photos by Shaun Regan

Converge @ Union Transfer, Philadelphia, 1/19/2012

Congrats to Decibel Magazine on their 100th issue, who celebrated in style in their native Philadelphia on Jan 19th at Union Transfer. Featuring a headlining appearance from Converge as well as well as Pig Destroyer, Repulsion, Municipal Waste, Tombs and Evoken, the show was also chockful of guests including John Darnielle (of Mountain Goats, a regular contributor), J Bennett, Tomas Lindberg (Disfear, At The Gates), John Baizley (Baroness, who would open for Neurosis the next night at the same venue) and more. Pictures from Converge's set are in this post and a full review and photo set is available at at Invisible Oranges.

In addition, the magazine announced their annual tour which will feature appearances from Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse and Immolation. So far details regarding dates are still TBA, but we'll let you know when those surface.

More pictures from Converge's set at Union Transfer, plus a few live videos, are below...

Continue reading "'Decibel' celebrated 100 issues in Philly w/ Converge + more (pics); announce tour w/ Napalm Death & Cannibal Corpse"

by BBG

Shane Embury on stage with Venomous Concept (more by BBG)

Lock Up is a deathgrind side project originally formed by Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Venomous Concept), Nicholas Barker (ex-Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir) and Jesse Pintado (Napalm Death, Terrorizer). Lock Up was joined by Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy) for its debut album, 1999's Pleasures Pave Sewers, and Tomas Lindberg for 2002's Hate Breeds Suffering and a Japanese tour...

Lock Up have played very few live shows. In 2009, the band announced that they would play the Damnation Festival that year. The line-up featured Embury, Barker, Lindberg and Reisenegger. It was touted as the band's last ever live show; however, they later booked more shows for 2010. -[Wiki]

All tour dates and some video below...

Continue reading "Lock Up (mems of Napalm Death/Disfear) schedule tour with Goatwhore (dates)"

by BBG

Let us beer, Entombed!

Let the flood gates open... some of the great artists lined up for MDF are starting to announce US dates surrounding the epic festival. So far that list includes Converge and now the latest additions Entombed! The Swedish Death Metal masters have announced a string of US dates with Merauder including Gramercy Theater on June 2nd. Tickets are currently on presale.

Meanwhile, fellow Swedish Death Metal gods At The Gates are preparing The Flames of The End DVD, a 3DVD set that includes a documentary on the band, and entire live set from Wacken, and a compilation of live clips. Preorder that now.

It goes without saying that bands like At The Gates and Entombed have heavily influenced the current crop of metal big shots like The Black Dahlia Murder, who will also be in NYC in the coming months as part of a greater tour with the killer death metal of Obscura as well as Hatesphere and Augury. The NYC show is at Santos on 3/20. Tickets are on sale.

Some videos and full Entombed and BDM dates are below....

Continue reading "Entombed announces shows w/ Merauder, The Black Dahlia Murder touring too - 2010 dates "

by Black Bubblegum

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Sunday night (July 13th) at their BB King's show, Strong Island's own Suffocation confirmed it's participation in Carcass's "Exhume To Consume" tour (as we reported earlier). So let's recount, shall we? That makes Carcass, Suffocation, Necrophagist, & Aborted, but there are also rumors circulating that Rotten Sound (who still haven't confirmed) and 1349 are on board as well, bolstered by Sonar's (a club in Baltimore, MD) advertisement for "Carcass, 1349, Aborted, Rotten Sound, and special guest TBA". Considering that Necrophagist & Aborted have been confirmed for the tour, that should round out the lineup. We'll keep you posted, but just the thought of Carcass, 1349, Suffocation AND Rotten Sound... yikes. Sounds awesome.

Early Man have announced that they have signed with The End and will release a new EP this fall produced by Jack Endino! Early Man is currently on the road with Valient Thorr and are scheduled to hit the Bowery with Monotonix on July 25th. Tickets are still available. Tour mates Skeletonwitch have added a few headlining dates around the Early Man tour, including one at the Knitting Factory on July 26th with the mighty Titan and Krallice. Tickets are on sale. More Skeletonwitch headlining dates below. Skeletonwitch hits the road this fall on the Blackest Of The Black tour. Also available over at Metalkult, footage from their April show at BB Kings.

The mayhem-inducing Gaza have announced they will head into the studio, "hoping" to have their new record out in October. Gaza released their last record, the critically acclaimed I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die in 2006. Me = stoked.

Cursed, At The Gates, Agnostic Front and much much more below......

