Canadian Metal road warriors, KITTIE have announced extensive touring plans to kick off 2012. Stretching from Canada, the US and a return appearance in Australia on the renowned SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL.  

After taking a trip back in time with the Draconian Times MMXI DVD/live album (the London legacy show of their classic album from 1995) and also Gregor Mackintosh’s return to his crusty doom/death metal roots with VALLENFYRE (alongside his mates from MY DYING BRIDE, DOOM, and AT THE GATES), it’s now time for PARADISE LOST’s 13th studio album!  

German modern metal force CALIBAN is proud to announce the release of their eighth studio album, I Am Nemesis on February 28, 2012 via Century Media Records. After spending 10 months writing new material, the band is very excited to get the record out to fans.  

MAJESTIC DOWNFALL, the one-man doom metal project from multi-instrumentalist and composer Jacobo Córdova (also of Zombiefication), will release sophomore full-length, The Blood Dance, on January 9th through Chaos Records in Mexico and the Americas.  

Following the previously announced run of shows with Clutch in late December, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will be playing a one-off show at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina on January 22. The special performance will coincide with a screening of Slow Southern Steel, the long-anticipated southern metal documentary produced by Rwake vocalist, CT. Hail! Hornet will also appear on the bill.  

Melbourne, Australia’s avant-garde post-doom quartet HEIRS will unleash their newest release stateside next week, in the form of the Hunter EP. Picking up where their 2010-released Fowl full-length left off, the new three-song mini-release takes it’s time permeating your psyche with nearly 25 minutes of even more mellow and somber passages, leading off with two original tracks and closing out the release with an extensive Sisters of Mercy cover track.  

Australian funeral doom deities MOURNFUL CONGREGATION will embark on their first American tour today in Seattle, with support from Aldebaran and Anhedonist on all dates! The tour will wind down the West Coast over the next two weeks, making stops in Oregon, California, Arizona and Texas, including a headlining performance at the upcoming Rites Of Darkness III festival alongside Zemial, Stargazer, Cruciamentum, Pallbearer, Pagan Altar, Weapon and many more.  

As death metal legends Incantation are currently writing new material to be released next year, drummer Kyle Severn wanted to pass this on to fans as something to look forward to.  

Southern Lord Recordings proudly announce the signing of Ontario-based BURNING LOVE, as the label prepared for the release of the unit’s anticipated upcoming sophomore full-length in early 2012.  

MAJESTIC DOWNFALL, the one-man doom metal project from multi-instrumentalist and composer Jacobo Córdova (also of Zombiefication), will release sophomore full-length, The Blood Dance, on January 9th through Chaos Records in Mexico and the Americas. The new album contains seven sorrowful songs with an even darker edge than debut album Temple of Guilt. Production wise the sound is thicker and more mature. The album also features a guest guitar solo from Roberto Granados (Denial, The Suffering). The artwork was created by Robert Hoyem (Shining, Iskald, Remembrance).  

  Watch a brand new music video from SISTER SIN featuring Doro (of WARLOCK) for the cover of MOTORHEAD’s “Rock N Roll.”  

Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, ZEBULON PIKE is an instrumental prog-doom metal band formed in late 2002. Inspired in equal parts by heavy sounds of the ’70s (Mountain, Pentagram, Captain Beyond, early Judas Priest), progressive rock (King Crimson, Rush), and 20th century classical (Bela Bartok, Arvo Part, and many others), ZEBULON PIKE combine the impact of metal with the calculated approach of “art” music. The result is a refined, muted aggression necessary for inciting the slow motion apocalypse.