Month: June 2017

The Uprising, the pummeling debut EP from Heavy As Texas guitarist MARZI MONTAZERI featuring TIM “RIPPER” OWENS on vocals, is out NOW via MONTAZERI’s recently-launched Crunchy Western Records. The Uprising is available on CD, vinyl, and digital formats. Stream it at THIS LOCATION. For physical orders go to HERE.   Of the track “A Monster Within” specifically, Decibel notes, “MONTAZERI drives the song with distorted riffs and intricate soloing, while OWENS employs his…

“…a groovy, ghoulish mix of doom metal and the laughter of ugly children, with a touch of inebriation and shame…”   Baltimore doom metal unit GATEWAY TO HELL – fittingly self-described as a, “groovy, ghoulish mix of doom metal and the laughter of ugly children, with a touch of inebriation and shame – will release their debut EP next month via Unholy…

TAU CROSS, the multinational punk/heavy metal collective featuring Amebix bassist/frontman Rob “The Baron” Miller, Voivod drummer Michel “Away” Langevin, and members of cult crust outfits Misery and War // Plague, has announced their second full-length album, Pillar Of Fire, due out July 21st on CD,2xLP, and digital formats via Relapse Records.   Comments TAU CROSS on the new album: “Pillar Of Fire is the…

Art by Christopher McKenney Listen Now via Ultimate-Guitar.com   Of Two Minds, Stages 1-2: The Ape and The Cage out this Friday, June 30, 2017 Pre-Order via Bandcamp   Produced by Backroom Studios Owner & Dillinger Escape Plan Guitarist Kevin Antreassian Experimental prog-rock/metal group IN THE PRESENCE OF WOLVES will release their new EP, Of Two Minds, Stages 1-2: The Ape and The Cage, this Friday, June 30,…

Kicking Off September 8 | More Dates TBA   Featuring Special Guests Moonshine Bandits, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Whitney Peyton & Andrew W Boss   Learn More via www.TwiztidShop.com TWIZTID are about to take you back to where it all began. Everyone’s favorite demented duo are thrilled to announce their upcoming Mostasteless Tour, kicking off in Cleveland, OH on September 8. On this tour, TWIZTID will perform their groundbreaking…

L-R – Danny Wagner, Josh Kiszka, Sam Kiszka, Jake Kiszka Photo credit:  Michael Lavine Special Los Angeles Performance at The Viper Room Set for July 25 “These upstarts deliver one of the year’s most catchy tracks… ‘Highway Tune’ offers a stellar start to what looks like a promising career.”  — Loudwire LOS ANGELES, CA – Wednesday, June 28, 2017 — Armed with a…

Listen Here   TRAUMA: Featuring Former Members of Testament, Danzig, Dublin Death Patrol + More   Upcoming Third Album and Tour Dates Coming Soon!   TRAUMA is highly revered by those in-the-know as an important evolutionary entity in the intersection of traditional heavy metal, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the more melodically minded classic rock influenced bands on…