Tag Archives: Local H

SLAYER resurrected: Legends to headline 2024 Louder Than Life & Riot Fest

Posted by on February 21, 2024

  This is not a drill; Slayer are back! After wrapping up their final world tour in November 2019, these legends featuring Tom Araya (bass/vocals), Kerry King (guitar), Gary Holt (guitar), and Paul Bostaph (drums) have announced their first return to the stage. At least for two festival appearances, for now: Riot Fest in Chicago, […]

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Concert Calendar (12/05-12/10): Some Last Parties – Exodus, Marky Ramone, & more

Posted by on December 5, 2023

  Well, damn. Our hearts are rapidly pacing. We can’t tell if it’s because we’re ready for a new year of adventures, or if it’s because of… …COFFEE. So, what’s the plan, ya’ll? Luckily, Ian has already listed a lot of really solid shows happening as we ride along the holiday rush (see below) so […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/20: The Kings of Streaming

Posted by on October 20, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Topping the charts was the great effort by Trivium, the Kings of Streaming! Not only did they sell 8,800 physicals this week but they also sold 4,000 digital albums and had roughly 194,000 video […]

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Inkcarceration to see Mudvayne reunited for first time in over 12 years

Posted by on April 20, 2021

    After announcing earlier this year that Inkcarceration Festival would be bringing on Danny Wimmer Presents to help elevate the festival for 2021, the official lineup was all anyone could really talk about. Announced yesterday was the long awaited and well rumored Mudvayne reunion, as an exclusive performer at all DWP Festivals. That started […]

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Local H are Metallica’s ‘Hit The Stage’ contest winners

Posted by on April 26, 2017

This afternoon, Lars Ulrich appeared on Chicago radio station WLUP to announce their winner of the “Hit the Stage” contest. It might have been a giveaway that it was a Chicago station, because Illinois grunge-rockers Local H won the contest. The band, who you might remember from their ’90s anthems “High Fiving MF” and “Bound […]

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Update: Metallica announce ‘Hit The Stage’ finalists

Posted by on April 17, 2017

Early last week, Metallica announced their Hit the Stage contest, welcoming local acts to open for them on selected dates. The band revealed eight finalists for five selected show dates that kick off in Foxborough, MA at the Gillette Stadium on May 19th. The bands are as follows: Blood People – Chicago – punk rock […]

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Helmet are back, and so are the ’90s

Posted by on September 7, 2016

  When Helmet emerged with their debut album, 1990’s Strap It On, they probably had no idea they’d be more or less popularizing an entire genre. Yet their subsequent signing to Interscope Records and blend of noise rock. precise hardcore and metal brought the Amphetamine Reptile sound (the label Strap It On was released on) to the alternative […]

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Failure extend tour dates, welcome back APC/QOTSA’s Troy Van Leeuwen

Posted by on September 2, 2015

Failure, if you haven’t realized, is one of our favorite ’90s bands that managed to not only reunite and release an album in 2015, but to reunite and release a really good album in 2015. The Heart is a Monster. They’ve been touring  behind the album, as you might have seen yesterday, and their live sound […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/13: Coheed Tops Post-Grammys Sales

Posted by on February 13, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another year, another Grammy Awards Ceremony that most metalheads probably ignored in favor of something that wasn’t hosted by LL Cool J. Inevitably, a huge surge in sales for winners and nominees occured this […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/3: As I Lay Dying Are Killing

Posted by on October 3, 2012

It’s a nice start for As I Lay Dying’s sixth album, although it’s their first album since 2005 to not debut in the top ten. In other news, with Mumford and Sons selling 600,000 copies of their sophomore album this week to have this year’s biggest debut, you might want to think about dusting off […]

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