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November 16, 2021
ANUBIS RELEASE "THE GREAT DIVIDE" LYRIC VIDEO

Up and coming Los Angeles metal band Anubis are carving their own path by organically blending power and thrash metal together.

Founded in 2018, the band is comprised of bassist and vocalist Devin Reiche, guitarists Justin Escamilla and Eleazar Llerenas, and drummer Zed Amarin. The hybrid metal band’s newest single “The Great Divide” is available now.

November 14, 2021
METALLICA - FAN-FILMED VIDEO OF FIRST WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE HEADLINE SET STREAMING

The popular destination event Welcome To Rockville returned for its biggest year yet and moves to a new weekend for 2021, November 11-14, at its new home at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Metallica played the first of two unique headline sets on November 12th. Fan-filmed video is available below.

November 13, 2021
MACHINE HEAD TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN SUMMER 2022; STUDIO PHOTOS POSTED

Machine Head's Robb Flynn and Jared MacEachern spent the last week Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with producer Zack Ohren working on their as-yet-untitled 10th album, due for release in summer 2022.

A message states: "Making great progress on at least 6 different new songs including a 10 minute plus epic."

November 12, 2021
EXCITER - FAN-FILMED VIDEO OF ENTIRE MASS DESTRUCTION IV FESTIVAL SET STREAMING

Canadian thrash legends Exciter performed at Mass Destruction IV Festival on November 7th, in Atlanta, GA at The Loft at Center Stage.

Exciter features drummer / vocalist Dan Beehler, guitarist Daniel Dekay and bassist Allan James Johnson.

November 12, 2021
DEATH ANGEL MEMBERS DISCUSS MAKING OF THE BASTARD TRACKS

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans DEATH ANGEL will release a new live album titled "The Bastard Tracks" on Black Friday, November 26 via Nuclear Blast.

Recorded live at The Great American Music Hall in their hometown of San Francisco on May 22, 2021, and streamed live soon after, "The Bastard Tracks"  is a deep-cuts collection of rarely and never performed songs from the band's celebrated catalog that will be released digitally and on CD, vinyl and Blu-ray.

November 11, 2021
VIO-LENCE - FAN-FILMED VIDEO OF MASS DESTRUCTION IV FESTIVAL SET STREAMING

Last year, Vio-Lence released a digital single, "California Uber Alles" (a cover version of the Dead Kennedys classic), via Metal Blade Records.

After giving fans a taste of what's to come, the band announced their upcoming EP: Let The World Burn - their first original release since 1993's Nothing To Gain - is due to be unleashed in early 2022 via Metal Blade Records

November 10, 2021
EXHORDER HAS BEEN 'WORKING VERY HARD ON NEW MATERIAL'

Vocalist Kyle Thomas of New Orleans-based thrash metal pioneers EXHORDER has confirmed to Heavy New York that the band is preparing to enter the studio to record the follow-up to 2019's "Mourn The Southern Skies" album.

"We have been working very hard on new material since the [start of] the pandemic," he said. "We've been demoing songs, doing pre-production, preparing for when we finally do record the actual album. So, yes, new EXHORDER will be coming at some point."

November 10, 2021
METALSHOCK RADIO SHOW 10/11/21 PLAYLIST

1. Sister Sin - Hearts of Cold (4:13)
2. Bullet - Full Pull (2:27)
3. Saber - Strike of the Witch (3:43)
4. Ultra Raptor - Take Me Back (4:49)
5. Wolf - Shoot To Kill (3:40)
6. Traveler - Starbreaker (5:41)
7. Widow - The Pleasure Of Exorcism (3:54)
8. Visigoth - Steel and Silver (6:01)
9. Grand Magus - Silver Into Steel (4:15)
10. Spiritual Beggars - Street Fighting Saviours (4:21)

November 10, 2021
IRON FATE RELEASE NEW LYRIC VIDEO FOR “CRIMSON MESSIAH”

IRON FATE have now found the time to record its successor a full eleven years after their debut album. The second work is called "Crimson Messiah" and was mixed and mastered by Jost Schlueter in the PureSonic Studio.

It was produced by Schlueter and the band themselves. Once again we can look forward to heavy metal with a US-American touch with thrashy parts and hard rock elements. With a playing time of almost an hour, the album offers space for epic, melancholy and aggressiveness.

November 10, 2021
ANNIHILATOR TAPS EX-SLAYER DRUMMER DAVE LOMBARDO, FORMER ICED EARTH SINGER STU BLOCK FOR 'METAL II' ALBUM

"Metal II" stands out as a fully re-recorded, newly mixed by Mike Fraser (AC/DCAEROSMITH and many more) and remastered album in a new lineup, featuring Dave Lombardo (SLAYER) on drums and Stu Block (ICED EARTH) on vocals. The guest list on the album is huge: Willie Adler (LAMB OF GOD), Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM), Steve "Lips" Kudlow (ANVIL), Dan Beehler (EXCITER), Jesper Strömblad (IN FLAMES), Angela Gossow (ARCH ENEMY), Jeff Loomis (ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE), Anders Björler (THE HAUNTED, AT THE GATES) and Corey Beaulieu (TRIVIUM).

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