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Theatrical heavy metal go getters Avtar had announced this past New Year that they would be heading out on a spring headlining tour, in support of their latest album "Don't Go in the Forest", as they had done a headlining run just last fall. This time they would bring Fleshgod Apocalypse and Frozen Soul, making a stop in Los Angeles, California on Downtown LA at The Novo.

That Friday night would be a packed crowd upstairs and downstairs, lots of fans dressed up as the famous Avatar singer, sporting his either leather attire or circus themed attire with red jacket and hat, with others wearing casual wear band t-shirts, shorts, pants, jeans, etc. Upon arriving exactly around 7:30PM, the opening band Frozen Soul out of Texas, would play for the next thirty minutes, bringing on a special guest Gerald Way of My Chemical Romance, for their collaborated track "No Place of Warmth", which was quite the surprise! The entirety of their set was quite entertaining, their frontman being goofy yet highly entertaining, interacting with the audience from start to finish. The crowd kept the energy flowing with lots of crowd surfing, moshing, and freebies, as whoever crowd surfed would get a free t-shirt! It was quite a performance that was fun, with just the right amount of death metal to please all.

FROZEN SOUL LIVE PHOTOS:

Next up was Italians Fleshgod Apocalypse, whom I had not seen since 2011! Since then, the band's line up has changed up quite a bit, prior being an all-male act, as opposed to nowadays being an all-male act with an added female as backing and main vocalist, alongside guitarist/vocalist Francesco Paoli. Female vocalist Veronica Bordacchini, would be the welcomed addition, as she brought an operatic style to the mix, creating a more theatrical element to the band's symphonic death metal style. It was intense yet playful, as the pianist and drummer, would entertain the crowd, clapping, throwing their hands up and down getting that hyped up energy overflowing it made everyone enthusiastic.  They had a solid set, with classical arrangements with mellow moments that kept it in check, making it mellow dramatic but not that dramatic.

FLESHGOD APOLCAYPSE LIVE PHOTOS:

Last up would be Avatar from Sweden, their heavy metal, hard rock style, being quite brutalizing with intensity unlike any other within a lot of their tracks, ranging from "Colossus", "Smells Like a Freakshow", and "Hail the Apocalypse", among other more tame tracks like "Don't Go in the Forest", "Torn Apart" and "Howling at the Waves". The extensive set consisted close to twenty songs total, rounding off to 17. The whole performance brought crazy antics from loads of theatrics, costumes, facial expressions, and lots of goofy madness that made the audience roar with laughter and excitement. The singer is always goofing off, making faces, dancing, singing greatly, with such fun it made the whole night such fun. If you have not seen Avatar yet, then go do so.

AVATAR LIVE PHOTOS:

This run of a tour brought such fun, that cannot be said enough, lots of laughs with so much fun at hand, it made the music that more memorable and so much more enjoyable in the end.

SETLIST:

1. Caption Goat

2. Silence in the Age of Apes

3. The Eagle Has Landed

4. In the Airwaves

5. Bloody Angel

6. Death and Glitz

7. A Secret Door

8. The Dirty I'm Buried In

9. Colossus

10. Torn Apart

11. Howling at the Waves

12. Legend of the King

13. Let It Burn

14. Tonight We Must Be Warriors

ENCORE:

15. Don't Go in the Forest

16. Smells Like a Freakshow

17. Hail the Apocalypse

Dallas’ beloved death metal / hardcore unit Frozen Soul announce No Place of Warmth - a monolithic, majestic and exigent collection of anthems built on the perfect blend of ferocity and subtle melody, allowing soaring guitar leads to guide a lantern through the dark chasm of merciless riffs. Across their third full-length studio album, Frozen Soul tells tales of the dark territories that come with dealing with the everyday struggle. It surveys the wasteland in the wake of their triumph and is an open letter to fans that decries the cold realities of life yet gives them the tools and the motivation to conquer on their own.

