Metallica played a rare intimate last month in San Francisco at The Independent. The band texted their fans via a new text service they are using and the tickets to the tiny venue, the 500 person capacity show sold out in less than 1 hour. They also played Chicago the next week in a simlar show with a different setlist at The Metro. The band just released The Black AlbumRemastered Boxed Setand The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021. Watch the band play their classic track from Ride the Lightning (Elecktra Records) “Creeping Death! ” The band performed recently at Louder Than Life and Aftershock festivals, and will appear next for two headline shows at Welcome to Rockville in Florida next month.
Metallica played a rare intimate last week in San Francisco at The Independent. The band texted their fans via a new service and the tickets to the tiny venue, 500 person capacity show sold out in less than 1 hour. They also played Chicago this week in a simlar show with a different setlist at The Metro. The band just released The Black AlbumRemastered Boxed Setand The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021. Watch the band play their classic track from Ride the Lightning (Elecktra Records) “Creeping Death! ” The band plays Louder Than Life this weekend!
Metallica played a rare intimate last week in San Francisco at the Independent. The band texted their fans via a new service and the tickets to the tiny venue, 500 person capacity show sold out in less than 1 hour. They also played Chicago this week in a simlar show with a different setlist at The Metro. The band just released The Black AlbumRemastered Boxed Setand The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021. Watch the band play “Whiplash” to open the show! The band plays Louder Than Life this weekend!
Metallica has released a new series of Jigsaw Puzzles, based on their classic early singles and an EP before they became uber popular. You can now get 500 piece Jigsaw Puzzles for the single artwork for “Jump In The Fire,” “Creeping Death,” Garage Days Re-Revisited: The 5.98 EP, and “Whiplash.” The band has also partnered with the legendary board game Monopoly for a second edition of the game bearing Metallica’s name. Monopoly World Tour Edition is available for order now, celebrating life on the road, including the World Record-breaking, the year of 2013 when Metallica became the first and only band to ever perform on all seven continents. Tour around the globe with your collectible token to some of the band’s favorite cities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. You’ll even find yourself Trapped Under Ice in Antarctica! Player tokens include Lady Justice, Death Magnetic coffin, Ride the Lightning electric chair, Master of Puppets Cross, Metal Up Your Ass toilet, and the Scary Guy.
Metallica has shared another pro-shot video of them performing on their “Worldwired” World Tour. Watch them play ‘Whiplash’, live at PNC Arena in Raleigh on January 28, 2019. Continue reading →
House of Blues, Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV 8/18/19
The 70000 Tons Of Metal is right around the corner, kicking off next week, and have confirmed some late additions to the cruise. Setting sail with the current bands on the bill and the fans are Vio-Lence, Ross The Boss, Seven Witches, Toxik, Aeternam and Brujeria. Round X (10) of 70000 Tons Of Metal will sail January 7 to January 11, 2020.Continue reading →
Metallica has shared another pro-shot video from their current tour MetOnTour. Check out ‘Whiplash’ from their 2018 WorldWiredTour, Their next concert after their holiday break is January 18, 2019, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Continue reading →
The remaining members of Motörhead will be releasing a collection of their best covers on September 1st, which includes the previously unreleased version of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ that we premiered earlier this month. Today they’ve shared their Grammy-winning cover of ‘Whiplash’ by Metallica online, along with this statement from Mikkey Dee to Metal Hammer, “As you know we love Metallica and they love us, and this is one of the songs we liked a lot and covered it back then. The snare, the riffs – all that fit in with Motorhead.” Continue reading →
Tomorrow kicks off the 21stBrutal Assault Festival with Parkway Drive, Neurosis, Arch Enemy, Behemoth, Mastodon, Abbath, Devildriver, Exodus, Ministry, Nile, Obituary, Satyricon, Ihsahn, Dark Tranquility, Dying Fetus, Unearth, Conan, Voivod, Taake, Septic Flesh, Insomnium, Stuck Mojo, and Mono among others. Making the festival unique compared with other events are the art exhibition, horrror film festival, revolutionary Cashless/Access card system, and other features that have always made Brutal Asault the leaders in the festival going experience. Previously announced bands Electric Wizard (visas) and Terror (surgery for Scott Vogel) have cancelled and replaced with Uffommamut and Raised fist respectively.
Mastodon, by Echoes In The Well Photography
Wednesday kicks off with bands like Abbath, Mastodon, Neurosis, Devildriver, Mutooid Man, Chelsea Wolfe, Tribulation, Conan, Vektor, Gruesome, Shining and more.
Gojira, Photo by Hillarie Jason
Thursday features Parkway Drive, Gojira, Ministry, Exodus, Ihsahn, Dark Tranquility, The Black Dahlia Murder, H20, Animals As Leaders, Immolation, Aborted, TesseracT, Obscura, and more.
Friday has Arch Enemy, Moonspell, Taake, Satyricon, Cattle Decapitation, Sigh, Coroner, Obituary, eptic Flesh, Voivod, Raised Fist, iron Reagan, In The Woods and others.
Arch Enemy, by Meg Loyal Photography
Saturday closes things out with headliners Behemoth, Agnostic Front, Insomnium, Moonsorrow, Destruction, MGLA, Venom INC, Archgoat, Stuck Mojo, Holy Moses, Stick To Your Guns, Lightening Bolt and more. Tickets are still avaialble at this link:
Long-running and legendary Brutal Assault Festivaltakes place again this year for their 21st edition. Taking place which takes place in a military fortress Jofesov in Jaromer, in the Chech Republic the four day festival runs from August 10-13th. In addition to headline acts Mastodon, Ministry, Parkway Drive, and Behemoth, the fest features names from across all genres of rock and metal such as Aborted, Agnostic Front, Angelcorpse, Animals As Leaders, The Algorithm, Archgoat, Birdflesh, Bury Tomorrow, Conan, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Dark Tranquility, Devildriver, Die Krupps, Disavowed, Destruction, Electric Wizard, Eskimo Callboy, Exodus, Eyehategod, Gruesome, Hypnose, Immolation, Insomnium, Iron Reagan, Jig-Ai, Knuckledust, Leprous, Mgla, Misery Loves Co., Mithras, Moonspell, Mono, Mutoid Man, Nile, Obituary, Omnium, Gatherum, Satyricon, Septicflesh, Shining, Sigh, Sikth, Slagmaur, Taake, Terror, Textures, The Black Dahlia Murder, Tribulation, Vektor, Valkyrja, Voivod, Whiplash and more. Tickets are on sale now with camping packages at this link:
