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Latest Gwar News
Below is our complete Gwar news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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GWAR Premiere New Single & Music Video
GWAR have officially unleashed their new multimedia project, “The Return Of Gor Gor”. This release combines a 32-page comic book with an accompanying EP, both centered around the legendary exploits of the band’s infamous ‘long-lost, three-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex,’ Gor Gor.
Alongside the launch, a performance-driven music video for the EP’s track “Tyrant King” has also premiered and is available to view below.
Frontman Blöthar the Berserker shared the following about the song: More...
Squid Pisser (GWAR, Etc.) Premiere Music Video
Squid Pisser premiere their music video for “Vaporize A Neighbor,” directed by Eris Deo. The grindcore group, which includes members from GWAR and other acts, featured this song on their most recent album, Dreams Of Puke.
Their ongoing tour with GWAR and Dark Funeral continues with the following dates:
BRAT Premiere Official Music Video For "Truncheon"
BRAT premiere their live-themed official music video for the band's track "Truncheon." The outfit shot the footage during a performance at the Fred Hampton Free Store in their hometown of New Orleans, LA, with Jake Walker directing.
Their tour cycle for the debut album "Social Grace" is about to gain momentum again, with the following shows and tours scheduled: More...
Lamb Of God Premiere “Omens” B-Side Track
Richmond, VA's groove metal outfit, Lamb Of God, has digitally unveiled their "Evidence" b-side track from "Omens." Originally exclusive to the Japanese edition of the album, this release commemorates the one-year anniversary of "Omens" this weekend.
The group is also set to embark on their inaugural 'Headbangers Boat' cruise this month. The festival will include two headline performances by Randy Blythe and the band, one of which will feature a live rendition of their gold-certified 2003 sophomore album, "Ashes Of The Wake."
Other featured artists include: More...
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GWAR Premiere Final Recording w/ Oderus Urungus
The last recorded single with the late GWAR vocalist Dave "Oderus Urungus" Brockie is now streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you below. The track, titled "Tammy, The Swine Queen," has been included in the newly released 10th-anniversary edition of their final album with Brockie, "Battle Maximus." The album has been remixed and remastered for this commemorative release.
Gwar Announces October Tour Dates
The Intergalactic Scumdog Warriors GWAR are declaring war on humanity (AGAIN!) for their upcoming "Age Of Imbeciles Tour." The infamous Lords and Masters of Shock Rock will return to the road wreaking havoc, and laying waste to audiences across the US and Canada this fall. The tour, featuring support from Negative Approach, X-Cops and Cancer Christ on select dates, starts October 11 in Hampton Beach, NH and runs through October 30 in Orlando, FL.
Presales begin tomorrow and the general on-sale date is Friday, August 17 at 10:00 AM local time.
Lead singer, The Berserker Blothar had this to say about the impending battle:
"Attention People of Earth! Halloween is coming, and your world is up in flames. You're a bunch of hairless apes with the smoothest of all brains. We see you there, groping in the chaos of maddening darkness. GWAR is coming to end your suffering, to bring a close to the Age Of Imbeciles."
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Butcher Babies Premiere New Music Video
Butcher Babies have unveiled that their double album, titled "Eye For An Eye..." & "...'Til The World's Blind," is set to be released on July 7th. This release marks the celebration of the tenth anniversary of their debut album, "Goliath." While further details about the double album are yet to be revealed, the band has recently premiered an official music video for their single "Red Thunder."
Frontwoman Heidi Shepherd shared her thoughts on the single, stating: More...
Download Festival Announces First Sixty Bands
The organisers of Britain's Download festival have announced the first sixty bands to play at the event's twentieth anniversary next year. Of note, Metallica will be performing two headlining sets, while the other headliners will be Slipknot and Bring Me The Horizon. A statement from Metallica reads as follows:
"Open up the summer calendar as we’re super excited to announce that we’ll be celebrating the Download Festival’s 20th anniversary with not one, but two headline nights on June 8 and 10, 2023! It's been over a decade since we hit the stage in Donington Park, so we’ll be making up for lost time with two unique and completely different setlists with no repeat songs whatsoever that weekend.
"This year’s festival will take place over four days and we’re lucky enough to start the party on night one, June 8th. Hitting the stage as headliners the other two nights are Slipknot and Bring Me The Horizon. The long weekend will be jam-packed including Evanescence, Parkway Drive, Disturbed, Pendulum, Architects, Ghost, The Distillers, Placebo, Alexisonfire, Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, I Prevail, The Blackout (reunion), Fever 333, Stray From The Path, Lorna Shore, Nova Twins and Municipal Waste, with many more still to be announced.
"Fifth Members may purchase tickets now. General tickets are on-sale at 10 AM on Thursday, November 10th."
The current lineup is as follows: More...
Lamb Of God Announces Headbanger's Boat Cruise
Lamb Of God and Sixthman, creators of unforgettable festivals on sand and at sea for more than two decades, have announced the first-ever "Headbangers Boat," sailing October 31 - November 4, 2023 from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas aboard the Norwegian Pearl.
