HATEBREED have confirmed a handful of tour dates on the “SHARE THE WELT TOUR” supporting FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and ALL THAT REMAINS. Tickets for these dates go on sale this weekend to the general public  

Underworld Records has set August 15th as the date on which EXCOMMUNICATED debut album Skeleton Key will be unleashed. Compositionally dynamic, atmospherically insidious, and impossible to forget, this is Louisiana blackened death that lacerates the soul and burns into the brain.  

Gothenburg, Sweden based metallers AGE OF WOE will release its self-titled debut 7″ digitally this autumn via Pivotal Rockordings. Consisting of members of END OF ALL, MASSMORD, THE PROCESS and NO HAWAII,  the band is fueled by the desire to explore new soundscapes in the vast landscapes of punk and metal, leaving the Gothenburg sound in the dust.   

Puddle Of Mudd’s version of The Rolling Stones classic “Gimme Shelter” will be the first single from their forthcoming album re:(disc)overed. The track will be made available on iTunes beginning tomorrow, August 2nd.    

The Texan progressive rock group,, Fair to Midland, releases their fourth album. In ‘Arrows & Anchors’, the band pulls together some unique and amplifying tunes that truly brings a new element to the progressive rock genre. It is no argument that this new shred of light on the metal genre is a work of art.  

Electronic metal act THE BROWNING have unleashed a new track, “Not Alone,” available for listening today!  

The kings of experimental punk-funk Primus recently unveiled the details for the release of Green Naugahyde,  the band’s first studio album in 11 years.   

The 7 min short film Zombiefication is the ultimate manual when it comes to the proper handling of the living dead. The film features recommended behavioral patterns in case of imminent zombie epidemics, which are vividly executed and comprehensively explained. Zombiefication is bloodthirsty horror fun for the entire family.  

  FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE PREMIERES NEW TRACK “THE EGOISM” Nuclear Blast debut “Agony” out August  Italy’s symphonic extreme metal group, Fleshgod Apocalypse, has unveiled a new track, “The Egoism,” from the band’s forthcoming Nuclear Blast Records debut, Agony. Head over to: http://bit.ly/lpfanb to stream “The Egoism” and pre-order Agony before it hits stores on August 9th.  

Released in September 1991, Nirvana’s sophomore album and major label debut elevated Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl from a critically acclaimed Aberdeen, Washington, cult band to generational spokesmen who’d unwittingly created a cultural shift and musical touchstone. Rising to No. 1 the world over by year’s end and ultimately selling over 30 million copies worldwide  

KMFDM, the legendary German electro-industrial outfit helmed by Sascha Konietzko, embark on their first North American tour since the April release of WTF?! on Metropolis Records.  

Hard rock titans Mastodon have confirmed September 27th, 2011, as the release date of their highly anticipated new full-length studio album, The Hunter. Several exciting events are planned for release day apart from their Reprise Records release which follows their universally acclaimed concept album, Crack the Skye released in March 2009.