Heavy Music Concerts
Mac Sabbath Announce Fall 2022 US Tour
The McDonald’s-themed Black Sabbath cover band Mac Sabbath are heading out on a Fall 2022 US tour with support from Speedealer and Lung. The “Pop-Up-Drive-Thru Tour” launches on September 27th at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and runs through a November 19th date in Grand Junction, Colorado. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. “Mac Sabbath will be popping up all over the States — just like in our debut release,” said the band’s frontman, Ronald Osbourne, referencing Mac Sabbath’s 2021 Drive-Thru Metal pop-up book. “Confusing the USA one more time!” Advertisement Related Video Drive-Thru Metal features illustrations by Gris Grimly, known for his work on children’s books and his darkly whimsical version of Pinocchio. Mac Sabbath burst on the scene a few years ago, cove...
Furnace Fest 2022 Lineup: Mastodon, Thrice, Descendents, Alexisonfire, Manchester Orchestra, and More
Furnace Fest has revealed its complete 2022 lineup. Mastodon, Thrice (performing The Illusion of Safety), and Descendents are among the headliners of the three-day festival, which is set for the weekend of September 23rd at the historic Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama. The lineup is rife with influential post-hardcore, metalcore, and screamo acts. Other notable artists include New Found Glory, Alexisonfire, Manchester Orchestra, The Ghost Inside, The Story So Far, In Flames, Midtown, Shadows Fall, Quicksand, Anti-Flag, and more. Deeper down the lineup poster are newer acts such as Angel Du$t, Nothing, and Soul Glo, among others. Last year Furnace Fest came back after a 17-year gap following its initial four-year run in the early 2000s. It was only meant to be a “one-time reunion” acc...
Carcass Announce 2022 US Tour
Carcass will embark on a US tour this May, and the lineup is stacked. The British death metal pioneers are bringing along Immolation and Creeping Death as support. The outing kicks off with a headlining appearance by Carcass at the Oblivion Access festival in Austin, Texas, on May 12th. The band will then link up with Immolation and Creeping Death on May 14th in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The tour culminates with an appearance at Maryland Deathfest on May 27th. Tickets go on sale Friday (March 25th) at 10:00 a.m. local time. You can pick them up via Ticketmaster or bandsintown, depending on the city. Advertisement Related Video Carcass are heading out in support of their most recent album, the masterful Torn Arteries. Heavy Consequence named the LP the No. 2 heavy album of 2021, so we’re par...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Pranks Drummer Danny Carey with Dildo Mid-Show: Watch
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan played an epic prank on drummer Danny Carey mid-show, replacing one of his drum mallets with a dildo. Keenan is known to get into some shenanigans when Carey takes the spotlight for his drum solo, like playing Jenga next to the drum kit earlier on the tour. The singer’s latest stunt involved a large dildo. Tool shared the video, which was filmed at one of their recent concerts. Keenan covertly army crawls under the curtain behind Carey, who’s shredding away at his kit during the solo. When he reaches down for his gong mallet, he instead grabs the phallus, and hits the gong with the sex toy instead. Advertisement Related Video Maynard is of course giddy with satisfaction, having pulled off the prank. The clip ends with him maniacally waving the dildo at th...
Psycho Las Vegas 2022 Lineup: Mercyful Fate, Emperor, Suicidal Tendencies, Mayhem, Boris, High on Fire, and More
After announcing several initial bands, Psycho Las Vegas has revealed the second wave of acts for its 2022 lineup. Mercyful Fate, Emperor, and Suicidal Tendencies will headline the fest, set for August 19th-21st at Resorts World Las Vegas. The rest of the stacked bill includes many heavy metal luminaries from across the globe, plus a few notable alternative and hip-hop artists: Mayhem, Boris, High on Fire, Cirith Ungol, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Carcass, At the Gates, Warpaint, Wolves in the Throne Room, Carpenter Brut, and Wu-Tang Clan members Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and GZA. In addition to Emperor and Mayhem, who will be making their only 2022 US appearances at the festival, there will be a notable contingent of European extreme metal acts on the bill, as well, including Satyricon, Ulver,...
Limp Bizkit Announce Spring 2022 US Tour
Limp Bizkit have announced a Spring 2022 US tour in support of their recent comeback album, Still Sucks. The outing will find the rap-metal group playing arenas and theaters, with various support from $not, Wargasm UK, Scowl, Yung Gravy, and Dying Wish. The “Still Sucks Tour” kicks off April 28th in Tampa, Florida, and runs through a May 31st show in Ontario, California. Among the stops is an April 13th gig at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Tickets go on sale Friday (March 18th) to the general public via Ticketmaster, with a pre-sale beginning Thursday (March 17th) using pre-sale code SHOWTIME. Still Sucks dropped on Halloween of 2021, preceded by the single “Dad Vibes.” Along with the new music came a new look for frontman Fred Durst, who sported a gray wig and horseshoe must...
