BORIS THE BLADE And ABIOTIC Co-Headline April-May 2015 North American Tour April 12th, 2015 Melbourne, Australia-based heavy metal group Boris The Blade and Miami, Florida-based technical death metal assortment Abiotic co-headlined a North American tour during April and May 2015. Supporting on all dates were Sacramento, California-based death metallers Alterbeast. Minneapolis, Minnesota-based technical deathcore group […]
CONAN Announce UK Headline Tour For June April 12th, 2015 Liverpool, England-based doom metal group Conan perform in the United Kingdom during June 2015. The dates are as follows; Jun. 05 – Edinburgh, Scotland, Bannermans Jun. 06 – Birmingham, England, Oobleck Jun. 07 – Cardiff, Wales, The Moon Jun. 08 – Plymouth, England, Tiki Bar […]
BLIND GUARDIAN – The Tenth Wave Anthony Morgan April 2015 Blind Guardian (l-r): André Olbrich, Hansi Kursch, Frederik Ehmke and Marcus Siepen In penning compositions for January 2015’s Beyond The Red Mirror – their tenth studio full-length overall – German power metal outfit Blind Guardian had no specific goal in mind, despite the fact that […]
ACCEPT Recruit New Members And Plan Blind Rage Tour 2015 April 12th, 2015 German heavy metal group Accept recruited guitarist Uwe Lulis (ex-Grave Digger / ex-Rebellion) and drummer Christopher Williams to their ranks, revealing this development on April 12th, 2015. Accept issued the following statement: “The past, present and future for Accept was and still […]
LIQUID GRAVEYARD Recruit LOCK UP Alumni To Play On Third Album April 11th, 2015 European death metal group Liquid Graveyard issue their third full-length studio album later in 2015 through Sleaszy Rider Records. Occupying bass for recording sessions was Shane Embury (Napalm Death / Lock Up), while Nick Barker (Lock Up / ex-Cradle Of Filth […]
WHITE HOUSE BURNINGI Am Hatred Self-released (2015)Rating: 8/10 Since their birth in March 2013, US metallers White House Burning have released seven singles, all of which appear on this debut opus. The band – a trio – consists of Damon Christopher (vocals / guitars), Mike Mazylewski (bass) and Dean Clark (drums). White House Burning hail […]
CROSSPLANEMasturboned 7hard (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 I had to chuckle when I first put this album on, but only because the vocals slightly reminded me of comedy band Bad News’ Vim Fuego (Adrian Edmondson). Other than that though, this is a rollicking release from a German band that sounds like Motörhead and doesn’t care. Yep, this is […]
KILL DEVIL HILL Begin Recording New Material April 9th, 2015 American metal group Kill Devil Hill were recently at Stagg Street Studios in Van Nuys, California with engineer Josh Newell recording basic tracks for newly written music. Jay Ruston, who mixed March 2012’s Kill Devil Hill and October 2013’s Revolution Rise – Kill Devil Hill’s […]
CRIMINAL Announce Addition Of Lead Guitarist Sergio Klein April 9th, 2015 Anglo-Chilean thrash metal group Criminal parted ways with lead guitarist Olmo Cascallar, revealing this development on April 9th, 2015. Vocalist / guitarist Anton Reisenegger issued the following statement: “Olmo is a great guy and an excellent guitar player, but there just wasn’t that special […]
BURNING POINT Sign Album Contract With AFM Records April 9th, 2015 Finnish power metal group Burning Point signed an album contract with AFM Records, revealing this development on April 9th, 2015. Guitarist and mainman Pete Ahonen issued the following statement: “To me AFM Records has always been a label of quality releases and the words […]
