Critically-acclaimed post-hardcore trio KEN MODE has announced a US tour supporting TORCHE. The new trek will start on June 1st in Milwaukee at The Cactus Club, and run until June 15th in Washington, DC. Additional support on these dates will come from LO-PAN. Additionally, KEN MODE’s participation in the Pitchfork Music Festival has been announced. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

Dutch death dealers THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT have premiered a second song from their forthcoming record, ‘TETRAGRAMMATON’. The new track, entitled “Todesnacht von Stammheim” is streaming via Aardschok and New Noise.

Neoclassical outfit CHAOSTAR, the worldly musical project of SEPTICFLESH mainman Christos Antoniou, has debuted a new song off of their forthcoming record, ‘Anomima’. The track, “Medea”, is streaming now at the following locations:

As previously announced, Season of Mist will soon re-release technical Death Metal titans ATHEIST’s first three albums, namely ‘Piece of Time’, ‘Unquestionable Presence’, and ‘Elements’. New coloured LP editions, limited to 500 copies each, will hit the stores on June 7th (June 11th in North America) and can already be pre-ordered on Season of Mist’s e-shop.

THIS MISERY GARDEN’s new album ‘Cornerstone’ is out today in North America! You can purchase it in limited Digipak edition with two bonus tracks from your usual retail store, on or Season of Mist’s e-shop

Canada’s ARCHSPIRE just released new studio footage of the members recording their forthcoming Season of Mist debut. The footage can be found on the band’s YouTube channel.

Cult black metal outfit ARCKANUM have premiered a new song from forthcoming new record, ‘Fenris Kindir’. The new track, entitled “Dolgrinn” is streaming via Sweden Rock. ‘Fenriz Kindir’ is slated for a release on May 10th (May 14th in North America).

Greek demons SEPTICFLESH’s classic second album, ‘ΕΣΟΠΤΡΟΝ’ (“Esoptron”), will finally be available again! Originally released in 1995, ‘ΕΣΟΠΤΡΟΝ’ showcases a young SEPTICFLESH honing their craft and cementing themselves among the heavy metal elite. Long regarded as an essential record within the gothic metal world, ‘ΕΣΟΠΤΡΟΝ’ is now fully remastered and features a brand new cover artwork designed by Seth Siro Anton, as well as three bonus tracks. Here are the details:

Progressive rock/metal outfit ANCIIENTS’ Season of Mist debut, ‘Heart of Oak’, is hitting North American stores today! The album is also available as Digipak CD, various colored LPs, jewel case CD and shirt / CD bundles on Season of Mist’s e-shop.

As previously announced, reunited French black metallers SETH will unleash their new album, on June 7th (June 11th in North America). Entitled ‘The Howling Spirit’, this fifth full-length record will be the band’s first release in nine years. You can listen to new song “Scars Born from Bleeding Stars” at the following locations:

Philip H. Anselmo, legendary frontman of PANTERA and DOWN, will release his first career solo album, ‘Walk Through Exits Only,’ on July 19th via Season of Mist in partnership with Anselmo’s own Housecore Records. ‘Walk Through Exits Only’ features artwork from Vance Kelly (DOWN, THE SWORD, HUNTRESS) and will be available on limited digipak CD and limited edition vinyl including an exclusive, limited-to-150 grey/red haze LP, as well as digitally. All physical editions can be pre-ordered here.

Metallic post-hardcore outfit KEN MODE have released a new music video from their newest album, ‘Entrench’. The video for “Counter Culture Complex” is streaming on YouTube.

Progressive, technical death metal unit BEYOND CREATION are streaming their debut album, ‘The Aura’ here.

US thrashers WARBEAST just released their brand new, horror-flick inspired music video for the track “Blood Moon”. The song is cut from their new album ‘Destroy’, to be released this Friday. You can watch the video on Season of Mist’s YouTube channel.

Neoclassical outfit CHAOSTAR, the worldly musical project of SEPTICFLESH mainman Christos Antoniou, has debuted a new song off of their forthcoming record, ‘Anomima’. The track, “Truth Will Prevail” is streaming now at Alarm Magazine’s site.

Genre-defying southern quintet KYLESA have premiered a new song from their forthcoming album, ‘Ultraviolet’. The song, titled “Vulture’s Landing” is streaming via multiple locations.

Progressive rock/metal outfit ANCIIENTS are streaming their Season of Mist debut, ‘Heart of Oak’, in its entirety. The album can be played on Terrorizer, Visions and on the band’s Bandcamp.

CHAOSTAR, the project born from Christos Antoniou of SEPTICFLESH’s love of classical, challenging music, has announced the stream of the first song entitled “Un pensiero per il destino” off of upcoming release ‘Anomima’, via Greek webzine Rock Overdose.

British magazine Terrorizer’s website is streaming “Tungls Tjúgari”, a song from ARCKANUM’s forthcoming album ‘Fenris Kindir’. Swedish troll Shamaatae’s eighth album will hit the stores on May 10th (May 14th in North America).

Genre-defying southern quintet KYLESA have announced a North American tour. The “Ultraviolet Summer 2013 Tour” will kick off on May 10th in Gainesville, FL, and end on June 22 in Savannah, GA. The tour will see support from BLOOD CEREMONY, WHITE HILLS, and LAZER/WULF. A full list of tour dates can be found below.