News VADER Announce North American Tour Terry Bunch, January 17, 2017 Polish death metal legends, VADER, has announced they will be invading The U.S. In May! The band will make an appearance at Maryland Death Fest on May 26th before meeting up with the package. The trek will stop in New Orleans, San Diego, and Chicago, before concluding at the Webster Hall in New York city… Continue Reading
News Mortiis announce new remix album/free single & UK tour Terry Bunch, January 17, 2017 On the heels of last year’s long-awaited The Great Deceiver album, Mortiis will issue The Great Corrupter on April 21st. The Great Corrupter begins with tracks from the previous album, deconstructed and masterfully “corrupted” by Chris Vrenna, Rhys Fulber, Die Krupps, John Fryer, GODFLESH, Merzbow, Apoptygma Berzerk, In Slaughter Natives, Raison… Continue Reading
News Warner Bros reveal story trailer for video game “Injustice 2” Terry Bunch, January 17, 2017 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today revealed the Official Injustice™ 2 Story Trailer – “The Lines are Redrawn.” Witness the story set in motion in Injustice™: Gods Among Us as new DC characters join the fight and shape the actions that unfold in the upcoming sequel. Injustice™ 2… Continue Reading
Music Review Metal Life album review – Repulsive Vision – Look Past the Gore and See The Art Amon Crow, January 16, 2017 Repulsive Vision’s “Look Past the Gore and See the Art” begins in panic: the first track is a fever-dream maelstrom of slasher-film samples, urgently warning against the rampant dangers of metal music that encourage “sex abuse, sadism, cannibalism, necrophilia, infanticide, mutilation, molestation, and death.” What follows is an assault of… Continue Reading
News OTEP Announces “The Resistance” World Tour Terry Bunch, January 16, 2017 Groundbreaking art-rock performer, author and spoken word artist OTEP will embark on a 30+ date U.S. headline run this February and March as part of her “The Resistance World Tour”. The tour will begin in Mesa, AZ on February 14 and come to a close on March 23 in Las… Continue Reading
Gear NAMM 2017: EBS Blue Label Pedals for guitar & bass Karila Shannis, January 16, 2017 ’BLACK HAZE’, ’DRIVE ME CRAZY’ and ’THE DRIVE’ offers significantly different drive characters and are designed and developed by EBS with the input from several Swedish top session guitarists. Black Haze The Black Haze is a beautiful drive with some darkness to it to make it interesting and irresistible. This pedal… Continue Reading
Gear NAMM 2017: Antelope Audio Announces Pro Tools HD compatible interface with Orion32 HD Terry Bunch, January 16, 2017January 22, 2017 Antelope Audio [NAMM Hall A – Booth 6596], a leading interface company specializing in world class clocking, conversion and FPGA-based vintage FX modeling, has announced the latest addition to its acclaimed Orion series of audio interfaces: Orion32 HD. Delivering 64 channels of stunning audio quality via HDX or USB3, the… Continue Reading
Gear LucidSound Invites Gamers to Nintendo Switch To A New Standard of Powered Audio Terry Bunch, January 16, 2017 LucidSound, innovators of premium gaming audio hardware invite Nintendo® gamers to make the switch to a better audio experience via the LS20 Amplified Universal Gaming Headset. Available for purchase today at all leading retailers, the LS20 features unrivalled, powered gaming audio, serving as the perfect partner to the new Nintendo… Continue Reading
News No God is Safe – ATLUS Will Launch A New Shin Megami Tensei Game on Nintendo Switch Terry Bunch, January 16, 2017 As revealed during the Nintendo Switch™ Livestream event, Atlus Co. Ltd (parent company to ATLUS U.S.A., Inc.) revealed a new HD title in its long-running hardcore RPG franchise, Shin Megami Tensei. The new game, which is known only with the placeholder moniker Shin Megami Tensei Brand New Title, will be… Continue Reading
Gear Metal Life review: Rock N Roll Inventions series episode 1 Dylan Gray, January 16, 2017 A new Smithsonian Channel series is about to make some noise as some of the biggest names from the recording industry break out their drumsticks, synthesizers, and everything in between to explain the technology and innovations that have provided the soundtrack to our lives. The new six-episode series, ROCK’N’ROLL INVENTIONS… Continue Reading