Vancouver’s ANCIIENTS have added more headlining dates for their forthcoming North American tour. The tour, which started on October 9th with TESSERACT in Vancouver BC, is running for two months and includes a second tour supporting SEPULTURA. New tour dates include Pittsburgh, LA, and Tucson; a show in West Chester, PA with ORANGE GOBLIN and HOLY GRAIL; and a new show in Portland, OR with LORD DYING.

CRONIAN, the brainchild of BORKNAGAR mastermind Øystein G. Brun and Vintersorg recently revealed a new song from their forthcoming album, ‘Erathems’. “Drifting Station” is already streaming through the following media partners:

‘Obscure Verses For The Multiverse’, Black Metal rising dark stars INQUISITION’s new album, is now available everywhere! You can listen to it for free in its entirety at the following locations:

Cult Swedish death/black metal powerhouse NECROPHOBIC’s new album, ‘Womb of Lilithu’ is out today in North America! It is also streaming now at No Clean Singing, so check it out!

Death metal/sludge powerhouse BASTARD FEAST (Taylor Robinson- guitar, Joshua Green- vocals, Nickolis Parks- drums, Justin Yaquinto- guitar, and Jesse Aspy- bass) are offering the track “A Howling Wind” from their first full-length, ‘Fear in a Handful of Dust’, as a free download at the band’s official Bandcamp page.

Brutal grind / death metallers BENIGHTED will join forces with death metal legend LOUDBLAST to brutalize the French territory next winter! The tour will start on February 27th, see confirmed dates below.

CRONIAN, the brainchild of BORKNAGAR mastermind Øystein G. Brun and Vintersorg is premiering a new track from their forthcoming album, ‘Erathems’. “Chemical Dawn” is now streaming on the following websites:

Progressive, prog/fusion ensemble EXIVIOUS are releasing a new song from their forthcoming album, ‘Liminal’. The track, titled “Deeply Woven”, is streaming now via the media partners listed below.

Earlier this year, Season of Mist announced the signing of American experimental black metal band MURMUR. The Chicago based quartet’s second album will be a self-titled one and has been scheduled for January 17th (January 21st in North America), 2014.

Swedish death/black metal veterans NECROPHOBIC currently premiere their new album, ‘Womb of Lilithu’ in its entirety, exclusively on Spotify. Check it out!.

On next January 17th (January 21st in North America), Season of Mist will release a vinyl split EP by DRUDKH and WINTERFYLLETH, entitled ‘Thousands of Moons Ago / The Gates’. The four-track release will include cover songs recorded by both bands, paying tribute to their early influences.

Czech folk metal band and two times winners of their national Grammy award SILENT STREAM OF GODLESS ELEGY have just released a new live video featuring a performance of “Mokoš” (a song from their most recent album ‘Návaz’) at the Masters Of Rock Festival 2013. The clip is streaming now with the following media partners:

Greek demons SEPTICFLESH just entered Devasoundz Studios in Athens in order to record their ninth album, the follow-up to 2011’s highly-acclaimed ‘The Great Mass’. This forthcoming opus, which titled is yet to be unveiled, should be out before summer 2014. The band will once more use the amazing musical skills of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Black Metal rising dark stars INQUISITION just premiered the title track from their forthcoming album ‘Obscure Verses For The Multiverse’. The song is now exclusively streaming at the sites of the following official media partners:

Black Metal assault machine ENDSTILLE have premiered the second track off their forthcoming full-length, ‘Kapitulation 2013’. The new track, entitled “Stalin Note”, is streaming now via the following media partners:

Canada’s critically-acclaimed metallic, post-hardcore band KEN MODE are featured now at Forbes. The article features frontman/guitarist Jesse Matthewson and his brother/drummer Shane, which is a part of an on-going series about rock music in the business world. The brothers discuss how their accounting and business educations, in conjunction with their recent JUNO award (Canadian Grammy equivalent) have helped KEN MODE become a self-sustaining band.

ENDSTILLE’s forthcoming new album is entitled ‘Kapitulation 2013’ and will annihilate the stores on November 8th (November 12th in North America). Next spring, the German war machine will devastate European roads together with ONDSKAPT and fellow label mates KOLDBRANN. See the tour schedule below.

Cult Swedish death/black metal powerhouse NECROPHOBIC have released the third track from their forthcoming new album, ‘Womb of Lilithu’. The new track, titled “Asmodee”, is streaming now at the following locations:

Death metal pioneers GORGUTS have announced a new North American headlining tour in December. The trek, which begins on December 11th in Burlington VT, will travel through the United States and Canada before ending on December 21st in Brooklyn, NYC. The tour sees GORGUTS supported by ORIGIN and NERO DI MARTE. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

Late August, French Hardcore metallers VERA CRUZ announced a UK tour originally supposed to happen late September / early October. Unfortunately, due to bassist Greg breaking his wrist in a motorcycle accident, the band had to cancel the tour. Thankfully, it has now been rescheduled for late November / early December. See new dates below!