Continue reading "This Week In METAL (07/15/08)"

by Black Bubblegum

Day two of the At The Gates mayhem - July 10, 2008 (sabeth)

It doesn't matter what kind of band you have, if you have a room full of people who let go of the ol' jaded-NYC-crossed-arms-seen-all-before thing - it's gonna come off well. That's exactly how it went down with At The Gates last night at Irving Plaza (July 10, 2008) It was their second NYC show in a row, and the second show of their North American "Suicidal Final" reunion tour. While they were technically excellent and crowd-participation was on high (to say the least), I wasn't blown away by their stage presence or their mostly stoic stage show. That said, the sound was excellent from my vantage point and I almost wanted to be one of THOSE guys..."Dude, I was in the pit for AT THE GATES!" Remember, I said almost. Video from the show and setlist follows.

Continue reading "At the Gates @ the Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza (night 2)"

by Black Bubblegum

AT THE F'n GATES Live @ Irving Plaza July 9 (zenametalz)

Night one has passed in..... ah, f it....let's just call it Metal Appreciation Week here in NYC. At The Gates / Darkest Hour / Municipal Waste / Toxic Holocaust opened up the festivities and by many accounts, to borrow from Parliament-Funkadelic, "tore the roof of the sucker". We have video and the setlist below, along with the latest Municipal Waste video, "Sadistic Magician".

They demonize Irving Plaza (the Fillmore) once again tonight (July 10, 2008), but with a little friendly competition. Fangsanalsatan (aka Atsuo) and his band Boris, along with the mighty Torche, & Cave-In-er Adam McGrath's Clouds (who recently dropped the lovely We Are Above You) are playing Webster Hall.

Metal Appreciation Week then continues with Jucifer for FREE on Friday, Monstrosity/Sourvein/Demiricous/Javelina on Monday, Architect on Monday, and Jucifer/Bloody Panda on Tuesday.

Videos and setlist below...

Continue reading "At the Gates played Irving w/ Municipal Waste -- videos, again tonight, or Boris ++ other metal shows"

by Black Bubblegum

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Weedeater sets fires while Jeff Matz (High On Fire, Zeke) admires (wusspie)

Smoke monsters Weedeater have announced a co-headlining tour with Black Cobra, including one date in NYC at the Knitting Factory! Tickets are on sale. Tour details are below. Black Cobra's Feather & Stone is now available on gatefold LP at their webstore. Weedeater is still touring off the might of God Luck & Good Speed.

Just because At The Gates doubleheader (July 9th & 10th @ Irving Plaza) (and many of their announced dates) is sold out, doesn't mean that the Bjorler twins are forgetting their day job. The Haunted dropped an update on their new record and plans to tour the US in 2009!

Roooooadtrip! Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Down, Kingdom Of Sorrow) has announced that Crowbar and the legendary Eyehategod will share the stage in New Orleans at One-Eyed Jack's on August 29th for their 20th anniversary show! Crowbar also recently announced that they will tour "every country that's got electricity" with their forthcoming 2009 album.

Totimoshi and Nebula announced a US tour, sweeping coast to coast in early August and concluding in mid-September. NYC has been blessed with August 25th at the Knitting Factory with Tournament. Tickets are on sale. Nebula have just finished an EP, Heavy Psych, though there is no release date as of yet. Totimoshi will drop Milagrosa on July 8th celebrating with a record release party with Big Business and Triclops! Check out the newly minted video "Gnat" featuring Eugene Robinson of Oxbow....

That video, Watain, Graf Orlock, Carcass, Converge, and much much more below...

Continue reading "This Week In METAL (07/07/08)"

by Black Bubblegum

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DOWNLOAD: AKIMBO - Great White Bull (EXCLUSIVE MP3) from the forthcoming Jersey Shores

Lemmy Is God (Rui M Leal)

I haven't even seen it yet, but I have hereby declared the following as one of the most metal movies of 2008. It's called Lemmy: The Movie. A feature-length documentary on the man, the legend, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. In case you had some doubt about how amazing this will be, check out this video of Lemmy and his then drummer "Philthy Animal" trashing a hotel room. Motorhead are one of the Metal Masters, and tickets are still available.

Downloadable above, check out the first tasty nugget from Akimbo, pulled from their upcoming Jersey Shores LP! Akimbo's new concept album, about how "sharks.... will totally fuck you up" is due later this year on Neurot Recordings. Akimbo are scheduled to play Jello Biafra's 50th BDay party with the Melvins.

While all of us are getting riled up for Monticello, All Tomorrow's Parties have announced the curators for 2008's Nightmare Before Christmas.... Melvins & Mike Patton! Info is limited so far, but we do know it'll take place between December 5 - 7 at Butlins Holiday Camp in Minehead and you can expect to see the following confirmed performers: Melvins, Isis, Neil Hamburger, Dälek, Big Business, The Locust, Zu, and Fantômas performing The Director's Cut! More deets are available here. Melvins will drop Nude with Boots this July on Ipecac. Mike Patton recently released a soundtrack to a short film, A Perfect Place.

keep going....

