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Kerry King, Creeper, Bayside, Soft Play, Bambie Thug, Lowlives, Florence Black, and Mallavora Added to the Bill for Download Festival 2024

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Liquid Death presents Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, has today announced eight more artists for this year’s festival, further bolstering a stellar 2024 line-up. The new additions include Kerry King, Creeper, Bayside, Bambie Thug, Soft Play, Lowlives, Florence Black and Kerrang! Radio competition winners Mallavora. This year’s festival will take place on 14-16 June 2024 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are available now at the link below.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Perpetua – Resurgence

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Scotland: a country of rolling hills and glens; forests, moorlands, and mountains. A people surrounded and enriched by a proud cultural history.

Also Scotland: bad weather, heroic levels of alcohol consumption, and a widely held intolerance of English politics and sporting teams. Also, Metal. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Prisoner – Putrid – Obsolete

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Technological horror, the literal or metaphorical collision of organic life with machines, from JG Ballard to David Cronenburg to Akira, there’s something so compelling (and often terrifying) about the welding of machine and flesh. The jaws of the thresher know no remorse, while the body is destined to suffer in its grip. Such thoughts occur listening to Putrid / Obsolete (Persistent Vision Records), the latest record from Richmond, Virginia’s extreme-metal unit Prisoner. Continue reading →


Vogg Kieltyka Has Quit Machine Head, Focusing on Decapitated  

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Guitarist Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka has quit Machine Head. He had been a member of the band since September 2019, after replacing Phil Demmel who quit in 2018. Vogg confirmed that he’s leaving the band to continue focusing on Decapitated, with a world tour about to embark and new music recording coming soon. Vogg’s final show with the band was in October 2023. He recorded one album with the band, ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN (Imperium Recordings, Nuclear Blast Records) the Ghost Cult Album of the Year for 2022. For his part, Vogg’s statement is amicable and he wishes the band the best. Machine Head is currently on tour in the USA on the Slaughter The Mayrtour run of dates with Fear Factory and Orbit Culture. Read our review here. Reece Scruggs of Havok has been touring with Machine Head as their lead guitarist of late. Robb Flynn responded in Vogg’s comments section that the band was “lucky to have him for the time they did.” The band has yet to comment on the situation with Vogg. Read Vogg’s statement below: Continue reading →


Godsmack, Shinedown, Bad Omens, Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, Machine Head, Shadows Fall, Biohazard, As I Lay Dying, The Offspring, Booked for Inkcarceration Tattoo and Music Fest 2024

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Brought to you by Danny Wimmer Presents, the biggest presenter of Rock and Metal festivals in the USA, Inkcarceration Tattoo & Music Festival has released the full line-up for 2024. Taking place July 19th to the 21st at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory, the festival boasts headliners Breaking Benjamin, Godsmack, Shinedown, The Offspring, Halestorm, Bad Omens, Parkway Drive, as well as Killswitch Engage, Machine Head, Shadows Fall, Biohazard, As I Lay Dying and many more. Tickets are available at the link below. Continue reading →


CONCERT REVIEW: Machine Head – Fear Factory – Orbit Culture – Gates To Hell Live at The Warfield

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Kicking off 2024 with bang, we headed out to the first show of the year at legendary The Warfield! Hometown heroes Machine Head have not played the city in a few years, and joining them on this epic tour was Fear Factory who missed last year’s show in the city with Static-X. Joining them on this joint are current buzz band Orbit Culture who just got signed to Century Media Records, and Gates To Hell from Louisville opening This is a very strong bill top to bottom especially with two of the most dominant and enduring names in Metal from the nineties still at the top!Continue reading →


Watch a Sock Puppet Version of Machine Head in a New Trailer for Their Upcoming “Slaughter The Martøur Nørth America 2024” with Fear Factory

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Bay Area Thrash icons Machine Head have shared a new teaser trailer for their first leg of their “Slaughter The Martøur Nørth America 2024” tour, featuring sock puppet versions of the band. The hilarious clip touts a new song “Metal Is Fucking Awesome” that is then heard in the video. Forgoing their “An Evening With…” format for the first time in a decade, Machine Head will have LA’s cyber-metal masters Fear Factory, Sweden’s Orbit Culture, and Louisville, KY’s Gates To Hell. The run of dates kicks off in a few weeks on January 19th in San Francisco at The Warfield. The band continues to tour behind 2022’s ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN, the Ghost Cult Album of the Year for 2022, as voted on by our staff. The two bands and labelmates also recently teamed up to jam on Machine Head’s weekly livestream. Watch the trailer here and get tickets and VIP options at the links below!

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Watch Machine Head’s Robb Flynn Perform On a Livestream From Their Recently Flooded Studio

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Robb Flynn of Machine Head held a short-notice livestream to test out the band’s studio following a recent flood. As we reported, all their gear was in danger of potential damage although their touring gear and stage instruments were spared. Flynn performed a half-hour “Electric Halfy Hour” SET in the style of their usual Electric Happy Hour live streams. The good news is all the gear that was drenched in the flood worked, and the band will return with their live streams ahead of their upcoming Slaughter The Martour North American dates with Fear Factory and Orbit Culture. The band continues to tour behind their album OF KINGDOM AND CROWN (Nuclear Blast), the Ghost Cult Album of The Year for 2022. Watch the video here.     Continue reading →


Resurrection Fest 2024 Books Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon, Alice Cooper, The Offspring, Machine Head, Sum 41, Megadeth, Bad Omens, Bruce Dickinson, Corey Taylor, and More

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Resurrection Fest has announced its full lineup for 2024! Headliners include Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon, Alice Cooper, The Offspring, and Machine Head! Among the dozens of other bands on the bill are Sum 41, Megadeth, Bad Omens, Bruce Dickinson, Corey Taylor, Electric Callboy, Slaughter To Prevail,
Accept, Fear Factory, Ihsahn, Delain, and many more! The festival takes place in Galicia, Spain from June 26th to the 29th! Tickets and accommodation are available now at the line below! 

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Orbit Culture Books Headline Tour Dates, is Planning New Music, and Looking For a New Label

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Catton Park, United kingdom, 14 Aug 2022, Orbit Culture performing on the Sophie Lancaster Stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival Credit: Rich Price/Ghost Cult Magazine

In addition to booking their first headline tour of Europe and the UK next, year, Orbit Culture updated fans on social media that they are working on new music in addition to a full year of touring. The band announced they have amicably completed their commitment to the Seek and Strike record label, after surprise releasing a new EP, The Forgotten, a few weeks back. The band released their recent full-length album Descent, and are seeking a new album deal for their next album. The much hyped Swedish metal band is likely to draw a bidding war amongst metal labels for their services. Check out the statement from the band and our review of Descent below, along with their upcoming tour dates on the Slaughter The Martour run with Machine Head and Fear Factory. 

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