Having released two critically acclaimed albums this year (debut full-length, Duende, and EP, Echoes), Sweden’s The Great Discord is now launching a bass play-through for the track “A Discordant Call“, taken from Duende.  

Anvil is Anvil!A self-confident statement. A band philosophy. And what’s more: a life motto. Anvil is Anvil, that’s the title of their latest album. And the name says it all: an unambiguous, uncompromising recording, typical of this band. At the same time it’s fresh, occasionally surprising and generally exciting through and through. A stalwart metal manifesto by a band who stand for authenticity and credibility like few others in this fast-lived business.  

Mondo Drag, the newly transplated Bay Area band (originally hailing from Iowa), release The Occultation of Light on Feb. 26, 2016.  

In celebration of their fifteen-year anniversary, The Used will be hitting the road for a North American tour in spring of 2016! The band will be playing two shows per city, performing Self-Titled and In Love and Death in their entirety, plus more each evening. The tour will kick off on April 5th in Seattle, WA and wrap on May 28th in Los Angeles, CA. With each online ticket purchase, fans will get a digital copy of the band’s upcoming release, The Used: Live & Acoustic at The Palace. Tickets will be available this Friday, November 20th at /tn.jsp?f=001Qwn6puf6mz6398kI3_9OmNGTkkW9bsgwTa3am3wqDBnqURAXFnX67ZiFvUdMP8vBsH4B5DASasZoVfEQrfNIAcC7AHtlLiRjqnlAPVhdhY6sxJSzY1ALHJ-_s4bpZJ62cyC_mUbhMCboO19AjBxHoUZJOTH7ZHtt1zOvioAcRRU=&c=uRSV2yi1cuKx8uGlH0klJnHPDoyigzaajqQMdNIl73gWW6ay5dbc2g==&ch=SVjrv9cCrUtn6PvkAufBGj8HafUmj3FfqDpdk-M7_gWeVKzp62s10g==”... 

Spinefarm Records is pleased to announce the addition of active rock radio mainstays NONPOINT to the label’s worldwide roster. The band will enter the studio to work on its label debut and ninth full-length album in early 2016.  

On the Friday the 13th pre-orders will be available for “Termination Redux,” the 20th anniversary EP release from Belgian death metallers ABORTED.  

Swedish master of melancholy, Katatonia, has confirmed details of its new band member, drummer Daniel ‘Mojjo’ Moilanen.  

The Los Angeles-based extreme shred quartet EXMORTUS will release “Ride Forth,” their sophomore Prosthetic full-length, on Jan. 8. The album, which features the above cover art by Philip Lawvere (Kreator, Celtic Frost), was recorded with producer Zack Ohren (Immolation, Suffocation) — who also helmed their acclaimed 2014 release “Slave To The Sword” — earlier this year. Described as “a blistering blend of European-influenced, neo-classical thrash metal” (LA Weekly), EXMORTUS delves even deeper on “Ride Forth” with their heaviest, speediest and shreddiest material to date. Today, EXMORTUS proudly unveils “Relentless,” a brand new track from the... 

To showcase some of the new recording products Toontrack is releasing this month, Rivers of Nihil‘s Brody Uttley (lead guitar) and Adam Biggs (bass) have created a new version of the song, “Ancestral, I”, taken from their new album, Monarchy. Featuring drum tones from the Toontrack Progressive EZX and guitar/bass tones from Toontrack Guitar Gods 3 expansion for Ez Mix 2, the demo video can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/bF3uw3pTVlQ  

Cadabra Records, is preparing for the early February release of The Hound & The Music Of Erich Zann, two classic stories by celebrated author H.P. LOVECRAFT, marking the first time the author’s works have been read on vinyl in over thirty-five years.  

With the final mixes on their tenth studio album wrapped and ready for release in early 2016 (more info forthcoming), THE CULT is preparing for a run of six dates with spiritual cousins and legendary iconoclasts PRIMAL SCREAM. Kicking off on November 12th at Portland, OR’s Crystal Ballroom, both bands will be celebrating their unified solidarity and their forthcoming albums.  

Happy Halloween all you horror metal fans! THEM rises from the grave to announce the release of their first single from upcoming debut album, Sweet Hollow. “Forever Burns” is now streaming at this location.