Heavy Metal News
Earlier this year Metal Blade Records celebrated their 30th anniversary at SXSW in Austin, Texas, with a packed showcase and now Metal Blade continues the party by teaming up with Metal Wreckage to give fans a free As I Lay Dying show in New York City on Sept. 25. This event is offering fans the chance to attend a private CD Release show for As I Lay Dying, whose new
Are you ready for Axewound? After working out their scheduling issues, it looks as though the metal supergroup will finally get to release their debut album. ‘Vultures’ currently carries on Oct. 1 release in the U.K., with the disc dropping a day later in the U.S. The band features Cancer Bats’ Liam Cormier on vocals and Bullet for My Valentine singer on guitar, with Pitchshifter drummer Jason Bowld, Glamour of
In a new lengthy video clip posted by Metallica, the metal band takes you behind the scenes at their meet and greet at one of their Canadian tour stops Edmonton, Alberta. Additionally, the video invites fans into Metallica’s intimate tuning room on tour and shares live footage of one of their biggest hits from the show that night (Aug 17) – the first of two shows there. The clip starts
Thanks to everyone for voting in Loudwire’s End of Summer Survey. We asked the Loudwire readers to choose their favorite songs, albums, videos and tours of the summer, along with a few other topics. With the polls having just closed, we’ve got the final results for each category. Lamb of God won both the Best Metal Song and Best Metal Video of the Summer with the track ‘Desolation.’ The WTF
Co-creator of Dethklok and ‘Metalocalypse’ Brendon Small was the guest on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show this past weekend. Small spoke about the cancellation of Dethklok’s co-headlining tour with Lamb of God, as well as ‘Metalocalypse,’ the upcoming Dethklok album and much more.’ If you missed Full Metal Jackie’s show, check out her interview with Brendon Small below: The tour that you were going to be on was cancelled, I
Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell was the guest on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show this past weekend. Bell spoke candidly about exactly why the Shockwave tour was canceled, as well as upcoming Fear Factory dates for the rest of the year. He also talked about his friendship with guitarist Dino Cazares and the band’s new record ‘The Industrialist.’ If you missed Full Metal Jackie’s show, check out her interview
For the last two months the 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has been bringing a healthy dose of metal and mayhem to stops across the U.S. After finally making its way to the East Coast, the metal extravaganza wraps up today (Aug. 5) clocking in its last show at the Comcast Centre in Hartford. Conn. Boasting a three stage monster lineup, the 2012 class of Mayhem Fest may have