Hard rockers Like A Storm and Through Fire have just announced their U.S. co-headline Firestorm Tour 2019. The tour starts on July 12th in Neillsville, WI and wraps in August 10th in Lincoln, NE and will include special guests Wilson and Stitched Up Heart. Tickets will go on sale starting Friday, May 31st.  

Black metal legion MERRIMACK will kick off their upcoming run of American and Mexican tour dates tomorrow, May 24, in Brooklyn, NY. The band will then make their way to Baltimore, MD for a set at Maryland Death fest on May 26, which will be followed by a run of dates in Mexico. The full itinerary is as follows:  

Cleveland’s metallic hardcore legends RINGWORM announce Summer headline tour dates throughout June. The band will be touring in support of their new album Death Becomes My Voice! Support will be provided by All Hell and all confirmed dates are available below.  

The new album from Greek thrash metal tank SUICIDAL ANGELS will be entitled “Years Of Aggression”. The follow up to their highly acclaimed 2016 album, ‘Division Of Blood’ will be released on August 9th, 2019 via NoiseArt Records.  

Seven new dates for the “Ultimate Tour Named Death,” Ghost’s six-week North American headline arena tour are announced, adding shows in Edmonton, Toledo, Moline, Youngstown, Huntington, Hamilton, and Ottawa.  

WaterTower Music has released Game of Thrones (Music from the HBO Series) Season 8 – the soundtrack from the final season of the award-winning HBO series.  

Canadian noise rockers KEN mode will kick off their previously announced North American tour on Tuesday, May 21 in Regina, SK and will conclude on June 3 in Denver, CO. The tour will include  some festival appearances as well as two opening slots for INTER ARMA. The full itinerary is as follows:  

The music industry was recently rocked by news of the shutdown of PledgeMusic and its impending bankruptcy, which has left artists, bands and their fans in a panic.  Fans have been left with unfulfilled pledges and artists left with empty pockets from not being paid.  One company directly affected is Texas based apparel, merch, e-commerce and fulfillment group Bandwear, who until the collapse was a longtime fulfillment partner to PledgeMusic and left with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of unpaid invoices.  

Wednesday 15 May 2019 – Grammy Award nominated progressive metallers Between The Buried And Me have announced a string of North American tour dates this July with special guests The Contortionist and Nick Johnston. Tickets will go on sale at 10am local time from betweentheburiedandme.com  

Rock legend Sammy Hagar confirmed the initial lineup and details of his second “High Tide Beach Party & Car Show” on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Huntington Beach, California. Due to incredible demand for tickets to his inaugural party in 2018 which sold-out in advance, the High Tide Beach Party will return this year as a two-day party, September 28 & 29, with double the music, cars, food, drinks and more.  

Torche release Admission, the band’s fifth album, and first new music since 2015’s critically-lauded Restarter, on July 12 via Relapse Records.  

Florida death metal collective NIGHTMARER (featuring current and ex members of THE OCEAN, WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH, GIGAN, and more) will kick off their first ever tour this Friday, May 17, as part of this year’s Devastation On The Nation’s 2019 North American run.