Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have announced North American tour dates for this fall, in which they will be supported by UADA. The trek will kick off on October 25 in Jacksonville, FL. Ticket links, additional dates, and more support acts are TBA! The itinerary can be found below. Tickets will go on sale August 23.
MVD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP and RUE MORGUE have teamed up to launch the MIDNIGHT MOVIE SOCIETY, a curated Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) service specializing in Extreme Underground, Taboo and Cult Horror movies. Now genre fans can gain access to a film library of shocking underground, outrageous gore, creature features, cult classics and much more. Those with a taste for the weirdest and wildest reaches of genre cinema will not be disappointed!
US metal act Silvertomb have signed an international record deal with German independent label Long Branch Records / SPV.Formed in the wake of Type O Negative and Seventh Void, Silvertomb is the latest musical endeavor of Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative, Seventh Void), Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Danzig) and Hank Hell (Seventh Void, Inhuman). This time teaming up with New York Hardcore Veteran Joseph James (Agnostic Front, Inhuman) and Aaron Joos (Awaken The Shadow, Empyreon), combining musical styles such as Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath into a bone crushing, mind blowing, sonic journey into the underbelly of human emotion.
GRAMMY-winning Swedish rock band GHOST is known for special, limited edition items that have been tied to its various album releases – an 8-track edition of Ceremony & Devotion, and for Prequelle, a 7-inch die-cut-as-rats vinyl disc of the album’s first single “Rats,” offering the album on a variety of different colored cassette tapes, and the lenticular cover for Prequelle‘s special vinyl edition as well as five alternate covers for the retail edition.
This September, NYC-based artist Arsun will embark on an east coast tour opening for Cat Power (tour dates below). With a sound beyond his 20 years, Arsun recently released his debut EP Send Her My Way to acclaim from i-D and HERO, who called it “multifaceted, simplistic, and embodying real artistic confidence.”
Switzerland is renowned for, among other things, precision clockwork and the legendary technical thrash group Coroner. Falling somewhere on the continuum between those two is ALGEBRA. After a a 5 year absence, the band is back with Pulse?, their second full-length for Unspeakable Axe Records, and third overall. Pulse? features 11 brand new tracks, along with a blistering cover of Sepultura’s “Dead Embryonic Cells.”
Southern rock outfit BASK, whose Americana sound contains a unique blend of psych and prog influences, have announced a run of East Coast headlining dates later this month! The tour, which features an appearance at RPM Fest in Montague, MA on August 30, will kick off on August 26 in Richmond, VA and will conclude on September 1 in Harrisonburg, VA. The full itinerary can be found below.
The hardcover release of UDON Entertainment’s upcoming NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: TV ANIMATION PRODUCTION ART COLLECTION has sold out its first run at the distributor level! Fans of the groundbreaking anime series have made their voices heard: UDON Entertainment is thrilled to announce an additional printing of the best selling art book, to arrive in stores in November 2019.
Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a vinyl reissue of Creed’s Human Clay, in celebration of the best-selling album’s 20th anniversary. In stores October 11th, the two-LP set is housed in a gatefold jacket and marks the first vinyl availability of the album since a limited edition pressing in 1999. Human Clay, which has sold over 20 million units worldwide, includes hits “Higher,”“What If,” “Are You Ready?” and the GRAMMY Award-winning single, “With Arms Wide Open.”
Experience an all-new adventure with DC’s most powerful heroine – filled with intrigue, mythology and relentless battles on shores near and far – in Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the feature-length animated film arrives – accompanied by the DC Showcase animated short Death, inspired by Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” – from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting October 5, 2019, and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, and Blu-ray Combo Pack on October 22, 2019.
GOATWHORE will return to the road this week for a short run of live dates with Cleveland metallic hardcore veterans Ringworm. Set to commence August 13th in Lubbock, Texas, the band’s latest stretch of shows – which includes an appearance at this year’s edition of Psycho Las Vegas with Electric Wizard, High On Fire, En Minor, Bad Religion, and more – will wind its way through ten cities upon its conclusion August 25th in Wichita, Kansas.
