WITHIN TEMPTATION, AMORPHIS, ANGRA & ECLIPSE CONFIRMED FOR SUMMER BREEZE BRASIL 2024

 

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The Summer Breeze Brasil Festival has announced the first four bands for the 2024 edition of the festival. The bands confirmed are WITHIN TEMPTATION, ANGRA, AMORPHIS and ECLIPSE. More info on 

https://www.facebook.com/summerbreeze.brasilfest

FUNK METALLERS MORDRED REUNITE - LIVE SHOWS

Funk metallers MORDRED have reunited and are promoting two virtual live shows where they will perform tracks from their forthcoming EP and album. The band had a very succesful career in the early nineties before they disbanded in 1995 after three album, "Fool`s Game",  "In This Life" and "The Next Room". Below is a teaser for the virtual shows featuring TESTAMENT`s Chuck Billy and EXODUS`s Steve "Zetro" Souza:

CULTURAL WARFARE ADDS SECOND GUITARIST TO THE LINE UP

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Californian thrash metal band CULTURAL WARFARE have added Shawn Bozarth who played in classic thrash metal band DEFIANCE. CULTURAL WARFARE´s latest release is "Future Kill" EP released in January 2017. You can check links to the band below.

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La banda californiana de thrash metal CULTURAL WARFARE acaban de agregar a su formación a l ex guitarrista de la banda clasica de thrash metal DEFIANCE, Shawn Bozarth. La más reciente producción de los CULTURAL WARFARE es el EP "Future Kill" lanzado en enero 2017. Pueden ver enlaces a la banda debajo.

Cultural Warfare Facebook

Cultural Warfare Bandcamp

SILVERTOMB: NEW BAND FEATURING TYPE O NEGATIVE AND AGNOSTIC FRONT MEMBERS

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Former TYPE O NEGATIVE and DANZIG guitarist Kenny Hickey and drummer Johnny Kelly have joined former AGNOSTIC FRONT guitarist Joseph James and Hank Hell and Aaron Joos to form a new band named SILVERTOMB. The band will play their first live show on August 26th at the Ride For Dime at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Below you can check the band´s sound.

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Los ex TYPE O NEGATIVE y DANZIG, el guitarrista Kenny Hickey y el baterista Johnny Kelly se han unido al ex guitarrista de AGNOSTIC FRONT Joseph James y a Hank Hell y Aaron Joos para formar una nueva banda llamada SILVERTOMB. La banda hará su primer show el 26 de agosto en el festival Ride For Dime en Starland Ballroom de Sayreville, New Jersey. Debajo pueden escuchar el sonido de la banda.

EX WHIPLASH, KREATOR, HIRAX FORM NEW BAND UNCIVIL WAR / EX WHIPLASH, KREATOR, HIRAX FORMAN NUEVA BANDA UNCIVIL WAR

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Uncivil War is the name of the band created by guitarist/vocalist Scott Owen (Subversion A.D., ex-Eliminate, ex-Hirax, ex-Piranha), drummer Joe Cangelosi (Brooklyn Militia, ex-Eliminate, ex-Whiplash, ex-Kreator) and bassist Rich Day (Brooklyn Militia  ex-Primal Scream, ex-Whiplash). Their music is pure thrash metal. Both Owen and Cangelosi were playing in ex Dark Angel vocalist Don Doy band, Eliminate. Uncivil War has finished recording a demo that will be mixed in April.

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Uncivil War es el nombre de la banda creada por el guitarrista/vocalista Scott Owen (Subversion A.D., ex-Eliminate, ex-Hirax, ex-Piranha), el baterista Joe Cangelosi (Brooklyn Militia, ex-Eliminate, ex-Whiplash, ex-Kreator) y el bajista Rich Day (Brooklyn Militia  ex-Primal Scream, ex-Whiplash). La música de la banda es puro thrash metal. Ambos Owen y Cangelosi estaban tocan junto al ex vocalista de Dark Angel, Don Doy, en su banda Eliminate. Uncivil War ha terminado de grabar un demo que será mezclado en abril.

Uncivil War Facebook

HOLY MOSES, CROSSPLANE, MONSTAGON, ANNISOKAY, BLOSSOM 6, CONFIRMED FOR ROCK & METAL DAY´Z FEST

Thrash masters HOLY MOSES have been confirmed for the Rock & Metal Day´Z Festival. You can check the full lineup below.

OVERKILL, XANDRIA, BELPHEGOR CONFIRMED FOR SUMMER BREEZE FESTIVAL 2017

 

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East Coast thrash masters Overkill, Austrian death black metal band Belphegor and German symphonic metal band Xandria have been added to the 2017 edition of the Summer Breeze Festival from Germany.

Below are the links to the band´s bios, link and music for the festival. 

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Los maestros trashers de la Costa Este de Estados Unidos, Overkill, los austríacos death black metal Belphegor y la banda alemana de metal sinfónico Xandria han sido agregados a la edicion 2017 del festival Summer Breeze de Alemania.

Debajo están los enlaces a las bios, links y música de las bandas para el festival. 

 

 

 

VEHEMENCE RETURNS WITH NEW ALBUM

Phoenix death metal veterans Vehemence have returned and they will release a new album, entitled "Forward Without Motion" on July. Below you can check their press statement:

"Following an entire decade without a new album, Phoenix-based melodic death metal kingpins, VEHEMENCE, return to full-time duty in 2015, having reactivated the band and completed their fourth full-length studio full-length, "Forward Without Motion", which is now set for release this Autumn via Battleground Records.

