Since 2015, the name Endseeker has stood for the finest Swedish styled death metal from Hamburg, Germany. It’s hard as a fist and uncompromising – like binge drinking on St. Pauli – but with a big chunk of heart and soul to it.  

What a year for the genre. With the likes of Tomb Mold and Of Feather & Bone keeping the traditional style alive, you’ve got the more polished and technical side flourishing in a creative boom. The Artisan Era is doing a stellar job of unifying a plethora of skilled and insightful tech death acts that do more than just showcase musicianship, and with 2018 going into its second half, we’re seeing the label continue to drop heavy-hitting albums one after another. Aethereus’ debut album Absentia is just an extra layer in the cake at this point. With the obvious musicianship and slick production, Aethereus manage to keep their work interesting and exciting, rather than let it fall into a cesspool of technical... 

Industrial metal visionary AUTHOR & PUNISHER delivers his sixth full-length recording and Relapse debut Beastland on October 5th.  

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Virginia’s old school Death Metal beats ARCHAEOBEAST and are set to release their new EP, Manifesting The Antichrist September 7 on CD and Digital formats.  

Grammy Award Winning Megadeth bassist, author, entrepreneur, and Metal Icon David Ellefson has announced more dates for his BASSTORY tour, a series of limited and exclusive “Storytellers” dates, starting 9/20 in Portland.  

Steve Vai has announced he will host and serve as the musical director for “The Big Mama Jama Jam-a-thon” — an open, improvisational music/art event where the music doesn’t stop for 52 hours — to be held Sept. 28-30, 2018 at Musicians Institute’s brand new venue, LiveHouse, in Los Angeles, California.  

Tribulation have set a Sept. 14 release date for the “Nightbound” 7-inch, featuring the song taken from the band’s early 2018 album, Down Below, coupled with a live recording of the track, as well as a previously unreleased instrumental demo version.  

Death metal legends OBITUARY return to the US in September with Exmortus. The headlining East Coast tour begins September 1st in Carrboro, NC and ends September 16th in Ocala, FL. All confirmed tour dates are available below.  

This November/December, The Black Dahlia Murder will continue its support of their internationally acclaimed Nightbringers album with a new round of tour dates. The run will include a stop at the inaugural Los Angeles version of Decibel Magazine’s Metal and Beer fest. Support along the way comes from friends in Power Trip, Pig Destroyer, Ghoul, Midnight, Khemmis, Gost, Skeletal Remains, Devourment, and Havok.  

Redemption released their seventh full-length, Long Night’s Journey into Day – the first to be produced with Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Primal Fear, Amaranthe, Doro, etc.). Today, the band has released a new track from the album: “New Year’s Day”, a cover version of U2‘s classic song – which can be heard at:  

GWAR has released LP re-issues of the classic albums “Carnival of Chaos”, “Ragnarök” and “This Toilet Earth” via Metal Blade Records.   

HAKEN, one of progressive music’s most exciting bands, have announced details of their much-anticipated fifth studio album titled ‘Vector’, due for release on the October 26th, 2018. The album was produced by the band themselves, and recorded & mixed by Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood (Periphery, Devin Townsend Project), with the artwork once again being handled by Blacklake.