Knocked Loose have knocked loose some upcoming U.S. tour dates, set for the spring of next year. Those’ll go after the band opens for Every Time I Die at their annual “‘TID the Season” event, and in-between two separate runs in Europe and the U.K. The band’s entire itinerary as it now stands is below.
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Hardcore band Comeback Kid have released a new track, “Crossed,” that features a guest vocal spot from Gojira’s Joe Duplantier. Vocalist Andrew Neufeld comments: “’Crossed’ is a no-frills metallic hardcore track. Lyrically it deals with someone in my life that seemed so far gone and I had to watch them dig themselves further and further into a
Death metal up-and-comers Hath will release their sophomore full-length album, All That Was Promised, on March 4 via Willowtip Records, and they’ve now posted its first single, “Kenosis,” along with a music video [via Heavy Blog is Heavy]. The album follows up their critically acclaimed and MetalSucks-approved 2019 debut Of Rot and Ruin. The band comments on their
Venom Prison have released a new single, “Pain of Oizys.” The track will appear on the band’s upcoming album, Erebos. Guitarist Ben Thomas comments: “The second offering by Venom Prison is a cold room with a dusty piano. It’s a softly sung war hymn with finger-picked guitar. It’s a ship in calm seas watching for
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Red Fang, whose highly-anticipated new album, Arrows, arrived over the Summer, give fans an opportunity to try out their own Katana-skills as seen in the band’s “Arrows” video, with the new, single player “Blade to Waste” video game. Relapse Records and Red Fang will be offering three top scorers a variety of prize packs including
Mere hours ago, Every Time I Die released a statement revealing that frontman Keith Buckley would be missing some of their upcoming shows while he focuses on his mental health. But now Buckley has released a statement of his own, and it would seem not everyone in the band is on the same page about
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s Amorphisssssss… Amorphis have debuted “The Moon,” the first single from their previously-announced-but-yet-to-be-released new album, Halo. It has a kinda folk-metal vibe, but it doesn’t make me wanna punch myself in the dick, which is always nice. Comments lyricist Pekka Kainulainen: “I have done
After initially announcing an early 2022 North American run back in October, death metal bruisers Defeated Sanity have now revealed the support acts for the tour: Skeletal Remains, Vitriol and Splattered. Defeated Sanity commented: “We welcome on board of our upcoming US headliner tour our distinguished guests in Skeletal Remains, Vitriol and Splattered! Don’t miss
Hey did y’all know it’s almost Christmas? I completely forgot. Weird no one has mentioned it yet this year. ANYWAY, to get into the spirit of the season, DJ Cummerbund, one of our most favoritest interwebs mash-up makers, has smushed together Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s take on “Carol of the
Architects will be performing an exclusive global streaming event from the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London on December 11, exciting news on its own. But this is no ordinary show: the performance will be backed by Parallax Orchestra, made up of some of England’s best and most versatile classical musicians, arranged and written by Simon Dobson, Parallax Orchestra’s conductor and
One of the biggest stories to come out of the metal world this week is that of The Word Alive recently recovering some stolen goods on tour using the Apple AirTag, whiskey, weed, twenty bucks in bribe money, and, presumably, some good ol’ fashioned charm. For those who don’t know, the short version is: the
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: In an effort to sublimate the negative energy surrounding everyone in 2020, legendary Japanese heavy rock band Boris focused all of their energy creatively and turned out the most extreme album of their long and widely celebrated career, NO. The band self-released the album, desiring to get it out as quickly as possible but intentionally
Five Finger Death Punch frontman Ivan Moody has shared a clip from the studio, where the band is currently working on their ninth album. The clip includes seventeen seconds of new FFDP music. That’s one second for each of Moody’s I.Q. points! You can listen below if Five Finger Death Punch is your thing. FFDP’s
Tool are making up for lost time with an extensive North American tour that’ll kick off January 10 and run through the middle of March (European and U.K. dates are scheduled for April and May). Now, you could just go to your local show of choice, assuming there’s one near you, or… … you could
Imperial Triumphant guitarist Zachary Ilya Ezrin is our guest this week. We discuss the band’s latest album, Alphaville, his thoughts on NFTs in music, embracing all the changes that come into the industry, making the band’s new live album available only on vinyl, the band’s relationship with New York City, and completing their first headlining
Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil made his return to live music this past Wednesday (November 24) at the annual ‘DrinksGiving” event in Las Vegas, his first show since falling from the stage and “breaking a few ribs” during his performance on October 15. Unfortunately the time off has not done Neil any good, as fan-filmed
The wizardly metal devotees at Two Minutes to Late Night are back with their latest cover, a version of Metallica’s “Blackened” — except the fast parts are slow and the slow parts are fast — with a star-studded cast of musicians. The lineup on this track consists of: Troy Sanders (Mastodon): vocalsDoc Coyle (Bad Wolves, ex-God Forbid): guitar Nate
Over the course of the past two years, Godsmack singer Sully Erna has been flagged by Facebook for spreading disinformation about Bernie Sanders, endorsed conspiracy theories about COVID-19, and asserted that the virus “not a global killer” despite the fact that it has, indeed, killed more than five million people worldwide. Regardless of his willingness
Revolver has become the second major metal media outlet to unveil their list of 2021’s best metal albums, after Decibel. You can check out Revolver‘s list below, or go here to read their explanations for each selection. 25. Frozen Soul – Crypt of Ice [embedded content] 24. Slaughter To Prevail – Kostolom [embedded content] 23. SeeYouSpaceCowboy – The Romance of Affliction
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: The heavy metal ‘n’ roll dark madcap visionaries collectively known as Avatar— vocalist Johannes Eckerström (vocals), guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have shared another new song. Today, the band has dropped “Construction of Souls.” Listen below. It’s Avatar’s version of a holiday song! “This song will be to Christmas songs what Die Hard is to