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As work on their highly anticipated fourth album progresses, Pessimist is quick to unveil their plans for the upcoming year. The California-based road warriors have just revealed the initial tour dates for 2024. They are set to embark on a European tour alongside Reaping Flesh, commencing in May. The tour […]

The longest-tenured all-female rock band and NWOBHM legends GIRLSCHOOL will embark on their final North American tour next year. The first leg of the trek will see support from LILLIAN AXE and ALCATRAZZ and will kick off on March 21 at Hell’s Heroes festival in Houston, Texas and will run […]

Following the success of their ‘Somewhere Far Beyond Tour’ in Germany last year, Blind Guardian continues the captivating journey of their latest masterpiece, The God Machine. The metal legends proudly announce ‘The God Machine’ North American 2024 tour, featuring a 22-date trek starting on April 18th at The Fillmore in […]

Escuela Grind is lining up a pretty big 2024. The band just announced their new EP Ddeeaatthhmmeettaall and now they’ve got a tour lined up featuring a ton of great bands. Escuela Grind also noted they’ll be playing songs from their EP, as well as stuff from their currently-unannounced new […]

Metallica has been announced as a headliner for Soundstorm 2023, a 3-day mutli-genre music festival that is set to take place over the weekend of December 14th-16th in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh. This will mark the first appearance in Saudi Arabia for the legendary thrash metal band. The […]

Gorod will hit the road in the United States this upcoming January with Wormhole and Hath. Exist will also be on the first three dates, so get to these if you want an extra helping of progressive metal! Check out the list of dates below and get your tickets here. […]

Due to popular demand, LAMB OF GOD has announced a second voyage of its mind-blowing metal celebration at sea, Headbangers Boat 2024, highlighted by two unique headline performances from the groundbreaking five-time-Grammy Award-nominated band. Presented by Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for more than two decades, Lamb […]

This absolute punisher of a tour to sweep Europe and the U.K. includes Napalm Death, Primitive Man, Pig Destroyer, and Wormrot. While not every band are on every date, the fact that this super-troupe is getting together at all is impressive. They’re all extremely heavy, and they span generations and […]

Issues is breaking up after three final shows in early 2024. Issues states that their end is due to life changes and firing their vocalist Tyler Carter in 2020 over allegations of sexual misconduct and grooming (Carter has since responded). Issues released three albums between 2014 and 2019, their final […]

PANTERA and DISTURBED will headline the 2024 edition of Knotfest Australia. Next year’s festival, which will be held over three dates in March, will also feature LAMB OF GOD, HALESTORM, THE HU, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, ESCAPE THE FATE, WAGE WAR, BRAND OF SACRIFICE and more. Among the local acts who will […]