As previously announced, Ensiferum recently entered the Astia studio in Lappeenranta, Finland to begin work on their seventh full-length, which will be produced once again by Anssi Kippo (Children Of Bodom, Impaled Nazarene, Entwine etc.). Set to be released September 2017 via Metal Blade Records, the quintet has now issued an update about the recording process from in the studio.  

ANN WILSON has extended her in-progress and acclaimed ANN WILSON OF HEART tour with a second leg of dates running from May 19-July 2.  The iconic vocalist will make tour stops in Chicago, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Atlanta, among other cities.  

The Man Who Loves To Hurt Himself, an intense documentary film on TODAY IS THE DAY‘s iconic founding frontman Steve Austin, is slated to premiere at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in Nice, France in May.  

Anathema, who recently announced the release if their eleventh studio album, The Optimist (June 9, Kscope), share new song “Springfield” (https://youtu.be/8y1ROzCUpbU) as the band launches pre-orders for the 11-song collection.  

Today extreme metal giants ARCH ENEMY have released their live DVD/Blu-ray As The Stages Burn!, which features the band’s largest and most impressive stage production to date filmed at Wacken 2016!  

NEUROSIS declares new tour dates for 2017, announcing a new run of North American Summer performances with Converge and Amenra. As the band continues to perform the works from their acclaimed eleventh studio album, Fires Within Fires, the upcoming tour will find NEUROSIS bringing their immersive live experience to the East Coast and Midwestern US, and Southeastern Canada.  

Polish death/black metal masters AZARATH have teamed up with Terrorizer Magazine and Musick Magazine for an advance stream of their forthcoming album “In Extremis”, due out on April 7th via Agonia Records. Listen to the album early at:  

Switzerland’s INSANITY have announced  their upcoming Asia Tour 2017. The band will be touring April 15-23 in South Korea and Japan with support bands like The Geeks, No Shelter, Iris and Dawn Of The Maya. Tour dates are as follows:  

We have a brand new video and single from the forthcoming album, SIX, online now!. Check out the album’s self-titled opening track “Dream Evil” in a clip by longtime partner in visuals Patric Ullaeus / www.revolver.se (In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy, etc.)  

Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost have announced additional headlining dates to take place this Summer during the band’s North American tour with Iron Maiden. Pre-sale tickets for the 13 headlining dates will be available for purchase beginning today at 1:00 PM local time. Tickets will be available to the general public beginning this Friday, March 31st at 10:00 AM local time.  

California extreme metal veterans EXHUMED have entered the studio to record their highly anticipated sixth studio album and follow-up to 2013’s Necrocracy. The album will be entitled Death Revenge and will see a late 2017 release via Relapse Records.  

Punk rock trio WAKRAT (pronounced wôk•rat) have dropped a provocative new video for their track “Sober Addiction” in which Tim Commerford courageously confronts American authority head on.