THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will return to North America this fall to headline the IndieMerch Tour with Iron Reagan, Harm’s Way, and Maruta. The trek will start Oct 3rd and run through Oct 30th and it marks the group’s first official Canadian/US tour supporting their highly anticipated new album, Abysmal, which comes out on September 18th on Metal Blade Records. Be sure to either see below or head over to facebook.com/theblackdahliamurderofficial for all tour dates.  

Pulverised Records has unleashed Cannibal Crematorium, the second full-length album from Horror N’ Gore connoisseurs Bone Gnawer! Taste the gristle and grue NOW!  

Almost six years have passed since the world saw a new studio album from Metal Icons W.A.S.P. This October 2nd, the wait ends, as Blackie Lawless and the legendary rockers W.A.S.P. will release their long awaited new album and Napalm Records debut Golgotha. Today the artwork and track listing have been revealed.  

Old school thrashers SONICK PLAGUE are streaming two tracks from its re-recorded, self-titled debut, which will be reissued digitally on Pavement Music and on CD from the band on July 24.  

In less than three weeks, NEUROSIS will embark on the band’s most widespread North American tour since before the turn of the millennium.  

Black Map, the California trio featuring members of Far, Dredg and The Trophy Fire, have released a live video for the song “Eyes on The Prize” (https://youtu.be/CzZx66BglK0).  

Legendary and relentlessly loyal Wookiee warrior, Chewbacca, has continued to battle the empire in the hopes of restoring freedom to the galaxy. Through unwavering and steadfast devotion to the rebel cause Chewbacca has always stood on the frontline to bring peace to a galaxy far, far away. This October, Chewbacca, along with an unlikely side-kick, proves why he is one of the fiercest warriors among the stars in CHEWBACCA #1 from writer Gerry Duggan and artist Phil Noto.  

Norwegian Occult Heavy Metal band MAGISTER TEMPLI will release new album Into Duat September 18 in North America on Cruz Del Sur Music.  

Reactivated New York death metal unit, SKINLESS, will level stages this Fall on a medley of live takeovers. The onstage debauchery includes performances in Montreal, Clifton Park, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia as well as a co-headlining stint with Pig Destroyer on this year’s edition of Denver Black Sky in December. Additional onstage infiltrations are currently in their plotting stages.  

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions has officially released Visceral Infection, the full-length debut from New Jersey grinders ORGAN DEALER. Considered to be one of 2015’s most anticipated extreme metal albums, Visceral Infection will “fucking slay you and your family.” Visceral Infection is available for streaming and purchase on digital and CD formats at hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/visceral-infection.  

Magic Bullet Records is currently undertaking one of the label’s busiest sessions since its late ’90s inception, with a pile of brand new titles on the verge of release this month. Following recent exclusive premieres of new tracks from SWEET COBRA, MEATWOUND and HARMONIC CROSS, the label today issues a mighty free download sampler with thirteen tracks packed into it, including the first single from the upcoming BLEACH EVERYTHING Free Inside 7″.  

Big|Montreal’s BIG|BRAVE has completed their second full length, Au De La, and has scheduled the album for September 18th release via Southern Lord.