Former NEVERMORE and current CONQUERING DYSTOPIA guitarist Jeff Loomis hopes to enter the studio before the end of the year to begin recording his third solo album for an early 2015 release via Century Media Records. "I still have one record to do with Century Media in my contract with them, and I'm gonna start ...
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The second installment of SLIPKNOT's Knotfest will be held on October 24-26 in San Bernardino, California. The Iowa-based band will headline two days (Friday and Saturday) of the event, playing a different set each night, with more than two dozen other acts rounding out the rest of the the three-day bill. Every Knotfest has been ...
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Death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE will release their new album, "A Skeletal Domain", in early September via Metal Blade Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. High Velocity Impact Spatter 02. Sadistic Embodiment 03. Kill Or Become 04. A Skeletal Domain 05. Headlong Into Carnage 06. The Murderer's Pact 07. Funeral ...
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Impericon.com recently met up with the vocalist Freddy Cricien of New York hardcore veterans MADBALL and asked him "25 important either-or questions." Check out the clip below. MADBALL's ninth studio album, "Hardcore Lives", will be released on June 27 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was tracked and engineered by UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi and mixed ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of DEATH ANGEL's entire June 20 performance at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. DEATH ANGEL recently canceled its European summer tour dates in order to take the time to "restructure our business team to make DEATH ANGEL the strongest band that we can possibly be from the outside ...
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"Born Strong", the new video from New York hardcore veterans MADBALL, can be seen below. The clip, which was filmed on June 12 at The Bowery Electric in New York City, features WALLS OF JERICHO frontwoman Candace Puopolo on guest vocals. "Born Strong" is taken from MADBALL's ninth studio album, "Hardcore Lives", which will be ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of CONQUERING DYSTOPIA, the new project featuring former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis and Portland, Oregon studio musician Keith Merrow, performing on June 7 at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida can be seen below. CONQUERING DYSTOPIA's self-titled debut album was mixed at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with Mark Lewis (ARSIS, THE ...
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Digital Tour Bus, which gives fans "an all-access pass" to the tour buses that their favorite bands travel in, has posted its latest "Crazy Tour Stories" episode, focusing on DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll. The five-minute clip, which was filmed on March 25, 2014 in Joliet, Illinois, can be seen below. DEATH ANGEL recently canceled ...
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"Worship The Digital Age", the new video from Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "Our Endless War", which was issued on April 29 via Metal Blade. The CD sold around 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to ...
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Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! recently conducted an interview with Freddy Cricien and Hoya Roc of New York hardcore veterans MADBALL. You can now watch the chat below. MADBALL's ninth studio album, "Hardcore Lives", will be released on June 27 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was tracked and engineered by UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi ...
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A cynical but truthful title rolling out I DECLARE WAR's fifth album, "We Are Violent People by Nature", particularly when backed by a blunt, nihilistic drudge that is, in short, violent. Since forming in 2005, I DECLARE WAR has seen so many roster shake-ups the founding unit is no longer around. Behind the full-throttle yelping ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of CONQUERING DYSTOPIA, the new project featuring former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis and Portland, Oregon studio musician Keith Merrow, performing on June 1 at Trees in Dallas, Texas can be seen below. CONQUERING DYSTOPIA's self-titled debut album was mixed at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with Mark Lewis (ARSIS, THE BLACK DAHLIA ...
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TheRave.TV conducted an interview with guitarist Ben Savage of Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL before the band's June 3 concert at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. You can now watch the chat below. WHITECHAPEL's latest album, "Our Endless War", was issued on April 29 via Metal Blade. The CD sold around 16,000 copies in ...
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Fans who can't wait for ASKING ALEXANDRIA to hit this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour — or who can't make it to any of the back-to-back shows — can still get a look at the British metalcore band's newest project: a brand-new ad for peta2, PETA's youth division, that stars frontman Danny Worsnop ...
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"Hardcore Lives", the ninth studio album from New York hardcore veterans MADBALL, will be released on June 27 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was tracked and engineered by UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi and mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT, SOULFLY, TERROR, WHITECHAPEL). Official promo photos were taken by LAMB ...
