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Swiss new wave of folk metal pioneers ELUVEITIE and Finnish epic metallers WINTERSUN, will co-headline a North American tour this Winter! The trek will commemorate ELUVEITIE’s 10th anniversary as well as serve asWINTERSUN’s introduction to North American shores. This momentous event will also include the German pagan metal band VARG. “We are very excited to tour US and Canada for the first time in November/December, ” ... Read More »

LAMB OF GOD Announces Fall U.S. Tour IN FLAMES to Support HATEBREED and HELLYEAH Split Tour Appearances SYLOSIS to Open After a successful reunion with singer Randy Blythe at the two Knotfest shows in mid-August, LAMB OF GOD is pleased to announce a 38-date fall U.S tour starting October 30th in Phoenix, Arizona. Joining LAMB OF GOD as direct support ... Read More »

Century Media Records is proud to announce the worldwide signing of Quebecois progressive metal pioneers VOIVOD! To coincide with the band’s 30th Anniversary – the band was founded in late January, 1983 – VOIVOD’s own company, Iron Gang Factory, joins with global powerhouse Century Media Records to release Target Earth on January 21st throughout Europe and the 22nd in North America. Comments, ... Read More »

Job For A Cowboy. That name is one that fans of different genres all recognize. Most people know JFAC from their song, Entombment Of The Machine.  So with that in mind, people realized that JFAC started off as a Deathcore band, and over the years have become a Technical Death Metal band. That is what makes this band extremely interesting, ... Read More »

In Melodic Death Metal, the name Petri Lindroos may ring a bell. He is mostly known as being the frontman in Finnish Folk Metal band, Ensiferum. But those who have heard of him may also know that he originally is from Norther. Norther was Petri’s band, and is where he started his career in the metal world. Unfortunately, Norther split ... Read More »

012-08-31 00:00 – New York death metal veterans SUFFOCATION are among the inductees for this year’s class of the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame. TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will receive the Harry Chapin Award at the event, which will be held on October 18 at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. Snider will also perform selections from his ... Read More »

Showcase in Pomona, CA on September 15, 2012 Yesterday, Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS finished their run with the TRESPASS AMERICA festival, also featuring Five Finger Death Punch with support fromKillswitch Engage, Trivium, Emmure, Pop Evil, and God Forbid. Helping to cap such a defining summer in the band’s already accelerating career, Sirius XM Liquid Metal will premiere the band’s studio cover of the track “Hostile” (originally performed by Pantera) on ... Read More »

This September, the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and KATATONIA will team-up for the “Epic Kings & Idols Tour,” a co-headlining North American run featuring PARADISE LOST as direct support and STOLEN BABIES as openers (DTP and KATATONIA will alternate in headlining each show). All dates for the “Epic Kings & Idols Tour” are below.   “Epic Kings & Idols Tour” dates ... Read More »

Fans of Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse have been waiting for Dethalbum III for sometime now, myself included.  One track “I Ejaculate Fire” has been posted on Soundcloud for streaming.  If you watched Season 3 you will definitely remember this one! http://soundcloud.com/johnny-firecloud/i-ejaculate-fire   The album is set for release on Oct. 16th. More details are on the way! Read More »

Folk Metal: many thoughts and scenarios come to mind when you hear that term. Maybe you picture Medieval times, or maybe you picture Vikings charging into battle. However there is a theme that rarely sees the surface, and that is the rich Mongolian-Oriental folklore which has had a strong influence on nearly every Western civilization.  The Mongolian Empire was arguably the ... Read More »