IDES OF GEMINI are very pleased to announce their latest bout of West Coast live ceremonies. Set to commence on July 14th in Oakland, the journey will coil its way around ten cities through California, Oregon, Vancouver and Washington, coming to a close on July 24th in Glendale. The band will be joined by blackened dream pop duo, Clay Rendering. As a precursor to the expedition, the ethereal trio will play two shows supporting Oxbow next week. Two weeks later the IDES will head to Salt Lake City for a performance at Crucialfest alongside Rosetta, Norska, Disforia, and more, followed by slot on the Demon Lung record release show in Las Vegas June 20th.  

As their thirtieth anniversary nears, NEUROSIS will be hitting the road in their most extensive touring of the North American continent in over fifteen years this Summer, the announcement falling as the dust still settles on Baltimore following their crushing performance at this year’s Maryland Deathfest.  

Florida-based ultra-deathgrind quartet MARUTA is now just one week from the release of its third LP, and first for Relapse Records, as Remain Dystopian breaks out of confinement early through a pummeling stream of its seventeen-track assault.  

On the eve of their massive …And Stoner Justice For All Summer Tour, today CONNOISSEUR, in exclusive streaming, offer up the hilarious new video for “Pot Hole“. The stoney psalm comes by way of the band’s Stoner Justice full-length, set to drop next month via Tankcrimes Records.  

GOATSNAKE is sure to get your motor running with their latest jam “Grandpa Jones“, a celebratory rock ‘n’ roll affair all about the life and times of a standout elder gentleman that is premiering today. Pete Stahl’s vocals cruise with ease alongside those of backing singers, Dem Preachers Daughters, while almighty riffs lurch forward with the rumbling horsepower singularly linked to Greg Anderson’s guitar work. Says Anderson of the track: “Grandpa Jones: One of the first of the new songs we wrote. Channeling ‘Flag and ‘Sabbath (that ole’ moldy chestnut!). Lyrics about keeping the youth juice flowin’!“  

Failure have announced the first round of dates supporting their forthcoming album, The Heart Is A Monster (June 30, INresidence), with the tour kicking off on July 2 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.  

Having barely unpacked their dirty laundry following their riotous, nearly month-long Staggering Backwards European Tour, EYEHATEGOD is already gearing up for another excursion, as they prepare to blaze through the western edges of the US next week surrounding their headlining performance at Psycho California.  

Texas thrash behemoths, WARBEAST, are readying for a long-anticipated live takeover with a slew of one-off shows through their homestate and beyond throughout the Spring and Summer months. The festivities commence this Friday in San Antonio at Fitzgerald’s. The following evening, the band will bring their sonic devastation to Welcome To Hell Fest 2015 in Houston alongside Deadhorse, Poor Dumb Bastards, and more. Additional WARBEAST live incursions include an appearance at the Ft. Worth Metal Fest in Ft. Worth on Memorial Day weekend, with Eyehategod and Goatwhore, One Fest 2015 in Dallas, with Mobile Deathcamp and Devourment, and Full Terror Assault Open Air Fest in Cave-In-Rock, with Fear Factory, Eyehategod,... 

Faith No More, who release Sol Invictus, their first new album in eighteen years, on May 18, will be live streaming their May 8 concert from Detroit via Yahoo! Live at 9:15 pm eastern.  

As Pathway, the impending new full-length from Oakland-based atmospheric doom-bringers, SECRETS OF THE SKY, draws near, today the band offers up the stunning new visual accompaniment to fourth track “Angel In Vines“. Directed and edited by Andrew Nethery (Melvins, Kyuss Lives, Dead Meadow), creator of the band’s 2014 “Decline” clip, and starring Melissa May and Zack Warren, the video, much like the song itself, is at once stark and alluring.  

Today, the death folk titans, Ensiferum, start their North American touring for the new album, One Man Army, which will be followed by a few dates over in Europe. Info, ticket links, and dates are further in!  

Irish metal act, PRIMORDIAL, have just launched a brand new video for the song, “Wield Lightning To Split The Sun“!