It has been three years since Cryptopsy‘s last release and many fans have expressed their eagerness to hear new material. This time, rather than a full album, the band will release a series of EPs entitled The Book of Suffering. This new approach will allow Cryptopsy to put out new music more often while remaining true to their standards of quality. The first EP in the series, The Book of Suffering Tome 1, was produced by Chris Donaldson at The Grid studio in Montreal, mixed by Jason Suecoff at Audiohammer Studio and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.  

Baroness, who recently announced the release of their fourth album, Purple (Dec. 18, Abraxan Hymns), launch their first U.S. tour in support of the ten-song album with a round of intimate performances beginning Nov. 27 at the Ace of Cups in Columbus, Ohio.  

Celtic metal band DARKEST ERA have released a new animated video for “Songs of Gods and Men” from acclaimed 2014 album Severance. Check out the exclusive HERE.  

San Antonio death metal deviants, ABHORRENT, will untether their debut full-length this November via Willowtip Records. Titled Intransigence, the ten track cranium crusher was engineered, mixed and mastered by Mike Garrison at Sound Crater Recording with guitar and bass reamps by Greg Tomao at The Tomato Farm Studio and includes guest appearances by the Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder), Matthew “Chalky” Chalk (Mephistopheles, ex-Psycroptic), Malcolm Pugh (Inferi, A Loathing Requiem), and Antonio Ascencio (Serocs). ABHORRENT‘s wealth of riff-variations and athletic rhythmic assaults surge forward as brief glimpses into parallel dimensions that pass by with a relentless, deathlike certainty.... 

The Red Sect, the upcoming album from North Carolina Blackened Thrashers ALL HELL is now available for pre-order from Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. CD pre-orders are being taken here. Pre-order the digital version and stream new track “Venomous” at this location. Check out the exclusive stream of “Blood for the Baron” at this location. The Red Sect marks a crossroads for the band; the straightforward aggression of their debut blends with a seething, menacing atmosphere-further enhanced by the mixing and mastering skills of TOXIC HOLOCAUST main man Joel Grind, creating an album that is dark, vicious, and compelling. The record’s ten tracks weave a frightful narrative of ritual possession,... 

Brazilian extremists NERVOCHAOS are set to bring their devastating brand of old-school death/thrash to the U.S. for the Crucified Resurrection Tour. NERVOCHAOS will be playing alongside black/death metal veterans INSATANITY for the three-week trek that kicks off October 16 at Fubar in St. Petersburg, Florida.  

Tenessee’s Whitechapel are hitting the road throughout November with Australia’s Psycroptic and new Metal Blade label mates, Culture Killer. The tour will be visiting cities throughout the Midwest and east coast, including some places the band has never been to, before. Tickets will be on sale on Friday, September 25th at 10:00am local time.  

LA underground metal/hardcore band Twitching Tongues has announced they’ve added lead guitarist Sean Martin (ex-Hatebreed) as an official member of the band, which also includes brothers Colin Young (vocals) and Taylor Young (guitar/vocals).  

Breaking out of a year-and-a-half hiatus, Portland, Maine-based ZUD will storm back into action this week with a set at the open-air Shadow Woods Metal Fest, with more live and recording actions to follow.  

Pavement Music will release Deep Breath, the debut album from Greek Hard Rockers ONE YEAR DELAY, on October 2.  

Technical Brutal Death Metallers REPULSIVE DISSECTION have released the exclusive of stream of “Apologist (Of Theodicy and Denial)“, a track from upcoming album Church of the Five Precious Wounds.  

Bangalore-based (India) Stoner/Doom Metal quintet BEVAR SEA presents the exclusive premiere of “Bury Me In NOLA” from the band’s forthcoming new album Invoke the Bizarre.