The SOS heavy melodic groove machine is rolling heavy, as the band continues booking new gigs across their vast NYC home turf in support of their fifth full-length album, Strength And Conditioning.  

Following a successful journey through Mexico, Italy’s favorite avant occult twosome, FATHER MURPHY, is bringing their séances to North American stages on another run of live rituals.  

Cattle Decapitation will be performing a brand new song off their upcoming 2015 Metal Blade release at the mid day show of the Housecore Horror Film Festival. The show will be at Midway’s on Friday, 10/24 with Unearth, Brian Posehn, Origin, fellow San Diegan and friend Author & Punisher, and Evil United!  

So its been a crazy couple of years in the US, what with wars, recessions, politics, and whatnot, so when deals happen by I hope someone is kind enough to let me know. Well, I am that someone! I have been laboriously trawling the Bandcamp metal section for the cheapest deals I can, because metal costs money (usually) and I ain’t got no money, Honey. So I have compiled a decent list of bands who have FREE ,or as close as possible (Name Your Price, $5 and under), albums to download! Check it out after the break!  

Corpse Flower Records and CV Books are pleased to join forces for the release of Morbid Tales! An Illustrated Tribute To Celtic Frost, a mammoth 155-page comic with illustrations and illustrated anecdotes from a varied bunch of metal musicians/authors.  

Volbeat’s “A Warrior’s Call” from BEYOND HELL / ABOVE HEAVEN (2010) has been certified gold for sales of 500,000 units by the RIAA. Volbeat singer and guitarist Michael Poulsen shares, “Jon, Anders, Rob and I are very proud of this acknowledgement. The fact that each and every sale is a gesture made by the fans that fill the venues, buy our records, and support rock music, this is truly meaningful. Thank you to each and every one of you. We share this moment with all of those that work on our behalf to support Volbeat globally, and with the fans who know Rock music is alive and well.”  

Reigning queen of metal, DORO PESCH, will kick off the North American leg of her 30 Years Strong & Proud anniversary tour next week. Slated to commence in Wisconsin on October 10th, DORO will rock eleven cities, including a very special New York City performance at the Gramercy Theater on October 20th where DORO and her bandmates will be joined by a host of special guests including Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth (Overkill), Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Jeff Waters (Annihilator), Jean Beauvoir (Crown Of Thorns, Plasmatics), Leather Leone (Rude Girl, Chastain) and more!  

MARDUK are in the studio at the moment to record their new album “Frontschwein” which is planned to be released in January 2015.  

Salt Lake City’s Visigoth have released the debut single from their upcoming full length album, due out in early 2015. The purveyors of true heavy metal have unleashed “Dungeon Master” across all digital music outlets! Download now via iTunes or Amazon MP3, and stream on Spotify! The band will also be joining King Diamond and Jess and the Ancient Ones as the openers for the October 26th show at The Complex in Salt Lake City, UT! Tickets for that show are available now at showclix.com.  

Rock radio juggernauts POP EVIL have announced a final batch of tour dates to cap off the most memorable year in the band’s history. The aptly named SET IN STONE TOUR will kick off on November 28th in Bloomington, IN at the legendary Castle Theater and run through December 20th, capping off the tour with a final hometown show in Grand Rapids, MI. Support duties will come from Red Sun Rising, Islander and Letters from the Fire. Click here for tour dates. The tour has extra meaning for the band, rounding out a year which gave them their latest LP ONYX, which recently surpassed 100,000 copies sold domestically – a feat not easily accomplished in the current state of rock. “For the past year and half we have... 

King Diamond’s “Dreams of Horror” is the only “best of” album covering the band’s entire career. King Diamond and Andy LaRocque meticulously mastered and enhanced these 23 songs into the ultimate editions, chosen by the band from both the Roadrunner and Metal Blade catalogs.  

Salt Lake City’s Visigoth have released the debut single from their upcoming full length album, due out in early 2015. The purveyors of true heavy metal have unleashed Dungeon Master across all digital music outlets! Download now via iTunes or Amazon MP3, and stream on Spotify! The band will also be joining King Diamond and Jess and the Ancient Ones as the openers for the October 26th show at The Complex in Salt Lake City, UT!