British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will broadcast their full-length live concert video "Battle Cry" as part of the Knotfest.com Concert Streaming Series on Friday, July 17 at 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST / 8 p.m. GMT/ 9 p.m. CET. Catch all the action over on Knotfest.com. "Battle Cry" ...
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Knotfest.com will celebrate the 21st anniversary of SLIPKNOT's eponymous debut album with a live broadcast of the band's seminal home-movie collection "Welcome To Our Neighborhood" that features home-shot footage of the early days of SLIPKNOT, interviews, early live-performance footage of "Wait And Bleed", "Surfacing" and "Scissors" and more. The film will be broadcast live on ...
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DARK TRANQUILLITY keyboardist Martin Brändström has launched Bandbond, a new smartphone app that is being billed as a "revolution for the metal community." The idea of Bandbond started out of frustration some years ago when Brändström was in charge of the band's online social media. It quickly became clear to him that the communication with ...
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New Jersey six-piece band FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY has released the official music video for the song "Warfare". The track is taken from the group's fifth studio album, "The Sea Of Tragic Beasts", which came out last October via Nuclear Blast Records (Human Warfare in Australia). "The Sea Of Tragic Beasts" was once again produced, ...
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LIMP BIZKIT, SLIPKNOT and ROB ZOMBIE will headline the 10th-anniversary edition of the Rock USA festival, set to take place July 16-18 at Ford Festival Park in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. More than 40 acts will perform at the event, which began in 2011 and is put on by the same company, Hypervibe, Inc., that produces Country ...
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Tickets are now on sale now for the third annual Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, featuring headliners LIMP BIZKIT, WEEZER and BLINK-182, at the famous Ohio State Reformatory, a.k.a. Shawshank prison, in Mansfield, Ohio, on July 10, 11, and 12, 2020 "We are extremely humbled by the support the fans put behind this festival in ...
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San Diego-based deathgrind masters CATTLE DECAPITATION will release their new album, titled "Death Atlas", on November 29 via Metal Blade Records. The disc was once again recorded at Denver's Flatline Audio with producer Dave Otero. Vocalist Travis Ryan comments: "We have crafted what we feel is our strongest album to date and we are really ...
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San Diego-based deathgrind masters CATTLE DECAPITATION will release their new album, titled "Death Atlas", on November 29 via Metal Blade Records. The disc was once again recorded at Denver's Flatline Audio with producer Dave Otero. Otero stated about "Death Atlas": "I am completely exhausted, but incredibly proud of the album we put together. I can ...
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San Diego, California-based metal outfit CARNIFEX will release its seventh studio album, "World War X", on August 2 via Nuclear Blast. The official music video for the disc's second single, the album's title track, can be seen below. "World War X" was produced by CARNIFEX and Jason Suecof (DEATH ANGEL, CHELSEA GRIN, JOB FOR A ...
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San Diego, California-based metal outfit CARNIFEX will release its seventh studio album, "World War X", on August 2 via Nuclear Blast. The official music video for the disc's first single, "No Light Shall Save Us", featuring Alissa White-Gluz (ARCH ENEMY), can be seen below. The clip was directed by Scott Hansen, who has previously worked ...
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"The Summer Slaughter Tour" 2019 will see the tour's first-ever triple co-headline bill, featuring CATTLE DECAPITATION, CARNIFEX and THE FACELESS all sharing the main event and performing full headline sets. RIVERS OF NIHIL, NEKROGOBLIKON, LORNA SHORE, BRAND OF SACRIFICE and the "Headbang For The Highway" winners will join as support. Tour dates: Jul. 20 - ...
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Symphonic deathcore merchants CARNIFEX have released a brand new EP, "Bury Me In Blasphemy". The effort was mixed by Jason Suecof (DEATH ANGEL, CHELSEA GRIN, JOB FOR A COWBOY) and artwork was created by Zack Dunn. The official music video for the "Bury Me In Blasphemy" title track can be seen below. "Bury Me In ...
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Spokane, Washington metal band ENTERPRISE EARTH has signed a worldwide deal with Entertainment One (eOne) / Good Fight Music. A new album will be released later this year. "We are very proud to announce that we are joining forces with eOne and Good Fight Music," says vocalist Dan Watson. "We have grown into something bigger ...
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CARNIFEX, OCEANO, ARCHSPIRE and WINDS OF PLAGUE will team up for the inaugural "Chaos And Carnage" tour in the spring. They will be joined by a killer batch of younger acts BURIED ABOVE GROUND, SHADOW OF INTENT, SPITE and WIDOWMAKER. CARNIFEX vocalist Scott Ian Lewis states: "This is our ONLY tour across the U.S. this ...
