The other day, I mistakenly reported the Hypocrisy tour was finished. The truth is the tour is carrying on without Hypocrisy…and now, Aborted. The band officially commented on their cancellation of their North American tour, which now only features Krisiun and Arsis — which is still fucking awesome, but not as rad. “Due to reasons Read More
We had heard this was a possibility, and now, are bummed to report its reality. Swedish death metal act Hypocrisy have been forced to cancel their previously announced North American tour due to reasons beyond their control. The bandmembers had received their visa approvals and everything was going as scheduled until the embassy let them Read More
Holy shit, do we have a stellar giveaway for you this afternoon. How would you like to see Hypocrisy in New York at the Gramercy Theatre with Krisiun, Aborted, Arsis and Starkill? I knew you’d be psyched. We have two pairs of tickets to give away for the show, and you could end up winning. Read More
The track listing was recently released for Arsis’ new LP, Unwelcome. When that information was released, I erred in overlooking something of massive importance. A song on the album is called “Sunglasses at Night.” As in the 1980s hit by Corey Hart. As in one of the greatest songs ever committed to tape that didn’t Read More
Australia. That lone country/continent removed from virtually the rest of the entire world and home to loveable things like kangaroos, life’s original stoners the koala bear, and blistering death metal. Despite Australia’s isolated location, they’ve managed to churn out some of the best death metal, grind, black metal, and any blend of those three subgenres Read More
I know it’s not breaking fucking news, but Arsis did release a lyric video today. You can see that video at the end of this post. If you want. They’re not the most exciting things in the world, lyric videos. In fact, I usually don’t post about these lyric videos. But this one’s from Arsis, Read More
Yes, it’s true! Some of you correctly guessed that Testament was one of the bands hidden in the poster released last week, revealing part of the 2013 Scion Rock Fest lineup. How crafty of you! Now, the full lineup has been divulged, and further boasts Corrosion of Conformity, Whitechapel, Negative Approach, Vektor, Royal Thunder, and Read More
And fuck me, do I wanna go! The Scion Rock Fest will do down June 1, this year in Memphis, Tennessee. This annual all-day free event has become a highly anticipated tradition that brings together both metal legends and newcomers in a different U.S. city each year. Today, some of the bands for the fest Read More
Alas, I am not going all the way to Buffalo to see these guys play, so I guess I’m not seeing these guys play. Arsis have lined up a bunch of shows for this May. A full list of them follows at the end of this post. The band will be touring in support of Read More
And I dig it. It’s simple, dark, and gets the point across with the skeletons and goat imagery. It’s bad, bad music for bad, bad people. The Virginia-hailing tech-death metal masters will release their fifth album Unwelcome on April 30. The follow-up to 2010’s Starve For The Devil was tracked at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Read More