Album opener and title track “No Place of Warmth” features Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) is “about life at its coldest and the choice you have to let it consume you, or to use it to find warmth in a world that feels void of it. Life is always coming at you, and death doesn’t stop—you might slow it down, but it’s always coming—so you have to make the best out of it and march on” reveals Frozen Soul vocalist Chad Green.

Green collaborated with director Brendan McGowen to bring the concept of “No Place of Warmth” to life visually. Actor London Smith from Frozen Soul’s 2023 “Morbid Effigy” returns, this time to play Death. “The lead character attempts to keep her dagger with rosary beads away from Death, as a stand to say we won’t be afraid of what’s coming and we will live happy with the memories and experiences of our time here,” Green explains.

Of the collaboration he adds, “We met Gerard a couple of years ago and have become friends. I knew he had a love for metal, so I spun the idea to him about singing in a Frozen Soul song and he was stoked! Gerard is an amazing artist and musician whose creative vision has shaped generations and more to come.”

“No Place of Warmth (Feat. Gerard Way)” is available today across all digital platforms and is the follow up to Frozen Soul’s 53 second anti-authoritarianism anthem “Absolute Zero” which was released earlier this month. No Place of Warmth sees its release May 8 via Century Media. 

Directed by Brendan McGowan, Produced by Vile Luxe, Makeup: Raven Faye, Starring Stephanie McReynolds & London Smith, Concept by Frozen Soul & Brendan McGowan

Check out the new video single HERE.

Avatar will spend the foreseeable future (if not forever) on the road. Today, the band announces a Spring 2026 headline tour of North America. It kicks off on April 16 in Sacramento and runs through May 20 in Hampton Beach, NH. It includes stops at Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple.  Fleshgod Apocalypse and Frozen Soul will serve as support. Check out the dates below.

Regarding their return to the States, Eckerström offers, "USA. It started off innocently enough. Hiking along on a trail. Sunny. Pleasant. Safe. Then night came, and the trail slowly faded. You can't go back, as you don't know where you came from. You don't even dare to turn around, as you can feel someone, or something, watching. What you were, all the way back in the warm embrace of civilization, doesn't matter. Here. it's just you and the trees."

He adds, "We will be seeing you."

TOUR DATES:

4/16 — Sacramento, CA — Channel 24

4/17 — Los Angeles, CA — Novo

4/19 — Tucson, AZ — Rialto Theater

4/20 — Albuquerque, NM — Revel

4/22 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec

4/23 — Oklahoma City, OK — Criterion

4/25 — Omaha, NE — Steelhouse Omaha

4/26 — Des Moines, IA — Val Air

4/28 — Lawrence, KS — Liberty Hall

4/29 — Moline, IL — The Rust Belt

4/30 — Grand Rapids, MI — GLC Live at 20 Monroe

5/1 — Milwaukee, WI — Eagles Club Stage

5/2 — Fort Wayne, IN — The Clyde

5/4 — Huntsville, AL — VBC Mars Music Hall

5/5 — Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle

5/6 — Knoxville, TN — Mill & Mine

5/7 — Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues

5/9 — Daytona Beach, FL — Welcome to Rockville*

5/10 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz

5/12 — Richmond, VA — The National

5/13 — Philadelphia, PA — Franklin Music Hall

5/15 — New York, NY — Palladium Times Square

5/16 — Buffalo, NY — Buffalo Riverworks

5/17 — Columbus, OH — Sonic Temple Weekend*

5/19 — Wallingford, CT — The Dome

5/20 — Hampton Beach, NH — Hampton Beach Casino

*= Festival

West Coast deathgrind icons CATTLE DECAPITATION have confirmed a North American headlining tour this Fall. The No Fear For Tomorrow Tour begins November 16th and runs through December 20th. Support will be provided by Aborted, Frozen Soul, and Tribal Gaze. The journey will see CATTLE DECAPITATION perform their critically-lauded Death Atlas full-length in its entirety!

