OTEP is one of the fiercest artists in metal and in just a few days, she will be unleashing her brand of dystopian metal onto the U.S. Kicking off in Bakersfield, CA this Friday, November 23, the ART OF DISSENT tour will run straight through December 23, bookending the holidays with unyielding mayhem. The full itinerary can be found below.  

The UK-based blackened death metal group HECATE ENTHRONED will release “Embrace Of The Godless Aeon,” their first album in five years (and their debut for new label M-Theory Audio), on January 25, 2019. The album – which features cover artwork by Nestor Avalos (Bloodbath, Rotting Christ, The Black Dahlia Murder), as seen above – can be pre-ordered now on CD and red splatter vinyl at this location (www.m-theoryaudio.com/store). A limited-edition deluxe box set that includes exclusive purple vinyl and cassette editions of the album, a signed photo card and other collectibles is also available.  

Venom, the unholy trinity of Cronos, Rage, and Dante, celebrate a massive 10 years together with new studio album, STORM THE GATES – a 13-track outing for blasphemers, fornicators, and the forever cursed  – set for release via Spinefarm Records on December 14. The CD/digital versions of the record will be available from this date, with a deluxe double vinyl package following early in 2019. STORM THE GATES is a classic call-to-arms from a legendary band who can legitimately be classed as both original and genre-defining. There is nothing like Venom. Just Venom. Since 2009, this latest incarnation of the group has had a clear vision of who they are and where they want to go. They steadfastly... 

Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo, Uwe Lulis and Christopher Williams are ready to rock! We are heartbroken over Peter Baltes departure, but with our iron will ACCEPT will continue to bring you metal forever. Symphonic Terror – Live At Wacken 2017 was just released November 23rd, 2018 and we will bring the show to you in 2019, see ACCEPTworldwide.com for dates! You cant believe what is going on here, it is amazing!  

HOUR OF PENANCE commented: “We’re really excited to announce that Hour of Penance signed a new deal with Agonia Records. The first friut of our cooperation, a new album, is coming in 2019. It’s great to be part of a label that has always been focused on quality extreme metal and it’s the right place to spread our music and brutalize the ears of extreme metal fans all over the world with the new songs we’ve composed. We’re working very hard to bring you our finest and best sounding album so far and we cannot wait to start recording. More details will be revealed in the upcoming months, so keep your eyes open”.  

With the end of 2018 drawing near, most bands are staying under the radar and getting ready for the new year. That’s not the case with symphonic deathcore band, The Convalescence as they are proud to announce they have signed to Legend Recordings.  

Asking Alexandria, one of the most streamed, downloaded, watched, and altogether listened to bands in a generation, have today released a brand new live video for their hugely successful single ‘Alone In A Room’. Having spent 28 weeks on the Active Rock Radio charts and peaking at #7, ‘Alone In A Room’ is the band’s 3rd top ten hit at rock radio and has amassed a whopping 16.3 million streams on Spotify with the official music video having clocked up 6.3 million views on Youtube to date.  

Fresh off a successful tour throughout Texas, an EP that garnered widespread play on digital and terrestrial radio, and numerous awards, including winner of the WILDFLOWER FEST! Battle of the Bands, Best Guitarist (Trent Cruickhshank), and Best Bassist (Jack Zukoski), 40,000+ spins on Spotify, and airplay on numerous radio stations including KFAI, KMSC, KRSC, KEGL, WCSF, WCVF, WLFC, WMFR, WMNF, WMUL, WPRK, WRRC, WVCW, WVMM, WWSU, and WWUH, the band Weather King has released their second single, Jejune Bug.  

Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater recently announced the forthcoming worldwide release of their 14th studio album, Distance Over Time on February 22, 2019. Distance Over Time showcases a newfound creativity for Dream Theater while maintaining the elements that have garnered them devoted fans around the globe. The album also marks the first for the band’s new label InsideOutMusic / Sony Music.  

Finnish melancholy death-doom metal masters Swallow The Sun announces the release of their new album When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light, which is scheduled for release on January 25th, 2019 via Century Media Records.  

Desert Rock frontman extraordinaire, JOHN GARCIA, has just released“Chicken Delight“, the first single of the new album John Garcia And The Band Of Gold. Today the Kyuss legend unveils the official lyric video for the relaxed groover straight out of the desert!  

Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of cult Austin, TX noise rock trio CHERUBS. Formed in 1992, CHERUBS emerged on the Austin LSD punk scene with a jackhammer of nightmarish, rhythm-driven song structures and plenty of Butthole Surfers whimsy and terror to keep things more than interesting. They released three highly-acclaimed albums in the 1990’s including Icing, Heroin Man and Short of Popular. Fast forward 25+ years later and the band has recently reformed with more energy and songwriting acumen than ever before.