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Emperor headlining Psycho Las Vegas? Psycho Swim lineup also expanded
Emperor, who just played the 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise yesterday, are ”rumored” to play their first-announced US show (on land) in years.
Psycho Las Vegas adds Thursday, Cursive, Pinback, Boysetsfire, Warpaint, more
Brutus and This Will Destroy You are also among the new additions to this increasingly stacked festival.
Psycho Las Vegas adds Blue Oyster Cult, Satyricon, At the Gates, Poison the Well, Boris, more
The fest also includes Mayhem, Ulver, Blonde Redhead, Windhand, Ty Segall, Elder, and more.
Hellfest 2020 lineup: Faith No More, SOAD, Judas Priest, Down, Deftones, much more
The huge lineup also includes Incubus, Korn, Mastodon, Opeth, Deep Purple, The Offspring, Obituary, Mayhem, Abbath, Alcest, Electric Wizard, Baroness, Om, Envy, Mono, High On Fire, Killing Joke, Youth of Today, and still tons more…
Watain guitarist has visa revoked, barred from US ahead of tour w/ Morbid Angel & Incantation
”We would like to remind you that this is not a cautionary tale from 1980s Soviet,” Watain write, ”this is Trump-administered border policy in today’s United States. This is what you get with an imbecile, Christian, racist ape ruling the nation and ’defending it at all cost’ from anything that can be considered alien and therefore unacceptable and potentially dangerous.”
Morbid Angel announce tour with Watain & Incantation
Death metal legends Morbid Angel have announced a whopper of a fall North American tour…
Watain banned from playing Singapore; band responds
The show was cancelled due to ”the band’s history of denigrating religions and promoting violence,” and Watain responded saying they view ”attempts to govern other peoples (sic) lives and decisions” with scorn.
Watain part ways with guitarist after nazi salute photo surfaces
”The gesture on that picture was done in jest that’s as much as we have to say about that, but to put an end to this tiresome and time-consuming nonsense the guitarist in question has decided to step aside for a period of time to avoid further hopeless discussions on the subject.”
more Black Metal Controversy: Watain move SF show so Destroyer 666 stay on bill
If there was a ever a tour destined to follow quickly in Taake and King Dude‘s footsteps this year, it was the Watain / Destroyer 666 trek that recently started making its way across North America…
Primavera Sound: 2018 lineup
Primavera Sound has released the lineup for its 2018 edition which happens May 30 – June 2 in Barcelona, Spain. Bjork, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The National, Migos, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde and A$AP Rocky are this year’s headliners…