If an actor or a reality show host can become president and wreak havoc around the world, then surely musicians have a time honored duty of reacting to that and speaking up for regular people. Punk rock legends D.O.A. have decided to do just that. That’s why you have the new D.O.A. album: Treason.  

Legendary Swedish black metal formation MÖRK GRYNING will be touring the U.S. for the first time ever! In the last years, the Swedes have returned to the stage triumphantly with live performances in Stockholm (Sweden), at Party San Open Air (Germany), and at Eindhoven Metal Meeting (the Netherlands).  

Doom rock icons THE OBSESSED will kick off their long-anticipated US tour this week supporting Today Is The Day. The band will join the trek Thursday, February 27th in Providence, Rhode Island and  appear on all dates through March 8th in Atlanta, Georgia. From there, THE OBSESSED will play two headlining shows in Columbia, South Carolina and Richmond, Virginia respectively with additional live dates to be announced in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.  

Filmed during a late summer night at Castlefest 2017 in The Netherlands, ‘Lifa – Heilung Live at Castlefest’ captures HEILUNG‘s legendary debut performance. This will be the first time that the mesmerizing footage is available worldwide as a stand-alone audio/visual (Blu-ray) piece. ‘Lifa’ lays bare the power and majesty of the enigmatic Danish trio’s deep and enchanting live ritual for all to experience.  

Baroness return to North American venues this Spring, kicking off a month-long, co-headlining tour with Against Me! on May 1 at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre. Destroy Boys support on the first half of the tour, with Drug Church supporting on the second half.  

Up and coming hard rock band 14 North drops their debut album, entitled What is the Feeling, out now via Pavement Entertainment. What Is the Feeling was produced by Damien Starkey (Puddle of Mudd, Burn Season, and Society Red), who helped 14 North craft a sound that fuses post grunge and hard rock.  

 West coast metal veterans Metal Church will release From the Vault via Rat Pak Records on April 10, 2020. This latest release is a special edition compilation album that features 14 previously unreleased tracks from the Mike Howe era, which include four newly recorded studio tracks including a redux of the band’s fan favorite classic “Conductor.”  

Ron Keel Band, fronted by million-selling vocalist Ron Keel, has signed with HVM Entertainment & HighVolMusic, partnering longtime friends Ron Keel & HVM chief Bill Chavis in an arrangement that includes multiple album releases on HighVolMusic as well as booking and management through HVM Entertainment.  

Body Count have released a video for “Bum-Rush”, the second single previewing the band’s highly anticipated seventh album, Carnivore (March 6, Century Media Records).  

Titled Seduction of the Innocent, this first trade paperback will collect issues #1-6 as well as the Free Comic Book Day 2019 #0 that kicked off the 50th-anniversary celebrations. Join writer Christopher Priest (Black Panther, Deathstroke) and Turkish artist Ergün Gündüz for their “Kelvin Universe” or Netflix-inspired take on the Daughter of Drakulon.  

Cleveland’s metallic hardcore legends RINGWORM announce Spring US headline tour dates. Select dates with All Out War, High Command & labelmates Genocide Pact are available below.  

The Contortionist have released a music video for their spot-on cover song of The Smashing Pumpkins 1995 hit “1979” via Consequence of Sound. Directed by vocalist Michael Lessard, this is the second music video we see from the band’s Our Bones EP released last year. Lessard also directed the music video for the title track “Our Bones” and can be seen below. Vocalist Michael Lessard comments: