Old School death metal legends MASTER are pleased to announce a 32 date US trek with California death thrashers SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER.  

HIM announces their first U.S. headline tour in support of their forthcoming new studio album, Tears On Tape. Dubbed “Tears On Tour,” the May 2013 run will make scheduled stops in both Los Angeles and New York City (tour dates below). Tears On Tape will be released on April 30th on Razor & Tie in North America/Canada.   

Swedish Death Metal veterans VOMITORY have decided to call it quits. Comments the band: “After 24 years, eight albums and hundreds of live shows across 30 countries, we have finally come to the end of the road.  

Los Angeles based Huntress, whom LA Weekly called, “…true to the roots of melodic heavy metal with a penchant for thrash, death and black metal” released their buzzworthy debut album Spell Eater earlier in 2012 via Napalm Records.  

Legendary British heavy metal band SATAN will release Life Sentence, their first studio full-length under the SATAN banner since 1987’s Suspended Sentence, on April 29th in Europe and in May in the U.S.  

Wind-up Records has announced the signing of rock act Filter. The band is currently readying a new album in Los Angeles at BLUE ROOM studio’s with producer Bob Marlette. Formed in 1993, Filter has enjoyed significant success over the past two decades, This will be the band’s sixth studio album, and follows the 2010 offering The Trouble with Angels. The bands decorated history also includes such platinum and gold recordings as Short Bus (1995), Title of Record (1999), The Amalgamut (2002), and Anthems for the Damned (2008).  

Bolt Thrower have continued their ‘quality not quantity’ approach to playing live and that has definitely paid off. In 2010 they played a number of shows and festivals across Europe, and from playing more intimate underground shows (in keeping with their roots), they can also pull off playing to a festival crowd of 30,000 people. That’s why, as they reached and moved beyond their 25th Anniversary, Bolt Thrower are still at the top of their game.  

Comatose Music is very pleased to announce the signing of MORTAL DECAY! For over twenty years this South Jersey powerhouse has astonished the death metal community with their very unique style of technical and innovative composition that sets them apart from all others. Brace yourself for a punishing release full of substance and without limits, exploring beyond the standards to create an opus of mass destruction. Here is what Mortal Decay says about the new album, “In believing that this is our most solid material to date, and that we are individually at our best, it can be summed as a definitive collection of songs. Ranging through every era of the band, and including newer experiments, our... 

After spending months deep inside their arctic fortress working on what will be their next album, your Lords and Masters GWAR have announced their return to the road in North America. The second leg of the “Fate or Chaos” tour is scheduled to kick off April 10th in Tucson, AZ and will run through April 25th in Jacksonville, Florida. Support on the tour will come from Warbeast and Wilson. Tickets go on sale this Friday February 15th.  

All That Remains has announced a tour in support of their new studio album A War You Cannot Win (Razor & Tie). All That Remains will co-headline with Hellyeah and In This Moment (alternating dates, see full tour dates below). ATR label mates Nonpoint will support the tour which kicks off on March 18th in Albuquerque, NM.  

U.K. heavy metal act, Cradle of Filth, has been forced to cancel its headlining North American “28 Days Closer to Hell Tour” due to U.S. immigration issues. No immediate plans to reschedule the dates have been revealed.  

Heavy metal icon collective DOWN has announced that they will perform a handful of headline dates this May. Kicking things off on May 23 in Birmingham, AL – the band will stop in 7 cities in the Southeast including Baltimore’s Maryland Deathfest, and wrap things up with a hometown show in New Orleans on May 31. Tickets go on sale to the general public on February 16 and include VIP Packages with opportunities to meet the band and hang out at soundcheck. For more information, visit DOWN-NOLA.com.