It was recently announced that the pirates from ALESTORM has re-signed with Napalm Records, and when they signed, they signed in rum, rather than blood or the usual ink!  

New York City’s TOWER has just released their second single “Elegy” in advance of their self-titled debut studio album, TOWER, set for release October 28 via The End Records.  

Following the release of their smoldering second full-length, Suffer, through Unique Leader Records in July, San Diego death metal unit LORD OF WAR has been confirmed to take part in the Rise Above The Empire Europe 2016 tour this fall. Joining Vader, Hate Eternal, Threat Signal, and Apophys, the tour runs from November 4th through November 20th.  

o commemorate the 25th anniversary of the band’s landmark 1991 self-titled release, Temple of the Dog – the Seattle supergroup featuring Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready, and drummer Matt Cameron (who plays drums with both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam) – today released a special 25th anniversary collection of the band’s first and only album, newly mixed by Brendan O’Brien.  

As the October 21 release of KORN’s 12th studio album THE SERENITY OF SUFFERING draws near, the multi-platinum two-time Grammy-winning rock band has made available a third song from the album, “A Different World.” The new track–featuring Corey Taylor of Slipknot–can now be heard  

Two of Europe’s finest metal exports and Napalm Records recording artists the might HAMMERFALL and DELAIN have joined forces for a Co-Headline North American tour, set for spring of 2017. A complete list of dates can be found below. Tickets and VIP packages for all shows are available now at http://www.enterthevault.com.  

Boulder, Colorado’s SOURCE will join HELLYEAH and IN FLAMES on the ‘Forged in Fire’ U.S. Tour, beginning in November and continuing through December. SOURCE has a limited number of guest spots for interviews and gig reviews; get in touch at clawhammerpr@gmail.com. Confirmed dates are below: 11/14 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore 11/15 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE 11/16 New York, NY – PlayStation Theater 11/18 Binghamton, NY – Magic City Music Hall 11/19 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall 11/20 Boston, MA – House of Blues 11/22 Montreal, QC – Metropolis 11/23 Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall 11/25 Detroit, MI – The Crofoot 11/26 Fort Wayne,... 

“Resurrection”, the new album from Operation: Mindcrime, the brainchild of legendary vocalist Geoff Tate, is available today via Frontiers Music Srl. Watch the band’s video for “Left For Dead”, featuring guest appearances from Tim “Ripper” Owens and Blaze Bayley, both of who will be touring with Tate later this year as part of the “Trinity” tour. “Resurrection” can be purchased on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play. “Resurrection” is the second part of a musical trilogy from iconic metal vocalist Geoff Tate, following one year after the release of the debut album, “The Key” in September 2015. Operation: Mindcrime continues in the... 

I was sitting in my internship at a local radio station when this show was announced. A slow and uneventful day quickly turned my entire week around, and I quickly made sure, in every way possible, that I would not be missing this show. Even if I weren’t going to be covering the show for press’ sake, I would have found a way to get myself there to witness both Devin Townsend and Between the Buried and Me on the same bill.  

SULLY ERNA, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, has premiered his new song “Turn It Up!” today, September 15 via Billboard.com. Read the Billboard Q&A with SULLY ERNA and listen to “Turn It Up!” (here). The song is from his new solo album HOMETOWN LIFE, out Friday, September 30 via BMG.  

Swedish metal visionaries IN FLAMES and American metal favorites HELLYEAH announce their 2016 co-headline Forged In Fire Tour of North America, kicking off November 12 in Orlando, FL. Spanning 28 cities across the USA and Canada, the heavy metal tour of the fall will be supported by new bands From Ashes To New and Source on all shows (except Orlando FL). Tickets will be available for purchase as follows: Tuesday, September 20 at 10AM local time (Fan club and VIP pre-sale) Wednesday, September 21 at 10AM local time (Spotify pre-sale) Thursday, September 22 at 10AM local time (Local market pre-sale) Friday, September 23 at 10AM local time (Public on-sale) In conjunction with the tour announcement, IN FLAMES premiered... 

Reigning metal queen DORO PESCH will return to the US next week for a short run of live dates leading to her performance at this year’s edition of the Rock Carnival in Lakewood, New Jersey alongside The Used, Life Of Agony, Sebastian Bach, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer and many others.