Lazarus A.D.

Lazarus A.D. drummer Ryan Shutler reportedly passed away over the weekend.

Last night, Metal Blade recording artists Lazarus A.D. were victims of a crushing theft while on tour with Bonded by Blood in the UK. The band's personal effects, identification documents, and and approximately $1500 cash were stolen from their touring van in Southampton, UK...

The influences of Lazarus A.D. have never been a well kept secret. The Wisconsin foursome's debut, 'The Onslaught,' was drenched in the speed and precision that marked thrash metal's heyday in the '80s. But for their upcoming album, 'Black Rivers Flow,' it was time to build on that foundation and not just make 'The Onslaught' part two...

It didn't take long for Wisconsin's sons of thrash Lazarus A.D. to make their mark. Their self-released debut, 'The Onslaught,' turned heads quickly -- that's once in 2007 and again in 2009 when Metal Blade repackaged it. After a three-and-a-half-year absence from the studio, they have returned, embracing more groove without losing sight of the rapid-fire assault that put them on the map... Read M

Los Angeles black/thrash metal band Lightning Swords of Death will release their second full-length album, 'The Extra Dimensional Wound' on May 25. The album was recorded in Corona, Calif. at Trench Studios and was produced by band guitarist Jeremy 'Roskva' Stramaglio...

Vancouver's own Bison B.C. have finished recording their third album, 'Dark Ages,' which they'd been working on for several months at Hive Studios. The four-piece band worked with Jesse Gardner, who recorded both of their prior releases. "He's taking us on a dark, mystical, next level s--- kinda journey," vocalist Dan And recently told Noisecreep in a studio update last December... Read

Just in time for hockey season -- which kicked off Oct. 16 -- Kenosha, Wisc. thrashers Lazarus A.D. have announced that Central Hockey League's Wichita Thunder will be using their debut crusher 'The Onslaught' as entrance music. As the Jason Duda and Chris McAllister-led Thunder hit the ice, both hockey and metal fans alike will hear Lazarus A...

Metal is not immune to trends, and it's had its fair share of horrid ones. Does anyone really want to revisit funk metal anytime soon? That said there are still eras in its history that can and should be kept alive. In the last few years, a new front of bands has brought back the thrash sound that first crept into the scene in the early-to-mid 1980s with bands like Testament, Anthrax and Razor...

BAPTIZED IN THRASH: With the summer slew of tours starting up in the coming weeks, Wisconsin thrashers Lazarus A.D. have announced an upcoming tour with labelmates in Bison B.C. and Woe Of Tyrants along with Barnburner. Appropriately titled "Baptized In Beer Tour" the tour will begin early July in Canada and make its rounds until the beginning of August with their last showdate in Seattl

It's Thursday morning, and there's a thick fog hanging over New York City. We're thinking it's the perfect weather for either a marathon Arghoslent, Mystifier, and Mortuary Drape listening session, or more sleep. Or perhaps both? Nevertheless, a lot happened while you were getting your beauty sleep, and we wake up every morning, bright, early, but never bushy-tailed, to compile it all for you in w