Their first new album since 2004’s Metal Blade Records-released "Helping The World To See", VEHEMENCE returns to the death metal fold with a stunning new album that will surely see the band regaining their traction within the scene after their time off the grid. "Forward Without Motion" is the culmination of years of hard work and the collective desire to write the best songs and capture the best performances. Guitarist and founding member Bjorn Dannov perhaps says it most succinctly when describing the record, “I really believe this is our strongest album to date. With our previous albums, we were so inexperienced in the studio so I was never really happy with the final product, production-wise. This album I feel represents the songs well. We wanted to capture a tight performance, but not overly produced and sound replaced like a lot of modern metal albums. We still wanted to maintain an organic element to the sound, which I believe we achieved.” Working on the songs off and on for several years between 2007 and 2011, VEHEMENCE began a methodical, painstaking tracking process for Forward Without Motion between 2012 and 2014, the album’s guitars, bass, and vocals being recorded at the home studios of Dannov and guitarist Kyle Moeller, with the drums being recorded at Villain Studios in Phoenix. “Kyle did all the mixing, reamping, and mastering,” Says Dannov. “It was really great to have those tools at our disposal, without having to worry about a budget or studio expenses.”

When listening to Forward Without Motion, one will discover the refreshing sounds of a band creatively reborn and seasoned by experience. The album flows with a relentless, throat grabbing energy that never flags and begs for repeated spins. This cohesive power is nowhere more apparent than in the strength of the instrumental and vocal performances, which slash and hammer their way out of the speakers with a passion rarely found in the cold, mostly lifeless corpses that are most modern death metal recordings. When asked about the lyrical themes behind the songs and album title of the album, VEHEMENCE vocalist Nathan Gearhart remarks, “The lyrics of Forward Without Motion each tell a unique story dealing with pain, loss, sadness, and horror. Written over the course of twelve years, each piece stands alone in subject. The consistent theme of the lyrics as a whole denote humanity’s dark side, and summarize our lives and impact on our world during our limited time. Nothing changes. Nothing gets better or worse. It’s all the same. It’s time without a number. We are all going to die leaving this world just as fucked as those before us, and future generations will continue this cycle.” Gearhart also has much to say about the core ethos of the band when reflecting upon both the present and the years past, “Bjorn and I have been jamming together since 1996. Mark and Andy joined in ’97-‘98. VEHEMENCE is a band of brothers with no bigger intent other than getting together and creating together. Kyle is a great compliment to the core of the band, and his involvement along with the material and performance contributed by Jake Green are what helps to take us into our current chapter. "Forward Without Motion" is our life’s work. I am so proud of what we have created, and I hope others enjoy our art as much as I do.”

VEHEMENCE will release "Forward Without Motion" through Battleground Records on October 27th in various formats, including a 2xLP set on 180-gram black vinyl in gatefold packaging, a CD version, and across various digital platforms.

In conjunction with the release of "Forward Without Motion", VEHEMENCE will be performing several shows in support of the album shortly before the street date. Additional information on the album, audio samples, an official video and more will be released throughout the Summer and early Autumn months.

1989-1992 VENOM INCARNATION REUNITES AS VENOM INC.

The incarnation of legendary band Venom that featured classical guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn, drummer Anthony "Abaddon" Bray and the addition of Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan on bass and vocals has reunited with the name Venom Inc. This incarnation of the band delivered three albums: "Prime Evil" in 1989, "Temples of Ice" in 1991 and "The Waste Lands" in 1992. The band will make its live debut in the Keep It True Festival in Germany.

NEW SUPERGROUP: DEVIL´S HIGHWAY

A new supergroup called Devil´s Highway is recording their debut album that will be released in early 2015. The band consists in Kyle Thomas (Exhorder, Trouble) in vocals, Ralph Santolla (Death, Deicide, Obitary) on guitars, Matt Braunson (Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow) on guitars, Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Sadus) on bass and Tony Laureano (Nile, Dimmu Borgir) on drums. The album is being recorded at Vulture Lounge Studios and is being produced by Santolla himself.

Below you can check the track "Blighted House" from this band:

DIMENSION ZERO REFORMS FOR 2015 GOTHENBURG SOUND FESTIVAL

Dimension Zero, the band featuring former Marduk vocalist Joakim Göthberg, former In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad on bass, former Soilwork guitarist Daniel Antonsson and Diabolique drummer Hans Nilsson, has reunited and will be playing next year´s Gothenburg Sound Festival. The band´s latest album is "He who shall not bleed" from 2007.

EX BRAND NEW SIN SINGER STARTS SOLO PROJECT + COVER STREAM

Joe Altier, former Brand New Sin vocalist has started a solo project that goes by the name "Just Joe". The first recordings show a piano cover of Metallica´s "Blackened". You can check the cover below:

CARCASS, MOTÖRHEAD, MEGADETH, HATEBREED AND MORE CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN 2014

Here are the latest bands to be confirmed for 2014´s edition of the Wacken Open Air Festival:

LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, CHTHONIC, NIGHTMARE AND MORE CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN 2014

Here are the latest bands confirmed for Wacken Open Air Festival 2014:

HAMMERFALL, SAXON, SKID ROW, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, AUGUST BURNS RED AND MORE CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN 2014

This are the latest additions to the Wacken Open Air Festival 2014: