Los Angeles-based hard-rock quintet Lions at the Gate will release its debut album, "The Excuses We Cannot Make," on Aug. 25, 2023. The band also has released a video for the song "Drain," directed by Vicente Cordero/Industrialism Films (Black Veil Brides, Cradle of Filth. Lions at the Gate features former Ill Niño members Cristian Machado (vocals), and guitarists Diego... Continue Reading →
Drowning Pool will release its new album, "Strike a Nerve," via UMe/T-Boy. It will be the band's sixth studio album and its third with frontman Jasen Moreno. Founding members C.J. Pierce, Stevie Benton and Mike Luce have played together for an uninterrupted 25 years, with Moreno joining the band in 2012. The singer’s 2013 debut, "Resilience," recently was RIAA-certified gold. Fueled by... Continue Reading →
Masked metal supergroup Terror Universal recently released its debut full-length album, "Make Them Bleed," via minus HEAD Records (read Live Metal's review). Today, the band is "thrilled" to reveal its new slasher flick-inspired video for the song "Through the Mirrors." The video is directed by vocalist Plague via Film/Facer productions. Watch it below. "I am very pumped to be... Continue Reading →
Review by Greg Maki ----- A new masked metal band has stormed onto the scene, and with an undeniably nu-metal-influenced sound, it’s tempting to dismiss Terror Universal just a few bars into “Passage of Pain,” the opener of “Make Them Bleed,” its full-length debut (following the 2015 EP “Reign of Terror”). It’s understandable if you... Continue Reading →
