SEPTICFLESH have announced new dates for Europe in January and February 2016. The Greek giants of symphonic death metal will hit the road in support of Canadian hyperblast stalwarts KATAKLYSM and are going to be joined by Belgian death mongers ABORTED. A full list of shows including upcoming summer festival performances can be viewed below.

SÓLSTAFIR have announced new European dates for this autumn, following highly successful tours in spring which saw many venues sold-out or relocated to higher capacity places. The enigmatic Icelanders will be joined by Japanese post-rockers MONO and German-Swiss musical brothers in spirit THE OCEAN. All confirmed dates including previously released festival shows can be viewed below.

HATE ETERNAL’s new drummer Chason Westmoreland is streaming live footage via Sick Drummer. The track “Pathogenic Apathy” appears on the American death metal legend’s forthcoming album ‘Infernus’, which has been scheduled for worldwide release on the 21st of August. The video was filmed during the band’s current tour across North America.

KEN mode’s sixth full-length ‘Success’ has now been released worldwide. The album is currently streaming via Metal Hammer (UK) and Stereogum as official media partners. On further news, KEN mode are kicking off their North American tour today. All shows are listed below.

The highly acclaimed new SHAPE OF DESPAIR full-length ‘Monotony Fields’ is now out worldwide. The album has been called a “flat-our masterpiece” by Dom Lawson in Metal Hammer UK (9/10) and is still streaming via the official media partners below.

WILDLIGHTS are now unveiling the details of their forthcoming self-titled debut full-length, which has been slated for worldwide release on August 21st. The American band from Wilmington, North Carolina featuring ASG vocalist / guitarist Jason Shi as well as THUNDERLIP! drummer Johnny Collins collaborated with renowned sound engineer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, MONSTER MAGNET, FU MANCHU, PORNO FOR PYROS) on the production of ‘Wildlights’.

Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of DÉPARTE. The Australian extreme metal underground insiders’ tip will release its debut album via this label.

HATE ETERNAL have unleashed the first track from their forthcoming album ‘Infernus’, which has been scheduled for release on the 21st of August worldwide. The crushing song “Pathogenic Apathy” is premiered by the official media partners to be found below together with the also revealed artwork and tracklist.

Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of CRAFT! The Swedish black metal underground cult’s next extreme masterpiece will be released on the Underground Activists division.

KEN mode are now premiering another new song taken from their forthcoming sixth full-length ‘Success’, which has been scheduled for June 15th (June 16th in North America). The power trio from Winnipeg, Canada is currently streaming the track “I Just Liked Fire” via Exclaim. The song went first live on air at CBC Radio in Canada, during the The Strombo Show. All forthcoming KEN mode live dates in Europe and North America are listed below.

CHAOSTAR, the musical brainchild of SEPTICFLESH composer Christos Antoniou are currently premiering a live video featuring a track taken from their artistically ambitious and yet acclaimed full-length ‘Anomima’ (2013). The clip for the song “Sorrow Descending” is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.

NE OBLIVISCARIS are currently premiering a live video featuring a track taken from their highly acclaimed full-length ‘Citadel’ (2014). The pro-shot of “Curator” is streaming via the official media partners below, where you can also find new festival dates of the Australian metal visionaries.

BEYOND CREATION have announced to be joining this year’s annual Summer Slaughter tour in North America, which kicks of in Denver, CO on July 28th. The technical death metal innovators will play alongside ARCH ENEMY, BORN OF OSIRIS, VEIL OF MAYA, OBSCURA, CATTLE DECAPITATION, and more. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

ABBATH has announced the support acts for his first solo London show at The Forum in Kentish Town on Friday, September 18th. In an exclusive news item, Metal Hammer (UK) revealed that Ireland’s finest, PRIMORDIAL and bellicose doomsters CONAN from Liverpool, UK will open for the Norwegian legend and his new band.

KEN mode have kicked off their second string of European dates this year on May 25th at Taverne du Théâtre in La Louviere, Belgium and will continue to rage in support of their forthcoming sixth full-length ‘Success’ until a final show at the Raymond in Clermont-Ferrand, France on the 7th of June. (FR) A full list of shows including North America can be viewed below.

1349 are kicking off the second leg of the North American “Chaos Raids” tour in support of their latest album ‘Massive Cauldron of Chaos’ in Baltimore tomorrow, on May 30th. The Norwegian black metal fundamentalists will be joined by label mates NECROPHAGIA, and VATTNET VISKAR. See below for a complete list of shows.

SHINING have revealed the first video featuring a track taken from their acclaimed new full-length ‘IX – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends’. The brutal imagery of “Vilja & Dröm” is following the Swedes’ tradition to hold an artistic mirror up to the face of humankind in order to throw its ugly reflection back onto itself: homo homini lupus est. The clip was directed by Martin Strandberg and is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.

HATE ETERNAL are now announcing the title and release date for their highly-anticipated new album. The death metal legends have named their sixth full-length ‘Infernus’ and its release date has been scheduled for the 24th of August 2015 (one day later in the US). They are also part of the Northern American Metal Alliance tour, which has already kicked off. A full list of confirmed dates can be viewed below.

Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of BAPTISM. The Finnish elitist black metal underground veterans are aiming to release their first full-length on the label in 2016.

BENIGHTED are announcing that their long-time “drummer and brother” Kevin Foley will be unavailable to perform with the French brutal death shooting stars during summer 2015 due to the blasting progeny having an offer to join another big project that he can’t refuse. The band is searching for a full time replacement and reveals two drummers stepping in for the summer festivals.