Milwaukee Metalfest Adds Municipal Waste, Autopsy, Terrorizer, Macabre, Nunslaughter, Gatecreeper, Skeletal Remains, Creeping Death, Upon Stone, Stabbing, and More to 2024 lineup!


Milwaukee Metal Festival has completed its 2024, lineup with a bunch of new bands in the bill. The iconic midwestern, multi-day event is now les for the highly anticipated 2024 edition, with more TBA! The festival is now welcoming brings Municipal Waste, Autopsy, Terrorizer, Macabre, Nunslaughter, Gatecreeper, Skeletal Remains, Creeping Death, Upon Stone, Stabbing, Monochromatic Black, Deathray Vision, Backlash, Bewitcher, Morbikon, Dead By Wednesday, Engineered Society Project, Hatriot, and Time To Kill. In addition, the details for the pre-party on May 16 have also been revealed! The event is free to anyone who holds a 3-day pass for the festival and will be headlined by a special Jasta and Friends set, featuring Bobby Blitz, Zetro, Bobby Hambel and more. There will also be performances by TOXIC RUIN and H1Z1.Continue reading


Biohazard, Forbidden, Warbringer, Exciter, Hatriot, Bewitcher, and More Booked for Omega Fest Next Spring


Omega Fest will be a one-day Metal Festival taking place on May the 4th in 2024 at the UC Theater in Berkeley, California! Headlining the show will be Biohazard, reformed Bay Area Thrash legends Forbidden, along with Warbringer, Exciter, Hatriot, Bewitcher, Deathgrave, Frolic, and Hellbender. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 22nd, at 10 AM PST. Continue reading


NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – New Rock and Metal Releases 11-17-23


 

What new Rock and Metal releases are you looking forward to this week? Continue reading


PREVIEW: New Music Friday – New Rock and Metal Releases 11-17-23


 

What new Rock and Metal releases are you looking forward to this week? Continue reading


Bewitcher Drop New Track and Video for “Manifesting Darkness” – Rarities Album Coming Soon


Bewitcher have shared their new track and video visualizer, “Manifesting Darkness”. It is one of two fresh songs included on their upcoming rarities and B-sides album, Deep Cuts & Shallow Graves: Ten Years of Black Leather, Black Magic & White Hot Fucking Steel. The compilation of remastered demos, rare, and unreleased material is due out November 17th on Century Media Records. Read below for more.

Continue reading


FESTIVAL REVIEW: Pure Filth Festival at Sharkey’s Event Center, Liverpool, New York


 

Sharkey’s Event Center in Liverpool, New York hosted the Pure Filth Festival, a one-day outdoor festival featuring both new and legendary metal bands, with a focus on Thrash Metal in particular. The roster included Exodus, Municipal Waste, Voivod, Integrity, and five more bands.Continue reading


Exodus, Municipal Waste, Voivod, Integrity and More to Play this Weekend’s Pure Filth Festival in New York


 

Pure Filth Festival, an all-day metal event, is set to take place at Sharkey’s Event Center, Saturday, June 18th, 2022 at in Liverpool, New York, taking place this weekend! The event is presented by Filthy Nasty Productions. Exodus, Municipal Waste, Voivod, Integrity, Carnivore A.D., Extinction AD, Bewitcher, and Savage Existence. The event will also feature a vendor row with metal distros, an appearance from The Metal Hall of Fame, and other cool finds. Get tickets at the link below and watch the video trailer here:

Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Bewitcher – Cursed Be Thy Kingdom



Bewitcher has always stood out for having a more melodic slant than their Blackened Speed Metal peers and that distinction is at its most apparent on their third album. The band’s Venom meets Running Wild style leans much in the latter’s favor on Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (Century Media Records). The guitar rhythms are noticeably more accessible with more flamboyant leads above them and more dynamic song structures to match. Even the blatant Welcome To Hell worship on ‘Satanic Magick Attack’ has an almost Hard Rock flair to it.

Continue reading