Nuclear Assault

The lineup for the second annual California Deathfest (same people as MDF) has been announced, and it's stacked. Going down on October 14-16 in Oakland, CA at the Metro, performers include Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Black Breath, Razor, Demilich, Exhumed, Hooded Menace, The Ruins of Beverast, Reven…

Murphy's Law frontman Jimmy Gestapo turns 50 this year, and he and the band are celebrating with a hometown show on August 12 at Bowery Electric with Drunken Rampage, Caught In A Trap and

Maryland Deathfest 2016 already announced two rounds of bands, and today they added a bunch more. Additions include Testament, Discharge, Repulsion, Paradise Lost, Ringworm, Severed Head of State (who also play NYC soon), Buzzov'en, World Burns to Death, Tragedy, Satan, DOOM, Crypt Sermon, Clau…

Last year, Dan Lilker of NYC thrash veterans Nuclear Assault (and Brutal Truth and Anthrax) gave a statement on his retirement from music, which teased a final album and tour from Nuclear Assault:In 2015, it will be 30 years since Nuclear Assault solidified our lineup and started making a name for o…

As discussed, the New England Hardcore and Metal Festival is returning to Worcester, MA from April 17-19, and since we last spoke more acts have been announced...

Testament on the Motorhead Motorboat in October (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

A couple of stacked east-coast hardcore/metal festivals have recently announced their lineups...

Pig Destroyer at GWAR-B-Q, 2013 (More are going to play a show, the related Pig Destroyer are going to play two. The grinders now have dates on the horizon, December 19 in Boston and December 20 in Philadelphia, with the possibility of more on the way...

...from being a full time recording and touring musician
Dan Lilker with Brutal Truth, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman)

Dan Lilker is far and away one of the most important bassists in metal history; from his early-'80s thrash and grind work in Anthrax, Exit-13 and S...

Saint Vitus may have sustained some minor water damage to the basement, but the Greenpoint metal bar is open for business tonight (10/31) for a special Halloween event featuring Bottoms Up (a David Lee Roth era Van Halen tribute band)...

Here's a scary thought. 1,226 thrash metal fans met up to catch Autopsy and Nuclear Assault headline a festival of high-octane metal that also featured appearances from Cattle Decapitation, Exmortus, Hatchet, Skinlab, Undivided, Vindicator, Warbringer, Whiplash, Witchaven and Zombie Holocaust.…