Danish power thrash metallers Artillery will release their new full-length, Penalty By Perception, on March 25th worldwide via Metal Blade Records! To pre-order the album in various formats – and to hear the first single, “In Defiance Of Conformity” – please visit: metalblade.com/artillery  

Mascot Label Group will release Lody Kong’s debut album DREAMS AND VISIONS on March 25, 2016.  Formed by Zyon and Igor Cavalera (sons of Max and Gloria Cavalera), Lody Kong is ready to continue the family’s legacy with their raw and frenetic sound that’s tearing holes into the music scene.  

Atlantic recording group Halestorm has announced details of a major North American headline tour. The dates – unveiled earlier today via BandsInTown – begin April 1st at Reading, PA’s Reading Eagle Theatre in the Santander Arena and extend through late May (see attached itinerary). Support throughout the trek comes from special guests Dorothy and the legendary Lita Ford.  

American vocalist/guitarist LITA FORD is set to release her latest album Time Capsule on SPV/Steamhammer on April 15, 2016. Thevery special and unusual recording turns back the clock to a time when honest, down-to-earth rock music was still handmade and recorded without digital tricks and contraptions. Time Capsule is a “throwback” record that boasts identifiable voices and brilliant players jamming without any planning or pressure.  

In 2016, Anthrax will celebrate its 35th anniversary as a band with the release of one of the year’s most-anticipated metal/thrash albums, For All Kings, due out February 26 (Megaforce in North America/Nuclear Blast internationally).    

Instrumental tech metal architects, INVOKING THE ABSTRACT, are pleased to announce their union with extreme metal powerhouse, Unique Leader Records, for the release of their debut full-length entitled Aural Kaleidoscopes.  

Southern Lord has announced the addition of LIKE RATS to the label, confirming the band’s crushing new album for March 2016 release.  

New Album “X-No Absolutes” out February 5th on SPV/Steamhammer  

“Psychopathology” will be the first album in RAGNAROK’s history that doesn’t feature founder Jontho on drums. Having taken over the role of frontman, his place behind the drum kit is taken by DAUDEN drummer Malignant, who joined the band in 2014.  

Anglo-chilean thrashers Criminal have announced their new full-length, Fear Itself, due out March 11th worldwide via Metal Blade Records! The first single, “Down Driven”, can now be heard at: metalblade.com/criminal, where the album can also be pre-ordered in various formats.  

In an age when the underground is dug up and paraded, commoditized, cheapened and discarded seemingly on a weekly basis, guitarist Gary Arce remains a genuinely under-appreciated craftsman in heavy rock and roll. As the six-stringer for Yawning Man going back three decades, he’s one of the principal architects of the sound born in California’s sands and known commonly as desert rock. His contributions have been pivotal in the creation of a style no less American than Delta Blues and no less imitated worldwide, and with ZUN’s Burial Sunrise, set for release via Small Stone Recordings March 25th, he not only reaffirms the breadth and vitality that has made his work so essential, but builds on it in... 

Madison, WI Death Metallers CASKET ROBBERY have partnered for the exclusive premiere of new song “Final Chapter“. The song is taken from upcoming debut album Evolution of Evil. Stream it at the link below the break!