FDA Rekotz is set to release Desechos Humanos from Death-Grind surgeons GOREGAST on September 9, 2011. The third album from these German maniacs is a direct attack against humanity’s rotten core.  Expect a brutal mixture of old school styled Death Metal and bone-crushing Grindcore.  

KITTIE have revealed the first of many behind the scenes clips of the band hard at work on their upcoming record, due out August 30th.  

  Music Theories, a division of the Mascot Label Group, has announced a September 27 release date for Derek Sherinian’s Oceana.  Recognized by many as the premiere rock keyboardist of his generation, Sherinian has performed for millions via the vehicles of Black Country Communion (of which he is a current member alongside Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa), Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Buddy Miles, and as an off-stage performer accompanying KISS.   

Soldiers of Death/Thrashing chaos Entrenched have inked a deal with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions who will release their debut album Preemptive Strike on CD format August 30th. Below is the official description:  

Alabama’s Grave Ritual have been added to the lineup for this year’s Gathering of the Bestial Legion at The Proud Bird in Los Angeles, CA on August 27th. Grave Ritual will join legends like Incantation and Autopsy, Dark Descent Records labelmates Goreaphobia and several others for one of the most extreme death metal shows 2011 has seen thus far.    

Saves The Day Announce UK Tour Dates – New Album Out September 13th In US  

Over the years, legendary singer Ronnie James Dio fronted some of the most popular/enduring hard rock/heavy metal bands of all-time, including Rainbow, Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell, and Dio.  

On August 23rd, 2011 Portland deathrockers Atriarch will release their debut album, Forever the End, on vinyl and digital formats via Seventh Rule Recordings. still over a month away from it’s official release, this four-song opus is already catching the attention of some very recognizable ears with Buzz Osborne of The Melvins and Decibel Magazine both offering endorsements.  

    The putrid and unsettling atmosphere of early Swedish death metal is set to be exhumed! The mighty Deathgasm Records has scheduled September 6th as the date on which MORDBRAND’s Necropsychotic will be culled from a shallow grave.  Featuring GOD MACABRE vocalist P. Boder, the six-song MCD embodies the true spirit of the old days with unrelenting hymns to the rotten!  

  They say “everything’s bigger in Texas” – this summer, the infamous saying couldn’t hold more truth.  Coming together in the southern state, The ALL STARS Tour and SCREAM THE PRAYER Tour are combining into one ultimate concert event by putting on three days of absolute rock mayhem in what may actually be the biggest thing to hit Texas.  

From the dirty underbelly of the Windy City comes nine tracks of the dirtiest, most gut-wrenching deathrash this side of an amphetamine-fueled jam session featuring members of Master and Venom.  

        SCHENKER, ROTH & WEST ANNOUNCE 3 GUITAR HEROES TOUR Tour to Begin in Norfolk, CT on October 6, 2011 Los Angeles — Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West have announced that they are combining their collective powers and hitting the road together under the moniker 3 Guitar Heroes.  Manager Bob Ringe was the mastermind behind the union, and there are some very special surprises up their collective sleeves for this excursion.  Following sets by each of these legends, the evening will climax with a jam of all 3 Heroes on stage together, with special guests earmarked to join them in most markets.