Tank, the legendary British Heavy Metal Band, kicks off their European ‘War Machine’ tour in early August. They start with a couple of shows in England, then they move to Poland to be a part of Metal Hammer Festival (along with Judas Priest, Morbid Angel, Exodus, Vader to name a few) and later they visit countries like Norway, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Holland and Belgium.  

Fresh off the Avalanche tour, Canadian rockers Art of Dying head back on the road for the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival starting August 26, and have announced a contest today to win a pair of tickets for each show on the tour.   

–> Atlantic recording group Staind has announced details of their hugely anticipated new album.  “STAIND” – which marks the iconic hard rock band’s seventh studio album and first full-length release in three years – arrives in stores and at all digital retailers on September 13th.  

Dark Descent Records is pleased to announcing the addition of Finland’s CRYPTBORN to its hallowed roster. Entitled Into the Grasp of the Starving Dead, the seven-song, 28-minute EP  

Canadian death metal act, Kataklysm, is presently wrapping up its highly successful world tour that has brought the band to the four corners of the world. The Heaven’s Venom mania will continue this summer with the band’s appearance at the famous Wacken Open Air this August. The band will also perform and headline Brutal Assault festival in Czech Republic, Metal Mean Open Air in Belgium and the very anticipated 20th anniversary show at the Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany to an already sold out 30,000 + fans!  

When something spectacular emerges in the form of music, it is almost too simple to differentiate between what is here to stay and what is just a passing fad.   

West Coast extreme heavy metal act, All Shall Perish, has launched a special iTunes pre-order for the band’s forthcoming record, This is Where it Ends. Head over to: http://bit.ly/asptiwie to pre-order a digital copy of This is Where it Ends today for just $7.99.  

Sweden’s Blood Mortized is currently in the studio recording the band’s new album The Key To A Black Heart. The band has also checked in to make the following announcement:  

Scottsdale, AZ brutalists Reign Of Vengeance have just unleashed one of the most vicious and violent slabs of death metal 2011 has experienced thus far. Entitled Disemboweling Swine, ROV’s debut is the sonic equivalent to taking a rusty to a pack of baby seals (and just as fun too).  

Wisconsin thrash metallers LAZARUS A.D. are set to hit the road on the band’s first headlining tour with the band taking on local support at each stop. The No Prisoners No Mercy Tour takes the band through NYC, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Baltimore, and more on this 14 date run kicking off in Rochester, NY on July 22. The band’s July 24th stop in Montreal at the Heavy MTL Festival sees the band playing with the likes of KISS, Motörhead, Anthrax, and Children of Bodom just to name a few.  

Recently, Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS were shooting a video for Push Pull Destroy -the first single off of their debut album Pursuit of Honor- shot by Roy Warner Creative & Videography on location at the Yankee Air Museum, located on the grounds of the historic Willow Run Airport. It was at Willow Run where Henry Ford mobilized his manufacturing base to contribute to the war efforts by mass producing the B-24 Liberators that provided American Air Power to win WWII for the Allies.  

Behemoth hasn’t rehearsed as a band since Nergal was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2010. Since then, Nergal has undergone chemo therapy and a bone marrow transplant. Now, for the first time in over a year, Behemoth is back in the rehearsal space working on old and new songs.