Following the release of Haken’s critically acclaimed album ‘The Mountain’ last year, plus plenty of touring and even three nominations at this year’s Progressive Music Awards, the London-based progressive metallers are extremely pleased to announce the release of the digital-only ‘Restoration’ EP in the US on the 11th of November 2014.     ‘Restoration’ is comprised of three reworked and updated songs which originally appeared on their 2007/08 self-produced demo, and the release has been mixed & mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios.  

The out-of-print 2012-released, Shooting Blanks & Pills debut LP from the Paris-based doom/sludge quintet, COWARDS, is now available through Canadian label, Secret Handshake Recordings.  

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, ATRIARCH is a mesmerizing death/doom metal force encompassing haunting atmospheres and droning avalanches of ritualistic sludge, a living entity comprised of four parts, offering catharsis through sonic ritual.  

Solid State Recording artists, Fit For A King have made their Descendants album a free download. Available now via Noisetrade (for a limited time), Descendants was the 2013 release of their re-recorded debut album with new vocals, instrumentation and a brand new song.  

To thank its legion of loyal fans for a half decade of support, Dark Descent Records is holding a 5 Years of Death sale from now until Sept. 10.  

Having entered the studio this time last year, Polish death metal squad CALM HATCHERY has finished work on their new full-length, which is now completed and slated for release via Selfmadegod Records.  

The Beast is back! The original voice of Iron Maiden, and the front man of such bands as Killers, Battlezone and Gogmagog, arises to bring his fans a show of sheer heavy metal brutality! Paul Di’Anno returned to Poland in April to play a string of live shows. One of the shows – at Lizard Club in Kraków on April, 9th – was recorded for the purposes of a live DVD release “The Beast Arises”.  

As the sixth and final album from Chicago’s infamous AMERICAN HERITAGE, entitled Prolapse nears release this Fall via Solar Flare Records, an official trailer for the release including the newly-released cover art by A.W. Sommers and more has been issued.  

As RINGS OF SATURN‘s disparaging Lugal Ki En encroaches inundating the human population, this week preorders for the album via iTunes are made apparent, following the disbursal of links to the physical manifestation of the album in recent weeks.  

Formed in the Bavarian foothills when the second wave of black metal had grotesquely clawed out of the grave and into the unforgiving light, DARK FORTRESS benefited from the rotten fruits of right place and right time.  For the past two decades, DARK FORTRESS have gone from strength to strength.  

West Coast gore hounds EXHUMED will take to the streets this Fall on another rash of live incursions with extreme metal technicians Carcass and manic death thrashers Noisem. Slated to kick off on October 24th in San Diego, the Inked In Steel Tour 2014 will trample nearly two dozen cities with additional sonic devourment from death metal legends Obituary and Macabre on select dates. From there the band will march overseas for more onstage devastation with Aborted, Origin and Miasmal. See confirmed shows below.  

“Homage is plain and simply just what the title says… a homage to various artists that have influenced me/us or at least provided the background to some good times in our lives. The song just had this wonderful nostalgic feel, BEFORE the lyrics even got added… and then it just slammed the point home. I really have a special place in my tiny black heart for this big colorful song. Whatever it does on a listener level, I know some folks will get it… Immediately”