Screaming Butterfly Entertainment, in partnership with Ellefson Films and BayView Entertainment, have announced the new date for the red carpet premiere event of the fully authorized Nick Menza documentary, This Was My Life, Nick Menza’s Metal Memories With Megadeth And Beyond. The highly-anticipated event will happen on Thursday, April 10th at the Laemmle Royal theater in Los Angeles, CA. Located at 11523 Santa Monica Blvd. West L.A., CA 90025. Members of the cast and crew will be in attendance for a Q&A session after the screening of the film.
Tickets for the event may be purchased atTHIS LOCATION.
This Was My Life was originally scheduled to have its premiere in February, but the screening was postponed due to the recent devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. BayView Entertainment is handling the global release of the film.
The film is an in-depth exploration of the life of Nick Menza, the former drummer of Megadeth, and one of the greatest thrash metal drummers of all time. It is a collection of stories from his childhood all the way through to the end of his life, recounted by those who knew him best. The documentary, authorized by the Menza family, will be the first to memorialize the drummer’s legacy.
The trailer and official release dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
VISIONATICA release the second video from their upcoming album “Harrowing Insight”.
They have brought in some great support and are singing a duet with Ambre Vourvahis from Xandria – a real symphonic double pack! Tamara and Ambre complement each other perfectly – a real treat for fans of this genre.
Visionatica live: March 29, 2025 Rockhütte Eisenhüttenstadt April 4, 2025 Symphonic Metal Night (B-Hof) Würzburg April 25, 2025 Harrowing Insight Album Release (MUZ Club) Nürnberg
Since 2016, the quartet around the enchanting frontwoman Tamara Amedov has been casting musical visions in steel. Melody meets heaviness, orchestra meets driving rhythm and the whole thing is always spiced up with a touch of oriental charm, a hint of sex appeal and rounded off with skillful playfulness.
If you like female fronted symphonic metal, you will love Visionatica. The virtues of well-known role models are skillfully and extremely independently packaged in a fresh guise that inspires and captivates.
Line-up: Tamara Amedov: Vocals Manuel Buhl: Guitar Gerhard Spanner: Drums Tim Zahn: Bass
WALTARI release “Major Mistake”, first single taken from the upcoming new studio album “Nations’ Neurosis”, set to be released on May 16th on Metalville Records!
“Major Mistake” will please even the most fanatic fans as well as new listeners exploring the band for the first time.
The energetic riffs spiral around the eternal story of love, life and death. The single is “Major Mistake”, but it is definitely good and right to have WALTARI back!
French doom metal pioneers HANGMAN´S CHAIR release their new visualizer for ‘The Worst Is Yet To Come‘. It´s the second song from their brand new albumSaddiction which was released on February 14thvia Nuclear Blast.
The band comments about the visualizer: “This video was shot on a phone during a ride through Paris on the suburb train. No filters, no enhancements — just the stark, depressing reality of the suburbs. A raw, unpolished glimpse into solitude, monotony, and the quiet weight of city life.”
About Saddiction: “Feeling depressed on St Valentine’s day ? February 14th is the perfect day to release our new album, when the ultra modern solitude of big cities starts to kick in. Saddiction or 9 ways to say I love you. Now, please don’t blame us for your saddiction, It has always been here.”
About HANGMAN’S CHAIR: HANGMAN’S CHAIR, formed in 2005 in Paris, are one of the most unique sounding Doom Rock bands currently active. Through the years, they have found and fine-tuned their own sonic brand, somewhere at the crossroads between TYPE O NEGATIVE, LIFE OF AGONY and SISTERS OF MERCY, to name a few, mixed with a certain street credibility connected to the group’s roots in hardcore. Each album takes its strength and essence from the band members’s life experiences, which they portrait with unflinching honesty. Whether it is the loss of band members, drug overdoses or the hardships of living in suburban Paris, all those human emotions resonate within each of their songs asthey embrace the darkness and transform it into something beautiful, heavy and melancholic.
