Posted by longhairedpoet on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 5:34 PM (PST)
Icelandic metallers Solstafir have announced they will be embarking on a US tour in support of Paradise Lost.
Paradise Lost and Solstafir will also be joined on the tour by Atlas Moth.
Solstafir are touring in support of their new album, Berdreyminn. The album, produced by Birgir Birgirsson (Sigur Ros, Alcest) and Jaime Gomez-Arellano (Ghost, Paradise Lost, Ulver).
Solstafir will also be embarking on a European tour starting on November 20.
You can head over to Solstafir’s bandcamp to stream Berdreyminn.
Check out the full list of tour dates and the video for the song “Hula” here.
Posted by longhairedpoet on Friday, July 13, 2018 at 5:21 PM (PST)
Richmond doom metallers Windhand are gearing up to head out on tour this fall.
The tour will be in support of the band’s latest forthcoming album Eternal Return which is due out on October 5 via Relapse Records.
Windhand have joined forces with producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden) with vivid artwork by Arik Roper (Sleep, High on Fire) to make Eternal Return.
Windhand will be joined on the tour by Satan’s Satyrs.
You can check out Windhand’s entire discography over at their Bandcamp.
Check out the full list of tour dates and a teaser of Eternal Returnhere.
Colorado death metal architects ALLEGAEONwill return to the road to kick off the 12th Annual Summer Slaughter Tour. Sharing the stage with Between The Buried And Me, Born Of Osiris, Veil Of Maya, Erra, The Agony Scene, Soreption, Terror Universal, and Entheos, the tour commences tonight July 13th in Raleigh, North Carolina and will roll through over two-dozen venues upon its conclusion on August 19th in Austin, Texas. Tickets are on sale NOW at THIS LOCATION. See all confirmed dates below.
Posted by Morgan Ywain Evans on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 12:32 PM (PST)
Kansas City based tech sickos AHTME and Phoenix, Az’s monolithic death metal titans LAGO have announced that they will be touring alongside headliner Micawber in September as part of “The September Scum Tour”. The tour will run from September 14 – 29 and hit a large chunk of the east coast, midwest, and Texas.
Dates below:
9/14 Austin, Tx @ Come and Take It Live
9/15 Ft Worth, Tx @ Tomcats West
9/16 Houston, Tx @ Acadia Bar
9/17 New Orleans, La @ Santos Bar
9/19 Greenville, Sc @ The Green Room
9/21 Frederick, Md @ Cafe 611
9/22 Trenton, Nj @ Championship Bar
9/23 Brooklyn, Ny @ The Kingsland
9/25 Pittsburgh, Pa @ The Smiling Moose
9/27 Chicago, Il @ GMan
9/29 Denver, Co @ Trailside Saloon
LAGO will be touring in support of their devastating new album Sea Of Duress which is available physically HERE and digitally HERE.
AHTME will be supporting their newest tech death masterpiece Sewerborn. Physical copies are available HERE and digital copies are available HERE.
Posted by Morgan Ywain Evans on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 8:18 AM (PST)
US blackened thrash metallersSKELETONWITCHand German black/doom/punk chimera MANTAR are stoked to announce that they will be hitting the UK and Europe this winter for a co-headline run.
Support will come from Belgium thrash outfit EVIL INVADERS and German deathers DEATHRITE.
Tickets will go on sale Friday July 6th at 10am BST via the link below: https://www.facebook.com/MantarBand/events
SKELETONWITCH & MANTAR
w/ Evil Invaders and Deathrite
Presented by Nuclear Blast, Prosthetic Records, Cobra Agency & Doomstar Bookings.
