Trollhättan, Sweden-based GUST this week releases their self-titled, sophomore LP via Southern Lord, a breakneck, nearly half-hour-long album signals the band’s first release on the label and is streaming in its entirety right now.  

As part of a swarm of new titles from Magic Bullet Records coming together for release over the coming months, the label is proud to announce the impending stateside issues of BEASTMILK‘s Use Your Deluge EP and White Stains on Black Wax single.  

The new album before me today, Let Time Begin by BEAK, is a big ol slab of Heavy, with a wide field of view of genres, excellent playing, and a pure brooding atmosphere. Its a pretty good listen, but that’s not really saying much, eh? More after the break!  

ProgPower USA has announced the line up for ProgPower XVI, which will include Falconer‘s final live performance. A video featuring music from the bands announced so far can be found on facebook.com/ProgPowerUSA. The festival is scheduled to take place in Atlanta, GA September 11-12 next year. Tickets will go on sale on October 4 through Ticketmaster.  

In October 2014, Drowning Pool will embark on a US tour celebrating the Unlucky 13th Anniversary of the release of their seminal debut record, Sinner, which features the hard rock anthem, “Bodies”. In celebration of 13 years, the band will perform the entire Sinner album followed by their other hits.  

On their newest album, Religious Apocalypse, USDM tour de force BLOODSOAKED have made the entire album available for streaming in conjuncture with Comatose Music, who released the album.  

Known for his work as drummer of SIDIOUS, Krhudd will re-release Blestem, the debut album from one-man Black Metal project COLOSUS through Kaotoxin Records on October 7 in North America and October 27 in Europe. The album will be available as a limited edition first press (1,000 copies) DigiSleeve CD and Cassette Tape (100 copies).  

Italian death metal miscreants BLOODTRUTH will levy the auditory punishment of their debut album, Obedience, upon the ears of the living this coming Tuesday, plus they have just launched a playthrough video at Gear Gods.  

Black metal trio IMPURIUM have released the music video for “Again We Freeze,” a track taken from, Unleashing a Cacophony of Destruction, the band’s recent split disc with THRONE OF SACRILEGE.  

MONUMENTS show no sign of slowing down or getting homesick. After touring Europe with Dioramic and Protest The Hero, they headed off to North America for a run with Glass Cloud and Scale The Summit. It looks like North America liked what they heard and saw, because MONUMENTS are about to start their 1st headlining tour with support coming from Polyphia, Villains, Lionfight tomorrow.  

Louisiana blackened thrash perpetrators GOATWHORE are currently readying for their next round of headlining live assaults. Slated to commence in Houston on September 15th, the band will quash nearly two dozen US cities including recently added dates in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, New York, Virginia, Georgia and Florida as well as five shows supporting death rock/horror punk icons, Samhain!  

Sweden’s master of horror, Bloodbath – notable for the inclusion of Katatonia and Opeth members – is set to release its fourth album of supreme death metal, Grand Morbid Funeral, on November 18 through Peaceville Records.