Posted by Zenae Zukowski on September 6, 2018
The upcoming two festivals Louder Than Life and Monster Energy Aftershock will both feature a special tribute set to the late Pantera/HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul. Jose Mangin of SiriusXM’s Liquid Metal will be hosting the Vinnie Paul All Star Tribute for both events. On September 29th, at the Louder than Life, there will be guest […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 17, 2018
GWAR and Hatebreed have teamed up for a co-headlining fall trek. The Gore, Core, Metal and More tour will kick off on October 7th in Buffalo, NY and run through October 28th in Peoria, Iowa. Support will be coming from Miss May I, Ringworm, and American Sharks. GWAR will continue their own batch of headlining […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on June 5, 2018
Louder Than Life will celebrate its 5th year this coming September 28th-30th in Louisville, Kentucky, with the addition of a third day. Returning again to Champions Park, the World’s Largest Rock ‘N’ Roll Whiskey Festival, as it is being dubbed, announced a lineup worthy of a five-year celebration. After posting a photo of Trent Reznor […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 30, 2018
GWAR have been confirmed to perform at this year’s Gathering of the Juggalos festival held on July 18th-21st at Legend Valley in Thornville, OH. While the full lineup isn’t revealed just yet, other acts such as Insane Clown Posse, Yelawolf, Anybody Killa, Big Hoodoo, DJ Clay and more have been announced. It’s only a matter […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 8, 2018
Monster Energy Rock Allegiance will return for its fourth year on Saturday, October 6th at the BB&T Pavilion & Wiggins Waterfront Park in Camden, NJ. This time around, the festival has an eclectic lineup including Avenged Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit, and Papa Roach as headliners, with Skillet, Bullet For My Valentine, Beartooth, Insane Clown Posse, GWAR, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 1, 2017
GWAR always have something cool to do around Halloween. For a few years, it was appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Last year, they stopped by the Howard Stern wrap-up show to cover a childhood song the talk show host wrote, “Silver Nickels and Golden Dimes.” Yesterday, in support of their new album The Blood of Gods […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 27, 2017
Gwar guitarist Michael Derks aka BälSäc the Jaws ‘o Death has been diagnosed with myelofibrosis, which is a serious bone marrow disorder that disrupts the body’s normal production of blood cells. Without treatment, the disorder could become fatal. The procedure involves high doses of chemotherapy followed by a bone marrow transplant. The guitarist became aware […]
Posted by D. Zachary Fehl on October 20, 2017
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week is a pretty big one, because we have releases from Trivium and GWAR, as well as two notable debuts with Sons of Apollo and VUUR. If you would like to […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 19, 2017
It’s pretty amazing that GWAR have been able to infiltrate mainstream media like they have. From winning AV Club Undercover’s contest three years in a row to making it on to Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night show and Dan Patrick’s show, enough non-metal people know who the band are now. Perhaps that’s why they’ve been embraced by the […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on September 26, 2017
GWAR are gearing up for the arrival of their forthcoming album The Blood of Gods, which will be released on October 20th. The follow-up to 2013’s Battle Maximus record will be the first release since the passing of Oderus Urungus’ (Dave Brockie). We recently interviewed the group about the new LP and they promised us […]