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On April 3, Heidi of MikeJamesRockShow.com conducted an interview with guitarist Mike Spreitzer of California metallers DEVILDRIVER at The Great Hall in Cardiff, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Spreitzer told Dublin Concerts in a recent interview that DEVILDRIVER has already begun working on material for the follow-up to last ...
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Vocalist Mark Osegueda of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL has released the following statement: "It's with a heavy heart I have to inform you that the rumors you are hearing are unfortunately true... although there is a platinum lining to this black cloud of DEATH ANGEL's 2014 summer festival season. "The platinum lining ...
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DiMarzio, Inc., the Staten Island, New York-based company that manufactures magnetic pickups for electric guitars, has posted a four-and-a-half-minute video clip of guitarist Alex Wade of Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL talking about his DiMarzio D Activator 7 pickups, his signature ESP guitar, and the new WHITECHAPEL album, "Our Endless War". Check it out below. ...
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The official trailer for "Hardcore Lives", the ninth studio album from New York hardcore veterans MADBALL, can be seen below. Due on June 27 via Nuclear Blast, the CD was tracked and engineered by UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi and mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT, SOULFLY, TERROR, WHITECHAPEL). Official ...
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The official video for "Our Endless War", the title track of the fifth full-length album from Knoxville, Tennessee metallers WHITECHAPEL, can be seen below. The clip features livee performance footage directed by Naughty Mantis. "Our Endless War" was issued on April 29 via Metal Blade. The CD sold around 16,000 copies in the United States ...
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The video for "Die Without Hope", the title track of the latest album from the San Diego death metal outfit CARNIFEX, can be seen below. "Die Without Hope" sold 3,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 98 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on March ...
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"Our Endless War", the fifth full-length album from Knoxville, Tennessee metallers WHITECHAPEL, sold around 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The self-titled fourth CD from WHITECHAPEL opened with around 9,200 units back in June 2012 to land at ...
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Impact metal channel conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Californian metallers DEVILDRIVER on April 8 in Dublin, Ireland. You can now watch the chat below. DEVILDRIVER's latest album, "Winter Kills", sold around 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on ...
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The official video for the title track of "The Dream Calls For Blood", the latest album from San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL, can be seen below. DEATH ANGEL's seventh album, "The Dream Calls For Blood", sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. ...
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Digital Tour Bus, which gives fans "an all-access pass" to the tour buses that their favorite bands travel in, has posted its latest "Bus Invaders" episode, focusing on San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL. The six-minute clip, which was filmed March 25 in Chicago, Ilinois, can be seen below. DEATH ANGEL's seventh album, "The ...
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The in-studio trailer for "Hardcore Lives", the ninth studio album from New York hardcore veterans MADBALL, can be seen below. Due on June 27 via Nuclear Blast, the CD was tracked and engineered by UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi and mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT, SOULFLY, TERROR, WHITECHAPEL). Official ...
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Schecter Guitar TV has uploaded the second part of a new video interview with former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis and Portland, Oregon studio musician Keith Merrow about Schecter and their new joint project, CONQUERING DYSTOPIA. Also available is a playthrough video of the CONQUERING DYSTOPIA song "Ashes Of Lesser Men". The self-titled debut album from ...
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New York hardcore veterans MADBALL have set "Hardcore Lives" as the title of their ninth studio album, due on June 27 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was tracked and engineered by UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi and mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT, SOULFLY, TERROR, WHITECHAPEL). Official promo photos were ...
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On Monday, April 14, former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis and Cynfully Luscious (Cynthia Paulson) of Metal Nation Radio sat down to talk about Jeff's new project called CONQUERING DYSTOPIA, also featuring Portland, Oregon studio musician Keith Merrow. You can now listen to the chat using the PodOmatic widget below. The self-titled debut album from CONQUERING ...
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French webmagazine Hard Force's "Metal XS" (web site) recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of California metallers DEVILDRIVER. You can now watch the chat below. DEVILDRIVER's latest album, "Winter Kills", sold around 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on ...
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