IPC-1, that’s the catalog number of the release that started it all: Fantômas’ self-titled release. Greg Werckman, former Alternative Tentacles’ Head Honcho and Mike Patton’s manager, along with Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk) had just come off the heels of the wild ride that was Mr. Bungle’s California and were looking for a label home for two new Patton projects: a “supergroup” featuring Patton, the Melvins’ Buzz Osborne, Slayer’s Dave Lombardo and Mr. Bungle’s Trevor Dunn as well as Maldoror, a release featuring Japanese noise heavyweight Masami Akita (Merzbow) and Patton.  

With “Dance Macabre” becoming the band’s third #1 single at Rock Radio, GRAMMY Award-winning artist Ghost announces a six-week North American headline tour that will see the Swedish rock band’s elaborate rock theatre presentation metamorphose into a full-on arena production.  

Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum recording artist, songwriter, composer, poet and visual artist Serj Tankian today released the soundtrack to Midnight Star, via his own label Serjical Strike Records. The mobile sci-fi shooter game was originally released in February of 2015 by Industrial Toys, whose chief designer Alex Seropian also helped to craft the famed Halo video game franchise.  

On June 7th, Vulture will release their sophomore album, Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves, a video for the first single, “B.T.B. (Beyond the Blade)”, can be viewed below…  

Switzerland’s rising stars RAGE OF LIGHT just unleashed a musical monster! Their mix of sharp riffs, electronic beats, melody and screaming violence breaks down to the long awaited debut album Imploder, which is out now and available everywhere!  

Perseverance Records presents the long awaited official release of the 1980 cult classic Prom Night Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Perseverance worked closely with Carl Zittrer and Paul Zaza to locate and unearth the original masters and all music recorded for the film including unreleased disco songs and score not used in the final production, never heard before anywhere.  

Monochromatic harbingers of hell BELZEBUBS have released the new single from their eagerly awaited Century Media album Pantheon of the Nightside Gods, out on April 26th. Accompanied by a video edit, “Cathedrals of Mourning” provides a foretaste of the band’s new progressive meloblack sound, that’d make even the Antichrist himself tremble with anticipation. The track features guest performances by Desibelius (keyboards) and Skvllcraft (backing vocals), who also appears in the music video.  

LA hard rock band 9Electric releases Megalith, their new album out now via Pavement Entertainment. Megalith features 12 tracks that are available to buy or stream on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon.  

Gore Metal maniacs EXHUMED are currently in-studio recording their 7th full-length album and follow up to 2016’s Death Revenge. The currently untitled album is being recorded at the band’s home-built studio Darker Corners, a first in EXHUMED’s legendary career. The album is the first to feature new guitarist Sebastian Phillips (Noisem), is being produced by EXHUMED and Alejandro Corredor (Brujeria, Nausea) and will mixed & mastered by Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust). The new album is expected to be released later this year. Stay tuned for more information in the near future.  

The road hounds in EYEHATEGOD will continue their 2019 4 Strikes… From The Elementary To The Penitentiary live takeover tonight, March 29th, in Houston, Texas. The tour will rampage its way through sixteen US cities, concluding April 13th on their home turf of New Orleans, Louisiana. Support will be provided by doom icons The Obsessed and punk rock veterans Antiseen on select dates.  

War is coming to the Marvel Universe in WAR OF THE REALMS, and no corner of the Marvel Universe will be untouched!  

It’s been nearly ten years since Periphery’s debut album, and in that time the group has become a formidable force of production innovation, songwriting, and musical chops recognizable across the entirety of the metal spectrum. What started as a bedroom project is now a full-fledged touring outfit and a former solo project has become a self-oscillating music machine that constantly challenges itself. Periphery IV: Hail Stan, unbelievably the band’s sixth album, is the first in which the band has struck independent on their new label, 3Dot Recordings, and with it comes the freedom of complete musical expression. While the band continue to expand their sound outward and innovate on what they’ve founded, they’ve...