On September 1, concert promoter Live Nation is bringing the “American Carnage” tour to Arco Arena. As reported earlier by The Sacramento Press, Slayer, Megadeth, and Testament will perform live. See: Angels of Death to Descend on Sacramento (May 14, 2010). Fans of the original “Clash of the Titans” tour will note that Anthrax will join replace Testament on the second leg of the tour that begins on September 24. After finishing up “The Big Four” tour in Europe alongside Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax, and playing to crowds of no fewer than 80,000 people per night, Megadeth flew to Canada, where they reunited with Slayer and met up with Testament in order to kickoff the “American Carnage

  The Angels of Death will descend on Arco Arena on Sept. 1. Metal band Slayer will co-headline with Megadeth, with Testament as opener for the American Carnage World Tour. LEFT TO RIGHT: Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King, Dave Lombardo, Tom Araya Photo Credit: Mark Seliger; used with permission Slayer was nominated for a Grammy this year and has been making music for the better part of the last 30 years. Dave Lombardo at The Pass studio in Los Angeles, recording "World Painted Blood" released in 2009. Photo Credit: Andrew Stuart; used with permission I spoke with Dave Lombardo of Slayer on May 14. The Sacramento Press: So you’ve been in the professional music scene for a long time. I’m

Anvil! The Story of Anvil A film by Sacha Gervasi The Crest Theatre and the Sacramento Film and Music Festival co-present "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" - opening at the Crest on Friday, May 1st.  The band will make live appearances at the 5:40pm and 8:00pm screenings on Monday, May 4th.  Movie review megasite rottentomatoes.com lists "Anvil!" with a 98% positive rating (86 positive reviews out of 88) and 100% from the top critics (23 out of 23).  Owen Glieberman of Entertainment Weekly said "It's a hilarious, and unexpectedly moving, documentary about the greatest metal band you've probably never heard of." The following synopsis appeared in the Sundance Film Festival Catalog: At 14, To