Los Angeles, CA heavy metal crew Last in Line, featuring vocalist Andrew Freeman (Snow), guitarist Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard), drummer Vinny Appice (ex-Dio), bassist Phil Soussan (ex-Ozzy Osbourne) and keyboardist Erik Norlander (Delany), recently announced intentions to tour throughout the U.S. this spring and summer. The tour launches in Queens, NYC at Blackthorn 51 on [...]
New York City natives Eve To Adam have wrapped up production on their brand new full-length album and first LP on Rocktagon Worldwide Music dubbed Odyssey. The new record was produced by Elvis Baskette (Alter Bridge, Chevelle, Slash) and DJ Zardonic and is slated to drop on February 20 (pre-order). Ahead of the fresh album’s [...]
AKC‘s Waylon Reavis w/ Mushroomhead at Mayhem Fest 2014 in PA… A Killer’s Confession, the new band led by former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis, have confirmed a March release date for their debut full-length LP, Unbroken, via Megadeth bassist David Ellefson‘s EMP Label Group. The new effort features the fresh recordings “Rebirth” and “A Killer’s [...]
Famed guitarist John 5 (Rob Zombie, ex-Marilyn Manson) and his backing band The Creatures have set March 3rd as the official street date for their brand new album titled Season of the Witch. Throughout 2016, John 5 and the gang unleashed 4 new songs: “Hell Haw,” “Making Monsters,” “Here’s To The Crazy Ones” and “Now [...]
Loudness live at B.B. King in 2012… Japanese heavy metal legends Loudness are presently celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of their sixth studio album Lightning Strikes aka Shadows of War (in Japan). The gang have confirmed a string of commemorative hometown shows in Japan for this April, which will apparently lead into a run [...]
Guitar expert Felix Martin will release a brand new (still untitled) full-length album, which he self-produced with Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, Scale The Summit) handling mixing duties, in February of 2017. Felix describes the new effort as “clean, outside-the-box and inspired by my South American roots.” Pre-order info is coming soon. Additionally, [...]
New York City’s own hardcore punk legends Sick of It All continue to pound the pavement in celebration of their 30th year as a band. The guys have thus far played a slew of commemorative shows this year (including one at Webster Hall in July) and will soon embark on a European trek with support [...]
Black Paradise Tomorrow (9/10), Queens, NY-based rock bar/venue Blackthorn 51 will host the 2016 “Black Metal Fest,” sponsored by Metal Attack and featuring a night filled of blasphemous shrieks and shreds courtesy of the likes of Black Paradise, Discordia, Esclavos NY, Jotunheim, Night Rite and Hellreign. Pandemonium starts promptly at 9:30pm, with doors slated for [...]
Hammer Fight / Product of Hate Napalm Records recording artists Hammer Fight and Product of Hate will be joining forces for the “Hammer Out The Hate Tour,” set to invade the U.S. this fall. The co-headlining run ignites in Queens, NY at Blackthorn 51 on September 28 [tix] and runs through the following month, ending [...]
LA thrashers Act of Defiance – featuring vocalist Henry Derek (ex-Scar The Martyr), guitarist/vocalist Chris Broderick (ex-Megadeth), bassist Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall, Times of Grace) and drummer Shawn Drover (ex-Megadeth) – will soon kick off a series of North American headlining shows along with a select few gigs supporting Hatebreed and DevilDriver. The band are [...]