14.11.2018 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, Denmark
15.11.2018 Krosset – Oslo, Norway
16.11.2018 Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, Sweden
17.11.2018 Markthalle – Hamburg, DE
19.11.2018 Musikzentrum – Hannover, DE
20.11.2018 Hirsch – Nürnberg, DE
21.11.2018 Turock – Essen, DE
22.11.2018 Dynamo – Zürich, CH
23.11.2018 KJH Hallschlag – Stuttgart, DE
24.11.2018 Rockhouse – Salzburg, AT
26.11.2018 Backstage – München, DE
27.11.2018 Arena – Wien, AT
28.11.2018 Explosiv – Graz, AT
29.11.2018 Nova Chmelnice – Prague, Czech Republic
30.11.2018 UT Connewitz – Leipzig, DE
1.12.2018 SO 36 – Berlin, DE
2.12.2018 Biebob – Vosselaar, Belgium
4.12.2018 Rebellion – Manchester, UK
5.12.2018 Mama Roux´s – Birmingham, UK
6.12.2018 Underworld – London, UK
7.12.2018 Petit Bain – Paris, France
8.12.2018 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE
9.12.2018 Baroeg – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Posted by Morgan Ywain Evans on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 5:33 PM (PST)
Sludge mandatory? Does that mean muddy boots? Drawers? RIIFFFFS!!! Riffs full of sunshine after the rain! Er, no. Knee deep in the shit riffs!
Fistula are fucking heavy as all heck and have split EPs with Come To Grief, Hemdale and mighty veterans -(16)- . Fistula are celebrating 20 years of obviously caring a lot what others think and catring to the latest pop chart trends , so be sure to tell them you love them and have them sign your chest (non gender specific).
The short, five-date journey leads to and from their performance at this year’s edition of Austin Terror Fest.
Posted by longhairedpoet on Friday, June 8, 2018 at 9:51 AM (PST)
Wisconsin death metallers Jungle Rot have released their newest track “Fearmonger” which features Schmier of Destruction.
“Fearmonger” comes off of Jungle Rot’s upcoming self-titled album, which is due out July 20.
Vocalist/guitarist Dave Matrise explains the songs origin:
“We covered the Destruction classic ‘Invincible Force’ some years ago and Schmier told me ours is his favorite Destruction cover he has ever heard from any band. Years later we toured together and right away Schmier approached me to start singing the song with him in concert. His trademark style and my vocals worked so well together that when I began writing this new record, the idea immediately came up to have him as a guest vocalist. He loved it and was honored to be a part of it. That’s how we created ‘Fearmonger.’”
Jungle Rot will be hitting the road with Havok and Extinction A.D. later this summer.
You can check out “Fearmonger” as well as Jungle Rot tour dates and the Jungle Rot tracklist here.
Exmortus are preparing to hit the road at the end of the month in support of the new album.
Special guests The Absence and Hatchet will join the tour, dubbed the Summer of Steel tour, as well as regional favorites – Novareign, Immortal Guardian, Black Fast and label mates MICAWBER on select dates.
The Sound of Steel was produced by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Fallujah, Suffocation).
Posted by longhairedpoet on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 1:37 PM (PST)
Boston doom metallers Lesser Glow are streaming their debut effort Ruined.
Lesser Glow features former members of Black Elm, Irepress, and The Proselyte.
Here’s what the band has to say about the album:
“With Ruined, we set out to simply make heavy music. There was no meditated preconception of genre or specific end goal, but more a true amalgamation of influence and focused frustration that shaped the sound. Thematically, Ruined comments on humanity’s perpetual ability for self-destruction, both in solitude and in numbers. Willingly ignorant, we are doomed to repeat ourselves through cyclical consumerism.”
The band will also be embarking on tour starting on June 22.
The tour begins on June 8 and will run through July 13. Whitechapel will be playing This Is Exile in its entirety in celebration of the album’s tenth anniversary, while The Black Dahlia Murder will be playing Nightbringers in its entirety.
Support on the tour will be provided by Fleshgod Apocalypse, Aversions Crown, and Shadow Of Intent.
There is no more Black Sabbath and there is no Abbath Assembly (a rejected name for the new Immortal?), but there is the one and only Sabbath Assembly! The stellar group, one of the best and most compelling in modern metal, have announced some East Coast looming dates. We are stoked!
