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I AM MORBID to Perform All of “Altars of Madness” in Full at Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024

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After a successful return of Milwaukee Metal Festival in 2023, the iconic midwestern, multi-day event is now revealing 11 more bands and daily schedules for the highly anticipated 2024 edition, with more TBA! The festival is now welcoming I AM MORBID, who will be performing the iconic Morbid Angel record, ‘Altars of Madness,’ in its entirety on Sunday, May 19! the band reunites Morbid Angel’s David Vincent and Pete Sandoval. In addition, fans can use code DEATH5 to save $5 on single day tickets at the link below. Continue reading →


Possessed Suffers A Tour Bus Breakdown, Forced to Cancel the Remaining Dates of of Their Current Headline Tour

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After a hometown show at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, Death Metal genre founders Possessed have apparently been forced to cancel the final two dates of their current tour with NunSlaughter and The Black Moriah. The band’s tour bus suffered a breakdown, and prevented them from making their show last night, December 19th, in Portland. NunSlaughter has now shared that Possessed’s manager has made the call that the final show of the tour in Seattle for tonight, December 20th, is also cancelled. Possessed has been picking up shows this fall, and has stated that work has commenced on a new album, for release at a future date to be announced. Continue reading →


Milwaukee Metalfest Books Hammerfall, Testament, Soilent Green, Paleface Swiss, Exhumed, It Dies Today, Errors Of Humanity, Casket Robbery, Hellwitch, Belushi Speedball, and More

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Catton Park, United kingdom, 12 Aug 2022, Testament performing on the Ronnie James Dio Stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival Credit: Rich Price/Ghost Cult Magazine

After a successful return of Milwaukee Metal Festival in 2023, the iconic midwestern, multi-day event is now revealing 11 more bands and daily schedules for the highly anticipated 2024 edition, with more TBA! The festival is now welcoming Testament, Hammerfall, Soilent Green (Reunion), Paleface Swiss, Exhumed, It Dies Today, Errors Of Humanity, Casket Robbery, Hellwitch, Belushi Speed Ball and Illusion of Fate.Continue reading →


Milwaukee Metalfest 2024 Adds Symphony X, Avatar, Lacuna Coil, Destruction, Death To All, Bleed From Within, Eternal Champion, Devourment, Profanatica, Night Demon, UADA and More!

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After a successful return of Milwaukee Metal Festival in 2023, the iconic midwestern, multi-day event is now revealing 19 more bands and daily schedules for the highly anticipated 2024 edition, with more TBA! To celebrate this absolutely stacked lineup, Milwaukee Metal Fest is extending early bird tickets through December 11, 2023!

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UPDATED: Mr. Bungle, Blind Guardian, Slaughter To Prevail, In Flames, Hatebreed, Deicide are Booked Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024 Early Bird Tickets

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UPDATED: The fest has now announced the first wave of bands for 2024, including Mr. Bungle, Blind Guardian, Slaughter To Prevail, In Flames, Hatebreed, Deicide!

Milwaukee Metal Fest has announced the dates May 17th to 19th for its 2024 edition, with a pre-party May 16th. Now run by Jamie Jasta (Hatebreed, Kingdom of Sorrow) and Sound Talent Group‘s Tim Borror, the event this year featured Lamb Of God, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Biohazard, Machinehead. Keep reading below for tickets and more.

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Possessed Books Two West Coast Shows with Suicidal Tendencies

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Death Metal genre founders Possessed has booked two special shows in California for this October celebrating their 40th anniversary. Direct support will come from Suicidal Tendencies, continuing to play their debut album in full and other hits, also in support of their 40 anniversary. The band will play near their hometown of San Francisco on October 19th at the UC Berkeley Theater, and October 28th at Garden Grove in Anaheim, near Los Angeles. Tickers are on sale from the link below. Possessed’s last album was the excellent Revelations of Oblivion in 2019 (Nuclear Blast).It was their first new album in 33 years. Continue reading →


Beyond The Gates Festival Books Dimmu Borgir, Kreator, Gorgoroth, Deicide, Enslaved, Alcest and More for 2023

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Beyond The Gates Festival has revealed its full lineup for 2023, taking place in  Bergen, Norway from August 2 – August 5, 2023! The full lineup and daily schedules, which includes Dimmu Borgir’s only performance in 2023 as well as special album sets from Deicide, Enslaved, and Primordial, is as follows:

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ALBUM REVIEW: High Command – Eclipse of the Dual Moons

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Swords, epic battles and metal. It’s a combination that has been there since their beginning. And for good reason. It just works so well. It’s an escape to a highly visual and epic escape from reality where everything is dialed up way past eleven.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Defleshed – Grind Over Matter

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Sweden’s Defleshed have returned to the land of the living after a nearly seventeen-year hiatus. The band broke up shortly after their last album, Reclaim the Beat, in 2005. The original core lineup runited just last year with the intention of recording just a few new tunes to be included in a vinyl box set. The group was more than satisfied with their efforts and decided to press forward and recorded an entire new album and Grind Over Matter (Metal Blade) was born.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Blind Illusion – Wrath Of The Gods

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Part of San Francisco’s famous Bay Area thrash scene, Blind Illusion may have only produced one full-length studio album during their initial eleven-year existence but that record, The Sane Asylum (Combat Records) still remains an undisputed classic of its time. Not only famous for adding more technicality, diversity, and flavour to a scene that ran predominantly on speed and aggression, Blind Illusion also ended up being responsible for the creation of alternative funk metal act Primus, the band at the time featuring former Possessed guitarist Larry LaLonde and batshit bass wizard Les Claypool.

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