The massive metallers of GRAND MASSIVE are back after their 2020 album “IV”! In 2023, the band recorded 5 songs to bridge the waiting time for the new album, which is planned for 2025. For the release of these songs, which have a playing time of over 27 minutes and will be released on May 23rd under the title “Houses Of The Unholy”, the band has signed with MDD Records!
As this is not a “normal” release, the aim from the outset was to get some old companions on board. For example, original drummer Holger Stich was on drums for the recordings and Randy M Salo, also an old companion, was on bass. Above all, none other than the legendary Bay Area guitarist Doug Pearcy (Blind Illusion, ex-Heathen, ex-Anvil Bitch) recorded various solos! A look at the cover artwork can be seen below. More info and a first taster will be available soon!
American death metal juggernaut SKULLDOZER proudly announces their partnership with Wormholedeathfor the reissue of their debut album, “Non Stop Ruthless Crushing.” Set to detonate on May 3rd, 2024, this collaboration promises a cataclysmic eruption of pure metal fury.
With thunderous grooves and a relentless onslaught of old-school death metal, “Non-Stop Ruthless Crushing” is a testament to Skulldozer’s uncompromising sonic assault. Originally unleashed in 2023, this reissue breathes new life into a classic, delivering groovy hooks and traditional death metal punch with a heavy dose of southern sludge.
In a statement from the band, the members express profound gratitude for the opportunity to work with Wormholedeath: “Skulldozer is eternally grateful and honored to sign with WormholeDeath Records for the release of our debut album “Non-Stop Ruthless Crushing”. We are so excited to work with such a great label that will help us make 2024 a grand slam year. Huge thanks to Max, Carlo, and all at WormholeDeath for this amazing opportunity. Huge thanks to our manager Paul Andrejack of (EMG) Extreme Management Group. Huge thanks to all of our fans and supporters who continue to be a positive driving force. We love you all. Looking forward to crush your town in 2024.”
1. Non Stop Ruthless Crushing 2. Thy Enemies Driven Before Me 3. Kingdom Ossuarium 4. Hatesworn Shitstorm 5. Scum Beneath the Skin 6. Wolves Amongst Sheeple 7. Bastards of Zeus 8. Bow to None 9. Deathblessed 10. Skullfucking Domination
Experience the full force of Skulldozer’s sound through their music video for “Bow To None”:
Skulldozer was formed in Texas in January 2020 by Jason Ramsay-Guitarist/Vocalist. After relocating to Mississippi in 2021, Ramsay quickly hired legendary Gulf Coast talents to fill out the new lineup with Keith Dobson- Lead Guitar, Mike Spurlock- Bass, and Joel Stepp- Drums. Combining elements of traditional death metal and modern, melodic sludge, Skulldozer has truly captured a unique take on an old-school sound that stands out in the current stream of death metal.
Prepare for the onslaught as Skulldozer and Wormholedeath join forces to unleash “Non-Stop Ruthless Crushing” upon the world. Brace yourselves for a sonic apocalypse like no other.
American doom metal legends PENTAGRAM will be performing three headlining shows in the U.S. this April! The band will be hitting the stage in Grand Rapids, MI, Pittsburgh, PA, and Brooklyn, NY along with support from Restless Spirit and All Hell, the latter of which will only be joining for the final two dates. The full itinerary and ticket links can be found below!
Pentagram Live U.S. Dates (w/ Restless Spirit + All Hell): 04/24: Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme* [TICKETS] 04/25: Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground [TICKETS] 04/26: Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere [TICKETS] *No All Hell
Live Lineup: Bobby Liebling – Vocals Matt Goldsborough – Guitars Greg Turley – Bass Ryan Manning – Drums
Tampa, Florida based Sci-Fi Death Metal icons NOCTURNUS AD have announced their new album “Unicursal”, slated to be released on May 17 via Profound Lore Records. With the track “CephaloGod”, NOCTURNUS AD have unleashed the first single today. The song is released alongside a brand new music video, which you can watch below.
“The first single is called CephaloGod and its a song about Cthulhu being awakened from his ancient slumber by his followers when the right stars aligned and opened a portal for him to travel through it to take over the Earth,” Mike Browning comments. “The video was done by Wizardhead, his unique style of video producing was the perfect fit to make a video for a Lovecraftian concept like this song has.“
Tracklist:
Intro
The Ascension Throne of Osiris
CephaloGod
Mesolithic
Organism 46B
Mission Malkuth
Yesod, The Dark Side of The Moon
Hod, The Stellar Light
Netzach, The Fire of Victory
Outro
The new NOCTURNUS AD album “Unicursal” will be released on all formats and is the anticipated follow-up to 2019’s acclaimed “Paradox”. With “Paradox”, Nocturnus founder/sci-fi death metal godfather Mike Browning (also original Morbid Angel co-founder) would resurrect Nocturnus lore under its new alteration NOCTURNUS AD which gave Browning the opportunity to finally continue the mythos that came before with the legendary album “The Key” almost 30 years after the release of one of the most influential death metal albums of all time. The result being NOCTURNUS AD’s debut album “Paradox” being the proper follow-up to “The Key” (musically and thematically) where the story of Dr. Magus would finally see its sequel three decades later.
