The fans embraced it and the critics raved about it; SHROUD OF DESPONDENCY’s Dark Medications in Monastic Seclusion was that rare independent release that hit all the right buttons with its organic blend of beautiful acoustic and caustic black metal songs with lyrics focusing on isolation, despair, hatred, and one’s personal celebration of introversion.  

This spring HOURCAST will be joining forces with Black Label Society and All That Remains on the Uranium Tour, which kicks off May 4th at the House of Blues San Diego, and wraps up on June 5th in Richmond, VA.  

Quickly becoming the world’s foremost supplier of pure underground extremity, Dark Descent Records is proud to be the exclusive distributor of the self-titled MCD from Scottish black metal trio NEXION.  

Bone-jarring and chest-crushing; if death had a soundtrack, The Dagger and the Chalice (Dark Descent Records) would be it. Hailing from Finland, Corpsessed’s brand of spine-tingling death metal will not disappoint. Six tracks, 24 minutes, The Dagger and the Chalice is pure death metal.  

Earlier today, Dark Horse’s iOS app and digital store went online and opened for business! Even after extensive load testing, demand for Dark Horse digital comics was still too high for our servers!  Thousands of fans rushed to download our digital comics, resulting in intermittent service outages.    

Following the success of their uber-hot “Pinball Rocks” music game app, Slayer has just launched its official Slayer Mobile App for iPhone, iPod, and Android.  The Slayer App, identified on your screen by Slayer’s iconic Eagle logo, is free and offers fans access to exclusive content, the latest band news, photos you can’t get anywhere else, the band’s social media feeds, music and music videos, a merch store, a fan wall, tour dates, and much more.   

Already responsible for pulverizing eardrums around the world with some of the most raucous extreme metal the underground can provide, Abyss Records is proud to unleash a trio of releases guaranteed to piss off your neighbors.  

Following release of The God Album a few months ago to critical acclaim, MONSTERWORKS already has a new album recorded, mixed, mastered and ready to go to a good home.    

After a fifteen year hiatus from recording together, original Morbid Angel members Trey Azagthoth and David Vincent return with Illud Divinum Insanus on June 7.  

IMPENDING DOOM will be hitting the road this summer on the “The Nocturnal Alliance Tour” a non-stop assault on the US and Canada. Sharing the headline spot will be Mychildren Mybride with additional support from A Bullet For Pretty Boy, This Or The Apocalypse, and The Crimson Armada.  

With the volume, technicality and intensity that embodies heavy metal and the overarching catchiness and longevity of stoner and classic rock, Barn Burner capture a signature sound that cannot be easily placed or categorized.  

Established in 1978, D.O.A. and their raw, melodic sound quickly drew comparisons to the Clash and the Ramones. The band has always been known for its acute political sensibility and uncompromising, outspoken anarchist viewpoints.