German metalcore band SETYØURSAILS will release its second studio album "Bad Blood" on April 12, 2024, via Napalm Records and has shared a video for the record's title track. Pre-order the album here, and watch the video below. On the title track, SETYØURSAILS teams up with Zebrahead vocalist Adrian Estrella as modern electronic melodies and energetic screams build up to... Continue Reading →
Alpha Wolf to release new album ‘Half Living Things’ on April 5, shares single ‘Sucks 2 Suck’ featuring Ice-T
Australian metalcore band Alpha Wolf will release its third full-length album, "Half Living Things," on April 5, 2024, via Greyscale Records and SharpTone Records. Pre-order it here. The band also has shared the new single "Sucks 2 Suck" featuring Ice-T. Watch the music video below. "It's about biting back at anyone saying you didn't work hard for the shit you... Continue Reading →
The Amity Affliction to perform ‘Let the Ocean Take Me’ in full on spring 2024 tour
Australian metalcore band The Amity Affliction will celebrate the 10th anniversary of "Let the Ocean Take Me" by performing the album in its entirety on its spring 2024 North American tour. Kicking off April 26, the tour also will feature up and coming metalcore acts Currents, Dying Wish and Mugshot. Tickets will go on sale... Continue Reading →
‘Blood strikes a chord in the symphony of war’ … Live Metal’s best of 2023
By Greg Maki Didn’t we just do this? Another year is winding down, and we’re back to share the music we have enjoyed the most throughout 2023. With so many albums out in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic and bands more focused on touring now, this year might not have been quite as strong... Continue Reading →
Alpha Wolf wants to ‘Bring Back the Noise’ with new single
Australian metalcore band Alpha Wolf has shared the new single and video "Bring Back the Noise." Stream the song here, and watch the video below. "In the early stages of writing 'Bring Back the Noise,' we felt we had a party starter on our hands," the band said. "Refining this song together in the woods... Continue Reading →
Ice Nine Kills celebrates Halloween with release of orchestral version of ‘Welcome to Horrorwood’
Ice Nine Kills has released an orchestral version of its 2021 album, "The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood." The reimagined version features on the band’s recently released deluxe box set, "Welcome to Horrorwood: Under Fire," which is out now via Fearless Records and available here. Listen to the orchestral versions here. The new orchestral arrangements were recorded... Continue Reading →
Dead Icarus shares third single ‘So I Set Myself on Fire’
Dead Icarus, the new project of former Atreyu lead vocalist Alex Varkatzas, has shared its third single, "So I Set Myself on Fire." Listen here, and watch the video below. "'So I Set Myself on Fire' is about finding inspiration in darkness," Varkatzas said. "It's about letting your inspiration consume you so fully that it changes you into something... Continue Reading →
Fit for a King, The Devil Wears Prada set second leg of Metalcore Dropouts tour
Fit for a King and The Devil Wears Prada will join forces once again for the winter 2024 leg of the Metalcore Dropouts tour. Counterparts will return as support, along with Avoid as the opener. This leg of the tour will run from Jan. 16o to Feb. 24. Tickets and VIP upgrades are available here and here and go... Continue Reading →
Ice Nine Kills to debut new single and video ‘Meat & Greet’ at Hollywood event
After a career-defining, chart-topping album and the two-year unfolding of the "Horrorwood Saga" over seven previously released music videos, Ice Nine Kills is ready to bring the curtain down on its blood-soaked "Welcome to Horrorwood" era. On Oct. 12, 2023, Ice Nine Kills will present “Meat & Greet: The Horrorwood Saga Comes to a Tasteful End,” a globally live streamed event... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: Dark Divine – ‘Deadly Fun’
By Greg Maki When you’re a new band that’s hit on something that’s connecting with an audience and the creative juices are flowing, the best thing you can do is to keep the content coming. Florida’s Dark Divine is doing exactly that, returning with its debut full-length, “Deadly Fun,” less than a year after the... Continue Reading →
