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death metal vets Pestilence's tour cancelled after racism accusation
The tour was cancelled after MetalSucks ran the article ”Pestilence’s Patrick Mameli Scolds Facebook Follower with a Racist Slur, Propagates Jewish Stereotypes, Defends Donald Trump and Fox News.” Mameli responded and denied the accusations…
Suicidal Tendencies (with Ben Weinman) played their debut in full at House of Vans (pics, videos)
Suicidal Tendencies (with The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Ben Weinman and Slayer’s Dave Lombardo in the band) performed their 1983 debut in its entirety, with support from fellow hardcore vets Killing Time.
Isis reuniting as "Celestial" to honor Caleb Scofield (update: livestream it)
Cave In, Pelican and Old Man Gloom & 27 are also on the bill.
Abbath bassist uncool with Christian-related lyrics, leaves band
“The lyrics are inspired by Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Gustav Jung.”
Panopticon streaming 'The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness'
Panopticon said the first half of the album is atmospheric black metal and the second half is country/folk, and they weren’t exaggerating.
Inquisition respond to report of child porn charges: "I am not a sex offender"
”I never plead guilty to the charges and the original charges were dropped after the courts examined all evidence. I am not a sex offender, and I was absolutely innocent of all charges.”
Inquisition dropped by Season of Mist, frontman pleaded guilty to child porn charges in 2009
”Season of Mist are no longer working with Inquisition. There will be no further statement,” the label writes.
Electric Wizard, Sleep, Converge, Boris, Power Trip, Cannibal Corpse & More Playing Sound on Sound
The Austin-area fest has some nice metal representation
Iron Maiden & Ghost now on tour (dates)
Ghost are serving as direct support to Maiden this time around, but also have a bunch of their own headlining dates along the way. Check out all tour dates.