FORBIDDEN: SIGN RECORD DEAL WITH BLK II BLK (FRONTIERS MUSIC)

 

(BAY AREA), California thrash legends FORBIDDEN have announced the band has inked a deal with BLK II BLK (FRONTIERS MUSIC) ..

 FORBIDDEN have announced new guitarist  JEREMY VON EPP.. . 

 FORBIDDEN have posted a video for "MUTUALLY ASSURED DYSFUNCTION" , a stand alone single, unleashed  10/2/2025. 

 FORBIDDEN have posted a video for "DIVIDED BY ZERO", a stand alone single, unleashed 7/26/2025.  

FORBIDDEN have inked a deal with  FM MUSIC MANAGEMENT.. 

 

  

 STEVE SMYTH, guitarist for  San Francisco, (BAY AREA), California thrash legends FORBIDDEN has left the band.

 FORBIDDEN unleashed "OMEGA WAVE", 10/22/2010 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM FORBIDDEN: 

 

We are proud to announce that Forbidden has inked a worldwide deal with BLK II BLK / Frontiers music. We are now label mates with both MEGADETH & BIOHAZARD!

We’ve found our home.

BLK II BLK statement…

FORBIDDEN: Melding classic thrash metal with melodic and progressive leanings, FORBIDDEN’s recent return to both the stage and studio is a rebirth for the Bay Area legends. They’re not merely celebrating classic albums, Forbidden Evil (1988) and Twisted Into Form (1990). Joining founding guitarist Craig Locicero and bassist Matt Camacho are drummer Chris Kontos (formerly of Machine Head and Attitude Adjustment), guitarist Jeremy Von Epp and vocalist Norman Skinner (ex-Imagika and Niviane). States the band: “When Forbidden was ‘reborn’ in 2023, we knew we were going to write new music. That excited us. We also knew that we were in no rush to be signed or obligated to anything that didn’t feel ideal. Well… that situation has finally revealed itself. We are elated to announce that Forbidden has joined forces with BLKIIBLK as one of their inaugural signings.”

Our full statement…

“When Forbidden was “reborn” in 2023, we knew we were going to write new music. That excited us. We also knew that we were in no rush to be signed or obligated to anything that didn’t feel ideal. Well… that situation has finally revealed itself.

We are elated to announce that Forbidden has joined forces with one of our industry’s biggest champions of heavy music & our old friend, Mike Gitter at BLK II BLK / Frontiers (Megadeth, Biohazard)!

Mike recently left Century Media to take over A&R at BLK II BLK & envisioned Forbidden as his first signing. It’s the perfect home for all parties.

Forbidden & Mike Gitter all have histories & wealth of experiences to pull from. We’re older, wiser & learned from our collective pasts. This situation couldn’t be any more perfect. We’re presently recording our first album in 16 years with enthusiasm & fire! Can’t wait to share it with everyone.”

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-  

SUNN O)) : ANNOUNCE SPRING 2026 U.S.A. TOUR DATES

 

 

 

 

 

 Paris, France and California, U.S.A. drone-doom trio SUNN O)) have announced SPRING 2026 U.S.A. TOUR DATES in JPEG flyer above. . 

SUNN O)) have posted "GLORY BLACK", a track from the bands anticipated new self titled release, due to be unleashed 4/3/2026 via SUB POP.   

 

 SUNN O)) have announced the band have inked a deal with SUB POP RECORDS and are set to release a 12 inch of three new tracks:  ETERNITY'S PILLARS" B/W "RAISE THE CHALICE" & "REVERENTIAL".  

SUNN O)) unleashed "BBC LIVE ON THE INVITATION OF MARY ANNE HOBBS",  1/22/2022 via SOUTHERN LORD RECORDINGS. 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

RAVEN: ANNOUNCE SPRING 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH SLACKJAW

British (NWOBHM)  warriors RAVEN have announced  SPRING 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH SLACKJAW. 

 

  RAVEN have posted a lyric video for the title track from the bands anticipated 50th anniversary EP "CAN'T TAKE AWAY THE FIRE",  2/14/2025 via SILVER LINING MUSIC.

 RAVEN, via SPOTIFY, are streaming  the bands anticipated new release "ALL HELL'S BREAKING LOOSE", unleashed 6/30/2023 via SILVER LINING MUSIC. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM RAVEN: 

 

RAVEN ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN “CAN’T TAKE AWAY THE FIRE” 2026 TOUR!

Satellite Touring and GLM Artists are excited to announce, the legends of NWOBHM and godfathers of Thrash, RAVEN return to the live stage with an extensive North American tour of 35+ shows from March through May this year!

Support comes from special guests SLACKJAW!

Lead vocalist/bassist John Gallagher gleefully states:

“After our ‘medical gap year’ of 2025 we are hungry and itching to get back to doing what we do best -- cranking out the megawatts and putting on a RAVEN Metal show for the lunatics out there — we have a killer band SLACKJAW out with us as special guests on these shows and it’s gonna be a take no prisoners full out affair!”

