PRIMUS, the band that sucks, are back on the road AGAIN in 2025! Following their Sessanta 2.0 tour with Maynard’s Puscifer & A Perfect Circle that ended in June, the “new” trio brought the Onward & Upward summer tour! “New” because something is different about Primus, “new” because NorCal reeled in a catch all the…
SLIPKNOT on Friday the 13th in Los Angeles
On Friday September 13th, Slipknot made their way to the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles to celebrate 25 years of their self titled album! Dubbed “Here Comes The Pain Tour,” it consisted of two sold out nights where the epic band performed “Slipknot” in its entirety. The evening was full of crazy fast headbanging &…
Metal Monday at The Tower Bar San Diego [video]
Brian, Israel, and Juan chat with Joe Bursey about his monthly Metal Monday at The Tower Bar. He discusses the next one on Monday, August 12, 2024 with Shadowland, @AncientRage666 and Kauterized. $10 at @TheTowerBar If you are into metal, and live in the San Diego area, Metal Monday is where you should be! Help…
Bet Your Money & Ass On Primus: You’ll Hit The Jackpot
PRIMUS SUCKS & they’re okay with that! On Tuesday July 9th, the El Sobrante trio made their way to the number 1 casino outside of Las Vegas – the Yaamava’ in Highland California. Primus is currently on a co-headlining tour with Coheed & Cambria but they are performing a few solo shows along the way,…
Mythraeum – Oblivion Aeternam Review
San Diego natives, Mythraem, consiting of current members of Helsott, Ashen Earth, Orphan Feast and Conjureth, return with their second full length, “Oblivion Aeternam“. Bursting with melodic black metal, “Oblivion Aeternam” will release June 6th, 2024 on CD, 2xLP and digitally through M-Theory Audio. Beyond The Void Lyrically channeling ocultism and mysticism; musically, a chaotic…
The Firm Clothing/Summer Slam Interview [video]
Brian and Vince chat with Nino, owner of The Firm Clothing, and organizer of many hardcore punk shows in the San Diego area, and beyond. Nino is also a big fan of the San Diego metal scene, and has been a kind sponsor of the Metal Swap Meet.Vince and Brian chat with Nino, owner of…
Venom Inc., Exhumed, Acid Witch photos
Venom Inc. played at House of Blues in San Diego on June 29, 2023. Full gallery can be viewed at HeavyMetalPhoto.com. All photos by Brian Parker.
Overlord’s Top 10 Metal Albums of 2022
It’s been a rather dark and chaotic start to this hellish decade, and I think some of the releases that came out this year reflect that. Here are 10 new musical escapes that I found myself enjoying over the course of 2022. (in no particular order) THOU ART LORD “Daemoniorum”Killer old school Greek black metal…
The Gene Hoglan Experience comes to San Diego
Legendary drummer to crush Metal Swap Meet There are legendary metal drummers, and then there’s Gene Hoglan. What more can be said about someone who set the standard for thrash and death metal drumming? From his early years in the legendary Los Angeles thrash metal band Dark Angel, to his classic albums Individual Thought Patterns…
Metal Swap Meet 2021 limited shirt
Size Size S $30.00 USD Size M $30.00 USD Size L $30.00 USD Size XL $30.00 USD Size 2XL $30.00 USD Limited, small run We ran a small run of only 30 shirts. These are printed on 100% cotton and are single sided, 2 color, printed with discharge ink, in San Diego by Esho…
