German thrash legends Destruction, Dark Funeral and black metallers At The Gates are among the first brace of bands confirmed for BlastFest 2015, a new extreme metal festival held in Norway. With a handful of bands already announced and twenty more to be confirmed, it’s set to put itself firmly upon the metal calendar.
The full press release can be read below.
After three years away, US death metallers Abysmal Dawn make a triumphant return with new track ‘Inanimate’. The track is the first new material to appear from their forthcoming album ‘Obsolescence’ and can be streamed in full below.
Guttermouth will be touring the US throughout most of 2014. All confirmed dates are listed below.
Voodoo Glow Skulls will be supporting the childish punkers at the Sacremento show, though support for other dates remains unconfirmed.
On the eve of the release of their second album ‘Condemned to Hope’, UK metallers Black Moth have a little something for you.
Below, you can watch a full live performance of the upcoming album’s opening track ‘Tumbleweave’, recorded at London’s Barfly earlier in 2014.
At a time when so many AOR albums seem to be constructed from predictable European inflected bombast – often well played but full of forgettable material, or else just poorly executed all round – it’s an absolute pleasure when a disc comes along that impresses. This full length release from State of Salazar does just that. Bringing together the talents of various Swedish musicians and fronted by vocalist Marcus Nygren (previously of metal band 8-Point Rose), ‘All The Way’ offers something near melodic perfection. With similar sounds to their closest contemporaries Work of Art, celebrating the sounds of Toto and Survivor, the result is the best AOR record since State Cows dropped their debut in 2011.