Reading’s critically acclaimed Does It Offend You, Yeah? are set to release the follow up to 2008’s You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, the much anticipated Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You on March 15 on The End Records/Cooking Vinyl.  Subsequently, the band will be touring the states supporting Linkin Park starting January 20th.  

After a successful 2010, Norma Jean have announced their first headlining tour in over a year, “Explosions II.”  The tour will kick off in Dallas on February 24th at The Loft and conclude in their home town of Atlanta on March 25th.  Of Legends and Impending Doom will be supporting Norma Jean, with Stick To Your Guns joining the package starting March 3rd.  The critically acclaimed metal band recently finished a successful run in the UK with Architects after spending the summer as part of Mayhem Festival.  

    Warlock is without question one of the most prominent bands in the history of German heavy metal. Their musical journey began in the early 1980’s and came to a sudden stop in 1987, when the group’s singer, Doro Pesch, was forced to continue her career under a new moniker.  

The 2011 Metalliance Tour has officially been announced. The tour sponsored by Revolver Magazine, Loudtrax.com, Brooklyn Vegan, Mosh Potatoes Cookbook and Giddy Up! Sauces is proud to announce HELMET, SAINT VITUS and CROWBAR for its inaugural line up.  

  DARKEST HOUR has released a short behind the scenes video around their time in the studio working on their upcoming record.  

Recently Knoxville, TN’s WHITECHAPEL and drummer Kevin Lane mutually decided to go their own ways and the internet is already abuzz with rumors as to the reasons behind the split. Kevin offered the following statement to answer fans questions as to why the drummer and the band parted ways:  

Finnish death metal outfit CORPSESSED has signed with Dark Descent Records for the CD release of their self-titled debut EP. Scheduled for an early 2011 release, the EP features six tracks of bludgeoning old-school death in the vein of Entombed, Incantation, Deicide, Immolation and Grave.  

Finland’s new wave prog/death metal supergroup has posted a video trailer in anticipation of its debut North American tour, “The Finnish Metal Tour 2”, which will kick off on January 31st in Orlando.   

The two-man Black Metal outfit known as HAT (Norwegian for Hatred) are releasing the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed The Demise Of Mankind this month on Abyss Records. Entitled Vortex Of Death, the band’s second full-length release promises to deliver the same razor-sharp aural nihilism as its predecessor.  

Swiss melodic-folk-death-metallers ELUVEITIE will return to North America this February, in support of their new latest masterpiece Everything Remains As It Never Was. Joining them will be 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL, SYSTEM DIVIDE. Vocalist and mastermind Chrigel Glanzmann had this to say about the bands much anticipated return to our continent:  

On Sunday, February 13th, Chilean death metallers THORNAFIRE will share the stage with PESTILIENCE, VULCANO and nearly 40 others as part of the Macabre Fest II in Concón on the coast of Chile . In preparation for the festival, THORNAFIRE will join Chilean death/thrash cultists PENTAGRAM for a pair of shows in Santiago and the port city of Valparaiso .  

I hope you all survived the holiday madness and are ready to move forward into a bigger and better 2011. Your buds here at Clawhammer PR were wondering if, by chance, you took the opportunity to escape from the lunacy via Quicksand Dream’s epic Aelin: A Story About Destiny.