Warbringer

Ever try chewing chips with earplugs plugged into your ears? It sucks! Until God Dethroned plays in front of you -- drowning out the crunching sound. At least that's the lesson this writer learned when God Dethroned played Nokia Theater with Overkill, Vader, Warbringer, Evile and Woe of Tyrants...

You'd be wise to bring an industrial-sized vat of Bengay or Icy Hot to the upcoming thrash tour that Warbringer find themselves on. The Los Angeles thrashers are hitting the road to thrash and pillage alongside Overkill, Vader and God Dethroned, with Evile and Woe of Tyrants in tow...

New Jersey's seasoned thrash warriors Overkill are getting ready to launch the North American Killfest Tour, which features Overkill, Vader, Warbringer and Evile. The tour starts in Philadelphia on April 1 and runs through April 30 in Springfield, Va...

"Good evening New York City. We are Kre-a-tor!" frontman Mille Petrozza told Nokia Theater on March 6. Kreator were in New York City celebrating their 25th anniversary. It's their second round back in less than a year -- the German band last toured North America in April 2009 with Exodus and Warbringer...

Following a 12-year hiatus, Dutch technical death metal veterans, Pestilence, reformed in 2006 and now they're finally making it back to North America to tour for the first time in 16 years. The band will launch a 17-date trek with Warbringer, Vital Remains, Enfold Darkness and Sacrificial Slaughter, which starts May 30 in Baltimore and runs through June 17 in New York City...

Over the past couple of years, countless '80s thrash bands, including Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Testament, Exodus and Overkill have experienced career resurgences and released some of their best material since before the dawn of grunge...

"With the beginning of a new decade comes a new beginning for us as well: We're about to hit the road with our new bass player Joel Graham, and we've only had three weeks to teach him two albums worth of songs, it's a giant undertaking and a weird situation for both him and ourselves because as always, it's something you never see coming," Evile vocalist Matt Drake exclusively tells Noi

The members of British thrash outfit Evile have found a new bassist following the untimely passing of the band's late bassist, Mike Alexander, more than two months ago. The band received hundreds of emails from bassist interested in the gig, and even jammed with a few before finding a match in Joel Graham...

There's been a great deal of speculation regarding just why Suicide Silence were no shows in Reno, Nev., which served as the final stop on Megadeth's tour. Suicide Silence were the tour's openers. Several Web sites, citing Tweets posted by members of Suicide Silence over the weekend, are offering possible explanations for just what happened, but Noisecreep can tell you that yes, Suicide Silence

On Feb. 9, Overkill will release their 16th LP, 'Ironbound,' the band's first effort for E1 Music, which was mixed by Hypocrisy's Peter Tägtgren. To celebrate the thrash band's 25th anniversary and the album's release, Overkill will embark on a North American tour this spring, that's set to kick off April 1 on Philadelphia. Kill...