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:  

DEAD BY WEDNESDAY have announced The Highnamic Duo Tour with Twiztid. “We’ll be doing all of the U.S. dates (NOT Canada) opening for the mighty Twiztid, Slaine, and more!!!!! We played a bunch of the last Warped Tour dates with Twiztid & become friends with some of their camp. These guys are known to bring out a “token” heavy metal band with them out on tour & we are honored to be that band this time around. Yes, we know it’s not a metal tour but that’s the difference between DBW & a lot of metal bands…  

OZZY OSBOURNE’s 2020 North American “NO MORE TOURS 2” has unfortunately been cancelled to allow OSBOURNE to continue to recover from various health issues he has faced over the past year. This decision was made to accommodate fans who’ve been holding tickets for rescheduled shows and have been asked to change plans, some multiple times. Following promotional obligations for his new ORDINARY MAN album (out February 21), OSBOURNE will head to Europe for additional treatments.  

Combichrist has announced U.S. tour dates that begin on April 3rd in Winter Park, Fl at Soundbar and conclude on April 26th in Atlanta, GA at The Masquerade. (dates below) Please get in touch if you would like to interview the band or attend a show for review/photos.  

Grammy award-winning heavyweights Korn and the iconoclastic, platinum-selling Faith No More today announced their epic co-headline North American tour. The tour will see both bands traversing the continent this summer and will give fans the chance to see two of the biggest forces in rock perform on the same stage each night. The tour will also feature special guests Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, Helmet, Spotlights, and ’68 on select dates [full itinerary below].  

On the heels of their successful winter headline tour that wraps next week, Alter Bridge are announcing a spring run that is set to kickoff this May. The next headline run will include select festival appearances as well as headline shows with special guests Black Stone Cherry and Saint Asonia. The tour kicks off on May 1st in Atlanta and wraps up on May 24th at Rocklahoma in Pryor, OK.  

Billy Talent have released the second chapter of their episodic short film Forgiveness. Based on the song “Forgiveness II,” which was released by the band last November, the new episode features gripping performances from UFC superstars Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Rose Namajunas.  

Powerhouse rock ‘n’ roll band FOZZY climb the Rock Radio Chart with “Nowhere To Run”, which has just reached #10 on the chart. The song is the band’s third track to hit Top 10 on Rock Radio, following “Judas” and “Painless”. Watch the music video for Fozzy’s newest hit song, “Nowhere To Run”