The upcoming full-length record “Unicursal” sees Browning, along with guitarists Belial Koblak and Demian Heftel, keyboardist Josh Holdren, and new bassist Kyle Sokol (bass on “Unicursal” was performed by now- ex bassist Daniel Tucker), continue the journey of Dr. Magus following the events of “Paradox”. Now armed with his bio suit, on “Unicursal” Dr. Magus issent on a mission to traverse through the Spheres of the the Kabbalistic Tree Of Life to conquer each sphere and collect its respective sigil/symbol. “Unicursal” will see Dr. Magus specifically travel to Malkuth, Yesod, Hod, and Netzach, the Tree’s lower realm, its roots (the story of Dr. Magus is featured on the album’s second half where the album’s first half will continue to explore ancient occult themes and mysteries from the unknown, separate from Dr. Magus’ story).
Evidently “Unicursal” is not only one of the most ambitious undertakings Browning has been involved with, but it is a formidable display of progressive occult metal wizardry that manifests NOCTURNUS AD as one of the most singular forces in extreme metal today; there truly is no other entity akin and “Unicursal” is another monolith that honours and continues the traditionand lore laid down with “The Key” and continued with “Paradox”. With blistering guitar manifestations courtesy of Koblak and Heftel, Holdren’s grand and epic synth passages and Browning holding down the rhythm with his calculated battery along with his unique commanding chants, “Unicursal” is a towering aeonic manifestation, extraordinary sci-fi otherworldly death metal forging itself through time and space.
The album was produced/engineered/mastered by Jarrett Pritchard at New Constellation Audio in Orlando, Florida, and features artwork by Uwe Jarling with design by Chimere Noire.
“Unicursal” is now available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION
New Amsterdam Entertainment Inc.® is proud to announce George A. Romero’s ‘Dawn of the Dead’ will be celebrating the 45th Anniversary of its North American debut with a blow-out celebration event! The definitive zombie classic returns to both Theatresand Drive-Ins for screenings across the U.S. and Canada from April-May, 2024, with very special official anniversary collectables coming from FRIGHT-RAGS and ISH! The previously announced big-screen return has updated and revised the listings, which can be found at THIS LOCATION.
The North American gala premiere of ‘Dawn of the Dead’ took place on April 12, 1979 at the Gateway Theatre in downtown Pittsburgh. The film began the official U.S. theatrical launch the following day, eventually rolling out across the country. To honor this special milestone, New Amsterdam Entertainment Inc.® is making the movie available again in theatres & drive-ins for coast-to-coast screenings starting April 12, 2024 and running through to the end of May! The 2-D trailer can be found HERE.
Hitting over 90 screens across North America, Independent Theatres and Drive-Ins have joined the celebration. While some will only host one exclusive screening event, others will have multiple showings throughout April and May.
With special assistance from United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association, for the first time in decades, many fans will be able to watch ‘Dawn of the Dead’ under the stars at several ozoners like the classic Midway Drive-In in Sterling, IL, and at a special Exhumed Films event at the world famous Mahoning Drive-In in Lehighton, PA!
The mighty Alamo Drafthouse will be fulfilling thousands of audience requests by unleashing it into 34 of their cinemas across the country and die-hard fans will finally be able to again watch the movie in its premiere city of Pittsburgh, this time at the Row House Theatre! The film will be screened all across North America in historical venues including places like the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, PA, where the original version of ‘The Blob’ was filmed in 1958!
Meanwhile, The Music Box Theatre in Chicago will present special single showings of both the 2-D and 3-D editions later in May! Stereoscopic fans will also be able to catch it in 3-D at the Galleria Mall in St. Louis, MO, where hopefully they won’t have to hunker down to survive a zombie apocalypse! St. Louis is not the only city that is taking the film back to its primary setting; through special arrangement, Cinemark Theatres will be exclusively presenting ‘Dawn of the Dead’ for One-Night-Only on Friday April 12th…at the MONROEVILLE MALL!
There’s no more room in Hell and the Dead are finally returning…to Canada!
It’s going to be a zombie-rollicking good time across the States, and Canada need not worry!
For horror fans up North, decades worth of scary prayers are about to be answered with big screen showings of the original theatrical edition, Romero’s official final Director’s Cut, at Independent Canadian Movie Houses and Festivals in 2-D as it first played in 1979. Plus, over 15 years after producer Richard P. Rubinstein first announced it was happening, on April 12th, the genuinely excellent 3-D conversion of George A. Romero’s ‘Dawn of the Dead’ will finally make its Canadian premier at the Cinéma Du Parc Theatre in Montreal!
