Pittsburgh’s COMPLETE FAILURE are streaming their Season of Mist full-length, ‘The Art Gospel of Aggravated Assault’ on YouTube. The album is also streaming in full via Bandcamp, where COMPLETE FAILURE are offering the track titled “Errant Social Mile Marker” as a free download.
Sci-fi focused technical death metal masters WORMED have announced a European tour. The “Confronting Entropy” tour will kick off on November 21 in the Netherlands and see WORMED playing alongside ULCERATE on all dates. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
As previously announced, Season of Mist will reissue the whole back catalogue of American stoner / sludge act WEEDEATER, starting with ‘…And Justice For Y’All’ on August 29th (September 2nd in North America). Originally released in 2002 and long out of print, its follow-up ‘Sixteen Tons’ will hit the stores on September 26th (September 30th in North America) and will be available on vinyl for the first time!
American extreme metal/sludge powerhouse BASTARD FEAST (formerly known as ELITIST) are now premiering their forthcoming album ‘Osculum Infame’ in its entirety! The crushing full-length is exclusively streaming at the following locations:
UK act CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR are now premiering their forthcoming album ‘Mechanical Tides’ in its entirety! The sludgy hardcore band’s new full-length is exclusively streaming at the following locations:
Canadian extreme metallers RAGE NUCLÉAIRE are now streaming their forthcoming new album ‘Black Storm of Violence’ in its entirety! The brutally bulldozering full-length can be heard through the following exclusive media partners:
Colorado black metal cult NIGHTBRINGER have announced the title and release date of their forthcoming new album. Entitled ‘Ego Dominus Tuus’, the follow-up to 2011’s ‘Hierophany of the Open Grave’ will be released on September 26th (September 30th in North America).
Canadian post-hardcore outfit KEN mode and Welsh heavy rock power trio HARK will team up for a European co-headlining tour next autumn! The bands will embark together on a three week trek, kicking off on September 25th in Amsterdam, Netherlands and ending on October 19th in Swansea, UK. See below for the full list of gigs.
Norwegian black metal tyrants 1349 (Frost [SATYRICON] – Drums, Ravn – Vocals, Seidemann – Bass, Archaon – Guitars) have announced the details of their forthcoming new album, titled ‘Massive Cauldron of Chaos’. The highly anticipated full-length will be released in North America on September 30. The artwork and track list can be found below.
Portland, Oregon’s extreme metal/sludge powerhouse BASTARD FEAST (Taylor Robinson – guitar, Joshua Green – vocals, Nickolis Parks – drums, Justin Yaquinto – guitar, and Jesse Aspy- bass) are streaming the third track off their forthcoming new album, ‘Osculum Infame’. The track, titled “The Rats Through our Veins” is streaming now at SSG Music.
Progressive, hard rock innovators CYNIC (guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal, drummer Sean Reinert, bassist Sean Malone) have kicked off their string of North American tour dates. The trek, which started on July 6 in Vancouver, BC, will see the band perform select dates in the US and Canada before concluding on August 12 in New York City. CYNIC will also be trekking to Canada for an exclusive performance as part of the Heavy Montreal festival in early August. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
Richmond, VA based death metal powerhouse CANNABIS CORPSE have announced a string of North American tour dates leading up to their co-headlining set at this year’s Denver Black Skies Festival alongside BRUTAL TRUTH, PHOBIA, and more. The tour, which begins on July 29 in Cleveland will run for a week traveling through Chicago, Des Moines, Merriam, Denver, and St. Louis. before concluding on August 5. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
Critically acclaimed Miami trio FLOOR (Steve Brooks [also of TORCHE], Anthony Vialon, Henry Wilson) have a track featured in a new spot for the fourth season of the Adult Swim/Cartoon Network show “Superjail!”. A trailer which features FLOOR’s “The Key” can be found here.
Rising black metal dark stars INQUISITION have announced a string of summer dates including shows at prestigious festivals such as Under The Black Sun (DE), Brutal Assault (CZ), Party.San Open Air (DE), Motocultor (FR), Metal Méan (BE) and Beyond the Gates (NO). The tour will kick off at the Little Devil in Tilburg on July 3rd and the American duo will continue to ravage Europe until a final black mass at the Pussy A GoGo in Stockholm (SE) on August 30th.
MENACE, the musically many-faceted brainchild of NAPALM DEATH axeman Mitch Harris, is premiering a new video featuring a track taken from their album ‘Impact Velocity’. The stunning animated clip for the song “Drowning in Density” is now streaming via the following official media partners:
SÓLSTAFIR have announced a string of European live-dates this autumn. The Icelandic heathen hearts will embark on their journey with a visit to their Irish brothers in spirit in Cork, Ireland at Cyprus Avenue on October 28th and continue to amaze audiences througout eight countries until their final show in Innsbruck, Austria at the Weekender-Club on November 22nd.
Seminal extreme metallers MORBID ANGEL have announced a special European tour for November and December this year. The legendary death metal outfit will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their milestone release ‘Covenant’ by performing the album live in its entirety. The band will embark on their long road trip in Rennes, France on November 8th and continue to blast stages all over Europe until their final show in Oslo, Norway on December 20th.
US death metal extremists MISERY INDEX have announced a string of new European dates this summer. The American death metal extremists will kick off their tour in Cologne, Germany at the MTC on July 24th and continue to steamroll through twelve countries – including perfomances at prestigious festivals such as Party.San (DE), Brutal Assault (CZ) and Sylak (FR) – before a final assault on Dresden, Germany on August 17th. A complete list of shows can be viewed below.
Icelandic heathens SÓLSTAFIR recently announced the release of their forthcoming new album, ‘Ótta’. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2011’s much praised ‘Svartir Sandar’ has been scheduled for an August 29th release (September 2nd in North America). You can listen to the opening track “Lágnætti” via the following media partners:
Extreme metal/sludge BASTARD FEAST (formerly known as ELITIST) are premiering the second new song off their forthcoming new album ‘Osculum Infame’. You can listen to “Fields of Black Cancer” at the following locations: