Today, the Ohio-based blackened metal quintet SKELETONWITCH – who will join Abbath, High On Fire and Tribulation on this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour, which kicks off March 17 – officially welcomes Adam Clemans (Wolvhammer) as their new vocalist. Last month, the group recorded a new EP, due to be released this summer, with Clemans at Baltimore’s Developing Nations with producer Kevin Bernsten (Magrudergrind, Noisem, Mutilation Rites). A brief teaser of new music can be heard in the below video, in which Clemans discusses how he came to join the band.  

PROSTHETIC RECORDS will be releasing legendary progressive metallers WATCHTOWER‘s recent digital-only tracks on LP and CD. The four tracks will be combined with one brand new song, creating the EP “Concepts of Math: Book One” and will be released on limited edition vinyl and digipack CD later this year.   Comments vocalist Alan Tecchio:  “I am so stoked to be a part of this legendary jazz-metal-prog group once again! Right now we are close to finishing the tracking for the additional 10 minute song that we are adding to the other four tunes. This will complete the EP that Prosthetic plans to release later this year. I can tell you that the new song is especially super cool and has that... 

TORCHE has announced a slew of new North American dates beginning this coming April and May.  

Belgium’s gore-mongers, ABORTED, have just vomited forth the cover artwork for their upcoming full-length album, Retrogore. Have a look at the pure horror and keep in mind… that guy in the mirror could easily be you!!!!  

Bullet For My Valentine, the multi-platinum selling UK rock band, announces the launch of their interactive smartphone App today, through the industry-leading provider of direct-to-fan mobile Apps – Disciple Media.  The App will launch during the band’s biggest US tour to date, in support of their #1 charting album VENOM, promising fans a unique glimpse of the life on the road.  

Puscifer cross the Atlantic for the first time, kicking off their debut European tour, dubbed The Money $hot Heard Around The World Tour, on May 31 in Manchester, UK.  

In the wake of releasing one of the most universally praised metal records of 2015, TRIBULATION will return to North America with a barrage of touring alongside some of the biggest names in the genre. As part of the 2016 Decibel Tour, the band is featured on the cover of the magazine’s newest issue with their soon to be tour mates Abbath, High On Fire, and Skeletonwitch.  

Rivers of Nihil launch live video for “Monarchy”; set to kick off USA tour tomorrow with Black Fast and Dark Sermon Ready to kick off their USA tour tomorrow (Feb. 17th) with Black Fast and Dark Sermon, Rivers of Nihil have now launched a live video for the track “Monarchy”, taken from their new album of the same name. Shot at a Los Angeles show this past November, the video can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/keP4un-vNH4Rivers of Nihil will be touring in support of their recently released, sophomore album, Monarchy. Hailed as “the gold standard for extreme, technical, progressive, and passionate death metal right now” (HeavyBlogIsHeavy.com), Monarchy continues the seasonal... 

The good people at Mimoco bring you a piece of the force with a bit of android flavor. Presenting…C3PO MimoPowerTube2!  

Peter J. Tomasi’s “Super League” is almost here! Last month it was revealed that Tomasi would pen eight issues of “Super League,” spanning SUPERMAN, BATMAN/SUPERMAN, SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN and ACTION COMICS over April and May of 2016. We showed some incredible cover artwork by Yanick Paquette, John Romita, Jr. and Klaus Janson, and Karl Kerschl, but we didn’t reveal how huge this story would be.  

Bestselling and Eisner-Award-winning writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys, War Story) and artist Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Adventures in the Rifle Brigade) present an action-packed tale of future warfare and a heroine whose faith lies firmly in firepower in BLOODY MARY, coming from Image Comics this March.  

Today, Swedish street metallers Gehennah have released their new album, Too Loud To Live, Too Drunk To Die – their first full-length since 1997’s Decibel Rebel! To preview and purchase Too Loud To Live, Too Drunk To Die, please visit: metalblade.com/gehennah