West Virginia instrumental stoner rock legends, KARMA TO BURN, will bring their bong-ripping riffery and glassy-eyed grooves to the stage next month on a mammoth live expedition.  

Polish extreme black metal force INFERNAL WAR is currently undertaking mastering duties after finishing the recording of the new album. Band’s highly anticipated thrid studio opus will be entiled “Axiom” and is expected to drop in early 2015 via Agonia Records.  

Kaotoxin Records has announced a crowdfunding campaign in support of PUTRID OFFAL‘s Suffering limited edition (100 copies) Kollektor Series CD. The release is an autographed “vinyl replica” CD with exclusive sticker (and no future repress).  

Although there aren’t many southern rockers in a big city like New York City, Nashville Pussy managed to unite the country rock scene this past Thursday night (12/18) at The Gramercy Theatre. Also accompanying them were rockers Hail Action, Against The Grain and Valient Thorr.  

Dynamite Entertainment proudly announces the March 2015 debut of Lady Rawhide / Lady Zorro #1, the first chapter of a four-part miniseries that will see two of the comic book industry’s Western heroines cross paths for the first time. Written by Shannon Eric Denton and featuring interior artwork by Rey Villegas, Lady Rawhide / Lady Zorro #1 features cover artwork by acclaimed artist and Lady Rawhide co-creator, Mike Mayhew.  

American extreme metal giants Whitechapel are finally coming back to Europe! The Knoxville, TN outfit will join the Progression Tour and the Impercion Festivals in spring of 2015. Good friendly violent fun guaranteed!  

Launched on November 24 and successfully finalized within days, the crowdfunding campaign for THE LUMBERJACK FEEDBACK and WE ALL DIE (laughing)‘s Ausstellung limited-edition split EP was a fantastic success!  

Israeli Thrashers SHREDHEAD are set to release Death is Righteous January 12, 2015 on Mighty Music.  

Following a triumphant trek across the UK alongside Kreator, Arch Enemy and Shining (NOR), MARTY FRIEDMAN is excited to present his brand new music video for “Undertow,” taken from his internationally acclaimed solo album “Inferno.” The video features an unsullied look at Japanese culture, says FRIEDMAN (who currently resides in Tokyo):  

Unique Leader Records is very pleased to announce the re-signing of long-running brutal death metal behemoths, INTERNAL SUFFERING.    

    Drummer Jared Paris states ”FOREVERATLAST is very excited to enter this new chapter of our band and creativity by joining together with Victory Records. Getting the opportunity to join a label that’s put out some of our favorite records and bands doesn’t come every day. We are very excited for 2015 and this new partnership!”  

If you know the band KISS, then you know the history of the band and what seems like the endless line of merchandising, from their comic book and action figures from the 70’s, to more comic books and more action figures in the 90’s, to a KISS Coffin that doubled as a cooler. Most of these are the brainchild of KISS bassist Gens Simmons. It has been said Gene has never seen a buck he didn’t like! But now comes…via Youtube a long lost commercial from 2000 featuring KISS lead singer Paul Stanley for Folgers Coffee. After some test study, the commercial never aired…we wonder why. Take a look and judge for yourself!