Heavy Music Concerts
Dropkick Murphys to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Livestream Concert
Dropkick Murphys are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a livestream of their concert at the House of Blues in Boston. The stream goes live on March 17th at 9:00 p.m. ET and will be simulcast worldwide via DKMstream.com. Viewers can expect a setlist pulling from the band’s 2021 album, Turn Up That Dial, along with “a variety of fan favorites.” “After two years and four livestreams with no audience, we are so, so, so excited to do our first livestream in front of a live audience,” remarked co-lead vocalist Ken Casey in a press release. “I think this will give people watching at home a much better feel of what it’s like to see Dropkick Murphys in our element.” Advertisement Related Video The livestream will be free, with the band instead accepting donations via text. Proceeds will support th...
Coheed and Cambria Announce Summer 2022 North American Tour, Unveil “The Liars Club” Single: Stream
Coheed and Cambria have announced a Summer 2022 North American headlining tour, with support from Dance Gavin Dance and Mothica. The band has also unleashed “The Liars Club” as the latest single from their forthcoming album, Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind, out May 27th. The new tour announcement comes in the midst of Coheed and Cambria’s previously announced winter “Great Destroyer Tour,” which continues tonight (February 22nd) in Oklahoma City. The newly unveiled summer outing, which will see Coheed playing large-scale amphitheaters and arenas, has been dubbed “A Window of a Waking Mind Tour.” That one kicks off July 12th in Miami, Florida, and runs through an August 17th show in Troutdale, Oregon. Tickets for the winter trek are currently on sale via Ticketmaster, while the summer...
Ho99o9 Announce New Album and 2022 Tour, Share “Nuge Snight”: Stream
Ho99o9 (pronounced “horror”) have unveiled their new album Skin, produced entirely by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. They also shared the lead single “Nuge Snight.” The record comes out on March 11th, prior to Ho99o9’s spring US tour. The 22-date outing kicks off April 15th in Los Angeles and runs through May 14th in Houston. Get tickets via Ticketmaster. Ho99o9 previously offered up the Barker-produced single “Batteries Not Included.” At the time, the genre-defying duo of Yeti Bones and theOGM promised news on a new album soon, and they’ve followed through. Advertisement Related Video It turns out Barker produced the whole album. Instead of steering Ho99o9 in a new musical direction, he has instead bolstered the band’s harsh aesthetics with a hi-fi touch that only adds to the bruta...
Destruction Announce 2022 North American Tour
German thrash veterans Destruction have announced a Spring 2022 North American tour with Nervosa, Sunlord, and VX3. The dates will support the release of Destruction’s forthcoming album, Diabolical, arriving April 8th. The outing kicks off April 28th in Brooklyn, New York, and wraps up on May 28th in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Destruction will then appear at Maryland Deathfest the following day (May 29th) in Baltimore. You can buy tickets to the main tour dates via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video “Yes — we are super thrilled: the first tour of the new record, Diabolical, will kick off in North America!” remarked Destruction’s Schmier in a press release. “We could not tour there on the last album because of the pandemic, so we made it a top priority to return as soon as the circ...
Obituary Announce Spring 2022 US Tour
Death metal pioneers Obituary are hitting the road this spring for the “RedNeck Run III” US tour. Fellow revelers of death metal Gruesome and 200 Stab Wounds will support the outing. The primarily East Coast route kicks off March 18th in Jacksonville, Florida, and runs through April 10th in Birmingham, Alabama. Tickets go on sale Friday (February 11th) and can be purchased via Ticketmaster. Obituary offered up this humorous press statement to prepare fans for the third edition of the “RedNeck Run”: “It’s time to put away the leather jackets and boots, bust out the FlipFlops & TankTops and prepare yourself for an outrageously, awkward yet undeniably amazing evening that could possibly turn into the best night of your life. The Florida Boys are at it again and are firing up the RV, check...
NOFX Confirm Four Punk in Drublic Festivals for 2022: Pennywise, Face to Face, and More
NOFX are set to headline four separate dates of their Punk in Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival this spring. The fests are set for March 19th (Mesa, Arizona), March 26th (San Diego), March 27th (Ventura, California), and May 7th (Sacramento, California). The bill varies by each city, with NOFX headlining all dates. The most recently announced lineup on May 7th in Sacramento features a stacked bill including Pennywise, Face to Face, The Bouncing Souls, The Bombpops, Get Dead, and more. Other dates include Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, T.S.O.L., and more notable punk acts. Advertisement Related Video Tickets for Punk in Drublic Sacramento go on sale Friday (February 11th) at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster, with a pre-sale beginning on Thursday. Passes to other three dates are available t...
Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival 2022 Lineup: Korn, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Evanescence, and More
The lineup for the 2022 Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival has been revealed, with the three-day fest set to take place over the weekend of July 15th in Mansfield, Ohio. Korn, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, and Evanescence will headline this year’s iteration of Inkcarceration. The fest’s namesake is both a nod to the 30 tattoo shops/artists in attendance and its famous locale: the Ohio State Reformatory — the setting of The Shawshank Redemption. Single-day tickets and three-day passes are now available here. The stacked bill is bolstered by Lamb of God, Code Orange, Black Label Society, Lacuna Coil, Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Seether, Spiritbox, and more. Advertisement Related Video “We are thrilled to be playing on the historic and hallowed grounds of the Ohio State Reforma...
Converge and Chelsea Wolfe Announce First-Ever US “Bloodmoon” Shows
Converge and Chelsea Wolfe have announced their first US live dates supporting the collaborative Bloodmoon: I album. The pair of shows are set for Boston and New York City on April 9th and 10th, respectively. Caspian and an as-yet-unannounced act will support the Boston date at Roadrunner, while Caspian and Liturgy will open the NYC show at Brooklyn Steel. Tickets go on sale Friday (February 4th) at noon ET and can be purchase via Ticketmaster. The shows will mark the first time “Converge Bloodmoon” — as the supergroup is being billed — will take the stage together on US soil to perform the new material. In addition to the members of Converge and Wolfe, the cast is rounded out by Stephen Brodsky (of Cave In) and Ben Chisholm (Wolfe’s longtime collaborator). Advertisement Related Video The ...
Korn to Stream Intimate Requiem Album Release Show from a Church
Korn have announced they will livestream an intimate Requiem release show from the Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles. The band is calling the event “Requiem Mass.” Only 300 fans will be able to attend the “funeral” concert, which will see Korn “honoring the souls that have passed during these unprecedented times.” The performance will be directed by Richard Gibbs, who previously worked with Korn’s Jonathan Davis on the Queen of the Damned soundtrack. The concert and livestream are set for Thursday (February 3rd) at 8 p.m. PT, right before the Friday release of the album. You can stream it via Korn’s YouTube channel (a rebroadcast goes live on Sunday, February 6th, at 10 a.m. PT for international markets). Advertisement Related Video For those lucky few who get to attend in-p...
Dorothy Announces New Album and Tour, Unveils “Rest in Peace”: Stream
Dorothy has returned with a dramatic new single, “Rest in Peace,” as well as details on a new album, Gifts From the Holy Ghost, and a 2022 US tour. While Gifts From the Holy Ghost has no release date yet, a press release reveals that the album will arrive this spring. The headlining tour, meanwhile, kicks off March 21st in San Diego and runs through a May 19th gig in Anaheim, California. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster. The music video for “Rest in Peace” certainly fits the song, with Dorothy appearing in an elegant, mysterious black veil in one scene, performing with her band in another, and appearing in a room with chains hanging from the ceiling in yet another visual. Watch the Nick Peterson-directed and Linda Strawberry-edited music video below. Advertisement Related Video Dorot...
Behemoth and Arch Enemy Announce Co-Headlining 2022 North American Tour
Behemoth and Arch Enemy are joining forces for the co-headlining “North American Siege” tour this spring. Napalm Death and Unto Others (formerly known as Idle Hands) will support the outing, making for a stacked bill of extreme metal. The tour spans 19 shows and kicks off on April 16th in Tempe, Arizona, running through a May 15th date in Los Angeles. Tickets go sale Friday (January 21st) at 10 a.m. local time and can be purchased via Ticketmaster, with pre-sales beginning tomorrow (January 20th). “To say that we are dying to return on the road would be an understatement!” remarked Behemoth frontman Nergal. “In fact, we’ve never been more hungry to reunite with our legions… not only to bring young of the hottest extreme metal touring lineups in a long time but also to bring you new Behemot...
Clutch to Embark on 2022 North American Tour with Eyehategod, The Sword, and More
Clutch have announced an extensive Spring 2022 North American tour with support from Eyehategod and The Sword on select dates. The trek is split into two legs. The first part launches March 18th in Birmingham, Alabama, and runs through an April 10th date in Joliet, Illinois. Eyehategod and Tigercub will support these shows. After a break, Clutch will return to the road with The Sword and Nate Bergman for the second leg of the tour, kicking off April 27th in Burlington, Vermont, and running through May 22nd in Richmond, Virginia. All tickets go on sale Friday (January 21st) and can be purchased via Ticketmaster. Clutch recently wrapped up their annual string of holiday shows, which followed an earlier run of dates in the fall. Before that, the band made the most of lockdown with a series of...
