On Wednesday, in near 100-degree heat and high humidity, a riot broke out in the exercise yard of the Sybil Brand Institute, the women’s prison in East Los Angeles, where Slayer shot the music video for the new track “Repentless.”  In fact, while Slayer performed the track under that punishing sun over an eight-hour period, the “prisoners” had to stage a riot for somewhere north of twelve takes before director BJ McDonnell finally called it a wrap.  But that was all pretty much in keeping with McDonnell’s brutal vision for the clip, a vision that many in the veteran cast and crew referred to as “more like something for a feature film than a rock band’s music video.” This... 

Last Friday Motor City thrashers BATTLECROSS released their long awaited third album “Rise To Power” via Metal Blade Records. This highly anticipated release entered the following Billboard Charts:   #103 Top 200 Current Albums #137 Top 200 Albums #4 Heatseeker #14 Hard Music #36 Rock #23 Independent   Guitarist and founding member Tony Asta commented on the band’s chart entries:   “We love our fans and I often say they are the best on the planet. You know it must be true because we are proud to announce “Rise To Power” charted well, thanks to you. Thank you all for your support, see you all on the road!” The album that Metal Sucks describes as “quite appealing,... 

Metal juggernauts Miss May I have announced they will be direct support on Parkway Drive’s upcoming fall tour. The run of dates will start in San Diego, CA on October 29th and wraps up in Las Vegas, NV on December 6th.  

This December, the infinite expanse of time and space will give way, as teams from three eras burst forth and unite like never before in GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1 – a brand new ongoing series launching as part of All-New All-Different Marvel! Fan favorite writer Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians 3000) and artists Carlo Barberi (Deadpool, Amazing Spider-Man) take you on an explosive thrill ride into the timestream and across the galaxy!  

Crucial Blast has confirmed the upcoming November CD release of Psychogenic Atrophy, the debut full-length release by Oakland’s avant-garde thrash assassins, DIMESLAND.  

After a year of honing their malefic craft, North Carolina Blackened Thrashers ALL HELL will release a volatile offering entitled The Red Sect October 16 on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. New track “Venomous” is now streaming at this location.  

CORRECTIONS HOUSE will unleash their long-anticipated, sophomore full-length, Know How To Carry A Whip, this October via Neurot Recordings. Darker, denser, and more despairing than their 2013-issued Last City Zero predecessor, the nine-track, forty-five-minute audio apocalypse was captured by the band’s own Sanford Parker (Minsk) and recently institutionalized minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury, in Vietnam. The record boasts a guest appearance by Negative Soldier and finds CORRECTIONS HOUSE – which features the fiery lineup of Parker, Fairbury, Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza) and Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod) — at their most punishing, painting electronic mosaics of deviance and... 

All-New, All-Different Marvel kicks off in full force this fall, and Marvel is making sure all comic book stores worldwide are armed and ready for the new flagship Marvel title as INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 explodes into comic shops on October 7th!  

The self-titled Digital EP from new supergroup BLOOD DIVISIONS is available today on Metal Blade Records. BLOOD DIVISIONS features a who’s who of metal musicians, including Chris Jericho, Dave Austin, Ralph Santola, Terry Butler, Greg Gall, Bill Owen, John Mahoney and Ben Meyer. The Digital EP features two tracks, the first being a cover of the Nasty Savage track “The Morgue“ and the second is a cover version of the Scorpions classic “Top of the Bill“.  

Progressive supergroup, Jane Getter Premonition, has teamed up with PopMatters.com to launch a new track, “Surprised,” taken from the band’s Madfish debut, On, out October 2.  

Swiss folk-metal pioneers ELUVEITIE and Dutch symphonic metal titans EPICA, will join forces on a North American tour presented by REVOLVER Magazine this fall. The two bands will be co-headlining, with Canada’s The Agonist supporting on all dates.  

Ecstatic Vision hit the road in a couple of weeks with Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats and Ruby The Hatchet for a full North American trek. Their stunning live show and debut, Sonic Praise earned them a signing with Relapse Records just a little after a year of coming together as a band. Don’t miss them in a city near you – all shows listed below. In case you missed it: Ecstatic Vision weave the guitar heroics of the 70’s heavy classics of UFO and Hawkwind with the rhythmic intensity of Sun Ra and Fela Kuti. Massive riffs vibe seamlessly with deep rhythms to create one of the most original and best heavy psych debuts in years. Ecstatic Vision Live Dates: 9/8: The Garage- Winston Salem, NC 9/9: Center...