Dates announced so far, with more to come:

3/18 Louisville, KY @ Goodwood Whiskey Row

3/19 St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag

3/20 Kansas City, MO @ Westport Brewery

3/21 Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Live

3/22 Dallas, TX @ RBC

3/26 West Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky

3/28 San Francisco, CA @ Above DNA

3/29 Reno, NV @ Club Underground

3/31 Portland, OR @ Dante's

4/1 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre

4/2 Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse

4/4 Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon

4/5 Denver, CO @ The Federal Theatre

4/7 Lincoln, NE @ 1867 Bar

4/8 Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade

4/9 Chicago,IL @ Reggie's Rock Club

4/10 Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs

4/11 Lakewood, OH @ Mercury Music Lounge

4/12 Hamtramck, MI @ Sanctuary

4/14 New Kensington, PA @ Preserving Underground

4/16 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern

4/17 Ottawa, ON @ Rainbow Bistro

4/18 Quebec City, QC @ L'Anti Bar & Spectacles

4/19 Montreal, QC @ Piranha Bar

4/21 Albany, NY @ Empire Underground

4/22 Old Town, ME @ The Old Town Theatre

4/23 Manchester, NH @ Jewel Music Venue

4/24 Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz

4/25 Harrisburg, PA @HMAC

4/26 Richmond, VA @ Ember Music Hall

4/29 Raleigh, NC @ Chapel Of Bones

4/30 Greenville, SC @ Radio Room

5/1 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In

5/2 Atlanta, GA @ Boggs Social & Supply

5/3 Bradenton, FL @ Oscura

Ticket info in comments

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-  

ARCHSPIRE: POST LYRIC VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK "LIMB OF LEVITICUS"

 

 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada technical death metal warriors ARCHSPIRE have posted a lyric video for  "LIMB OF LEVITICUS", a track from the bands anticipated new release  "TOO FAST TO DIE", due to be unleashed 4/10/2026 via DIGITAL SERVICES.  

 ARCHSPIRE have announced  SPRING 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES.. 

ARCHSPIRE have posted "CARRION LADDER", a track from the bands anticipated new release "TOO FAST TO DIE", due to be unleashed 4/10/2026 via DIGITAL SERVICES. 

ARCHSPIRE have announced drummer SPENCER PREWETT has left the band as they are auditioning for a new drummer. 

 ARCHSPIRE unleashed "BLEED THE FUTURE",   10/29/2021 via SEASON OF MIST.  

 

 

 

 

 

  VIDEO BELOW:ARCHSPIRE: NEW TRACK "LIMB OF LEVITICUS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF ARCHSPIRE):  

 Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

IBLIS MANIFESTATIONS: INSIDE IRAN'S UPRISING

 

 

 

 Metal podcaster IBLIS MANIFESTATIONS has posted a video about  IRAN'S UPRISING..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO BELOW: IBLIS MANIFESTATIONS: INSIDE IRAN'S UPRISING (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF IBLIS MANIFESTATIONS):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

ITP V.026 UPDATE: BBL WITH MORE EXTREME METAL NEWS

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Busy, this morning and today.BBL WITH MORE EXTREME METAL NEWS later today. 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- \m/ 

TINY TIMS TINY FOSTER FAMILY: "My country (USA) is going through some pretty wild times right now. My state (Minnesota) is at the center of it all. Though my page is not often political and I have supporters from all sides of the political spectrum, I can’t ignore what’s happening on my literal doorstep. "

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TRAE CROWDER, TINY TIMS TINY FOSTER FAMILY and OCCUPY DEMOCRATS have all commented on ICE (IMMIGRATION, CUSTOMS, ENFORCEMENT) presence in around the U.S.A. 

 

 

 

 

 FROM OCCUPY DEMOCRATS: 

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BREAKING: BLINDED FOR DISSENT — DHS point-blank “nonlethal” shot leaves protester without an eye as Trump’s crackdown turns even more brutal.

A 21-year-old protester in Santa Ana is now permanently blind in one eye after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a so-called “nonlethal” round into his face at close range during protests against ICE and the killing of U.S. citizen Renee Good in Minneapolis. Six hours of surgery later, doctors found plastic, glass, and metal shrapnel embedded in his face, with one piece lodged just 7 millimeters from his carotid artery. He also suffered a skull fracture. He will never see out of his left eye again.

So much for “nonlethal.” This is what “law and order” looks like under Donald Trump.

Video from outside the Santa Ana Civic Center shows protesters standing on the steps, chanting and holding signs. No riot. No chaos. Then an agent grabs a young demonstrator and drags him up the stairs. Amid the scuffle, a traffic cone is tossed. The response? Agents open fire into the crowd. A woman is struck. Then the round slams into the young man’s face.

He collapses.

Instead of help, witnesses say the agent dragged him by the hood across the ground, his face bloodied, struggling to breathe. Inside the building, another agent fires pepper balls at people trying to film. According to the victim’s aunt, officers pressed his face into a pool of blood and mocked him: “You’re going to lose your eye.” Paramedics were not immediately called.

Experts are clear: firing a projectile into someone’s face from feet away is deadly force. It’s only justified when officers face imminent danger of death or grave harm. Chanting on public steps doesn’t qualify.