Exmortus tour and album news! Rejoice ye thrash addicted maniacs! Some very cool news to share!
But first, well…today has been pretty cool so far. Florence and the Machine announced a North American Tour, Roseanne got her racist tweeting ass dropped by ABC, the very vindicated Ms. Taylor Swift is about to play Chicago and kick major ass right as KimYe put their feet in their mouths so hard they are being dragged by the whole damn city and Donda’s House dropped TrumpYe’s mom’s name since he is so fake (maybe Taylor can donate when she visits town and save the day. That would be fitting tea).
I just got a copy of Rational Mysticism by John Horgan and despite being out of herbs I can’t complain too much on this sunny day. Seems a perfect time to help share the news about some caustic, face ripping metal to all you loyal hordes who don’t care about my forays into politics and pop culture. You know I never forget the headbangers and reanimated denim wearing skeletons over here at Metal Riot, right? Even though my gf has ensorcelled me into listening to Redeveryday and now I think it rules. Whatever, y’know what? I love Taylor and she never agreed to be called a bitch and have her likeness used in “Famous” distastefully or have a braggart take credit for her hard earned career.
But yes, even though I am now a fully indoctrinated Swiftie, I still love the charred ruin of thrash blasted skulls and thus am pleased as punch to share this Exmortus news!
EXMORTUS will hit the road this summer headlining The Summer of Steel Tour! Featuring support from The Absence and Hatchet alongside Immortal Guardian, Black Fast and label mates Micawber (who fucking destroy and who I have been bumping loudly to scare my neighbors into thinking I am a complete serial killer who switches back and forth between Taylor and death metal between bong rips) on select shows; EXMORTUS will embark on tour dates across North America beginning June 28th in San Diego.
FUCK YEAH!!!
“We are stoked to unleash The Sound of Steel upon North America this Summer! This is our first headlining tour and we’re honored to have within our ranks: The Absence and Hatchet, as well as special regional guests — Novareign, Immortal Guardian, Black Fast and Micawber. So, come and have your minds melted by the new tunes as well as old favorites! See you soon!” says EXMORTUS founder, vocalist & guitarist Conan.
Posted by longhairedpoet on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 2:30 AM (PST)
Australian tech death metallers Psycroptic and UK metallers Venom Prison are joining Aborted on the “Devastation On The Nation” tour.
The tour kicks off on May 25 at Kingsland in Brooklyn and will include Ingested, Disentomb, Arkaik, Signs of the Swarm (select dates), and Vale of Pnath (select dates).
On their latest album, which is nearing completion, Psycroptic had this to say, “It’s turning out really cool. I think it’s our best album by far. It sounds like a mix of all our albums, plus some newer and darker sounding elements thrown in. Artwork is complete, and looks insane! We’ll unveil that in good time…”
As for Venom Prison, this will be their first ever US tour!
Diamond Headreturn to North America on Thursday, May 24 for a string of live dates. The exclusive performances include the band’s return to Rocklahoma where the band are a top billing artist alongside Godsmack, Ghost, Motley Crue’s Vince Neill, and Clutch.
Guitarist Brian Tatler comments: “‘Diamond Head are looking forward to returning to the United States to play at Rocklahoma and five other dates in Texas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Illinois.” Continuing he notes, “we were booked to play at last years Rocklahoma but a storm arrived while we were waiting to set up and the festival decided to cancel all the bands for the rest of the evening. It is in hurricane alley after all, I am hoping this time we have good weather.”
Upstate NY's Surmiser are a grunge, hard rock and post punk marriage who play every note with the conviction of lifers who have long since given up the notion of turning back. The band is an excellent power trio and have just released their buzzed about latest effort Hold The Static.
Songs about depression, addiction and self assessment pair with focused but inspired soul eruptions that take you on a journey through a wide range of emotions. Surmiser are very much worth checking out, constantly working on ways to expand their impact and body of songs to mirror their experiences into something representative to their values in sonic form.
