Norwegian black metal masters 1349 will be reissuing their iconic sixth studio album, ‘Massive Cauldron of Chaos’ on both black and green vinyl. The re-release will be made available worldwide on May 17.  

Due to the massive success and positive feedback following the self-released premiere of Episode 1 from the thrilling new horror anthology series “Welcome To Daisyland,” the subscription based horror streaming platform Screambox TV has officially signed on to air the series in its entirety beginning Wednesday, April 3. The series will air on Screambox uncut, uncensored and commercial free.   

Unobstructed View and MVD Entertainment Group are pleased to announce the release of Lords Of Chaos on Blu-ray / DVD combo and DVD on May 28th in the US and May 21st in Canada. It’s a thrilling coming of age horror/drama, weaving together rock’n’roll, youth, love, and death through an incredibly dark story. Renowned Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund (Polar) brings his notorious visual aesthetic to the film, alongside ground-breaking performances from Rory Culkin (Succession, Signs, You Can Count On Me) and Emory Cohen (The Place Beyond the Pines, Brooklyn).  

Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of the instrumental progressive metal band, ESSENCE OF DATUM. The two piece from Belarus are currently working on the release of their third full-length record.  

The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles will become “A Sonic Temple” on June 15 with a diverse multi-act bill that has roots in THE CULT lead singer Ian Astbury‘s pioneering pre-Lollapalooza festival “A Gathering of the Tribes” (1990).  

Metallic hardcore heavyweights SWORN ENEMY return with a vengeance on their venomous new record “Gamechanger,” due out next Friday, April 5. Produced by Robb Flynn (Machine Head) and mixed/mastered by Zack Ohren (Suffocation, Fallujah, Warbringer), the hard-knuckled album expertly fuses metal, thrash and New York hardcore.  

Atlanta’s WITHERED have quite literally cooked up some exciting new signature products. The band has partnered with both Burnt Hickory Brewery and Kelly’s Death Pickles to release their own signature beer and relish, respectively.  

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!