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This November/December, Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL will embark on a North American tour dubbed "Decade Of Defilement", to commemorate the tenth anniversary of "The Somatic Defilement". Featuring CARNIFEX, RINGS OF SATURN, ENTHEOS and SO THIS IS SUFFERING as support, the trek will include a setlist with select tracks from "The Somatic Defilement" — some ...
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Progressive death metallers FALLUJAH have announced the departure of their vocalist Alex Hofmann. The band said in a statement: "A decade-long journey has just ended for one of our founding members, and now he begins a new path separate from our own. His dedication and creativity have been a vital part of FALLUJAH for the ...
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To commemorate Metal Blade Records' 35th anniversary in 2017, four bands from the label's much-celebrated roster will come together for a special U.S. tour this March: WHITECHAPEL, CATTLE DECAPITATION, GOATWHORE and ALLEGAEON. The tour will run from February 22 in Boston, Massachusetts through March 16 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Confirmed tour dates: Feb. 22 - ...
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"Great Is Our Sin", the new album from the Boston, Massachusetts-based technical metal act REVOCATION, can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below. The CD will be released on July 22 via Metal Blade. Having delivered five killer albums boasting some of the most potent, technical and abrasive metal unleashed over the ...
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SUICIDE SILENCE will team up with WHITECHAPEL for a massive co-headlining tour this fall. The trek our begins late September and runs through late October. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. Comments SUICIDE SILENCE guitarist Mark Heylmun: "Finally, after more than a decade, this tour of tours is coming to a city near ...
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Philip Anselmo says that DOWN has a future despite the fact that the band was forced to cancel a number of shows earlier in the year after he was filmed giving a Nazi salute and shouting "white power" at a California concert. During a question-and-answer session on June 26 at the Diamond Pub Concert Hall ...
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The second webisode featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Slow Death", the new album from the California-based metal outfit CARNIFEX, can be seen below. Due on August 5 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was produced and recorded by CARNIFEX and Mick Kenney (ANAAL NATHRAKH, BLEEDING THROUGH), and co-produced by Jason Suecof (DEATH ANGEL, ...
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The lineup for the inaugural pairing of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest — the ultimate meeting of metal minds — just got harder with the addition of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES to the Ozzfest bill. This marks the Ozzfest debut of the iconic Los Angeles crossover thrash band. The group will fill the slot originally held by CHILDREN OF ...
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Boston, Massachusetts-based technical metal act REVOCATION will release its new album, "Great Is Our Sin", on July 22 via Metal Blade. The official lyric video for the song "Crumbling Imperium" can be seen below. Having delivered five killer albums boasting some of the most potent, technical and abrasive metal unleashed over the last decade, it ...
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Boston, Massachusetts-based technical metal act REVOCATION will release its new album, "Great Is Our Sin", on July 22 via Metal Blade. The official lyric video for the song "Monolithic Ignorance" can be seen below. Having delivered five killer albums boasting some of the most potent, technical and abrasive metal unleashed over the last decade, it ...
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"Drown Me In Blood", the new video from the California-based metal outfit CARNIFEX, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, titled "Slow Death", which will be released on August 5 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced and recorded by CARNIFEX and Mick Kenney (ANAAL NATHRAKH, BLEEDING THROUGH), ...
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Boston, Massachusetts-based technical metal act REVOCATION will release its new album, "Great Is Our Sin", on July 22 via Metal Blade. The first song from the album, titled "Communion", is available for streaming below. Having delivered five killer albums boasting some of the most potent, technical and abrasive metal unleashed over the last decade, it ...
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CANNIBAL CORPSE will headline this year's edition of "The Summer Slaughter Tour", set to take place between July 23 and August 21. The dates are as follows: Jul. 23 - Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live Jul. 24 - Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor Jul. 26 - Knoxville, TN @ The International Jul. 27 ...
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CANNIBAL CORPSE will headline this year's edition of "The Summer Slaughter Tour", set to take place between July 23 and August 21. The trek will feature the following acts: CANNIBAL CORPSE NILE AFTER THE BURIAL SUFFOCATION CARNIFEX REVOCATION KRISIUN SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL INGESTED "The Summer Slaughter Tour" is an annual event that began in 2007, ...
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California-based metal outfit CARNIFEX will release its new album, titled "Slow Death", on August 5 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced and recorded by CARNIFEX and Mick Kenney (ANAAL NATHRAKH, BLEEDING THROUGH), and co-produced by Jason Suecof (DEATH ANGEL, CHELSEA GRIN, JOB FOR A COWBOY). "Slow Death" was mixed by Mark Lewis (THE ...
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The official video for the song "Abandon" from progressive death metallers FALLUJAH can be seen below. The clip was directed by Robert Graves, who has previously worked with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and ABYSMAL DAWN. "Abandon" is taken from FALLUJAH's third full-length album, titled "Dreamless", which will be released on April 29 via Nuclear Blast ...
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