Hatebreed will headline the 2025 Summer Slaughter tour, leading a bill that also features Bleeding Through, Fugitive, Gridiron, Malevolence, Incite, Escuela Grind and Snuffed on Sight on select dates. Tour will kick off July 8 in St. Petersburg, Florida, and run through July 28 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Summer Slaughter brand built its reputation... Continue Reading →
Lamb of God to release 20th anniversary deluxe edition of ‘Ashes of the Wake’
Lamb of God’s "Ashes of the Wake"," turns 20 in August 2024, and to commemorate the pivotal release, an expanded 20th anniversary deluxe edition featuring new mixes by HEALTH, Justin K Broadrick (Godflesh/Jesu), and Kublai Khan TX and Malevolence, as well as demo and live versions of the album’s classic songs, will arrive on Aug.... Continue Reading →
Lamb of God, Mastodon to launch Ashes of Leviathan Tour
Lamb of God and Mastodon will team up for the summer 2024 Ashes of Leviathan Tour, celebrating 20 years of Lamb of God's "Ashes of the Wake" and Mastodon's "Leviathan." Both albums will be played in full, and the tour also will feature special guests Kerry King, Malevolence and Unearth (on select dates). Pre-sale tickets... Continue Reading →
2023: Live Metal’s year in photos
Photos by Greg Maki
LIVE RECAP: Beartooth & Trivium – 05/21/23 – The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, Maryland
LIVE PHOTOS: Beartooth, Trivium, Malevolence, Archetypes Collide—By Greg Maki—Is any tour better than a co-headliner when you’re a fan of both bands? Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something heartwarming about knowing musicians you appreciate also appreciate each other. And of course, there’s the more bang for your buck that you get with seeing two... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS: Malevolence – 05/21/23 – The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, Maryland
Photos by Greg Maki
Trivium, Beartooth to team up for spring 2023 co-headline tour
Beartooth and Trivium will team up for a spring 2023 co-headline tour in the United States. The 29-city tour kicks off May 1 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and wraps June 15 in Seattle, Washington. Malevolence and Archetypes Collide will join the bands on all dates."TRIVTOOTH! We are elated to announce our co-headlining monster of a tour with the... Continue Reading →
Jinjer announces fall 2022 U.S. headline tour
Progressive groove metal band Jinjer, which has been granted a special exemption from the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture to exit the country during its ongoing war with Russia, has announced a U.S. headline tour for fall 2022, produced by Live Nation. The tour, which will run from Oct. 31 to Dec. 22, will feature direct... Continue Reading →
The Acacia Strain announces summer 2022 tour
The Acacia Strain—Vincent Bennett (vocals), Kevin Boutot (drums), Devin Shidaker (guitar) and Griffin Landa (bass)— has announced the "Tune Low Die Slow" summer 2022 headline U.S. tour. The tour will kick off on June 24 in Connecticut and run through July 17 in New Hampshire. Support will come from Malevolence, I AM and 156/Silence. All dates are below. Get... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: New Years Day – ‘Unbreakable’
Review by Greg Maki-----New Years Day, which I’m surprised to learn has existed since 2005, has grown steadily since the release of its 2015 album, “Malevolence.” Extensive touring, much of it in the past year with Halestorm, has limited the band’s output since then to the “Diary of a Creep” EP—consisting mostly of covers—released in... Continue Reading →
