Tag: Modern Metal

Vader is on the road as they kick off a North American tour at Maryland Deathfest tonight. The Strike of the Empire 21-date trek also features Internal Bleeding, Sacrificial Slaughter, Voices of Ruin, and Micawber. From East to West and back again, Vader will be touring in support of The Empire, their release from Nuclear Blast last year which followed up the Polish Death Metallers’ 2014 Tibi Et Igni, both of which are available on the band’s webstore. Full listings of tour dates and more info can be found at the band’s official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vader.  

Warbringer recently kicked off a North American tour on the West Coast with a California date, continuing their ongoing touring cycle ever since the Woe To The Vanquished March 31st Napalm Records release. As direct support to Destruction alongside Jungle Rot, they’ve got a few more weeks to go, wrapping it up on June 11th in their home base, Los Angeles. May 26 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre May 27 – Kansas City, MO – Aftershock May 28 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s May 29 – Detroit, MI – Harpo’s May 30 – Toronto, ON – Mod Club May […]

Progressive Metal band SikTh’s upcoming record The Future In Whose Eyes? will be premiering on Millennium Night through Peaceville Records next week, with a release date of June 2nd set. One of the full-length’s tracks, “Cracks of Light”, features special guest vocals from Periphery’s frontman Spencer Sotelo, and SikTh has teamed up with Revolver Magazine to bring fans an exclusive interview clip with Spencer and SikTh’s Mikee Goodman. The two give a small sneak peek into the track, showing some of their in-studio work, and discuss how the whole collaboration came about, all in a brief two-minute video. You can […]

You’d be hard pressed to find many bands that identify as a “nomadic folk metal” group, but it’s a title that Tengger Cavalry seems to have invented and claimed for themselves. The recent M-Theory Audio signees have their new record Die On My Ride coming up in just a few weeks, and two singles have been revealed so far, ahead of the June 2nd release. While the title track and “Ashley” both showcase different musical sides of the band, “Cursed” reveals yet another side. The official premiere is available to stream via Metal Hammer: http://teamrock.com/news/2017-05-17/mongolian-folk-metallers-tengger-cavalry-release-video-for-cursed.  Here’s Tengger Cavalry frontman Nature G’s […]

Satyricon, Norway’s Black Metal legends, recently signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records, which means a brand new record is on the way. Further details including the title and track listing have yet to be announced, but one confirmed fact so far is that the release date will be September 22nd. That same weekend will see the start of a European tour to support the album. Here’s what Napalm CEO Thomas Caser has to say about the Satyricon signing: “We are proud to announce the signing of one of this most influential Extreme Metal act and pioneer of a whole […]

Arkona and Sirenia have just started out a month long North American tour together, beginning their journey in NYC’s Webster Hall. This is a very special run for both bands, as it’s not only Arkona’s 15th Anniversary, but Sirenia’s first time ever touring North America. Arkona also has a new album in the works, and they’ll be slipping some yet-to-be-recorded tracks into the setlist for their 15th Anniversary show audiences. Mindmaze, Graveshadow, and Sicosis are supporting.

Suffocation released a small taste of their upcoming record a few weeks ago, in the form of a 360º video for the album’s first single, “Your Last Breaths”. Now, a second single from the June 9th Nuclear Blast release …Of The Dark Light has been revealed, entitled “Return To The Abyss”, and the video can be found via the Official Nuclear Blast Records YouTube Channel here. Suffocation is heading out on a US tour alongside Morbid Angel, Revocation, and Withered starting next week and all the details can be found at the band’s official website: https://www.suffocationofficial.com/

A seventh studio LP is coming up for technical death metallers Origin this summer. Unparalleled Universe is set for a June 30th release on Nuclear Blast Records, but a 360º visualizer of the first single “Accident and Error” is already available: https://youtu.be/FmhcNVUa8Xs. Further details on the album, including track listings and various formats of pre-order bundles, can be found at https://www.originofficial.com/.

Unleash The Archers have “unleashed” a brand-new single, plus a video to go with it, this week. “The Matriarch” is the title of the track off the band’s tenth anniversary album Apex that’s set to be released via Napalm Records on June 2nd. Frontwoman Brittney Slayes has released a statement telling fans all about the new song: “This track is chapter three in the story, and in it we are introduced to our antagonist “The Matriarch” in all her malevolent glory.  We call this one our “quick banger” because it’s fast, catchy, and fun, and hopefully it won’t take long […]

Swedish Death Metallers Firespawn have been brewing a new record in the form of The Reprobate. Formed in 2012 by a few of Stockholm’s best, the band signed to Century Media for a debut album in 2015, and now a brand new album is all set for a release this week. A video for the opening track “Serpent Of The Ocean” gives a look in-studio and on stage with the band – you can see it below via Century Media Records’ YouTube Channel. April 28th marks the release of The Reprobate and it can be preordered in many forms here: […]