Mad About Rock

San Francisco quartet Hell Fire announce new tour dates to perfectly close out an epic year of shows, with the band supporting thrash legends Death Angel throughout North America. The tour kicks off November 16th in Seattle. Please see all dates below. Check out their video 'On The Loose': Mania is the band's first proper album on RidingEasy Records, following the label's worldwide reissue of the band's self-released 2017 sophomore breakout Free Again, released on January 18th. Formed in recent years in San Francisco, though it may seem more likely that they hatched fresh out of a time travel portal from the mid-80s Bay Area thrash scene, Hell Fire have the classic look and sound of modern metal's halcyon days. Hell Fire's sonic assault warmly condenses elements of influences like Angel Witch, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Exodus, Metallica, Riot, Virtue and Diamond Head into 10 tracks of headbanging MUYA anthems. The free-wheelin' creativity and...

Turn Me On Dead Man Confirm New LP 'Heavymetal Mothership' Release Date! San Francisco based heavy psych freaks TURN ME ON DEAD MAN have confirmed the release of their new full-length "Heavymetal Mothership" on October 13th via Heavy Psych Sounds. "Heavymetal Mothership" is the 5th release by the San Franciscan heavydelic space rock behemoth known as TURN ME ON DEAD MAN. Secrets of sound, hidden bases on the moon, trans-humanism: it's all in here. Apocalypse rock for the end of the world or the soundtrack to a mothership invasion? You decide. "Heavymetal Mothership" is both incredibly heavy and totally far out psyche! The bands twin guitar harmonization, melodic rhythmic switchbacks and trippy apocalypto-mystical lyricism keep California's psychedelic rock tradition alive. In their own words: "mind melt music for the sick and twisted, heavydelic super rock for the ultimate freak outs". TURN ME ON DEAD MAN "Heavymetal ...