Archive for July 23, 2025

AGNOSTIC FRONT Sign With Reigning Phoenix Music  Announce “East Meets West” Tour with STRUNG OUT, MURPHY’S LAW And LA ARMADA

Posted in hardcore, hardcore bands, Music, music news, music videos, news with tags , , on July 23, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Legendary NYHC band AGNOSTIC FRONT have signed with rising metal label Reigning Phoenx Music.

The band comments: “We are excited to announce that we have officially joined the Reigning Phoenix Music family! Excited to work with new and some familiar faces in the team for our new release Echoes In Eternity this coming November! Let’s celebrate in making this collaboration a force to be reckoned with! ”  – Roger Miret, Vocalist

“RPM is extremely thrilled to make it official and announce the signing of The Hardcore Legends, Agnostic Front! Having been working with Roger and the guys for two decades, this makes it that much more special. Here’s to many more years of killer music!”Gerardo Martinez, Reigning Phoenix Music Co-Founder 

The band  is set to tour the Western United States this fall with a stacked line-up including STRUNG OUT (playing Exile In Oblivion in its entirety), MURPHY’S LAW and La Armada. The tour is set to kick off on Wednesday, October 15th in Denver, CO and will continue to pummel audiences across the West Coast until ending on November 2nd in Garden Grove CA. All shows are in support of their most recent album, Get Loud!, which was released in 2019.

EAST MEETS WEST TOUR DATES:

October 15, 2025 – The Oriental Theater – Denver, CO
October 16, 2025 – Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
October 17, 2025 – The Shredder – Boise, ID
October 18, 2025 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
October 19, 2025 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
October 21, 2025 – The Ritz – San Jose, CA
October 22, 2025 – Goldfield Trading Post – Sacramento, CA
October 23, 2025 – Cornerstone Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
October 24, 2025 – Ventura Music Hall – Ventura, CA
October 25, 2025 – The Glass House – Pomona, CA
October 26, 2025 – Swan Dive – Las Vegas, NV
October 28, 2025 – The Rock – Tucson, AZ
October 29, 2025 – The Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
October 30, 2025 – Transplants Brewery – Palmdale, CA
November 01, 2025 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
November 02, 2025 – Garden Amp – Garden Grove, CA

About AGNOSTIC FRONT:

Founded in 1982, AGNOSTIC FRONT stand among the most esteemed pioneers of the hardcore genre. No band comes close in sonic and socio authenticity and sincerity, where the struggles of survival on the streets have quite literally given life to a sound that remains as impactful today as it was over four decades ago. 

AGNOSTIC FRONT‘s battering, socially critical sounds serve as the foundation of true New York hardcore and helped initiate the emergence of crossover thrash. The group disbanded briefly in the early ’90s but returned in 1998 with the crushing sounds of Something’s Gotta Give. 

Following a slew of pummeling offerings, the band, led by the inimitable roar of Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma‘s legendary charismatic guitar playing, released their critically lauded twelfth album Get Loud! in 2019, which, with its unapologetically honest lyrics and signature aggression, makes clear the band’s penchant to persevere.

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VIOLATOR – Brazilian Thrash Masters Announce Long-Awaited New Album: Unholy Retribution

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on July 23, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

After years of silence and anticipation, Brazilian thrash metal masters VIOLATOR are officially back with a vengeance. Their long-awaited new album Unholy Retribution will be released worldwide, on September 5th, 2025, via Kill Again Records.

The video of the album’s first single, “Chapel of the Sick”, will drop on August 1st.

True to their roots yet revitalized by a long and intense creative process, Unholy Retribution captures VIOLATOR at their most inspired and ferocious. The band delivers a powerful and uncompromising collection of songs that revisit their trademark thrash metal with renewed energy and purpose. This is not a reinvention, it’s a reaffirmation of everything that made VIOLATOR a cult force in the global underground.

From the raw aggression of their breakout EP Violent Mosh (2004) and the now-classic debut full-length Chemical Assault (2006), VIOLATOR made their mark with a youthful urgency that took no prisoners. That same intensity is alive and well on Unholy Retribution, but now it comes sharpened by experience and delivered through more dynamic, tightly constructed compositions. The fire hasn’t dimmed, it’s evolved.

Line-up:

Poney Ret Crucifier – Bass,Vocals
Capaça Bloody Nightmare – Guitars
Cambito Chains Killer – Guitars
Batera Bone Crusher – Drums

Musically, the album bursts with blistering riffs, tight rhythmic precision and an unmistakable sense of urgency. Groove-laden catchiness and flashes of technical brilliance keep the track-list flowing like a furious tide; unpredictable, violent and cathartic. The production matches this ferocity with a sonic identity that’s both organic and clear, yet unpolished in just the right way: a raw, analog-flavored mix that enhances every snare hit and guitar bite without sacrificing the band’s gritty edge. It’s a sound that feels live, alive, and undeniably VIOLATOR.

Lyrically, the band stays loyal to its mission: confronting injustice, exposing corruption and shining a harsh light on the rot festering beneath the surface of modern society. With Unholy Retribution, VIOLATOR continue to use their music as both weapon and warning.

This is the record that fans of early Vio-Lence, Kreator and Dark Angel have been waiting for, a no-holds-barred thrash assault, deeply rooted in tradition yet bursting with contemporary urgency. The wait is over. The retribution is unholy. And it starts now.

Track-list:

  1. Hang The Merchants Of Illusion
  2. Cult Of Death
  3. Persecution Personality
  4. Destroy The Altar
  5. The Evil Order
  6. Chapel Of The Sick
  7. Rot In Hell
  8. Vengeance Storm

VIOLATOR:

https://violatorthrash.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Violatorthrash

https://www.instagram.com/violatorthrash/

Kill Again Records:

https://www.killagainrec.com/

https://instagram.com/killagainrec

https://www.facebook.com/KillAgainRecords

MÖTLEY CRÜE Returns To Las Vegas Strip With The Las Vegas Residency

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

From: Mötley Crüe bandcamp:

Limited Run of shows at Park MGM – Sept 12 – Oct 3rd, 2025

A portion of the ticket proceeds donated to Nevada Partnership for homeless Youth through Mötley Crüe’s Giveback Initiative and Livenation.

Travel packages, Hotel & Tickets visit: http://Motley.com for info.