Sign up for the pre-sale for Lamb Of God Headbangers Boat by November 3 to purchase your cabin before they’re made available to the public on Friday, November 11 at 7pm GMT (2pm EST).
Lamb Of God Headbangers Boat will feature live music from sun-up to sundown, across several stages and settings throughout the ship, including two unique shows from Lamb Of God, featuring a complete performance of their 2004 landmark third album, "Ashes Of The Wake," in its entirety. The 5x Grammy Award-nominated band will further honour heavy metal’s past, present, and future by curating a spectacular selection of special guests, including such hard rock icons as Mastodon, Hatebreed, GWAR, Shadows Fall, God Forbid, Fit For An Autopsy, and Lamb Of God’s Mark Morton (Solo Band), with special guest hosts Jose Mangin and Riki Rachtman, Jamey Jasta’s The Jasta Show, and more to be announced.
In addition, the fully immersive schedule of events will see members of Lamb Of God hosting an array of activities including a Q&A conversation and photography show with vocalist Randy Blythe, a drum-off with drummer Art Cruz, and casino tournament with bassist John Campbell. All guests will receive a signed Lamb Of God commemorative item, with a special cabin photo with Lamb Of God available exclusively to pre-sale buyers.
"Imagine the sheer horror on the faces of all the happy families aboard, let’s say, a Disney Cruise, when they look across the sea and see GWAR decapitating someone on the main deck of a big-ass boat filled with a few thousand crazed metalheads," says Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe. "If there’s any better reason to go on the Headbangers Boat, I can’t think of one…well, that and all our other friends we’ve played shows on land with that will be joining us. It’s gonna be a party for sure – see y’all somewhere in the Atlantic!"
"A thrash metal cruise vacation to the Bahamas? Hell yea! Headbangers Boat!," says Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton. "We’re stoked about this one y’all! Join us in a celebration of the heavy metal movement that these bands and these fans have been building for the last two decades. Lots of incredible bands with some more surprises announcing soon. LFG!" More...
GWAR Premiere New Music Video - Lzzy Hale Guests
GWAR premiere a gory NSFW music video for their track “The Cutter” taken from their fifteenth studio release “The New Dark Ages“. Halestorm vocalist/guitarist Lzzy Hale guests on both the song and also as "Clitaurus Maximus" in the clip for it.
Says GWAR frontman Blothar: More...
GWAR Premiere New Music Video “Ratcatcher”
GWAR‘s fifteenth studio full-length “The New Dark Ages“ is out in stores now digitally, with the CD release scheduled for an July 15th release, alongside a companion graphic novel, ‘GWAR In The Duoverse Of Absurdity‘. The vinyl and cassette formats will be released on September 16th, 2022. Accompanying the new effort’s digital release comes the below premiere of a music video for their latest advance track “Ratcatcher“.
Says frontman Blóthar: More...
GWAR Premiere New Single “Berserker Mode”
GWAR premiere a new track and visualizer clip titled “Berserker Mode” streaming online via YouTube and Spotify below. It is the second single to arrive from the band’s upcoming fifteenth studio full-length “The New Dark Ages“, due out June 03, 2022 via the group's own label Pit Records.
Comments frontman Blóthar: More...
Gwar Releases New Single
Humans, you have waited long enough! The day is finally here! As of today, your Lords and Masters Gear unleash their latest aural masterpiece. Taken from their forthcoming album, The New Dark Ages, Gwar is pleased as piss to debut the song “Mother Fucking Liar”. Watch the visualizer below.
“This song is for anybody who’s sick of all the pieces of shit talking out of both sides of their mouth. Motherfuck a motherfucking liar,” says vocalist Blöthar the Berserker.
The New Dark Ages chronicles Gwar's adventures in the Duoverse, where the band rediscovers old powers such as Blóthar’s terrifying Berserker Mode, and encounter new allies, such as the murderous maven known as The Cutter. Along the way, they battle the living monuments of a lost cause and armies of undead soldiers who Rise Again to fight a New Civil War.
Pre-order The New Dark Ages here. The album will be released on CD/digital on June 3, and vinyl and cassette on September 16 via the band’s own Pit Records. More...
Goatwhore Replaces Crowbar On Gwar Tour
Reclaiming their road warrior status, Goatwhore has announced a short run of headlining shows this spring through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa. From there, the band will join GWAR for a three-week tour set to commence May 23 in Colorado Springs, Colorado and run through June 17 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Additional support will be provided by Nekrogoblikon and The Native Howl.
Comments guitarist Sammy Duet, "We're excited to be back on the road with the one and only scumdogs, GWAR! Expect absolute debauchery and chaos, maniacs!"
Goatwhore’s latest bout of shows follows their recently announced April/May trek supporting Brujeria with additional support from Unidad Trauma.
The band's live itinerary reads as follows: More...
