Two new dates have been added to the 2011 Metalliance Tour. Headlined by HELMET, ST VITUS and CROWBAR, The 2011 Metalliance Tour will kick off in just about one month. The tour will proudly be supported by metal heavyweights KYLESA, RED FANG, HOWL and ATLAS MOTH on all dates.  

German Black Metal heathens INFESTUS are set to release E x | I s t, the long awaited follow-up to their critically acclaimed Chroniken des Ablebens (2008) on May 19th, 2011 in North America (May 18th elsewhere) via Debemur Morti Productions. Album artwork and track list will be revealed soon.    

The face of black metal as we know it is set to change today (2.15.2011) as Nordvis Produktion unleashes the melancholic majesty that is Towards The Shores Of The End upon the world. Featuring two of today’s most compelling acts in UK’s FEN and Sweden’s DE ARMA, this split promises to deliver some of the most cerebral and darkly emotive music set to tape.  

Mortal Music will release No Closure from Chicago’s WITHERING SOUL on March 8. MVD Entertainment Group will handle distribution.  

THE HUMAN ABSTRACT will be releasing their next full length entitled “Digital Veil” on March 8, 2011 via eOne Music. Preorders are now live at MerchNOW [], offering numerous added incentives not offered in stores. The track listing and cover can be seen below. 1. Elegiac        2. Complex Terms 3. Digital Veil  4. Faust           5. Antebellum 6. Holographic Sight   7. Horizon To Zenith 8. Patterns      The band will be part of the Atticus Metal III tour with Darkest Hour, Born Of Osiris, As Blood Runs Black and more running from February 25-March 27. Dates can be found below. Visit http://www.facebook.com/atticusmetaltour for more info. 2/25-Washington, DC @ 930 Club (Darkest... 

Florida-based extreme metallers HATE ETERNAL have just confirmed a European tour in support of their forthcoming release on Metal Blade Records. The tour kicks off April 29th in Wurzburg, Germany and will run through May 20th ending in Leipzig, Germany.  

Band To Perform Two Sets Each Night! Melodic death metal tyrants AMON AMARTH are proud to announce their 2011 U.S. headlining tour. Simply dubbed “An Evening With AMON AMARTH,” this very special trek will find the band touring without support and instead performing two separate sets each night!  

Detroit technical death metal group, As They Sleep, has launched its debut music video from the recently released full-length, Dynasty, for the track, “Oracle of the Dead”.  The bone crunching video is currently streaming exclusively on Noisecreep.com at:  

Stereogum.com is premiering a new track from atmospheric UK black metallers FEN.  

Ten tracks of aggressive, yet technical Swedish death metal with thrash elements. That’s what VOLTURYON’s Coordinated Mutilation is all about. What more could you possibly want than one well written song after the next with cool riffs, solos, intensely growled vocals and a tight rhythm section. Coordinated Mutilation will be released on February 25th via   United Guttural Records.  

New York, NY – Rockers, Cold have announced their headlining tour, A Tour of the American Dream with support Egypt Central and Kopek. The US trek begins March 15th at The Masquerade in Atlanta, GA and will run through May. Cold will be releasing their fifth album, Superfiction this summer  

Barren Earth, Finland’s emerging prog/death metal powerhouse, has updated its tour blog on the band’s official Facebook page, as keyboardist, Kasper Mårtenson, continues to check in from the road from Barren Earth’s first North American tour, the “Finnish Metal Tour 2”.