Death Metal meets Punk on February's Noisem/Ilsa Tour

I've seen Noisem something like ten times in the last year and a half. I might have an addiction problem or maybe it's just that these guys are among the best of the best. Every time I see them is a special occasion and it's hard no to fall in love with their distinct brnad of riffy death metal that has more than a little raw bombast.

After a few months of relative quiet the band is apparently ready to get back out on the road. Of course - we shouldn't forget - DC punk legends Ilsa will be touring right along side them. This is going to be an utterly sick combo that is going to be hard to match on the underground metal circuit. The Noisem Facebook page informs us that the band won't be playing much after this until August making this a crucial opportunity for fans in the Northeast to check these guys out for the last time for a little while. 

Dates:

February 12th: Baltimore, MD - Ottobar

February 13th: Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie

February 15th: New York, New York - St Vitus (With Coffins)

February 16th: Montclair, New Jersey - Meatlocker

Subset needs your help!

So my good friends in Subset are trying to get some money together for their upcoming European tour. Without you, they won't be able to play! If you're interested in seeing one of the coolest rock bands to come out of England in a good long time then donate away. With tons of cool prizes there's lots of reasons to donate! I for one think these guys have a good chance of making their goal, but only if you the fans help them out! Watch their video and donate at the link below!

http://www.zequs.com/campaign/subset

Upcoming Canadian tour with Empyrean Plague!

So I'm thrilled to say that my good friends in Empyrean Plague will be touring across Canada soon, and they asked me to tell YOU to go see them!  Personally I have never seen them live, but seeing as they've toured with black metal gods like Agalloch tells me they are not to be missed. ( I have an interview with him on a very exciting project by the way, I'm just not sure when to share it) Empyrean Plague have consistently showed themselves to be an excellent black metal act who fuse frozen metal madness with beautiful acoustic parts. I've certainly appreciated their stuff in previous reviews. They should be playing with some great bands on this tour, most notably perhaps, they are going to be playing a show with Absu! If you're Canadian and you're not psyched for this your then I feel sorry for you. Empyrean Plague are extremely promising and could very well be the Pallbearer of 2013, they are simply that good. Anyway, with the promise of vlogs and all sorts of metal madness on the road Empyrean Plagues Eastward Awakening tour is not to be missed!

Tour dates can be found HERE and will be updated in the next few days.