Revocation – who have been part of the Metal Blade Records roster since 2014 – have re-signed to the label worldwide!  

UK Doom Metallers CONAN have returned to North America and tonight they will kick off their next tour supporting the mighty Black Label Society. The tour stops tonight in Denver and runs through May 23rd in Los Angeles, CA.  

EXIT 111 Festival will debut with a heavyweight line-up that celebrates all forms of rock–from hard to classic, alternative to southern–when it debuts October 11-13 at the Great Stage Park in Manchester, TN.  

Portland doom quartet USNEA announce Summer 2019 headlining tour dates throughout the United States with Chrch. The band continues to tour in support of their 2017 released full-length album Portals Into Futility. The tour commences July 5 in Sacramento, CA and ends July 18 in Denver, CO. A full list of tour dates is available below.  

Epic classic metal goes head-to-head with blazing Scandinavian black metal on Lunar Shadow’s firebrand sophomore effort, The Smokeless Fires. The album will be released June 21 on Cruz Del Sur Music. Album track “Hawk of the Hills” is now streaming.  

Cleveland’s metallic hardcore legends RINGWORM share a new song “Dead To Me” less than two weeks before the release of Death Becomes My Voice. Stream the third single from Death Becomes My Voice  

English rock band Sister Shotgun releases their debut album, Fragments, via Pavement Entertainment. The music is available for streaming and purchasing on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon. This latest release from Sister Shotgun serves as a follow-up to their 2017 EP, Devour.  

Legendary American Thrash Metallers Sacred Reich have finished recording their highly anticipated new studio album – a first in 23 years – entitled Awakening. The album is due this summer.  

MISERY INDEX will take to the streets this June on a North American tour as direct support to Nails. The journey will commence on June 8th in Chicago, Illinois and conclude on June 16th in Raleigh, North Carolina. Additional support will be provided by Devourment and Outer Heaven. See all confirmed dates below.  

As I approached the box office for Dance Gavin Dance’s show in New York, I heard from the customer next to me that the show had completely sold out. Look back a few years ago and Dance Gavin Dance were just introducing clean vocalist Tilian Pearson into the band, and now they’re selling out one of the larger venues in NYC. Ain’t that something. Back when the mallcore/Warped Tour band phase was sweeping America circa 2010/11-ish, Dance Gavin Dance were thrown around in that scene quite frequently. There was always something off about the experimental post-hardcore act, but Dance Gavin Dance stood out, if for any reason being their non-compliance with the trend that was going on. They fit in, yeah, but kinda like... 

Swiss masters of death-infused folk-metal ELUVEITIE have announced their return to North America for a month-long co-headline “Wanderers Towards Rebirth (Kulkija ad Agtegnatos) Tour” with KORPIKLAANI in support of their newly released, critically praised record Ategnatos. The bands will be accompanied on the tour by GONE IN APRIL.  

Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy announce North American tour today supporting Amon Amarth. The massive tour starts on September 26th in Seattle, WA and wraps on October 26th in Los Angeles. Fans can purchase pre-sale tickets on Tuesday, April 16th via Amon Amarth and Citi pre-sale starting at 10AM. Ticketmaster, Live Nation, venue, radio, and Blabbermouth (password BLABBER) pre-sales will be available on Wednesday, April 17th starting at 10AM. Finally, tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 19th at 10AM.