blackening at Sharkbite Studios in the band’s hometown of Oakland, California. Once again produced by singer/guitarist Robert Flynn and mixed by Colin Richardson, the album is set for a March 27, 2007 release.
With the upcoming release, MACHINE HEAD will head out on tour with LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM, [...]
Returning to the U.S. after a sold-out tour of Europe, Australia and Japan, LAMB OF GOD is excited to announce a headlining American tour in 2007 with MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM and GOJIRA. Having spent the summer of 2006 on the Unholy Alliance Tour with SLAYER and joining MEGADETH for the Gigantour tour in September, [...]
CHIMAIRA’s new album Ressurection has been scheduled for a March 6, 2007 release through Ferret Records in North America (other territories through Nuclear Blast Records). Produced by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, GOD FORBID) and Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY), the follow-up to last year’s self-titled album will be the first since their departure from Roadrunner [...]
