2018 is proving to be the break out year for LA based Electronic Duo NIGHT CLUB! Following their extremely successful US and European tour run with COMBICHRIST and WEDNESDAY 13, as well as the critical success of their sophomore album, Scary World, NIGHT CLUB will be joining legendary super group A PERFECT CIRCLE on their Fall 2018 tour with TRICKY! Launching October 20th in West Valley City, UT, the tour will wind throughout the United States, finishing up November 20th in Phoenix, AZ.  

US dark melodic metal masters WITHERFALLwill release the highly anticipated follow-up to 2017’s Nocturnes and Requiems on November 2nd, 2018. The band reveals more details about this stunning new offering:  

Entertainment One (eOne) has signed Portland, Oregon’s LORD DYING to a worldwide deal with plans to release an all-new LP next year. Hailing from a region of the country that’s abundant with purveyors of the heavy riff, both parties are eager to get started.  

On September 7th, Metal Blade Records will release Cruel Magic, the new studio album by English NWOBHM legends Satan!  

Finnish melodic death metal masters, OMNIUM GATHERUM, are pleased to release their new album “The Burning Cold” today, August 31st. The album, which features the tracks “Refining Fire” and “Gods Go First” is already receiving critical acclaim.  

Washington, DC-based DARKEST HOUR has booked a run of East Coast tour dates for this November. This succinct but vital trek sees the long-running metal quintet headlining with support from some of their hand-picked favorite hometown scene acts.  

Vienna-based industrial post-rock collective PHAL:ANGST will unleash their fourth full-length, Phase IV, next month via Bloodshed666 Records.  

Platinum-selling alternative band BLUE OCTOBER’s  long-awaited ninth studio album I Hope You’re Happy (Out now on Up/Down-Brando Records) has debuted on the Billboard charts this week with the following positions:  

Doom rock icons THE OBSESSED will take to the streets next month on a near-two-week US tour alongside Eyehategod. The journey kicks off September 12th in Hamden, Connecticut and runs through September 24th in Memphis, Tennessee. See all confirmed dates below.  

BROADSIDE has announced a co-headlining tour, The Love And Loathing In Paradise Tour, with friends With Confidence. Joining all dates will be Sleep On It and Small Talks. The tour kicks off in BROADSIDE’s home of Los Angeles on November 14, before circling the country and coming to an end in Anaheim, CA on December 14. Tickets go on sale this Friday local time.  

Jack Russell’s Great White will embark on the Sirius/XM Hair Nation Tour from coast to coast. This extravaganza is starting at the House of Blues in San Diego, CA – Wednesday, September 12th and ending November 3rd in Dallas, TX at the House of Blues.  

2018 is the year of death metal, make no mistake. Be it the bands who stick to tradition or the new up-and-coming bands that are trying something new, this year has been one of the best for the genre in a little while. Take a look at some of the smaller bands that are working to make their name: