03/14 Austin, TX @ Elysium (705 Red River) Chicken Ranch Records Day Party, 445PM 03/15 Austin, TX @ Vagabond Collective (1504 E. 6th St.) 515PM 03/16 Austin, TX @ Threadgills (6416 North Lamar) Roky Erickson Ice Cream Social, 430PM 03/17 Austin, TX @ The Grackle (1700 E. 6th St.) Peelander-Fest, 12PM More Info 03/17 Austin, TX @ Treasure Island (413 East 6th St.) Nail Distribution/Chicken Ranch Records SXSW Showcase, 1AM…
Death metal ministers SIX FEET UNDER return with their brand new studio long player Undead in May of 2012! In conjunction with the album release, the band will return to Europe in August to play some exclusive festival gigs as well as selected club shows. Support will come from label mates Dew-Scented. Comments singer Chris Barnes: “SIX FEET UNDER is not dead! We are Undead! With our return to the…
Elizabeth Schall, guitarist/vocalist for progressive/melodic death metal outfit DREAMING DEAD was recently featured in an interview with LA Weekly. In the interview, Schall discusses being a woman in a male-dominated metal scene, as well DREAMING DEAD’s forthcoming release, Midnightmares. To check out the interview, visit this location. DREAMING DEAD has set April 20th as the release date for their highly anticipated sophomore effort, Midnightmares. The follow up to 2009’s Within…
Las Vegas rock sensation OTHERWISE will join Century Media label-mates LACUNA COIL on their 2012 North American “Dark Legacy” Tour. OTHERWISE has been confirmed as direct support for the tour, which will feature LACUNA COIL playing over two hours of material spanning their entire catalog. OTHERWISE are currently wrapping up a month on the road with POP EVIL, and following the “Dark Legacy” tour will play a number of radio…
Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of Dutch death metal doom mongers GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURT! GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURT was founded in 2011 by former ASPHYX guitar player Eric Daniels, who left behind the active death metal scene years ago after the release of ASPHYX’s studio album, On The Wings Of Inferno. But as one should never deny his roots, Daniels is now back to spread…
Southern California’s KYNG is excited to announce that they will join the lineup for Metallica’s Orionfest. The two day festival, created and curated by Metallica themselves, takes place on June 23-24 in Atlantic City. Metallica created this festival to give each band member a chance to showcase their diverse musical interests and lifestyle under one stage. Metallica frontman James Hetfield recently sung the band’s praises after discovering them through Sirius…
After wrapping up his annual solo outing on the Where’s The Band? Tour and a handful of dates with his band BAYSIDE including last weekend’s MUSINK festival in SoCal , ANTHONY RANERI, lead vocalist/guitarist, is ready to get back on the road in support of his debut solo EP New Cathedrals, which was self-released on his own Gumshoe Records earlier this year. Supporting him on his Northeast and Midwest headline…
French black metal extremists SVART CROWN are invading North American soil for the first time this Spring. Starting on May 18th in Philadelphia, SVART CROWN will join forces with New Zealand’s unorthodox death metallers ULCERATE and Brooklyn’s boundary-smashing TOMBS for one of the most sonically intense tour packages of the year. The tour will be sponsored by Sickdrummer Magazine and MetalSucks.net. SVART CROWN w/ ULCERATE & TOMBS: May 18 …
Virginia based duo Eternal Summers has collected all their early EP, 7 inch, and cover recordings to put forth one reissue under the name The Dawn of Eternal Summers to be released on Record Store Day (April 21st) via Kanine Records. For the first time these twelve tracks will be released in digital format and available on all digital services. If you crave the physical product, colored vinyl with download…
This week Sarah Jaffe released a sneak preview of her new album, The Body Wins, featuring the track “Talk“. Take a look. The album’s first single, “Glorified High” was released Tuesday and is now available for download from iTunes and Amazon. During the week of the singles’ release, Jaffe joined up with New Multitudes (Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Jim James, and Anders Parker) for a handful of West Coast dates…
If Memorial Day Weekend represents the unofficial start to summer, then this summer will be kicking off in California in a BIG way as I LOVE THIS CITY —a new Electronic Music festival event produced by Live Nation—will make its debut as a two-day festival in San Francisco. The I LOVE THIS CITY festival will take place Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 at The Lot at AT&T Park…
Philadelphia’s resident rage-makers, Single Bullet Theory have announced a string of one-off dates that will see the band tearing up the Northeastern corner of the US throughout the spring, as well as a Summer tour with melodic progressive metallers Into Eternity that will see the band blaze a trail of destruction across the Midwest and into Canadian territory. Upcoming Single Bullet Theory dates are as follows: 3/9/12 – …
News of almighty proportions has landed as Southern Lord announce a deluxe reissue of one of the towering achievements in metal history, Dopesmoker by SLEEP. For the 2012 reissue, there are some very notable changes. The original studio tapes have been remastered presenting the album as the band had originally intended. The audio is clearer, louder, and at last brings a true representation of SLEEP’s hour-plus Weedian chronicle. Exclusive to…
Dallas duo A.Dd+ are currently in the midst of their first national tour, opening up for indie favorite Black Milk, and although the guys will be out on the road until the end of March, Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy are keeping the music coming, this time with a song called “Can’t You See.” The song, produced by Nick Nack, will appear on the Austin DJ/producer’s forthcoming album, State Machine,…
Primus is excited to announce a spring tour in support of Green Naugahyde, out now on ATO Records and Prawn Songs. An evening with Primus, featuring two full sets, begins on May 3rd in Columbia, MO, and wraps up on June 24th in Modesto, CA. In conjunction with the tour, ATO Records will release a limited edition 10″ single, with live versions of “Jilly’s On Smack” and “Eyes of…
Lee Fields & The Expressions are set to release new album Faithful Man on March 13 via Truth & Soul Records. The album can be streamed now exclusively via RollingStone.com. First single “You’re The Kind of Girl” is available now and, over forty years into his career, has helped introduce soul vet Lee Fields to new fans. Stream the album here and single here. The group has also announced…
Vancouver hard rock outfit, The Veer Union, has launched an official iPhone App to help keep fans updated with the latest TVU news, tour dates and multimedia as the band gears up for the release of its sophomore record, Divide The Blackened Sky, on March 26th (Rocket Science Ventures). The free App can be downloaded now through the iTunes store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/theveerunion/id505826683?mt=8. The band has also announced a handful…
Arizona death metal legion JOB FOR A COWBOY will kick off a five-and-a-half week stretch of North American dates on this year’s Metal Alliance Tour next week. The live rituals will commence on March 15 in Austin, Texas as part of South By Southwest 2012 and consume 35 more cities through April 21. The band will be joined by headliners Devildriver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, 3 Inches Of Blood, Impending…
The Norwegian group DJERV — whose self-titled 2011 debut, praised by Metal Hammer as “an innovative melding of Metallica and Garbage,” was finally released in North America last week — has been confirmed to support the legendary Ministry on the European leg of their “Defibrillatour” this summer. A complete list of tour dates — including a series of Norwegian concerts alongside labelmates Dunderbeist this month — appears below. Drawing…
Tour Dates 3/1 – Popshop @ Santos Party House – New York, NY 3/2 – Middle East – Boston, MA 3/6 – All Things Gold @ U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC 3/7- The Blockley- Philadelphia, PA 3/9- Savannah Stopover- Savannah, GA 3/10- The Social- Orlando, FL 3/11 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA SXSW Dates 3/15- 12:45pm – Sony Sales @ Six Lounge / 4:15pm – Neon Gold New Shapes Showcase…