Emperor
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.
Metal tours announced: 70,000 Tons of Metal, Monolord, Fit For An Autopsy, Devin Townsend, more
Plus: Black Tusk, Psycho Las Vegas, Agnostic Front/Sick Of It All, Misfits, The Well, and more heavy tour news.
Shape of Despair playing US shows with Ilsa before Eternal Warfare Fest
Finnish funeral/death doom vets Shape of Despair are playing some rare US shows this year, and they’re also playing the stacked Czech festival Brutal Assault.
dungeon synth pioneer Mortiis announces 2019 tour
He also has a reissue of his influential 1993 demo coming out this week.
Tom G Warrior performing Hellhammer at Hellfest, Celtic Frost at Roadburn (and in LA even sooner)
The just-announced Hellfest lineup also includes KISS, Tool, Slayer, King Diamond, The Sisters of Mercy, Carcass, Emperor, Tormentor, Cannibal Corpse, Descendents, Refused, Cult of Luna, Envy, Uncle Acid, Kvelertak, Power Trip, and more.
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time
Last year, Rolling Stone published a list of the 40 greatest punk albums of all time, and today, they ranked the 100 greatest metal albums of all time. The list is all over the metal spectrum, from black and death to hair and nu…
Hellfest 2017 lineup: Deep Purple, Slayer, Deafheaven, The Damned, Opeth, more
Also: Blue Oyster Cult, Rancid, Kreator, Emperor, Behemoth, Chelsea Wolfe, Primus, Electric Wizard, Pentagram, Hawkwind, Baroness, DRI, Integrity, Leftover Crack, & more.
blink-182 playing first-ever Norway show (with black metal bands)
Today in “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up,” blink-182’s first-ever Norway show will be at a festival with Emperor, Satyricon, Taake, Candlemass, Sodom, and more.
Ihsahn releasing 'Arktis' in April, shares smooth-jazzy "Crooked Red Line"
Black metal legend Ihsahn of Emperor has a new solo album on the way. It’s called Arktis and it hits on April 8 via Candlelight. Judging from the music that’s been released so far, it’s going to be a serious trip. He’s already released the synth-laden metal banger “Mass Darkness” and the groovy, proggy “Pressure,” and now he’s thrown a serious curveball with the release of new song “Crooked Red Line.”
Carcass, Motorhead, Emperor, Amon Amarth and more played Germany's Wacken Open Air Festival (video)
Wacken Open Air Festival, Germany’s all-out metal extravaganza, happened over the weekend. Interested in attending next year? Too late, Wacken’s 75,000 tickets for 2015 sold out in about 12 hours…