Flogging Molly and The Interrupters Announce Co-Headlining Summer 2022 US Tour
Flogging Molly and The Interrupters are teaming up for a co-headlining summer US tour. Tiger Army and The Skints will provide support for the trek, which is split into two legs. The first kicks off June 7th in Indianapolis and runs through a July 3rd show in Asbury Park, New Jersey. After a month off, the final leg commences on September 9th in Denver before wrapping up on September 21st in Paso Robles, California. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 18th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Related Video “We’re excited to share the news of our upcoming tour with the one and only, The Interrupters,” commented Flogging Molly singer/guitarist Dave King via a press announcement. “We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone, and having a great time together. Let’s have some fun in the s...
Alexisonfire Announce 2022 North American Tour Dates
Fresh off announcing their first album in 13 years, Canadian post-hardcore act Alexisonfire have unveiled dates for a 2022 North American tour. The band will hit the road in support of its new LP, Otherness, which arrives on June 24th. The North American dates are broken up into three legs, with the first one kicking off May 19th in Nashville, and wrapping May 29th with an appearance at the So What Music Festival in Dallas. The second leg commences July 13th in Ottawa, Canada, and runs through a July 23rd show in New York City, while the third leg launches September 14th in Cleveland and finishes up October 9th in Anaheim, California. Tickets for Alexisonfire’s upcoming shows go on sale this Friday (March 18th) via Ticketmaster, with pre-sales beginning today (March 14th) and tomorrow (Mar...
Deicide To Celebrate Classic Album Legion on 2022 North American Tour
Deicide are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their sophomore album Legion with a summer 2022 North American tour. Kataklysm and Inhuman Condition will support the outing, which kicks off August 11th in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and runs through on September 10th show in Deicide’s hometown of Tampa, Florida. Get tickets via Ticketmaster. Deicide will be performing 1992’s Legion in its entirety, along with other tracks from their vast discography. Legion, along with the band’s self-titled debut, are widely considered two of the finest albums released during death metal’s formative years. The records also cemented Deicide among the elite acts in Florida’s fertile death metal scene. Advertisement Related Video Canadian death metal veterans Kataklysm, who also toured with Deicide last year, wi...
Max and Iggor Cavalera to Celebrate Classic Sepultura Albums with 2022 “Return Beneath Arise” US Tour
Max and Iggor Cavalera are celebrating the classic Sepultura albums Beneath the Remains and Arise with a 2022 US tour. Billed as the “Return Beneath Arise” tour, the outing will see the founding Sepultura members playing a hybrid setlist of tracks from their iconic 1989 and 1991 LPs. The tour kicks off May 22nd in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and runs through a June 25th show in Tempe, Arizona. Highlights include an appearance at Maryland Deathfest and a date at the Gramercy Theater in New York City. Get tickets via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video “After Covid-19 us Metal Heads need to release our aggression with some Beneath the Remains and Arise!” stated Max Cavalera in a press release. Iggor Cavalera added: “Can’t wait to perform our “Return Beneath Arise” tour for our North Ameri...
Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin and Bush Team Up for 2022 US Tour
Alice in Chains and Breaking Benjamin have announced a co-headlining 2022 US tour, with special guests Bush. The 30-city trek will run for two months from early August through early October. The outing kicks off in Breaking Benjamin’s home state of Pennsylvania with an August 10th show in Burgettstown, and wraps up October 8th in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday (March 11th) via Ticketmaster, with a pre-sale beginning Tuesday (March 8th). “We’re looking forward to finally hitting the road again this summer,” remarked Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney. “It’s been too long and we can’t wait to get outdoors and share a night of music with our fans again.” Advertisement Related Video Breaking Benjamin frontman Ben Burnley added, “We are so extrem...
Watain Drop Off Co-Headlining North American Tour with Mayhem Due to Visa Issues
Mayhem and Watain’s North American co-headlining tour was set to be one of the year’s strongest exhibitions of infernal black metal. Unfortunately, Watain won’t be making the trip due to visa issues. Watain are known for their occult, ritualistic live shows, which are thus treated with a near-religious reverence by their dedicated fanbase. The Swedish band only make it stateside ever so often, and to make matters worse, the tour was meant to support a new album, The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain, out April 29th. File this one under agony. The band shared a lengthy statement explaining the situation via Facebook: “We regret to inform you all that, due to reasons entirely beyond our control, we’re forced to cancel our participation in the upcoming US Tour with Mayhem and Midnight, for which ...