Continue reading "This Week In METAL (06/03/08)"

by Black Bubblegum

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DOWNLOAD: Coffins - "Under The Stench" (MP3)

Made Out of Babies

Word of the day:
Pantagruelian
pan-tuh-groo-eh-lee-uhn; adj
1. huge, gigantic, enormous.
EX: Despite her relatively lilliputian stature, Julie Christmas's pantagruelian voice sails above an otherwise intimidating blast of Jesus Lizard-meets-Isis thunder on "Cooker" (above).

Japanese sickos Coffins have released their latest Buried Death on 20 Buck Spin and even though it wasn't SUPPOSED to be available until June 24th, it's available now at the label website and at their upcoming shows. Check out the track "Under The Stench" above.

Set times and details have arrived for the 2008 Maryland Death Fest (May 23-25). Check 'em out below. Tickets are still available.

Iron Maiden kick off their North American tour next week. Single tickets are still available for the show at MSG, and you should have no problems getting lawn seats for PNC.

continued......

Continue reading "This Week In METAL (05/16/08)"

by Black Bubblegum

Municipal Waste @ Red 7, Austin TX, SXSW 2008 (Jason Fisher)

At The Gates have added another night (July 9th) at The Fillmore East At Irving Plaza, due to "overwhelming demand". The first one is sold out. Just make sure you get those tickets this time, mmmkay? Internet pre-sale starts here this Saturday March 29, and on sale to the public next week.

And lest you west-coasters wanna get all salty, just remember that At The Gates shows in Cali will ALSO feature deathgrinders Repulsion in addition to tour openers Municipal Waste and Darkest Hour. All dates below....

Continue reading "At the Gates add 2nd NYC show -- updated Tour Dates"

The At The Gates show is on, - July 10th at The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza, and it's on sale now. Tix are $33.50 for GA and $58.50 for VIP tickets which include "entrance to soundcheck (1 hour prior to doors) and a VIP Poster created exclusively for the show". -black bubblegum

by Black Bubblegum

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The Ocean live in Milan, Nov 4, 2007 (nerochiaro)

Deutchlanders The Ocean have announced a date (May 26) at the Knitting Factory in NYC with Kylesa, AND Lair Of The Minotaur! New Prostethic signees Withered will also be on hand to start off the night. Tickets are on sale. No word on a full tour, but there is one in the works. The Ocean is currently in Europe with Trap Them. Lair Of The Minotaur have a new album out March 25th.

Illinois' Nachtmystium have released details on their new LP... and EP! Yepper, thats a double whammy from the Chicago dudes with the killer "Instinct". Check out the new song "Your True Enemy" from full-length Assassins and "Depravity" from their Worldfall e.p. at their myspace.

One group heavily influenced by the newly reformed Amebix (along with Hellhammer/early Celtic Frost) is Gallhammer, who have released the limited edition gatefold 2LP of last year's triumphant Ill Innocence. Pick that up at Peaceville and look for the recently announced DVD for "Ruin Of A Church", documenting their 2007 tour with production/audio mix by Justin Broadrick.

Don't miss the pre-sale for the recently-announced At The Gates reunion tour dates.

Much more below.....

Continue reading "This Week In METAL (03/10/08)"

by Black Bubblegum

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As previously reported, Lindberg and the brothers Bjorler WILL be in NYC on July 10th at The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza. What was not announced until now is that the NYC date will be their first of many U.S. shows with Darkest Hour & Municipal Waste. Full tour schedule and Video below.

Continue reading "At The Gates reunited - 2008 Tour Dates, U.S. included"

by Black Bubblegum

We knew it was coming.... that didn't prepare us. At The Gates are playing Irving Plaza in NYC on July 10th. Tickets go on sale at 10AM on Friday March 7th. Darkest Hour opens. More dates to come....

Continue reading "At The Gates announce NYC show at Irving Plaza, video"

by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: At The Gates - The Dying (MP3) (unreleased)

We knew they were coming back from the dead..... they were scheduled to play at a gajillion European festivals. What we didn't know is that melodic death metal legends At The Gates were making other plans as well.... plans for a two week tour of the US! According to the guys at Decibel, At The Gates will embark on their first US tour in eleven years. They last toured here in the summer of 1996 - in the opening slot for Napalm Death. The NYC show was at the now defunct Wetlands. Stay tuned for the new dates and cities. We'll post them when they get announced.

The core of At The Gates splintered into multiple bands including The Haunted, Disfear (who has an excellent new record), Skitsystem, and Cradle Of Filth. For more, read the whole awesome feature Decibel ran in their March issue.