CONJURER release their brand new video ‘All You Will Remember (Live @ Radar Festival 2024)‘, which shows a different side of what this band is capable of.In April CONJURER will hit the road again and do a massive EU/UK tour together with MAKE THEM SUFFER, RESOLVE and IF NOT FOR ME. All tourdates are listed below.
Singer Brady comments: “As we come to the end of the Páthos cycle, we wanted to share this live performance from our headline set at Radar Festival last year. All You Will Remember is one of the deeper cuts from the record, and is emotionally something that Dani put a lot of themselves into. For me, it shows a different side of what this band is capable of and is something that I hope resonates with people ahead of the new material we’re working on. I’d also like to thank our crew for helping us put the show together and for capturing this moment: we couldn’t do any of this without them.”
Tourdates: April 25 – HOLE 44, Berlin 🇩🇪 April 26 – CONNE ISLAND, Leipzig 🇩🇪 April 27 – HYDROZAGADKA, Warsaw 🇵🇱 April 28 – FUTURUM, Prague 🇨🇿 April 30 – FLEX, Vienna 🇦🇹 May 01 – TECHNIKUM, Munich 🇩🇪 May 02 – IM WIZEMANN, Stuttgart 🇩🇪 May 03 – LEGEND CLUB, Milan 🇮🇹 May 04 – KIFF, Aarau 🇨🇭 May 06 – LA MAROQUINERIE, Paris 🇫🇷** May 08 – ENGINE ROOMS, Southampton 🇬🇧 May 09 – SWX, Bristol 🇬🇧 May 10 – ACADEMY 2, Manchester 🇬🇧 May 11 – SLAY, Glasgow 🇬🇧 May 13 – THE LIMELIGHT, Belfast 🇬🇧 May 14 – WHELANS, Dublin 🇮🇪 May 15 – STYLUS, Leeds 🇬🇧 May 16 – THE ASYLUM, Birmingham 🇬🇧 May 17 – O2 ISLINGTON, London 🇬🇧 May 19 – AB CLUB, Brussels 🇧🇪 May 20 – DAS BETT, Frankfurt 🇩🇪 May 21 – DIE KANTINE, Cologne 🇩🇪 May 22 – GRUENSPAN, Hamburg 🇩🇪 May 23 – MELKWEG, Amsterdam 🇳🇱 **RESOLVE not appearing
Prepare for a sonic onslaught like no other as HIGHSOCIETY‘s highly anticipated new album, DATAMOSH, smashes through genre conventions with a ferocity of a rampaging sonic juggernaut. Merging the worlds of alternative metal, hard rock, and industrial with EDM, DATAMOSH is a relentless exhibition of raw energy, thunderous rhythms, and cutting-edge production.
One of the hallmarks of DATAMOSH is its jaw-dropping roster of collaborations featuring appearances from Micah Martin, ENMY, BVLVNCE, Craig Mabbit (of Escape The Fate), Daedric, Young Medicine, The Anix, Coping Method, Becko, and Protect Your Heart. Each brings their own unique edge to the table amplifying the intensity of every track. With singles like “OBSOLETE” with Coping Method, a brutal metalcore-dubstep crossover that defies convention; “Voices” featuring Micah Martin, a blistering anthem born from an electrifying one-day creative sprint; and “Dead By Dawn” with Daedric, where soaring cinematic grandeur meets punishing breakdowns. And these are just the tip of the iceberg.
At the heart of the album is the concept of “DATAMOSH” — a sonic philosophy that sees HIGHSOCIETY blurring the lines between genres, bending them to his will. It’s a fusion of cybernetic precision and primal human emotion layered over sound. The result? A completely original multifaceted album that’s as unpredictable as it is unforgettable. From dubstep bangers to metal anthems, HIGHSOCIETY’s sonic palette knows no limits.Dropping with the pre-order announcement is “HARM” (feat. The Anix) which premiered yesterday at Outburn. The single brings together the powerhouse rocktronic styles of HIGHSOCIETY and The Anix, combining jagged synths, crushing metal guitars, and intricate breakbeats. Known for their mastery in merging aggressive rock with dynamic electronic elements, the duo create a powerful, melancholic anthem that’s both haunting and hard-hitting.