Comments CATTLE DECAPITATION's Travis Ryan, "We will be performing our magnum opus Death Atlas in its entirety once and for all! Thanks to the pandemic of 2020-2022, we felt Death Atlas didn't get enough tour love like the rest of our records received, so we've decided to honor it by doing the album in its entirety on tour this November/December. We'll also be throwing in some favorites at the end and we also have some other surprises in the works. Joining us on this journey is none other than the mighty Aborted, Frozen Soul, and Tribal Gaze. We will also have a brand-new tour-specific vinyl variant available at the merch booth so get there early and see you at the show!"

TOUR DATES:

11/16/2025 Nile Theater - Mesa, AZ
11/18/2025 Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
11/19/2025 Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
11/20/2025 Vibes Event Center - San Antonio, TX
11/21/2025 Bad Astronaut Brewing Co. - Houston, TX
11/22/2025 Chelsea's Live - Baton Rouge, LA
11/24/2025 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
11/25/2025 The Orpheum - Tampa, FL
11/26/2025 Revolution Live - Fort Lauderdale, FL
11/28/2025 The Underground - Charlotte, NC
11/29/2025 The Canal Club - Richmond, VA
11/30/2025 Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD
12/02/2025 Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY
12/03/2025 Palladium - Worcester, MA
12/05/2025 Club Soda - Montréal, QC
12/06/2025 The Concert Hall - Toronto, ON
12/07/2025 Saint Andrew's Hall - Detroit, MI
12/09/2025 House Of Blues - Chicago, IL
12/10/2025 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
12/12/2025 Summit - Denver, CO
12/13/2025 Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
12/15/2025 Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
12/16/2025 The Showbox - Seattle, WA
12/18/2025 Ace Of Spades - Sacramento, CA
12/19/2025 The Observatory North Park - San Diego, CA
12/20/2025 The Belasco - Los Angeles, CA

Three-time Grammy-nominated hard rock heavyweights and platinum-selling band Killswitch Engage - Jesse Leach, vocals; Adam Dutkiewicz, guitar; Joel Stroetzel, guitar; Mike D'Antonio, bass; and Justin Foley, drums - are returning to the road this winter and spring.

 The tour features support from Kublai Khan TX, Fit For a King and Frozen Soul, and kicks off on March 5 in Nashville and runs through April 12 in Portland, Maine. All dates are below.

"Excited is an understatement for the way that I feel about this tour," says Leach. "We will be playing a solid amount of new songs, as well as old. That alone makes me very stoked. On top of all that, the lineup we have chosen is a powerful and eclectic blend of hardcore and metal with Kublai Khan TX, Fit For a King, and Frozen Soul. It is going to make for a really great live experience for everybody who comes to check out this tour. I feel like the band is firing on all cylinders and the timing for this tour couldn't be more perfect. This will be a tour to be remembered…mark my words."

TOUR DATES:

03/05 - Nashville, TN - The Pinnacle
03/06 - Chesterfield, MO - The Factory
03/08 - Fayetteville, AR - JJ's Live
03/09 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Criterion
03/11 - El Paso, TX - Don Haskins Center Arena
03/13 - Las Vegas, NV - The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
03/14 - Reno, NV - Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
03/15 - Wheatland, CA - Hard Rock Live
03/17 - Garden City, ID - Revolution Concert House
03/18 - Seattle, WA - The Paramount
03/19 - Vancouver, BC - PNE Forum
03/21 - Penticton, BC - South Okanagan Events Centre
03/22 - Tsuut'ina, AB - Grey Eagle Event Centre
03/24 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
03/27 - Peoria, IL - Peoria Civic Center
03/28 - Waukee, IA- Vibrant Music Hall
03/29 - La Vista, NE - The Astro
03/30 - Kansas City, MO - The Midland Theatre
04/01 - Grand Rapids, MI - GLC Live 20 Monroe
04/03 - Corbin, KY - The Corbin Arena
04/04 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
04/05 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
04/06 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Special Events Center
04/08 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall
04/09 - Buffalo, NY - Buffalo RiverWorks
04/11 - Laval, QC -Place Bell
04/12 - Portland, ME - Cross Insurance Arena

