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.
In conjunction with Relapse’s 25th anniversary celebrations, Cleveland hardcore stalwarts Ringworm have been confirmed alongside Relapse brethren Pig Destroyer and Skinless for this December’s Denver Black Sky festival! The third iteration of the annual Relapse-sponsored fest, which will also feature Havok, Nekrofilth, Khemmis, and more, will take place on December 5th, 2015 at Denver’s Gothic Theatre.
Florida’s Culture Killer announced their signing with Metal Blade Records in May of this year. Now, they are finally poised to launch their campaign for their debut full length, “Throes of Mankind“. The album will be released on November 27th via Metal Blade Records. “Path of Reflection“, the first cut to be released from the record can be heard now at metalblade.com/culturekiller.
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.
King Diamond will be recording a feature length live concert video for blu-ray / DVD / digital release while on tour this fall! Director Denise Korycki (Cannibal Corpse, Killswitch Engage) has been enlisted to direct the project, which will include footage from multiple shows throughout the entire “Abigail in concert 2015” tour.
Melodic death metal legion, ARMAGEDDON, featuring former Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott, will embark upon a two-week US run of live dates. Booked by Artery Global and sponsored by EVH Amplifiers, Jackson Guitars, Listenable Records, Seeing Red Records, and Redefining Darkness Records, the trek will run from September 24th through October 5th with direct support from Ascension featuring Caleb Bingham (ex- Five Finger Death Punch, Zonaria).
Revocation recently recruited Ash Pearson as their new full time drummer. To showcase Pearson’s talents behind the kit, a new video has been released for “Bound By Desire” from the “Teratogenesis” EP. The deftly shot video will give fans an close look at Pearson’s technique and precision. The video can be seen now at metalblade.com/revocation.