Church of Misery, Japan’s finest doom export, has once again confirmed new dates for their North American tour. After the government shutdown, countless consulate delays, and some behind-the-scenes gymnastics at Tone Deaf Touring worthy of Olympic gold, Church of Misery is now slated to begin their tour next Friday in Toronto, ON. The tour will feature support on select dates from Wizard Rifle, Saviours, Bloody Hammers, and Against the Grain. To preview the live experience awaiting fans on this tour, watch the video for “Brother Bishop” at  

“We all recognize that the whole amnesty program is a PR move by Putin, likely of course a bit of image clean up prior to the Olympics, said Hunter Heaney, Executive Director of The Voice Project, an organization that has worked behind the scenes for the women’s release and worked together with family members to keep the Pussy Riot women safe and monitored while they were in the camps, raising over $120,000 for the support efforts.  

Napalm Records are honored to announce the signing of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY!  The Thrash Metal outfit, who released the critically acclaimed and universally praised albums “Inflikted” & “Blunt Force Trauma,” have signed a worldwide record deal with the Austrian based label.  The band revolving around the legendary brothers Max and Igor Cavalera is currently working on their still untitled third studio effort.  Metal fans can expect another ground breaking and innovative record that will shake the foundations of the music scene!  

Candlelight Records today confirms March 3rd for Europe and March 4th as the North American release date for Salvation of Innocents, the label debut from hardcore/metal pioneers EARTH CRISIS. Mixed by Zeuss (Agnostic Front, Terror, Hatebreed), the album and its lead single, “The Morbid Glare,” will be available for preorder via iTunes and other digital platforms beginning January 20th/21st.  

Set to play with EYEHATEGOD and STRONG INTENTION this January! Cattle Decapitation has begun the writing process for the follow up to 2012’s Monolith of Inhumanity, which has been lauded as the band’s finest and most complex release to date. Decibel Magazine gave the album a 9/10 review calling it “a behemoth of an album; probably the best of their prolific history…a masterstroke of rule-shattering extreme metal worthy of album of the year consideration.” Decibel Magazine also placed the album at #13 on their top 40 Extreme Metal Albums of 2012 calling it “perfection” while the folks at About.com ranked the album #2 on their Best Heavy Metal Albums of 2012.  

This January, Serval Industries newest employees infiltrate a heavily guarded A.I.M. base in the thrilling ALL-NEW X-FACTOR #2! And their first time in the field isn’t going so well! From the blockbuster creative team of Peter David and Carmine Di Giandomenico comes an team unlike anything you’ve ever seen before!  

“Hero” is a track off of DORO‘s 2012 album, Raise Your Fist, which was dedicated to one of the all-time greatest vocalists in rock and metal, Ronnie James Dio. “Herzblut [Lifeblood]” was released as a single in 2009. The Herzblut EP contains German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese versions of the song.  

Due to the awesome head office of Metal Machine, I had the pleasure to witness not one, but TWO epic tours that wound together with a late addition show in Midland, Texas, at La Hacienda! I was witness to the Industrialist Tour for Fear Factory joining the Super Collider Tour from Megadeth, with Nonpoint opening up for the pair. This tour is a not miss opportunity, and I took full advantage!  

CREMATORY no longer need to fear comparison with the international competition, Germany’s most popular Gothic Metal Band having earned itself an excellent reputation at home and abroad over the past 23 years.  

Minneapolis, MN hard rock/industrial metal outfit AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE are proud to announce the third leg of the Shoot Tour, in support of their recently release EP, Shoot.  AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE will be joined by Righteous Vendetta and Cathercist.  

GODHUNTER is finalizing the last few details on their imminent debut full-length release, City Of Dust.  

Gothic Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL have announced that they are returning to North American for a headline tour in 2014.   The “America Noir” tour will begin January 31st in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and is currently scheduled to run through February 20th in Toronto, ON.