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West coast metal veterans Metal Church will return to Australia this December to round out 2023, and to support their latest album their 13th studio album, Congregation of Annihilation released earlier this year. The new album marks a new era for the band, and it is the first release since the tragic loss of legendary front man Mike Howe in 2021, but it also marks the first album with new…

METAL CHURCH emerged in the early 80’s and quickly became one of major forces in Thrash Metal. They may not have had the success as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer or Anthrax, but they have certainly left their mark on the industry. They also have the distinction of having two of their lead singers die way before their time. Original lead singer David Wayne in 2005 and more recently Mike Howe in…

ROSS THE BOSS Announces Extensive 2022 European Tour Dates

Ex-Manowar guitarist Ross the Boss will be spotted once more on European soil in 2022 – headlining shows on his own and appearing on festivals throughout much of the spring and into the summer (and joined on many of the dates by either Dark Embrace, and The Evolution of Fire Tour 2022 along with RAM, and Trauma ), in support of his last RTB effort, ‘Born of Fire’ on AFM. “The highest energy set…

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Let Us Prey – “Virtues of the Vicious” (ft. Metal Mike Chlasciak) Lyric Video

Ghost Cult has teamed up with modern extreme metal band Let Us Prey to debut the lyric video for the title track to their new album, Virtues of the Vicious, releasing tomorrow on July 24th via M-Theory Audio/Salem Rose Music. The blistering track is brutal, progressive, and epic sounding as it poses the eternal question about humanity: “Are we violent by design?”Coming off like a blend of bands…