Gwar Announces North American Tour Dates
Human Scum! In support of their forthcoming opus, "The New Dark Ages," our Lords and Masters GWAR will return to the road in North America this spring.
The first leg of The Black Death Rager World Tour kicks off May 19 in Ft. Wayne, IN and runs through June 17 in Reading, PA. Support on the run will come from Crowbar, The Native Howl and Nekrogoblikon. A complete list of dates can be found below.
Tickets go on sale to fan club members this Thursday March 3 and to the general public this Friday March 4.
Lead doom-warbler, The Berserker Blothar, comments on the upcoming tour: "Ah, the cruel spring, when life bursts forth and humans are reminded how dead they are inside! The horrific majesty of GWAR will blow through your town like painted ladies working the block for that rock."
Dates for the North American leg of The Black Death Rager World Tour, as well as a video trailer, can be found below. More...
Gwar Announces World Tour Dates
Following the announcement of their forthcoming aural masterpiece, "The New Dark Ages," which you can pre-order here, your Lords and Masters GWAR are pleased to announce their return to the road. On the first leg of the The Black Death Rager World Tour your favorite Scumdog warriors will touch down in Europe for the first time in almost three years.
The tour kicks off July 29 in Tilburg, Holland and culminates with a show at London's Dome on August 18. In addition to GWAR's own headline shows, the tour also features stops at Bloodstock, Wacken Open Air and Pol’land’Rok Festivals.
The Berserker Blóthar had this to say about the coming trek: "Ah Europe, the Old Country. We shall sweep across the continent like the plague, bringing pestilence and death and our unquenchable thirst for heavy metal glory."
Fans can expect to hear all their GWAR favorites and blistering new tracks from the band’s new album.
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Gwar To Release Concept Album In June
Gwar is set to release their ambitious new album, "The New Dark Ages," on June 3rd on CD and digital, and on September 16 on vinyl and cassette via Gwar’s own label Pit Records. Pre-orders are available here.
The album concept is tied to a companion graphic novel, "Gwar In the Duoverse Of Absurdity," which will be released by Z2 Comics on June 3. In the graphic novel the band are sucked off into an alternate universe to do battle with their evil twins and the specter of rogue technology. On "The New Dark Ages," our heroes floorboard it through a kaleidoscope of hard driving heavy metal, and rock-n-fucking roll, building on their hilarious mythos, introducing cool new characters, and cataloging mankind’s hapless abandonment of their passions, rituals, and beliefs.
The Berserker Blóthar says: "This is the greatest rock record of all time. These are the songs for a new age, a New Dark Age, when men live by the dimming light of a technology destined to betray them. Listen, as we have a rock and roll orgy in the ruins of the world to celebrate humanity’s descent into an age of darkness, disease, ignorance, and death."
The New Dark Ages is available for pre-order on cassette, CD, and multiple different colors of vinyl (whiskey, sunbolt and black/gold marble) and the graphic novel as both soft and hard cover. Bundles are available including ones with Blóthar bobbleheads, and a one of a kind Beefcake helmet. See them all here.
- Produced by Ronan Murphy
- Album Artwork by Alex Horley More...
Napalm Death Premiere New Music Video
Napalm Death premiere a new official music video for “Contagion” from their latest release, “Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism“. Marc Nickel and Ljuba Generalova co-directed this new clip together streaming via YouTube now below:
Tells vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway: More...
Gwar Announces Tour With Napalm Death & Eyehategod
Human Scum, have you received your 5G chip implan-...we mean 'vaccine' yet? Now that you've gotten your shot in the arm, Gwar will give you a shot in the mouth (of spew) this fall as they return to the road in North America.
The first part of the Scumdogs 30th Anniversary Tour will kick off September 16 with a show in the band’s adopted hometown of Richmond, VA and will run through September 19 in Pittsburgh, PA and also includes a stop at RiotFest. This tour will see Gwar playing the "Scumdogs Of The Universe" record in its entirety. Support on the headline shows will come from Madball and Eyehategod.
The band then returns to the road October 28 in Norfolk, VA and will criss-cross this mudball planet through December 13 in Washington, DC. Support will come from the legendary Napalm Death and again Eyehategod.
Gwar will also make an appearance at this year’s Welcome To Rockville festival. A complete list of tour dates can be found below. Pre-sales start tomorrow, June 17, and the general on-sale is this Friday, June 18.
"We’ve been saving it up, and we are ready to explode all over the face of this nation with a dazzling flood of chaotic shock rock load. But don’t even try to come to a show on this tour unless you are unvaccinated, covid positive and willing to submit to an enthusiastic rectal temperature check at the hands of our degenerate road crew," says lead throat thing The Berserker Blóthar More...
Gwar Premiere New Live Video For "Sick Of You"
Gwar premiere a live video for “Sick Of You” ahead of the impending re-mixed and remastered 30th anniversary edition of “Scumdogs Of The Universe“, that will be out on October 30th.