I was sitting in my internship at a local radio station when this show was announced. A slow and uneventful day quickly turned my entire week around, and I quickly made sure, in every way possible, that I would not be missing this show. Even if I weren’t going to be covering the show for press’ sake, I would have found a way to get myself there to witness both Devin Townsend and Between the Buried and Me on the same bill.  

SULLY ERNA, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, has premiered his new song “Turn It Up!” today, September 15 via Billboard.com. Read the Billboard Q&A with SULLY ERNA and listen to “Turn It Up!” (here). The song is from his new solo album HOMETOWN LIFE, out Friday, September 30 via BMG.  

Swedish metal visionaries IN FLAMES and American metal favorites HELLYEAH announce their 2016 co-headline Forged In Fire Tour of North America, kicking off November 12 in Orlando, FL. Spanning 28 cities across the USA and Canada, the heavy metal tour of the fall will be supported by new bands From Ashes To New and Source on all shows (except Orlando FL). Tickets will be available for purchase as follows: Tuesday, September 20 at 10AM local time (Fan club and VIP pre-sale) Wednesday, September 21 at 10AM local time (Spotify pre-sale) Thursday, September 22 at 10AM local time (Local market pre-sale) Friday, September 23 at 10AM local time (Public on-sale) In conjunction with the tour announcement, IN FLAMES premiered... 

In a FACEBOOK LIVE chat announcement today, former MUSHROOMHEAD vocalist Waylon Reavis announced his new project, A KILLERS CONFESSION, has signed with EMP LABEL GROUP, and are working on their debut release UNBROKEN, tentatively scheduled for early 2017 release.  

Reigning metal queen DORO PESCH will return to the US next week for a short run of live dates leading to her performance at this year’s edition of the Rock Carnival in Lakewood, New Jersey alongside The Used, Life Of Agony, Sebastian Bach, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer and many others.  

San Diego’s legendary rock outfit Unwritten Law will be going on tour with long-time friends and fellow punk rockers Pennywise from September 30 to November 19,  hitting markets across the US including, New York City, Atlanta, and San Francisco. The group will be promoting their most recent album Acoustic via Cyber Tracks. Tourmates include Strung Out and Runaways Kids.  

Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost have declared the arrival of a new EP entitled Popestar, available today online and in record stores on CD, vinyl, and digital via Loma Vista Recordings. The surprise five-track offering features leading psalm “Square Hammer”, a new original track which was debuted earlier in the week on Sirius XM’s OCTANE as part of a week long global rollout.  

In addition to her prolific music catalog OTEP is also famous for her thought provoking, spoken word performances.  So much so in fact she is consiered a DEF POETRY ALL STAR, as she has appeared on Russell Simmons’ DEF POETRY on HBO.    

The highly-anticipated, genre-bending crypto-noir series THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS by Jonathan Hickman (EAST OF WEST, Secret Wars, Avengers) and Tomm Coker (Undying Love) launched to critical-acclaim and overwhelming fan enthusiasm. Both the first and second issues are slated for third and second printing respectively in order to keep up with increasing customer demand.  

New Jersey’s progressive metal masters, SYMPHONY X, are making a few special stops on their way to Japan’s Loud Park Festival. The 6 show trek will launch on September 29th at The Trocadero, hit 3 Canadian cities and conclude on October 5th at The Gramercy Theatre.  

Sad news came from Bolt Thrower today, who announced their break-up via their personal website.  

Metallica’s Kirk “Von” Hammett has stepped out in advance of the November ​​​​​​​release of Eerie Von’s forthcoming Misfits/Samhain/ Danzig photo book MISERY OBSCURA: The Photography of Eerie Von (1981–2009) to sing the book’s praises: