TZOMPANTLI Announces Tour Dates Surrounding Fire In The Mountains Festival; Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force, LP From Indigenous Death Metal Tribe Led By Xibalba Guitarist Out Now On 20 Buck Spin

photos by Luckee Ngin Los Angeles-based indigenous death/doom metal tribe TZOMPANTLI has booked a round of tour dates for late July. The shows will run from July 22nd through 27th and will see them playing Santa Rosa, Eureka, Portland, Seattle, Read More …

KING PARROT Drops New Video/Single “Look Away I’m Hideous;” Band To Support Pantera And Amon Amarth In The US This Summer And More!

Watch KING PARROT’s “Look Away I’m Hideous” HERE. “Look Away I’m Hideous” is the latest single from Australia’s KING PARROT. The track comes by way of the band’s forthcoming new full-length, A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot, set for Read More …

ELVENKING: Italian Power/Folk Metal Outfit Unveils “The Ghosting” Video; Reader Of The Runes – Luna Out Today On Reaper Entertainment

The wait is over: The epic finale of ELVENKING’s Reader Of The Runes trilogy is finally here! With Reader Of The Runes – Luna, out today on Reaper Entertainment, ELVENKING presents their most ambitious work to date – a captivating Read More …

SONS OF RA: Standard Deviation, The Debut LP From Chicago Progressive Metal/Jazz Fusion Trio, Is Out Today On Free Electric Sound + Tour Dates Begin

photo by Vacant Era Photography Standard Deviation, the debut LP from Chicago-based progressive metal/jazz fusion trio SONS OF RA, is out now on the instrumental sub-label of The Lasers Edge Group, Free Electric Sound. Two decades have passed since SONS Read More …

A FLOCK NAMED MURDER: Decibel Magazine Premieres “To Drown In Obsidian Tides” From Toronto-Based Blackened Post-Metal Trio; Incendiary Sanctum 2xLP To See Release Next Month On Hypaethral Records

Toronto-based atmospheric post-black trio A FLOCK NAMED MURDER is pleased to unveil their latest single, “To Drown In Obsidian Tides.” Now playing at Decibel Magazine, the track comes by way of the band’s stunning new full-length, Incendiary Sanctum, set for Read More …

ARMORED SAINT To Enter Studio Next Month; Band To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of Delirious Nomad With Limited Edition Dean Guitar, Special Live Sets, And More!

Following two festival performances – Bangers Open Air in São Paulo, Brazil and Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus, Ohio respectively – heavy metal icons ARMORED SAINT will enter the studio next month to begin recording their long-awaited ninth studio album, Read More …

MIRACLE BLOOD: Boston Caustic Punk/Noise Rock Trio Drops “Pets And Owners” Video + Eastern US Spring Tour Begins Next Week; Hello Hell LP Out Now On Nefarious Industries

photos by Kristi Xhelili Following the release of their second LP, Hello Hell, on Nefarious Industries last year, Boston-based noise rock punks MIRACLE BLOOD present a new video for “Pets And Owners” in time for their Spring tour. With their Read More …

JASON DEA WEST AND THE SISKIYOU CREST: Folk Collective To Release 8 Miles From Rusk Full-Length On Anti-Corp April 25th; “Rain Falls Down” Single Playing + Western US Tour Dates Posted

photos by Lnyz Marie Boasting one of the most diverse ranges of genres on their roster, independent label Anti-Corp presents the new LP from JASON DEA WEST AND THE SISKIYOU CREST, confirming 8 Miles From Rusk for April 25th release. Read More …

BACON WAGON: Swedish Noise Rock Trio To Release Trauma Cake LP On Reptilian Records June 6th; “A Voodoo That Actually Works” Single And Preorders Posted

photos by Axel Brandt Swedish trio BACON WAGON will drop their debut LP, Trauma Cake, through the noise rock scoundrels at Reptilian Records on June 6th. In 2003, upon the disbanding of seminal Swedish noise rock band Acid Ape, brothers Read More …

CARTILAGE: San Francisco Deathgrind Fiends Begin Surgical Strangulation Tour With Unidad Trauma This Week; Tales From The Entrails: A Necrology EP Out Now On Everlasting Spew Records

photos by Kei Mowry San Francisco gore dealers CARTILAGE will launch their Surgical Strangulation Tour with Unidad Trauma this week. The slashing begins this Friday, April 11th in Oakland, runs through the Southwest into Mexico and back up to California, Read More …