Heavy Metal News
Taproot continue on the road to victory with ‘The Everlasting’ as they beat out Charm City Devils over the weekend in the last Cage Match, but can they do it again against today’s challengers? The Louisiana-based rockers of 12 Stones enter the Cage Match with their latest single ‘Psycho’ off of fourth studio album ‘Beneath the Scars.’ The band is currently on a massive tour in the U.S. For a
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
Deftones have confirmed that their seventh studio album is titled ‘Koi No Yokan,’ and it will be released on Nov. 13. The ‘Tones, who spent a chunk of their summer on the road with System of a Down, will support ‘Koi No Yokan’ with a headline tour. They will be joined by special guests Scars of Broadway, featuring SOAD guitarist Daron Malakian. ‘Koi No Yokan’ was recorded in Los Angeles.
Swedish metallers In Flames are enjoying life on the road, and even though they’ve started thinking about a new record, it’s likely that nothing will happen until the touring support for the ‘Sounds of a Playground Fading’ disc starts to wane. Pure Grain Audio (Via Blabbermouth) spoke with In Flames singer Anders Friden, who explained, “We’ll probably continue touring for whole next year, and then we’re gonna think about what we’re
Say, you missed For Today on the Vans Warped Tour this past summer? Don’t sweat it. The Christian metalcore band are hitting the road again this fall, as the guy have just announced a headlining tour of the states. The trek kicks off Oct. 11 in St. Petersburg, Fla., and runs through Nov. 11 in Greensboro, N.C. Bands slated to open are some of Christian metal’s heaviest names, including Impending
We’re now convinced that the apocalypse is definitely happening! There is no way that Earth will remain in one piece after the pure brutality that will be inflicted upon it after the year is done, because it seems that there has never been more heavier-than-hell metal tours announced than what 2012 has gifted us. This October, Napalm Death will be hitting the road with Municipal Waste and Exhumed, with Vektor,
King’s X will be returning to the road in September as direct support to Kansas. This is more than just a run of the mill tour announcement, because the band’s drummer Jerry Gaskill suffered a major heart attack earlier this year. He has recovered enough to be able to get back on the road. “Not too long ago I was thinking I might not ever get back on a stage,