The consistently talented masterminds of metal are back and better than ever with their newest EP release Omen.  

California Bay Area death metal pioneer Autopsy has partnered up with Stereogum.com’s “Haunting The Chapel” to premiere a brand new track “Hand Of Darkness” from the band’s long-awaited fifth studio album Macabre Eternal.  

British madcap thrashers LAWNMOWER DETH have been confirmed for this year’s edition of Bloodstock Open Air festival in the UK. LAWNMOWER DETH were active in the late ’80s and early ’90s, before reforming in 2008. The band has since played a number of shows, including performances at Download festival and Damnation Festival.  

San Antonio’s masters of blackened death/thrash HOD are gearing up to hit the road with black metal legends MARDUK, along with AURA NOIR, BLACK ANVIL and PANZERFAUST as part of the Seven Bowls of Wrath Tour.  

On June 2nd, 2011, Chilean death metallers THORNAFIRE have the distinct honor of warming up the stage for the almighty SLAYER when the trash titans bring their World Painted Blood Tour to South America.  

After storming the world for nearly 40 years and taking their very special brand of heavy metal to all four corners of the planet, JUDAS PRIEST – one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, have announced this will be their final world tour!!  

MALEFICE, are currently readying to unveil Awaken The Tides, the third full-length from one of the most exciting modern metal acts to come out of the U.K.  

Today popular metal portal MetalSucks hosts the worldwide premiere of UNEARTH‘s “Ruination Of The Lost,” the explosive second track off the band’s upcoming Darkness In The Light full-length.  

Norway’s ICS Vortex have signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records for the launch of the versatile “Storm Seeker” debut album, to be released on August 22nd, 2011 in Europe and August 23rd, 2011 in North America.  

A re-mastered version of DEATH’s “Lack Of Comprehension”, taken from the forthcoming re-issue of Human, has been posted online now via the official DEATH Facebook page.  

UNKIND has completed work on their brand new full-length album Harhakuvat. Harhakuvat was recorded and mixed by Kari Nieminen at Noisecamp Studios in Turku, Finland.  

Relapse Records will release the brand new, long-awaited album from southern metal band HAIL!HORNET this summer. The album, Disperse The Curse, follows-up the band’s self-titled 2007 debut and has been set for a July 19th North American release date.