Death metal pioneers MASTER are less than a week away from an anticipated return to North American in support of their latest release, The Witchhunt. Kicking off on April 17 in Philadelphia, the North American Witchhunt Tour 2014 will see MASTER spending three weeks demolishing stages across the U.S. Joining MASTER‘s legendary founder/frontman Paul Speckmann will be guitarists Alex Bouks [ETURNUS, ex-INCANTATION] and VJS [NIGHTBRINGER, INCURSUS], along with drummer Ruston Groose [SURGEON]. The Witchhunt track “The Parable” is now streaming at this location. North American Witchhunt dates are as follows: 4/17 Philadelphia, PA @Millcreek Tavern in 4/18 Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus 4/19 Wilmington,... 

Legendary NWOBHM band SATAN will kick off its first U.S. tour tonight at Black Bear Bar in Brooklyn, New York. The influential trad metal pioneers will spend the next six days gracing North American stages in support of their 2013 comeback album, Life Sentence.  

A389 Recordings is preparing to unload their series of releases for Record Store Day 2014 — taking place nationally next Saturday, April 19th — with four exclusive, limited titles. FULL OF HELL / PSYWARFARE split 7″ Maryland/Pennsylvania-based quartet, FULL OF HELL, has joined forces with harsh noise solo entity, PSYWARFARE,for a special split 12″ constructed for Record Store Day 2014. The A side of the cooperative assault is overthrown by FULL OF HELL, stripping the hypergrind elements from their barrage, here focusing on their distressing racket/static infiltrations, sampling in choruses, looping feedback and experimenting with more distressing and melodic calls, within the track, “Thee... 

GWAR and Slave Pit Inc. would like to thank the fans and friends for the outpouring of love after the passing of our dear friend Dave Brockie. Our intention is to honor Dave, preserve his legacy and continue to share his brilliant works with the world. With that being said, GWAR and Slave Pit Inc. are proud to announce the creation of The Dave Brockie Foundation.  

Greyhaze Records has set a release date of May 27, 2014 for the long-awaited vinyl reissue of SARCÓFAGO‘s second album, Rotting. Originally released in 1989 via Cogumelo Records, Rotting‘s devastating output made waves throughout the Metal underground upon its original release. Today, the album still stands as a hallmark of Black/Death Metal.  

From Metal Blade Records: “GWAR and Slave Pit Inc. would like to thank the fans and friends for the outpouring of love after the passing of our dear friend Dave Brockie. Our intention is to honor Dave, preserve his legacy and continue to share his brilliant works with the world. With that being said, GWAR and Slave Pit Inc. are proud to announce the creation of The Dave Brockie Foundation.  

Today, New Orleans’ favorite musical miscreants, EYEHATEGOD, announce their most extensive US tour in years. Scheduled to commence in Atlanta, Georgia on May 28th, the day after the official North American release of their long-awaited new full-length, the trek will punish twenty-six cities, coming to a close on June 22nd in Tampa, Florida. Support will come from metallic hardcore legends, Ringworm, and morose punk metal perpetrators, Enabler.  

Scream Park is a retro slasher horror flick in the Hatchet vein starring Hellraiser’s Doug Bradley and co-starring Nivek Ogre from the band Skinny Puppy.  

CORRECTIONS HOUSE — the bastard sound manipulations of Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Sanford Parker (Minsk) and their minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury — are currently in Tilburg readying to trounce the main stage of Roadburn. From there, they’ll traumatize Het Patronaat (also in Tilburg) before heading to the UK for their London debut with Consumer Electronics and Necro Deathmort.  

Unique Leader Records is pleased to welcome long-running New York-based death metal legion, INTERNAL BLEEDING, to their expanding roster of audio severity. For over twenty years, INTERNAL BLEEDING has been at the forefront of the underground death metal scene, boasting a relentless DIY work ethic, consistently intense live performances and a commitment to composing some of the heaviest music possible, their breakdown-laden approach directly responsible for the establishment of an entire subgenre of death metal, aptly titled “slam” (a term they began using as early as 1992).  

In remembrance of the twenty-year anniversary of the death of legendary Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, we invite you to share with your readers the teaser trailer for the docudrama SOAKED IN BLEACH; a film that offers the definitive examination of the artist’s death from a yet unseen perspective.  

Finnish Funeral Doom Metal band TYRANNY have signed with Dark Descent Records for the release of the band’s long-awaited follow up to 2005’s Tides of Awakening. The as-of-yet-untitled album is scheduled for release later this year.