Nuclear Blast Records has signed HOKKA, a new Finnish rock supergroup featuring former Blind Channel frontman Joel Hokka, The Rasmus founding guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, and rising drummer Jimi Aslak. The band makes their official musical debut with a video for their...
Nekrogoblikon to tour this summer, will play new material
This summer is about feature a whole lot more goblins. Nekrogoblikon has announced a short run of dates in August, in addition to new material being on the way. Here’s what the band had to say about the trek and new materials: Stoked to announce that we’ll...Full Scion Rock Fest lineup includes headliners Machine Head, High On Fire
A week ago, the initial lineup for Scion Rock Fest 2014 was announced with the names of some bands marked out, including the headliners. Now the whole lineup is out and, as you might have guessed, it’s pretty sweet. Machine Head and High on Fire will headline...Scion Rock Fest 2014 lineup includes Red Fang, Crowbar
Another festival lineup is (partially) announced, this one for Scion Rock Fest. The festival will take place in Pomona, CA on May 17 with the venue still to be determined. The acts that have been announced thus far are as follows: Red Fang Crowbar Power Trip Exhumed...
Tour Diary: Nekrogoblikon’s goblin checks in from the UK
Nekrogoblikon is currently in the UK touring with Limp Bizkit. So we decided to ask our favorite metal goblin, John Goblikon, to share all the craziness that’s happened thus far in an exclusive tour diary. Hello there, it’s me John Goblikon the...Follow Us
Nuclear Blast Records signs Finnish rock supergroup HOKKA
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