That’s not all as no party is complete without party favors! For this celebration, New Amsterdam Entertainment Inc.® is joining forces with the highly respected fan favorites FRIGHT-RAGS and Justin Ishmael / ISH to create special edition 45th Anniversary ‘Dawn of the Dead’ collectables! On March 12th, ISH will be releasing the absolutely beautiful, official 45th Anniversary artwork they commissioned from the amazingly talented artist Paul Mann in a limited edition hand screen-printed poster on their website at: www.justinishmael.com
Also on March 12th, FRIGHT-RAGS will be offering an official 45th Anniversary Trading Card Set along with two 45th Anniversary T-Shirts, with the first featuring Paul Mann’s superb artwork (commissioned by ISH) and the second being a beautiful reproduction of the original vintage Dawn of the Dead Cast & Crew production shirt! Fans will be able to find the cards and shirts on FRIGHT-RAGS’ site here: www.fright-rags.com
DAWN OF THE DEAD in Theatres, at Drive-Ins, on Posters, Trading Cards & T-Shirts?!Romero’s zombies are rising again for a great 45th Anniversary Party to remember!
Iconic heavy metallers ARMORED SAINT, who’ve been hard at work demoing tracks for their upcoming new full-length, will return to the stage later this month as direct support to Queensrÿche! The trek, which commences on March 27th in Anaheim, California, includes twelve ARMORED SAINT headlining shows scattered throughout.
Comments ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera, “We’re super stoked to be going back out on the road with our good friends Queensrÿche! We’ve done several tours in the past and we always have a great time being on the road with these great musicians and friends! We’re looking forward to playing some cities we’ve never played before and also, we’ll be playing some of these dates as headliners! We’ll be pulling out some deep cuts and playing an extended set so we hope to see you come out to all of these shows! We’ve been busy writing new music so keep your ears peeled in the near future for some new SAINT! Until then, we’ll see you up front!“
Tickets are on sale now with VIP upgrades available at THIS LOCATION. See all confirmed dates below.
ARMORED SAINT w/ Queensrÿche: 3/27/2024 House Of Blues – Anaheim, CA 3/28/2024 Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA 3/29/2024 Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA ** 3/31/2024 Neptune Theater – Seattle, WA 4/02/2024 Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO 4/03/2024 Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO 4/05/2024 Barnato – Omaha, NE ** 4/06/2024 Delmar Hall – St Louis, MO 4/07/2024 Paramount – Cedar Rapids, IA 4/09/2024 Coronado Performing Arts Center – Rockford, IL 4/10/2024 Peoria Civic Center – Peoria, IL 4/11/2024 The King Of Clubs – Columbus, OH ** 4/12/2024 The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN 4/13/2024 State Theater – Kalamazoo, MI 4/14/2024 Majestic – Detroit, MI 4/16/2024 Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH 4/17/2024 House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH 4/19/2024 Phoenix Theater – Toronto, ON 4/20/2024 Theater Beanfield – Montreal, QC 4/21/2024 Elements – Kitchener, ON 4/23/2024 Tally Ho Theater – Leesburg, VA ** 4/24/2024 The Roxian – Pittsburgh, PA 4/26/2024 Empire Live – Albany, NY 4/27/2024 Palladium – Worcester, MA 4/28/2024 Toad’s – New Haven, CT 4/30/2024 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ 5/01/2024 Keswick Theater – Glenside, PA 5/02/2024 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY ** 5/03/2024 The Paramount – Huntington, NY 5/04/2024 Lovedrafts – Mechanicsburg, PA ** 5/05/2024 The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC 5/07/2024 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA 5/09/2024 Jannus Live – St. Petersburg, FL 5/10/2024 The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL 5/11/2024 Culture Room – Ft Lauderdale, FL 5/12/2024 The Ranch – Ft Myers, FL 5/15/2024 Scout Bar – Houston, TX ** 5/16/2024 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX ** w/ Dangerous Toys 5/17/2024 Granada Theater – Dallas, TX ** w/ Dangerous Toys 5/18/2024 The Shrine – Tulsa, OK ** 5/20/2024 Nile Theater – Phoenix, AZ ** 5/21/2024 Count’s Vamp’d – Las Vegas, NV ** ** ARMORED SAINT headlining show
ARMORED SAINT‘s most recent studio album, Punching The Sky, was released in 2020. The critically lauded full-length hit worldwide record charts including #4 on Billboard’s Current Hard Music Albums chart, #6 on the Top New Artists chart, #16 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and #17 on the Current Rock Albums chart upon its first week of release.
A diverse, attitude-drenched collection, the record offers everything the band’s faithful have come to expect from them while pushing their signature sound forward. Exploding to life with the crunchy, rousing “Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants” and not letting up until the closing ruthless riff of “Never You Fret,” the record is possessed of an urgency and vigor which very much places it in the right now, but could only be the work of bassist Joey Vera, guitarists Phil Sandoval and Jeff Duncan, drummer Gonzo Sandoval, and vocalist John Bush. The record also features a few guest musicians further expanding its sonic palette, the whole thing kicking off with the sound of Uilleann Pipes, Vera finding player Patrick D’Arcy in Los Angeles and recruiting him to the cause. Guns ‘N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed also contributes, Vera giving both him and D’Arcy some general directions and letting them loose, both of them delivering strong performances. The band’s own Gonzo Sandoval plays an American Indian flute on “Never You Fret” – a first for ARMORED SAINT and their drummer. Also Jacob Ayala, the son of a childhood friend who is a drum major in high school, added some marching snare on one of the tracks, which really stands out.
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