For his new video for the #1 rock track “Under The Graveyard,” OZZY OSBOURNE reteamed with acclaimed film director, screenwriter and music video director Jonas Akerlund (who worked with OSBOURNE on videos for “Let Me Hear You Scream” and “Gets Me Through”). Watch the video below…  

YOSHIKI appeared as a surprise guest last week (Dec. 11) during the Tokyo Dome performance of KISS’s “End of the Road World Tour.” He shocked the audience by performing piano and drums for two songs during the encore of KISS’s only Tokyo show on the band’s “Final Tour Ever.” YOSHIKI will also perform with KISS at their Osaka performance at the Kyocera Dome on December 17, 2019.  

Following a year-long, monumental celebration of the classic, platinum selling album, “Skid Row,” acclaimed vocal powerhouse SEBASTIAN BACH has announced the bash continues in 2020 with a second leg of the tour to take place in March/April.  

Canadian heavy metal/thrash legends ANNIHILATOR today reveal the official video for “Armed To The Teeth,” the opening track off the band’s explosive seventeenth studio album, Ballistic, Sadistic.  

After SERENITY set the world on fire with their latest addictive piece of symphonic metal, they are now ready to overwhelm your mind with their catchy second single, “Souls And Sins”, off of their upcoming album, The Last Knight, to be released via Napalm Records on January 31, 2020. Along with an artful conceptualized video, the symphonic medieval warriors capture the spirit from ancient times.  

On February 7th, God Dethroned will release their new full-length, Illuminati, via Metal Blade Records.  

O Zorn!, the Long Beach, Calif.-based post-sludge trio release Your Killer on March 20 via Seeing Red Records. Hear the song “Casket” below  

New York’s RASPBERRY BULBS — featuring members of Bone Awl and Rorschach — makes their Relapse Records debut with their highly anticipated new album, Before The Age Of Mirrors.  

WINDHAND share unreleased demo & rarity tracks on Bandcamp throughout the band’s discography. The five-album collection spans from the band’s full-lengths Soma, Grief’s Infernal Flower, Eternal Return, plus miscellaneous demos, alternative mixes & their Live at WFMU session on 6.8.13. All proceeds for the albums will help WINDHAND post-theft of their instruments and gear earlier in the Fall.  

Body Count, “one of the most important bands in punk rap-metal history” (Afropunk), recently announced the March 6 release of their seventh album, Carnivore (Century Media Records), have released the title track, showcasing the song with an animated video that highlights the album artwork:  

New Jersey-based melodic metallists Weapons of Anew will be releasing a new mini-album in time for the holiday season, when the ‘2019 Tour Special EP’ drops on December 13th.  

New Order announce a special Σ(No,5m,20Mia) performance to take place January 14 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater during the band’s four-night Four At The Fillmore residency. This show will include rare songs and arrangements that were featured during New Order’s 2017 Manchester International Festival set. Σ(No,5m,20Mia) is an extraordinary opportunity for the band’s fans to see them perform a number of songs that remained absent from the group’s setlists over the last 30+ years prior to the MIF event. Note: contrary to the initial Manchester performance, the January 14 concert will not include the synthesizer orchestra and art installation.