By Greg Maki—And just like that, another year has come and gone. And what a year 2025 was for heavy music, led by this summer’s instantly legendary Back to the Beginning concert and Ozzy Osbourne’s passing just a couple weeks later—not unexpected but no less devastating because of that. Those titanic events served to shine... Continue Reading →
In support of Nuclear Blast Records' reissues of its 1989 album "Practice What You Preach," Testament will launch a special spring 2025 "evening with" tour featuring the band performing and telling stories from the classic thrash metal album. The set list will include deep cuts and classic ballads, some of which will be heard live for the first time ever. The tour... Continue Reading →
Following the news that Metallica is headed to Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival for the first time ever in 2025 for a “No Repeat Weekend” offering two nights and two unique sets, festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents has announced more details for the event, set for May 8, 9, 10 and 11 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to Metallica, which... Continue Reading →
Veteran Bay Area thrash metal band Testament will release remastered versions of its classic albums "The Legacy" and "The New Order" digitally and on vinyl on July 12, 2024, via Nuclear Blast Records. "When 'The Legacy' and 'The New Order' were first recorded, we were new and had limited resources to record the albums being a young band," vocalist... Continue Reading →
Milwaukee Metal Fest has revealed the daily set times for the 2024 event, featuring such heavy-hitters as Slaughter to Prevail, Mr. Bungle, Blind Guardian, Testament, Hatebreed and many more May 17 to 19, with a pre-party on May 16, at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wiconsin. The band schedule is as follows, with the lineup and set times... Continue Reading →
Milwaukee Metal Fest, scheduled for May 16 to 19, 2024, has added 11 more bands to its lineup, including Testament, Hammerfall and a reunion of Soilent Green. Other newly announced acts are Paleface Swiss, Exhumed, It Dies Today, Errors of Humanity, Casket Robbery, Hellwitch, Belushi Speed Ball and Illusion of Fate. "The spirit of the... Continue Reading →
The inaugural Metal Injection Festival, set for Sept. 16 and 17, 2023, in Orange County, California, has revealed the daily set times. See the full schedule below. Saturday, Sept. 16 at The Observatory 10:30 P.M. || Max & Iggor Cavalera (performing a special "Morbid Visions" and "Bestial Devastation" set)9:00 P.M. || Exhumed7:45 P.M. || Incite6:30 P.M. || Fueled By Fire 5:30... Continue Reading →
Testament, Max & Iggor Cavalera, Machine Head, Fear Factory and more will perform Sept. 16 and 17, 2023, at the inaugural Metal Injection Festival. The event will take over two venues in Orange County, California--The Observatory and House of Blues Anaheim. Tickets for day one are on sale here, while day two tickets will go on sale to the public here... Continue Reading →
The Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set for Sept. 7 to 10, 2023 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, is releasing its 2023 lineup one act a time. One hundred eight of 144 acts have been announced as of March 17. The following bands have been announced since our last update (in alphabetical order): Babymetal... Continue Reading →
Testament has announced the second leg of the Bay Strikes Back Tour also featuring Exodus and Death Angel, kicking off in September 2022. "We’ve all been having a killer time playing a lot of sold out shows for die hard metal fans across the U.S. and we wanna keep the party rolling!" Testament frontman Chuck Billy said. Testament guitarist Eric... Continue Reading →
