Metal Anarchy

  • Phil Labonte Says The Advice GWAR’s Dave Brockie Gave Oli Herbert In 2004 Helped Save All That Remains

    Phil Labonte (All That Remains) has shared a new tribute for the late Dave Brockie (GWAR). According to him, Brockie helped save his band in 2004 after imparting some wisdom on the late Oli Herbert.

    Labonte said the following while responding to a post from Rock Feed:

    “Lemme tell ya how Dave saved ATR early in our career.

    In the fall of 2004, we were on tour with GWAR. It was the first real tour we’d ever done, and every night was packed. Even as the opening act, we were playing to a full house.

    Halfway through the tour, Oli‘s wife gave him an ultimatum. She’d quit her job, told him he had to come home, and threatened to leave him if he didn’t drop off the tour. Oli felt horrible. “She’s my wife,” he said. “I have to go.”

    That same night, after the show, Dave Brockie pulled him aside. And understand: Dave was the lead singer of the headlining band. We were a nobody band from Massachusetts. Who were we? But Dave took Oli out with a bottle of whiskey and a joint, and they talked until bus call.

    When Oli came back, he was a different man.

    “Fuck her. This is my life’s dream. She knew that when she married me. If she wants to leave, she can leave. But I’m not leaving this tour, and I’m not quitting the band.”

    Dave had told Oli something that really hit home. He said, “if you do this, she will push you around for the rest of your life.”

    He was right.

    I’m forever grateful for that Gwar tour. For what it did for All That Remains. but more importantly what it did for my friend Oli.

    Thanks, Dave. Miss and love you, man.”

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  • Melting Premiere “Glare” Video

    Melting have premiered a new video for their new song “Glare.” Vocalist Xavier Morris commented:

    “I’ve witnessed it in the lives of those closest to me, and I’ve experienced it myself. An all consuming fear that can be instilled by the most heinous of acts, down to a simple glare.”

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  • Avatar Announce Summer Australian/New Zealand Tour

    Avatar have announced a summer Australian/New Zealand tour. Here’s the dates:

    08/26 Adelaide, AUS – Lion Arts Factory
    08/28 Melbourne, AUS – Northcote Theatre
    08/29 Sydney, AUS – Manning Bar
    08/30 Brisbane, AUS – Princess Theatre
    09/01 Auckland, NZ – Powerstation

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  • New Idea Society Premiere “Dancing Horse” Music Video

    New Idea Society, the project featuring Stephen Brodsky (Cave In, Mutoid Man) and Mike Law (Wild Arrows, Euclid), have premiered a new video for their new song “Dancing Horse.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Fire On The Hill,” which will be released on May 15 via Relapse Records.

    Law commented:

    “Part of ‘Dancing Horse‘ first appeared all the way back in 2007 and it took a lot of forms over the years that never quite worked. Then out of nowhere it arrived somehow fully re-formed and totally realized into one of my favorite songs I’ve ever been a part of. The original idea started on an August night in Budapest and was tied together one August morning in 2024 back in Massachusetts. It was one of those moments where Steve reached deep and found something that had been floating around in another universe and brought it to ours.”

    Brodsky added:

    “I remember listening to Mike’s original demo for ‘Dancing Horse‘— it was a shoegaze thing with one lyric that shone brightly through the sonic haze: ‘There’s a dancing horse on my roof.’ My fiancé had just hung a horseshoe above the front door of our home. A native Texan, she explained that a horseshoe points up to catch luck and then flips over to rain it down… suddenly, that one line from the demo spawned a whole other thing in my head. I’m grateful that Mike was receptive to me taking a brilliant seed of his imagination and going off to the races with it.”

    “Fire On The Hill” Track Listing:

    01. “Sharing Arrows“
    02. “Giant Sky Wheel“
    03. “Nightbirds“
    04. “Lantern“
    05. “Dancing Horse“
    06. “Before Morning“
    07. “When Morning Comes Around“
    08. “High And Blue“
    09. “Ladybug Lay“

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  • Northlane Announce European/UK Tour

    Northlane have announced a European/UK tour. Graphic Nature, Stain The Canvas, and Prospective will serve as support on select dates.

