Der Metal Krieger Let's make this world metal shall we?

Most photojournalists would run home to type up their review of the event they just attended, I was in such awe after last night, that I didn’t get the chance to even begin to explain. The mighty ABSU reigned over The Vex in Los Angeles this past Tuesday night with Ritual, Highland, and Sadism as support. Upon arriving to the ... Read More »

Kreator recently announced 2 shows back-to-back in New York, but the Teutonic Thrash legends have announced a single Southern California date a few California dates a full freakin tour to continue pushing their Phantom Antichrist! But that’s not all, OVERKILL will co-headline with WARBRINGER tagging along to crush your face! Dates and Headliners: 10/30/13 Soundstage – Baltimore, MD *KREATOR headlines* ... Read More »

owdy, Paul here, following up my review of the fantastic Unwelcome, with an interview with frontman James Malone of the metal band Arsis. Arsis is a well-established band from Virginia Beach, having hit the scene with their 2004 debut, A Celebration of Guilt, playing a more technical style of melodic death metal. The band features not only one, but two ... Read More »

Last week I gave you an update about Amon Amarth‘s ninth studio album with just a link for one streamable song and album artwork. Now I can give you something a bit more exciting…A RELEASE DATE and PRE-ORDERS.  Oh track listing too.   This Album is set for release on June 25th worldwide via Metal Blade Records.  The band is ... Read More »

The Swedish Vikings of Amon Amarth are at it again with their NINTH studio album, Deceiver of the Gods due out later this year!  They’ve been using the power of social media to make sure EVERYONE KNOWS that the Vikings are back and here to pillage your ear drums.  Earlier this week they unveiled the EPIC ALBUM ART via their Official Reddit…yeah ... Read More »

t’s hard to think of a heavy metal band that has explored as many genres as Amorphis. These guys have done just about everything, from death metal, to melodeath, to doom, to progressive, to folk, and so on.  They never stay in the same place for too long though, and constantly strive to evolve their sound as a band, demonstrated ... Read More »

Woah Woah…WHAT!? Margaret Thatcher passed away today…but it looks like the other IRON MAIDEN lives on! Iron Maiden is bringing the US another leg of the Maiden England tour! Megadeth will be their brothers in arms throughout the tour. They will be hitting North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, Las Vegas, as well as San Bernardino for all of you Southern Californians! ... Read More »

Here’s my interview with the badass with the bass, Sami Hinkka of Ensiferum, during their Hollywood stop on Paganfest America 2013.  Is his shirt Awesome? Would you like to be his friend? Should I stop failing at these interviews? The correct answer was YES for all of those by the way.  Read More »

Scarlet here with a live review of the Metal Alliance 2013 show in Hollywood on March 27.  The title of this article says it all.  With a lineup like that, how could you miss it! I was able to take photos right against the stage which you can view here: Lili.Scarlet Photography Last Wednesday, the House of Blues Sunset Strip ... Read More »

We don’t usually get many bands from the Land Down Under floating overseas, and a niche genre like Deathcore is even more surprising at that. However the sandy shores of Australia have a decent scene, which Thy Art is Murder is crushing down with every performance.  The band was recently signed by Nuclear Blast Records, who is currently distributing their ... Read More »