As the world waits in anticipation of the next assault from these Bay Area thrash kings, the folks at Prosthetic have made their previous album, originally released almost ten years ago, available again. To the uninitiated, The Gathering saw Chuck Billy and Eric Petersen retain the death metal excursions they explored on Demonic, but also [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Ventura, California thrash band, WARBRINGER, have signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. They will unleash their as-yet-untitled album, produced by Bill Metoyer (SLAYER, D.R.I., SACRED REICH), in January coinciding with a national tour with EXODUS.
Vocalist John Kevill commented on the signing, “before we even had this band we all had bought a [...]
MARILYN MANSON and SLAYER’s 25-city co-headline North American tour will kick off on July 25 in West Palm Beach, FL, pillaging its way cross-country to wrap up in San Antonio, TX on September 1. Confirmed dates are below.
For this two-pronged-threat double bill, SLAYER and MANSON will each play full sets with BLEEDING THROUGH and [...]
Canada’s THINE EYES BLEED entered the studio this week to being work on their sophomore album. Frontman Justin Wolfe issued the following statement:
“We entered Beach Road Studio (located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) on March 11th, 2007 to begin tracking with Seigfried Meier. We will be here over the next few weeks and are excited to [...]
There’s no denying SLAYER’s influence on heavy music since their inception over a quarter of a century ago, as genres as varied as thrash, hardcore, black metal, death, grind, and even crust punk owe much to the titans of speed. Every year there seems to be an almost unending supply of bands striving to capture [...]
