Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of extreme metal outfit Abnormality! Based in Massachusetts (USA), Abnormality formed in 2005 and now features seasoned members Mallika Sundaramurthy (vocals), Jay Blaisdell (drums), Josh Staples (bass), Sam Kirsch (guitars), and Jeremy Henry (guitars), all hailing from various underground acts such as Goratory, Sexcrement, Parasitic Extirpation, Forced Asphyxiation, and Iranach.  

Wisconsin’s ZEBRAS will traumatize the Midwest this week, beginning a week-long live attack tonight. The latest stretch of dates will run through next Tuesday, October 20th, the ZEBRAS unloading their hammering brand of stripped-down, punk-infused metallic hardcore thunder to thrill-seekers in Chicago, Detroit, Madison, Milwaukee, Madison and Columbia. Along the way the outfit will share the stage with Pelican, Headless Honchos, Golden Torso, Kriegs Legion, Shitlife, Jon Mueller, Coward, KEN Mode and Lo-Pan for two nights, Haymarket Riot and New Tongues for two nights, and more.  

Following recent announcements of NEUROSIS celebrating their 30th anniversary with several live sets in early 2016, including Roadburn Festival, both STEVE VON TILL and SCOTT KELLY have also just confirmed a special night of solo performances at this year’s Roadburn as well.  

The mobile game Rock Science Universe brings rock music’s stories to life through an engaging mobile trivia game, developed in collaboration with influential rock authorities and their fans.  

Times Square’s 2,150-capacity concert and special events venue has officially been renamed PlayStation®Theater, it was announced today by Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. (SCEA) and AEG Live. Formerly known as Best Buy Theater, the venue celebrates its 10th anniversary this Fall having hosted 1,368 events and sold 1.7 million tickets since its grand opening on September 19, 2005.  

KILLING JOKE are on a mission to take their music of resistance to a whole new level with their latest (and sixteenth!) studio album Pylon, releasing October 23 via Spinefarm Records. They have also announced a headline North American tour, which kicks off in early 2016.  

As their new album, Sweet Loris, saw release via Retro Futurist, North Carolina’s IRATA has been forced to sit out several days of their ongoing tour with Kylesa due to member Jason Ward having been hospitalized in Florida for several days.  

FATES WARNING will kick off their US Tour tonight in Hartford, CT and runs through November 2nd in Ramona, CA. Fans can expect to hear selections from “A Pleasant Shade of Gray“, the FATES WARNING favorites, and more. Support on the first part of the tour (10/9 10/21) comes from Imminent Sonic Destruction and on the second part of the tour from Vangough (10/23-11/2). A complete list of dates can be found below.  

Chicago’s IMMORTAL BIRD will kick off their headlining takeover next week. The band’s latest journey – which follows their recent and successful Summer excursion — will commence on October 12th in Denver crumbling the stages of over a dozen venues through nine states including an appearance at this year’s Southwest Terror Fest (Sleep, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth, Dropdead, Bongripper etc.) in Tucson, Arizona.  

Southern California’s GOATSNAKE is currently preparing to cross the Atlantic for a one-off performance at Desertfest this Sunday, followed by a trio of East Coast US shows.  

merican death metal icons, CANNIBAL CORPSE, will kick off their US headlining tour this evening. Set to embark in Jacksonville, Florida, the journey will level the stages of twenty-six venues, drawing to a close in Orlando, Florida on November 7th.  

Holland’s traumatizing blackened industrial act, GNAW THEIR TONGUES, returns to the US for the second time in its lifespan, primed to take part in the inaugural California Deathfest in Oakland this weekend.