The Metal Crushes All Tour set for 2024, was announced late holiday season for 2023, tickets would soar as far as I can see, when the bill was announced, Amon Amarth headlining, Cannibal Corpse, Obituary and Frozen Soul opening, it was a tour to not be missed! Come the early summer time in that next year, is when the tour would actually wrap up at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday night May 25th 2024. Not selling out quite, but still brought in a crowd of fans, young and old, getting their necks and heads twisted one way or another.

Arriving a little after 6PM, opener’s Frozen Soul were set to play as soon as 6:30PM, after getting doors, snacks, and merch, once inside close to 7PM, catching the last bite of their performance was good enough entertainment. They had an intense style of death metal, with it being classic yet cold as their name suggests. Them even tossing out Magic the Gathering cards, having the fans on the floor, making a clearing, creating a circle pit, with the crowd circling around those in the center actually playing with the cards, that were thrown out! They had a quick set turn around but still fun to behold.

FROZEN SOUL:

Following them would be Obituary whose set-up had a minor mishap with starting, but after it’s fixation the band went on to play yet another quick but good set. They sang such songs as “Barely Alive”, “My Will To Live”, “Slow Death”, ‘War”, and “Dying of Everything”. The crowd got into them, banging their heads with utter enjoyment, the instrumentals really embracing the heaviness pouring outward from start to finish. Surely being a death legends for a reason.

OBITUARY:

Up next would be more legends of the death metal genre known only as the one Cannibal Corpse! Fronted by Corpsegrinder himself George Fisher; their set was a good 40 minute arrangement consisting of such tracks played like “Evisceration Plague”, “I Cum Blood”, “Death Walking Terror”, “Stripped, Raped, and Strangled”, and “Hammer Smashed Face”. Now a lot of the seats ended up being filled once they went on, playing non-stop for the most part of their set, Corpsegrinder not taking a breath until mid-set. But the crowd was up in arms with it, mosh goers were going nuts, crowd surfers were intense, it was happening every which way you looked at it. Lots of fun, head turning excitement, with great music that is legendary for countless years now.

CANNIBAL CORPSE:

Concluding the night would be headliners Amon Amarth whose viking styling antics, brought forth their Swedish ways with melodic death metal, and a total stage show! Literally, the first presents was of two viking looking soldiers, whose eyes lit up, during the first set of songs, with the next set bringing forth the viking ship itself to the stage. The stage being centered upon the helmet of said vikings with light up eyes! Wrapping up their set was a total dragon! Swordsman fighting, Loki duel, and toast to the audience, that everyone totally got into it. Such songs as “Guardians of Asgaard”, “Deceiver of the Gods”, “Put Your Back into the Oar”, “Heidrun”, and “Twilight of the Thunder God”, were all chanted and sung with such an overwhelming response it was flawless. So much fiery effects were used throughout, with a fire igniting and being unable to be put out at some points, that a stage hand took matters to take it out! Minus that though, the mighty viking’s outdid themselves, with a show that might of not been a sell out, but still a rather good time of enjoyment!

AMON AMARTH:

SETLIST:

1. The Pursuit of Vikings
2. Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags
3. Guardians of Asgaard
4. Raven’s Flight
5. Blood Eagle
6. Deceiver of the Gods
7. As Loke Falls
8. Find a Way or Make One
9. Put Your Back into the Oar
10. The Way of the Vikings
11. Heidrun
12. War of the Gods
13. Shield Wall
14. Raise Your Horns
ENCORE:
15. Twilight of the Thunder God