Search results for 'aggression'

News

Ex-SEPULTURA Drummer IGOR CAVALERA Featured In NOKIA Commercial; Video Available

MIXHELL — the DJ/hip hop/electro project featuring former SEPULTURA drummer Igor "Iggor" Cavalera and his wife Laima Leyton — is featured in a new Brazilian commercial for Nokia in which five DJs come together to perform live using only mobile phones. Watch the three-minute commercial at YouTube. Ig...

News

HOPESFALL To Hit The Road With THE RECEIVING END OF SIRENS

Charlotte, North Carolina's HOPESFALL has announced that it will be heading out on tour this August with THE RECEIVING END OF SIRENS. This is HOPESFALL's first tour in several years, and vocalist Jay Forrest explains the reasons for the lull in their travels. "Besides Brazil, our last real U.S. tour...

News

MAX CAVALERA On Project With Brother IGOR: It's The Closest Thing To A SEPULTURA Reunion

SOULFLY's official web site, Soulfly Web, has been updated with a new question-and-answer session with the group's leader, Max Cavalera. It follows here in its entirety: Soulfly Web: First of all, we probably should discuss "Inflikted" [the new SOULFLY demo track which was recently released in very...

News

INSECTICIDE: Unreleased Album To See Light Of Day

California's mega-thrashers INSECTICIDE will have their previously unreleased 1990 album issued in July on Blower Records. The CD will feature bonus tracks that weren't part of the original recording. INSECTICIDE recently completed a successful tour with LETHAL AGGRESSION and HYPO-CHRISTIANS. Look f...

News

'Speed Kills… Again' Track Listing Revealed

Inspired by the legendary 1980s compilation series which showcased some of the era's heaviest hitters such as METALLICA, VENOM, SLAYER, CELTIC FROST, POSSESSED etc., "Speed Kills… Again" stands as a tribute to the past as well as a testament to the return of true heavy metal and thrash that is curre...

News

ECHOES OF ETERNITY Launches Maiden Tour With SYMPHONY X

"We are completely stoked and honored to hit the road with the mighty SYMPHONY X this summer," says founding ECHOES OF ETERNITY member and guitarist Brandon S. Patton from his cellular phone while stuck in notorious Los Angeles traffic. "This is our first North American tour [of 25 shows which launc...

News

AGENT STEEL Members Discuss New Album, 'Alienigma'

AGENT STEEL guitarist Juan Garcia and vocalist Bruce Hall recently spoke to Metal-Rules.com about their forthcoming album "Alienigma". An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal-Rules.com: Juan told me just recently that the final mixes for your forthcoming, new album, "Alienigma", have been nearly com...

News

SADUS Bassist Issues 'End-Of-Tour' Report

SADUS bassist Steve DiGiorgio (ex-TESTAMENT, SEBASTIAN BACH, DRAGONLORD, DEATH) has posted the following end-of-tour report on his message board:: "Some of our best shows, ever. "Started back in March in a couple SoCal spots. Almost lost a tire off the trailer on the way to Riverside, but pulled off...

News

MASTER Frontman: 'Drugs Are Great'

Germany's Metal1.info webzine recently conducted an interview with MASTER mastermind Paul Speckmann. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal1.info: MASTER has very socio- and particularly America-critical lyrics which distinguish you from most of the other death metal bands, who have satani...

News

OBSCENE GESTURE Signs With XTREEM MUSIC

Los Angeles old-school thrashcore band OBSCENE GESTURE, which features in its ranks Chuck Profus (original AGENT STEEL drummer),George Robb (original AGENT STEEL bassist) and Juan Garcia (AGENT STEEL guitarist; ex-ABATTOIR, EVILDEAD),has inked a deal with Xtreem Music for the release of its full-l...

Review

Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize

It sometimes seems to me that Sweden's VOMITORY is one of those bands that has periodically released albums that always mark a proud continuation of the early (and quality) Swedish death metal sound. Then they kind of disappear for a while (in part because they've not toured North America, this year...

Review

Collateral Defect

Recalling my review of 2005's "(N)utopia" by Italy's GRAVEWORM, the album was a decent effort that combined the band's patented dark, gothic-tinged even, and keyboard-laced black/death metal, but seemed to lack a certain something. The resulting 6.5/10 was an indication of an album that contained so...

News

AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Discusses New Album, HDK Project

AFTER FOREVER guitarist Sander Gommans recently spoke to Lucem Fero's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the Dutch group's self-titled fifth album, Sander's recent illness and his HDK project. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Lucem Fero: How did "After Forever...

News

STURCH To Support EL CACO In Germany, Holland

Germany's heavy rock band STURCH will support EL CACO on the following dates: Jun. 06 - Köln, GER - Underground Jun. 07 - Tilburg, NETH - 013 Jun. 08 - Erfurt, GER - Museumskeller STURCH's debut album, "Beauty, Anger & Aggression", will be released on Swell Creek Records in September. Three song...

Review

Xenosapien

You listen to your favorite grindcore artists, soaking in the pure speed and aggression, the rebellious, unhinged nature of the music and thank your lucky stars that you've been exposed to such mayhem. Then you listen to Denver's CEPHALIC CARNAGE and your world is turned upside down, wondering, "How...