San Diego-based metallists Cage are set to return on October 30th, with the release of their latest metallic tour de force, ‘Ancient Evil’ (via SMG Records), and a little more than a week later, the band will be hitting the northeast of the U.S.  

Symphonic Metal Masters KAMELOT released their new album Haven last earlier this year (excl. Asia) on Napalm Records/Universal and Napalm Records/ADA/Warner as an exclusive licensing deal through the band’s KAMELOT MUSIC LLC.   

Three years after amicably parting ways with the Platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated Flyleaf, Lacey Sturm is independently releasing her highly anticipated solo debut, Life Screams, in early 2016 on FOLLOWSPOT Records with The Fuel Music distribution. The first single from this self-produced set of urgent, anthemic and lyrically-timely rock, “Impossible,” debuts exclusively on SiriusXM’s Octane (channel 37) Sunday, Nov. 1, at 1:00 pm EST, and goes immediately into rotation thereafter. On Nov. 6, the single will be available on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon, and goes to rock radio for adds Nov. 9.  

For the fourth year in a row (the most by any artist human, Scumdog or otherwise), your masters GWAR returned to The A.V. Club to take part in the A.V. Undercover Series. The A.V. Undercover Series features artists covering other artists’ music. GWAR‘s first offering tackled the Kansas classic, “Carry on Wayward Son” – which was voted favorite performance of the year, to no surprise of GWAR.  

Parents, teachers and politicians, lock up yourselves! After the 2010 Future Shock tape, new barbarians INSTIGATOR have returned with the Bad Future 7″ vinyl EP. The black vinyl EP will be released December 11 on Gates of Hell Records (a Cruz Del Sur Music sub-label).  

Tennessee’s WHITECHAPEL are set to tear across the United States next week with Australia’s Psycroptic and newly-signed Metal Blade labelmates Culture Killer. The onstage annihilation begins November 2nd in Warren, Michigan clobbering nineteen cities and drawing to a close November 21st with a home state show in Nashville.  

Poland based d-beat/crust band, STURMOVIK, has just signed with Selfmadegod Records to release their debut full-length, Destination Nowhere.  

ESTROYING THE DEVOID, the progressive death metal project helmed by Craig Peters (Deeds Of Flesh, ex-Arkaik), will release their Paramnesia debut next year via Unique Leader Records.  

Long Beach, California’s RIVAL SONS have confirmed more tour dates supporting heavy metal legends BLACK SABBATH on their final world tour. Starting on January 20th, 2016, RIVAL SONS will be joining BLACK SABBATH on tour across the USA and Canada, before heading to Australia and New Zealand in April, then on to Europe in June.  Due to overwhelming demand, the two rock titans will now be returning to North America in August for another month-long stint.  

THEORIES‘ “Burnt Concrete” from their recently-issued Regression full-length will be included in TONIGHT’s episode of You’re The Worst on FXX!  

Entity of Malevolence, the new album from North Carolina’s ABHORRENT DEFORMITY, is streaming in its entirety. Get Brutal HERE.  

Edmonton, AB (Canada) — Death Metallers TALES OF THE TOMB are releasing their debut EP Volume One: Morpras on Friday, November 27, 2015. New song “The Pig Farmer” is now streaming exclusively at this location! Their single focuses on the heinous crimes committed by Canada’s own Robert Pickton and stresses the importance of recognizing dangerous individuals, no matter how benign they seem and before they leave trails of victims in their wake.