"This constitutes as deadly force as far as the law is concerned," said Modoc County sheriff's deputy Ed Obayashi of the video, adding, "all the training manuals and [legal] cases say you don't aim at the face because these projectiles can cause serious injury [or] death."

This wasn’t a mistake. It was a cruel and nearly lethal message.

As Trump floods cities with immigration agents and treats protesters as a threat, Americans are paying with their bodies. Eyes lost. Bones broken. Lives shattered. All to silence opposition.

Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) called it what it is: “An egregious abuse of power.” Americans have the right to protest without being maimed by their own government. A young man went to speak out against injustice. He left blinded — a permanent reminder of what happens when a president weaponizes federal power against dissent.

This is not public safety. This is state violence. And it must stop.

Please like and share to spread the outrage

 

FROM TINY TIMS TINY FOSTER FAMILY: 

 

So, I’ve been getting quite a few messages wondering about what’s going on right now, and I suppose it’s time we talk about it.

My country (USA) is going through some pretty wild times right now. My state (Minnesota) is at the center of it all. Though my page is not often political and I have supporters from all sides of the political spectrum, I can’t ignore what’s happening on my literal doorstep. If you’re not from the USA, I’ll try to explain as best I can. If you are from the USA, you may get upset with what I’m saying, because truthfully, we are exceptionally divided right now as a country and I don’t know how we’re going to get through it.

Basically, this all started with our president wanting to remove illegal immigrants from our country. He is not the first president to do this, as many other presidents have successfully deported millions of people back to their countries of origin. However, this is the first time in my life I’ve ever witnessed or heard of masked men with guns going door to door looking for them. This isn’t me saying this as a way to sensationalize what’s happening, I saw it with my own two eyes. People are scared and I don’t just mean illegal immigrants. Truthfully, I’m scared too. I would never in a million years open up my door to a group of men with face coverings and no warrant asking to prove my citizenship. Would you?

Legitimately, it’s been chaotic, not just in the Twin Cities where most of this is happening, but throughout all of Minnesota. A man was pulled out of his car through a shattered window in front of his 15 year old son right here in Northfield, my town. He didn’t resist, he asked for a lawyer and a warrant, but he still had guns pulled on him and ended up bleeding on the ground.

This is not normal. Entire communities are in hiding regardless of immigration status. Citizens have been arrested. People who were born here have been taken into custody. I keep hearing the phrase “if you’re not illegal, you don’t need to worry” but I’m not seeing that in real life. This genuinely feels like I’m living in a dystopian nightmare, and the confusing part is that a pretty large chunk of the American public is extremely happy with all of this and are actively cheering it on.

I know that just talking about this and saying what I’m seeing will make people stop supporting me and my mission, which is sad, because my kittens don’t know what’s going on out in that big, scary world beyond the walls of my home and they definitely don’t deserve to be punished for my thoughts on all of this.

My country is so exceptionally divided at this point, it feels like we’re headed towards a civil war. It feels like the rest of the world is just watching us, waiting for the powder keg to explode.

This isn’t normal and it’s not okay. This isn’t how a government should treat people, illegal or not. I don’t know what the solution is. I don’t really even know if there is one. Everything feels volatile and overwhelming and I have zero idea how we’re going to get through this. 

 

 

FROM ALT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: 

 

We’ve had many people asking two questions. Why are federal agents using personal devices to record interactions? And why are federal agents sitting near peaceful protests simply recording people?

Federal agents have deliberately taken a different approach and it is deeply concerning. Instead of using agency-issued body cameras, which are required by policy, agents are increasingly recording peaceful protesters with personal devices such as cell phones, GoPros, and other consumer-grade cameras. This is not accidental. Body-worn cameras are governed by strict rules footage is automatically logged, retained, audited, and far more difficult to delete, alter, or selectively release. Personal devices do not carry those safeguards.

By using phones and GoPros, agents sidestep transparency requirements and avoid automatic ingestion into official DHS evidence and records systems. This allows footage to exist outside normal oversight, with no clear chain of custody, no guaranteed retention rules, and no accountability for how (or whether) that data is preserved, edited, shared, or destroyed. That represents a clear departure from established policy and a serious breakdown of public trust.

We have already seen how selective recording can shape the narrative. In the case of Renee Good, Vance released personal footage from the ICE agent involved. Had this been comprehensive body-camera footage, it would have provided a fuller and more revealing account of the incident. Instead, the public was shown a partial version.

At the same time, this behavior serves another purpose and that’s intimidation. Recording peaceful protesters with personal cameras is not about professionalism, safety, or lawful documentation. It functions as a psychological tactic meant to chill speech, discourage lawful assembly, and remind people they are being watched. Law enforcement officers are trained to act with restraint and professionalism. Pointing personal cameras at civilians engaged in peaceful protest is the opposite of that standard.

This is not normal procedure, this is not transparent policing, and it is not compatible with democratic norms. When agents abandon required body cameras in favor of unregulated personal surveillance, it raises serious concerns about efforts to control the narrative, evade oversight, and intimidate the public rather than uphold the law.

FROM TRAE CROWDER: 

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Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal, STAY SAFE -\m/ -l-