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With their new CD/Blu-Ray, Live Attack, out for just under a week, thunderous German thrashers Destruction prove themselves to still be one of the most relentless groups in metal right now - even after almost 40 years of band history - not planning on stepping off the gas any time soon. Today, Destruction reveals their new single and video, “State Of Apathy”, giving fans a taste of what’s to come from the quartet after recently signing to Napalm Records.
Still celebrating its 40-year tenure as one of music's premier thrash metal bands, Anthrax announces its first European tour since the summer of 2019. Kicking off on September 27, 2022 in Birmingham, England, the band will play 28 dates in 16 countries, wrapping up in Zurich, Switzerland on November 5. Crossover thrash band Municipal Waste will support on all dates.
As drummer Tom Hunting continues to recover from recent cancer surgery, Exodus have confirmed that their former drummer John Tempesta will be stepping in for the upcoming scheduled shows - Psycho Las Vegas (this weekend) and Full Terror Assault (in September).
Comments the band: "Due to Tom's continued recovery from his surgery, we are announcing that for our show in Vegas and Full Terror Assault,
Kreator surely need no introduction to anyone at this point. The Germans were among the distinctive bands who helped to shape and fashion the emerging thrash style in the 1980s. And through such landmark albums as Pleasure To Kill (1986), Terrible Certainty ('87) and Coma Of Souls ('90), they had stamped their own hallmark of quality, passion and aggression, in the process proving here was a special group of musicians.
OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni spoke to SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We're still recording. The record's done, for the most part, but we're still recording — still some bass, still some vocals, a good amount of that to be done. We'll probably start mixing in the fall, is what I would think
When today’s thrash metal classic Heresy was released in 1990, the world was different. The internet was nearly unknown. Mobiles were as big as buffalo bones. Wacken Open Air was a party for the village louts. These are stories from a long forgotten time. But Charly Steinhauer and his band Paradox are still here and September 24 will see them release their brand new, eighth studio album, Heresy II - End Of A Legend, via AFM Records.
Legendary German thrash metal powerhouse, Destruction, is smashing an all devastating, neck-breaking Live Attack onto the masses. The new BluRay/CD live event, including some pre- and after-show bonus content, will be released on August 13 via Napalm Records.
Exodus frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza has posted the latest installment of Zetro's Toxic Vault, offering an update on the band's forthcoming album, Persona Non Grata. Check out the full stream below.
Souza: "A lot of you guys are wondering why it's taking so long, and yes, Tom's (Hunting / drums) illness had a bit to play in it, but they haven't been able to make vinyl. Nobody worked last year,