Pentagram

Official Facebook post cites “circumstances that are beyond anyone’s control, that are a direct result of Bobby Liebling’s personal actions”

The new additions join King Diamond, Neurosis, Swans, Murder City Devils, Carcass, Magma, Abbath, Pelican, Melvins, and so many more.

Heavy metal legends Pentagram are playing some headlining shows this year, and taking along some pretty awesome support…

Also: Blue Oyster Cult, Rancid, Kreator, Emperor, Behemoth, Chelsea Wolfe, Primus, Electric Wizard, Pentagram, Hawkwind, Baroness, DRI, Integrity, Leftover Crack, & more.

The sampler has a new Cloakroom song, plus Inter Arma, Ulcerate, Gatecreeper, Sumerlands, Ringworm, Black Tusk, Cough, S U R V I V E, The Album Leaf, Nothing, True Widow, and more.

Deep Purple and Blue Oyster Cult are two of heavy metal’s most legendary, influential bands, but does anybody realize it? In 2016, they’re often reduced to the “the band with the song every beginner guitarist can play” and “the band with the cowbell song.” Here’s a look at their often-silenced legacies.

Rock N’ Roll, cheap beer, tattoos, camping, all in an abandoned zoo in the Catskills.

He braved a Zombie apocalypse, but Shannon & the Clams was a step too far. “You could not hear yourself think,” DeMunn said. “We figured, ‘Well maybe it’s going to quit at 11.”

…the sound quality is absolutely top-level, and I have never been to a festival that offers comfortable balcony seating with waiters attending to you should you require a rest for your weary feet and a $15 Goose Island. And ultimately seeing a crowd full of stoned, dirty, good-natured metalheads overrun a casino was a sight I’ll probably never see again…

The stacked festival has Alice Cooper, Blue Oyster Cult, Truth & Janey, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Pentagram, Candlemass, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Boris, Baroness, Drive Like Jehu, Converge, and much more.