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Skeletonwitch have a new singer, Anvil touring, Despise You playing NYC before MDF, & more heavy news
As always, there’s a ton of metal and hardcore stuff happening in the NYC area. Here’s a roundup of some of the latest.
As we get ready for the annual giant Decibel tour that this year features Abbath, High On Fire, Tribulation and Skeletonwitch, we recently found out that, following the sad departure of longtime Skeletonwitch frontman Chance Garnette, the new vocalist on this tour and beyond will be Adam Clemans of the great Wolvhammer…
Mobb Deep added to Maryland Deathfest (seriously), playing other shows too (including NYC this Sunday)
Maryland Deathfest is less than a month away (May 21-24), and the lineup was already stacked with Neurosis, Napalm Death, Yob, Triptykon, Primordial, Inter Arma, Tombs, D…
Portal playing NYC w/ Impetuous Ritual after Maryland Death Fest, which added Gnaw Their Tongues & Blood Red Throne
Australian death metallers Portal are coming over to the US for Maryland Deathfest in May, and not long after that they’ll play an MDF-presented NYC show on May 27 at Saint Vitus with MDF-mates and related band Impetuous Ritual, plus Negative…
Maryland Deathfest adds a few more bands
Tombs at Saint Vitus in July (more by Greg Cristman)
Maryland Deathfest is getting a little more New Yawk with the late addition of NY old-school death metal band Suffocation and Skinless and Brooklyn’s own post-metal greats Tombs…
Maryland Deathfest announces final round of bands (YOB, Amorphis, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Inverloch, more)
The final round of bands for Maryland Deathfest 2015 was announced and a stacked lineup was stacked even higher. The highlights are numerous, including Agoraphobic Nosebleed‘s first live set, Amorphis playing their classic Tales from the Thousand Lakes in its entirety, Inverloch jamming out tunes from their former incarnation diSEMBOWELMENT, super-deathers Bloodbath playing an exclusive US show, and ripping speed-metallers (and suddenly influential) Razor making their first appearance in the States in over two decades…
Merchandise release video for "Time"; playing 305 Fest with Bastard Noise, Iron Lung & more
Merchandise at Mouse Trap in Chicago last month (more by Jimmy Forabi)
Merchandise‘s Children of Desire has been on heavy rotation since the LP dropped a few months ago via Katorga Works (download it for free)…
Maryland Deathfest Day 4: Saint Vitus, Mortuary Drape, Bethlehem, Rwake, Church of Misery, Disma and more
Saint Vitus
Arguably the centerpiece of the entire Maryland Deathfest lineup was the return of the UK doom juggernaut Electric Wizard (pictures HERE), so suffice it to say that a large portion of the Sunday (on 5/28) roster leaned in that direction…
Evillive (Chrome Waves, Autopsy, Pick Your Side, Morbus Chron & more)
Jeff Wilson on stage with Doomsday,
his project with Bob Fouts (more by Carmelo Espanola)
You may not have heard of them yet, but Chrome Waves is on the move…
Evillive (Coke Bust, Weekend Nachos, Pallbearer, The Devil's Blood, Birds In Row & more)
DOWNLOAD: Pallbearer – Demo 2010 (Mediafire)
Coke Bust at Acheron (more by BBG)
Coke Bust will return to NYC with Tenement, D.O.C. and Rational Animals to play Acheron on 1/4…
Defeatist call it quits, announce final shows
Defeatist at Shea Stadium (more by BBG)
Defeatist have announced that “this turd has been circling the bowl long enough, so we have decided to flush it for good…
