Taiwanese metal collective CHTHONIC is readying to kick off another North American run as part of the fifth installment of Paganfest! Set to commence tomorrow in Springfield, Virginia, the band will join coheadliners Korpiklaani and Turisas as well as Varg and Winterhymn for nearly two dozen live incursions across North America.  

FULL OF HELL, the invincible noise/powerviolence outfit which seemingly never stops touring, is back on the road once again this week. Embarking out of Buffalo tonight, April 24th, this ten-city East Cost run will bulldoze through Boston, Providence, New York, New Brunswick, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Pittsburgh and Detroit before rolling to a close in Toronto on May 3rd. Support for FULL OF HELL on all dates is being supplemented by the distressing tactics of Toronto powerviolence crew, Column Of Heaven, and Cleveland harsh noise act, Nyodene D.    

Boris Records will release the End of Man vinyl 7″ from Atlanta Black Metal Force HELLGOAT on May 31. The ultimate black metal attack has been unearthed with End of Man, the band’s seventh official offering and first on Boris Records.  

US-based brutal death metal label Comatose Music has announced the COMATOUR 2014, featuring some of the sickest acts in extreme metal today.  

Ear One Productions and Lounge SevenZeroEight Photography are casting for the second video from WHEN THE DEADBOLT BREAKS new album Drifting Toward The Edge of the Earth.  

New York Hardcore icon, HARLEY FLANAGAN, is currently in the process of recording his newest LP, to be released on Southern Lord later this year.  

Brutal death metal powerhouse LECHEROUS NOCTURNE are currently readying themselves for an extended US tour with ABAGAIL WILLIAMS and PANZERFAUST.  

ide.bandcamp.com/”>domesticgenocide.bandcamp.comFeedback-sodden, instrumental bass and drum duo, BLACK TAR PROPHET, rattles the teeth right out of your face with the band’s fittingly titled Deafen full-length, set for release via Domestic Genocide Records later this month. A brazenly raw bombardment of sludgy, tar-thick bass riffing, battering drum work and fuzzy, noise-strewn, distortion meant to be played at strategically loud volumes, Deafen’s nine tracks were recorded live with Max Otworth (Lysura, Venality) at Sonic Hex Recording Compound and are guaranteed to cause major structural damage to your dwelling upon first listen.  

Kaotoxin Records is proud to announce the inking of a multi-album deal with French Deathcore masters DEEP IN HATE.  

Eyehategod, the long-awaited self-titled full-length from New Orleans’ legendary volume assassins, is now available for preorder in North America via iTunes. Sixth track, “Worthless Rescue,” will be available for download immediately, with the rest of the album delivered digitally on May 27th.  

Philly-based rock gods in the making MACH22 have released a lyric video for the track “One Trick Pony” off of their forthcoming debut album, Sweet Talk Intervention.  

The decision to leave RAGNAROK, has been an extremely hard one to make. Jontho and Brigge brought me in to the horde in 2005, and this still stands as my biggest achievement as a musician.  Personal circumstances have made it so that I will not be able to dedicate myself to RAGNAROK, as much as it requires.  It is with a heavy heart  that we have come  to an agreement, and I am pulling out of the band.