Heavy Metal News
Texas metal band the Sword have just announced a U.S. headlining tour beginning in October. The Sword are set to release their fourth studio album, ‘Apocryphon,’ on Oct. 22, and will hit the road with Gypsyhawk, Eagle Claw and American Sharks. The Sword have been riding high since the release of their second full-length, ‘Gods of the Earth,’ in 2008, snatching supporting spots that included dates opening for Metallica. The
The 2012 Summer Slaughter Tour may have just ended, but the memories of the all-day assault of metal’s heaviest bands lives on! During the New York City date of the tour, we managed to sneak in an interview with Exhumed frontman Matt Harvey. During our chat with Matt Harvey, the gore-grind pioneer talked with us about Summer Slaughter, Exhumed’s upcoming tour with Napalm Death, along with the immense respect Harvey
Taproot beat out the reigning champs of Candlelight Red in the last Cage Match but will they be able to do it again against today’s challengers? Orgy heat up the matchup with their brand new tune ‘Grime of the Century.’ After a run of U.S. tour dates earlier this year, the band canceled a handful of shows in order to head back into the studio to record new music. Check
Ladies and gentlemen, Lamb of God are back and ready to rock! After Randy Blythe’s return to the stage at Knotfest after his monthlong incarceration in the Czech Republic, the band is set to embark on a U.S. headlining tour this fall. It hasn’t been the easiest year for Lamb of God, as vocalist Randy Blythe was suddenly arrested shortly after the band’s arrival for a Czech Republic tour date.
Fred Durst isn’t just dipping his toes in the Cash Money pool, he’s doing a full on swan dive right in. The Limp Bizkit singer has lent his skills to a new single called ‘Champions’ by Kevin Rudolf, a pop star on the Cash Money label. It’s definitely a label venture as Lil’ Wayne and Birdman also turn up on the track with a few raps of their own. Lil’
Photographer Laura London didn’t have to look far for inspiration, and her work will be shown in the self-explanatory exhibit titled ‘Once Upon a Time … Axl Rose Was My Neighbor.’ The fine art photographer snapped the photos back in the early ’90s when the Guns N’ Roses singer and his then wife Erin Everly lived close by and were the subject of graffiti vandals in the area. The exhibit
Noted Washington, D.C.-area punk and metal bassist Vance Bockis has died at the age of 50. The musician, who played in such bands as the Obsessed, 9353 and Pentagram, in addition to fronting the Factory, passed away at his home in Fairfax County, Va., on Saturday (Sept. 1) from complications following shoulder surgery. WTOP reports that Bockis had a history of heroin addiction that left him emaciated and contributed to