Tampa, FL death metalers CANNIBAL CORPSE are gearing up to hit the road in the band’s first headline run since the band headlined the Hot Topic stage on 2009’s Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Joining CANNIBAL CORPSE on The Evisceration Plague Tour is 1349 (on select dates), Skeletonwitch and Lecherous Nocturne.  

St. Albans hardcore powerhouse, YOUR DEMISE will bring their highly destructive live show straight to you THIS WEDNESDAY, March 24th (starting at 6pm CST/7pm EST) via a live stream from The Rave in Milwaukee, WI. Known for their explosive live performances, YOUR DEMISE has been winning over towns all across North America one by one. THIS WEDNESDAY, March 24th, the band will show off their brand of hardcore to a far wider audience via the The Rave‘s live internet stream and will make sure that they start up pits so rowdy that computers around the nation will shake along with them. To watch YOUR DEMISE‘s live stream THIS WEDNESDAY, March 24th go to and sign up to watch The Rave‘s concert streams online... 

If you’re looking for an alarming, haunting, heads down, pummeling Death Metal album, look no further than Immolation’s newest release, “Majesty And Decay.” In the traditional Immolation style, this album goes from lurking intros, to furious riffs, ripping solos, and aggressive lyrics.  

Eulogy Recordings is very proud to announce the signing of Connecticut’s HATE YOUR GUTS. Their new album “BASTARD’S DISEASE” was recently recorded by Jay Silvestri and Kurt Zikaras at the Elwood Studio in Milford, CT.  

German melodic rockers Mad Max have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place on 5th-7th August, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The band will play a set of their 25-years-jubilee-album ‘Here We Are’ (2008) which was produced with many guest stars like Axel Rudi Pell or Michael Schenker. Full info on the festival’s bill can be find here: www.wacken.com. Mad Max debuted on the German metal scene in 1982, delivering a brilliant combination of hard rock and heavy metal. Throughout their long and fruitful career, Mad Max had their ups and downs, but always remained true to their original, hard rockin’ sound, making each of their releases truly unforgettable. They... 

Jägermeister, the brand known for decades of involvement with rock and metal bands, continues to own the concert circuit with the 2010 Spring Jägermeister Music Tour featuring Grammy Award winning American rock band KoRn. The tour, which is Jägermeister’s 16th Music Tour, kicks off May 2nd in South Carolina and plays over 25 shows across the nation in celebration of the upcoming release of KoRn’s ninth studio album “KoRn III: Remember Who You Are.”  

Some bands will flat out cancel a show if their vocalist is unable to perform that night. Then you get a band like Killswitch Engage that brings in another band’s vocalist to fill in. Killswitch Engage, or as they were known Thursday night in NYC, Phil-switch Engage, took a near cancelation and turned it into a spectacle.  

In an announcement given to a “bunch of penguins”, from the bowels of their Antarctic fortress, the worlds sickest band, the mighty GWAR, has announced the continuation of their 25th Anniversary with a public event of colossal proportion—The Crack-a-Thon!  

Canadian thrash metal pioneers ANNIHILATOR have revealed the artwork for their upcoming new album. ANNIHILATOR’s new, self-titled release is the band’s thirteenth studio album and is due to be released in Europe by Earache Records on 17th May.  

Forerunners in the heavy metal scene since its humble beginnings in the early eighties, Metal Blade Records is once again spreading the word of Heavy Metal to the world now through the label’s brand new site, Metal Blade TV. Metal Blade TV will be a place for metalheads to go and see video interviews and segments from some of their favorite Metal Blade artists  

Irish thrashers GAMA BOMB are sure to please their home fans with the confirmation of their first ever Irish tour. GAMA BOMB will be taking Liverpool thrashers and labelmates SSS on a run of shows in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland this April.  

Break out your flannel shirts and acid wash jeans with the knee holes (you know the ones I’m talking about) because Grunge is alive and well with Alice In Chains.