In his own words HIGHSOCIETY explains, “Working with The Anix on this track is a real full-circle moment for me. I actually found FiXT through his music (I thought it was his label at first). Out of all the amazing collaborators on this album, The Anix is the one I look up to the most. His project has been a huge inspiration, both sonically and visually. This track gave me the chance to explore a more melodic, atmospheric side of my sound to match his vocals, which was a lot of fun. I’m so glad we got to add a ‘slow-motion in the rain’ moment to the album to balance out all the heavier tracks.”
The ascending bass music talent that is known as HIGHSOCIETY has been on a rapid rise as of late, thanks to his addictive blend of stadium-crushing future bass, metallurgic dubstep, and blazing trap. With a seemingly endless torrent of releases across standout labels from FiXT, Barong Family, and Universal Music, to Red Bull Records and Lowly Palace/Trap Nation, HIGHSOCIETY has firmly established himself as one of the most exciting new acts in electronic music. In the past HIGHSOCIETY worked with respected labels such as Dim Mak, Red Bull Records, Island Records, Lowly Palace, Welcome Records, Barong Family, Universal, and now FiXT. He’s also worked with many high-profile artists including Craig Mabbit of Escape The Fate, AWOLNATION, Attack Attack!, Celldweller, Teddy Killerz, The Anix, Big Shaq, Reid Speed, Palisades, Jade, and Le Castle Vania as well as earned sync placements with HBO, MTV, MTV2, ABC Family, Freeform, and Oxygen. He’s performed live with Steve Aoki, Knife Party, Kill The Noise, Slushii, Modestep, GTA, and Elohim at many live festivals including but not limited to Live 105 BFD Festival, Bottlerock Festival, Amsterdam Dance Event, and many headline shows across the US.
The Anix is the alternative / electro-rock project of Los Angeles artist/producer Brandon Smith. Known for pushing creative boundaries with his genre-bending mix of alternative rock with dark melancholic undertones drenched in an array of synthesizers, The Anix’s music has captured the attention of global editorial curators with prominent features across official playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Yandex Music, and more. The Anix has received press support from outlets like Revolver, Billboard, Substream, and Outburn magazines as well as features in TV and video game franchises including Call of Duty, DC Comics, Sony Playstation, Destiny, Mass Effect, and WWE.
Brandon has a deep connection with experimental fashion and has been active as a visual designer working with brands like Nike, Asus, Oakley, McLaren, Acura, and Acronym. As The Anix, he has built an ongoing partnership with DSPTCH, creating highly innovative Biothane® modular guitar straps, belts, and accessories which have been seen on Hypebeast, Uncrate, and Guitar World. He has fostered, over the past 15 years, a collaborative artist relationship with Fender, producing custom one-off Jaguars as a common weapon of choice found in The Anix’s music and videos.
As a performer in the modern era, The Anix abandoned traditional touring and embraced digital live-streaming with a special Live In Los Angeles digital event powered by Bandcamp in early 2022, with fans tuning in from across six continents. Since 2018, The Anix has released six full-length studio albums with the independent record label FiXT, including Shadow Movement, Hologram, GRAPHITE, REVENGE, NIGHTVISION, and his latest album VOLTAGE which released in late 2024.
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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Visionary artist KIMMO KUUSNIEMI's ANCIENT STREAMING ASSEMBLY (ASA) have released “Aurora Nuclearis”, a powerful 12-minute audiovisual experience, dedicated to the Late Keyboardist Esa Kotilainen. - Click image to watch the video
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