    Tour Dates:

    07/25 Plovdiv, BUL – Hills Of Rock

    With Prospective:

    07/27 Milan, ITA – Legend Club
    07/28 Bologna, ITA – Alchemica

    Northlane:

    07/30 Rasnov, ROM – Rockstadt Extreme Fest
    08/01 Manchester, UK – RADAR

    With Graphic Nature:

    08/03 Dublin, IRE – Academy
    08/04 Belfast, IRE – The Limelight 2

    Northlane:

    08/06 Villena, SPA – Leyendas del Rock
    08/08 Walton-On-Trent, UK – Bloodstock Open Air
    08/09 Courtrai, BEL – Alcatraz Festival

    With Stain The Canvas:

    08/10 Aarau, SWI – Kiff
    08/12 Graz, AUT – PPC

    Northlane:

    08/13 Dinkelsbuhl, GER – Summer Breeze Open Air
    08/14 Sulingen, GER – Reload Festival
    08/16 Helsinki, FIN – Tavastia

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  • Mysterious Converge Billboard Appears In Boston, MA

    It looks like Converge have something planned for June 5. A mysterious billboard teasing that date recently appeared in Boston, MA.

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  • Sleeping With Sirens Announce Nashville And Raleigh Shows

    Sleeping With Sirens have announced two headlining shows. Here’s the dates:

    05/08 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works (feat. House & Home)
    06/11 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz

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  • Sodom’s Official Biography To Receive English Release

    Decibel Books will be releasing a new English edition of “Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography” this spring. The book is available for pre-order HERE and it is expected to ship in late May or early June.

    A press release offered more information:

    “Decibel Books proudly presents ‘Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography,’ the fully authorized biography of the German thrash legends Sodom, finally translated into English. Pre-orders are live now with an expected ship date of late May/early June, but for an exclusive preview, fans can read the first excerpt online, which turns the clock back to 1984 and the recording of the band’s landmark In the ‘Sign of Evil’ EP.

    With ‘Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography,’ Dr. Holger Schmenk visits the deepest basement rehearsal rooms and scours the roughest pubs to unearth the unfiltered truth about Tom Angelripper and his ever-changing lineup of bandmates. From their wild early days of the ‘Witching Metal’ demo to their international breakthrough with ‘Agent Orange,’ and right up to the present day—Schmenk tells the unvarnished story of a thrash metal legend that has gone through more guitarists than other bands have gone through amplifiers.

    ‘Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography’ tells the story of a miner’s son from Gelsenkirchen-Buer who rose from being a blue-collar underground laborer to an internationally acclaimed metal star, without ever forgetting his roots or compromising his integrity. Navigating four decades of metal history, ‘Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography’ features interviews with nearly every past and present member of the band along with a supporting cast of the German thrash metal scene. Packed with over 200 rare and previously unreleased photos, this hardcover history is over 300, beautifully designed pages fully translated to English.”

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  • Inferi Premiere “Godless Sky” Music Video

    Inferi have premiered a new video for their new song “Godless Sky.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Heaven Wept,” which will be released on April 10. The group commented:

    “‘Godless Sky‘ captures the descent into prophetic mania. A mind fractured by the crescendo of our seemingly inevitable race towards self annihilation. ‘In the absence of our deity we’ve penned a new end to the human odyssey.’ Its the torment of baring witness, and the dreadful revelation that you are hopeless to stop it.”

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  • LANDMVRKS Share “La Valse Du Temps” Live Video

    LANDMVRKS have shared a new live video for their song “La Valse Du Temps.” The clip was recorded during the band’s January 31 set at Le Zénithin in Paris, France. The track appears on their latest album “The Darkest Place I’ve Ever Been.”

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