PUNK IN THE PARK FESTIVAL, Oak Canyon Park, Silverado, CA 11.6.21 – 11.7.21
The Punk in the Park festival finally took place at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado, California. The sold-out two day event, which included craft beer tasting from local Southern California breweries, turned out to be well worth the wait.
RED FANG Releases “Blade To Waste” Video Game
Red Fang, whose highly-anticipated new album, Arrows, arrived over the summer, gives fans an opportunity to try out their own Katana skills as seen in the band’s “Arrows” video, with the new, single player “Blade To Waste” video game.
AUGUST BURNS RED Drops Video for Live Version of “Paramount”
Grammy-nominated Lancaster five piece AUGUST BURNS RED—JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass]—has shared the live video for the song “Paramount” from 2020’s Guardians.
ODDKO Launches War on Consumerism with New Single and Video “Siren Song”
Los Angeles’ industrial metal outfit, ODDKO, has returned with a new single, “Siren Song,” that takes aim at consumerism and the senseless cyclical compulsion to buy, waste and repeat.
GWAR with NAPALM DEATH and EYEHATEGOD, Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA 11.22.21
On November 22nd, GWAR’s 30th Anniversary tour hit the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. GWAR started the show with a monologue and then the blood started spewing. The crowd was screaming in excitement, especially those in the “splash zone."
Influences and Essentials: IMMINENCE In Their Own Words
To mark the release of their fourth full-length, Heaven in Hiding, guitarist Harald Barrett tells us the band’s biggest influences and Imminence’s essential songs to hear.
CULT OF LUNA Releases New Single and Video “Cold Burn”
On The Long Road North’s opening track, “Cold Burn,” listeners are immediately immersed in familiar, yet refreshingly new Cult of Luna territory. Its pulsating rhythms pummel, and Persson’s roar sears through layers of guitar.
ZEAL & ARDOR Reveal Latest Single “Golden Liar”
Swiss extremists Zeal & Ardor continue apace towards the release of their self-titled, third album. They have shared the new song “Golden Liar.”
Influences and Essentials: RESOLVE In Their Own Words
To celebrate their phenomenal debut album, Between Me and The Machine, bassist Robin Mariat tells us the band’s biggest influences and Resolve’s essential songs to hear.
INFECTED RAIN: The Devil’s Dozen Livestream 11.26.2021
The Devil’s Dozen was a livestream offering to fans sitting in conjunction with a similarly named, excellent, and thorough newly released documentary about the band, their forthcoming fifth album and second for Napalm, Ecdysis, and the fact they’ve spent the majority of the last two years off the road.