American death metal band Possessed will replace Deicide on Exodus's Swarm of Horror spring 2025 U.S. headline tour. The tour, also featuring Misfire, will kick off April 27 in Phoenix, Arizona. Deicide dropped off the package due to scheduling conflicts, according to a statement from the band. Possessed, cited by many as the first death... Continue Reading →
Deicide has pulled out of a summer 2025 tour supporting veteran thrash metal act Exodus, the band announced Tuesday, March 18. Deicide, a long-running American death metal band led by vocalist/bassist Glen Benton, posted on social media, "We regret to inform, that we won't be participating in the upcoming Exodus run, because of scheduling conflicts."... Continue Reading →
Following the announcement of upcoming headline performances at both Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest and its own "Bonded by Blood" 40th anniversary shows, veteran thrash metal band Exodus has unleashed a slew of additional spring 2025 U.S. tour stops and festival dates—altogether dubbed the "Swarm of Horror" tour. This will be the first Exodus... Continue Reading →
"Gold," the long-awaited debut full-length from the Phil Anselmo-fronted black metal project Scour, is out now on Housecore Records in North America and Nuclear Blast in Europe. Scour's lineup features Anselmo (Pantera, Down), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals), John Jarvis (Nest, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index) and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer,... Continue Reading →
Veteran thrash metal act Exodus has parted ways with vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza and welcomed back Rob Dukes as his replacement. The band made the announcement Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, on social media. Rob Dukes performs with Exodus in 2013. Dukes previously fronted Exodus from 2005 to 2014 and appeared on four studio albums—"Shovel Headed... Continue Reading →
Citing projected ticket sales and the increasing cost of touring, metal supergroup Category 7 has canceled what would have been its first tour, set for March 2025 in the United States. The band released the following statement to social media: "With the overwhelming competition for the live show dollar, we feel that our projected ticket... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS: Exodus, Havok, Candy, Dead Heat—By Greg Maki—Baltimore came to throw down on this Saturday night. Maybe my perception was clouded because I haven’t been to a lot of shows this year, but this near-capacity crowd was rowdy almost from the start. And Exodus’s “Battle of ‘24” tour, its first headline run in many... Continue Reading →
Photos by Greg Maki
Category 7, the heavy metal supergroup featuring John Bush (Armored Saint, Anthrax), Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob, Sonic Universe, Noturnall), Phil Demmel (Machine Head, Kerry King, Vio-Lence), Jack Gibson (Exodus) and Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall, Overkill), has unveiled its video for “Land I Used to Love.” The track comes by way of the band’s eponymous debut... Continue Reading →
Category 7—featuring John Bush (Armored Saint, Anthrax), Phil Demmel (Kerry King, Machine Head), Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob), Jack Gibson (Exodus) and Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall, Overkill)—will launch its first ever tour in support of its self-titled debut album in March 2025. The 14-show trek will commence on March 6 in Baltimore, Maryland, and run through... Continue Reading →
