Underground comedy/metal band Psychostick has announced that they will take part in the Parental Advisory Tour with Green Jelly and Nashville Pussy. The tour kicks off in Orlando, FL, on March 25th and will run through June 7th.    

YOUR DEMISE don’t just excel in obliterating audiences at each date of their ongoing North American tour, but they also excel at totally pwning Modern Warfare 2 players over Xbox Live. If you think you’ve got what it takes to counter the destructive tactics of the UK’s finest hardcore export then get to your Xbox 360 console and send a friend request to “EaracheRecords.”  

Killswitch Engage has released an official announcemnet about the current status of lead singer Howard Jones…  

InsideOutMusic is proud to announce the signing of the extremely talented progressive Metal band ASPERA to a worldwide deal and the release of their debut album “Ripples” is now scheduled for January 25th, 2010.  

Attention! Attention! What follows is an official transmission from GWAR’s middle-level, not-so-secret, hulking Antarctic fortress of eternal joy and torment – O.K. here it is! “What’s up freaks, it is your lord and master, Oderus Urungus, lead (and rear) singer of the world’s (and indeed, all things) foremost schlock rock group band splat-tak-u-lar…that’s right —GWAR!  

Pomona, California thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD are currently in the studio recording their brand new album, EXILED TO EARTH. The band are holed up at Highland Recorders with producer Ralph Patlan (WHITE WIZZARD, MEGADETH, UFO), recording the much-anticipated follow-up to their ripping 2008 debut album, FEED THE BEAST.  

Novembers Doom is just days away from heading to Europe to play a handful of dates in support of their last album INTO NIGHT’S REQUIEM INFERNAL. The band also finished a brand new video for the song “A Eulogy For the Living Lost.”  

Fresh off a successful European tour with labelmates DIVINE EVE, along with HATE, NOCTUM and NERVE, legendary death metal outfit, INCANTATION are excited to announce their inclusion in two of this summer’s most brutal metal fests. Both taking place July 15th – 17th,  

(New York, NY) — Thrash lords OVERKILL have sold 4,264 copies of their 25-year anniversary record IRONBOUND in the first week of its release. IRONBOUND has charted at 168 on the Billboard Top 200 and charted extremely well among major markets such as New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. This is the bands biggest first week since their 1994 record “W.F.O”.  

British thrashers EVILE have officially been confirmed for this years Hellfest in France. Hellfest is due to take place in Clisson, France, from the 18th-20th June. EVILE are set to open the main stage of Hellfest on Friday, 18th June. EVILE lead guitarist Ol Drake comments:  

Woe Of Tyrants spent the entirety of 2009 criss-crossing the US on a multitude of tours. After the grueling schedule came to a close, did they head home to rest and take some time off? NOPE! They dove right into songwriting for the follow up to their sophomore album and Metal Blade debut, Kingdom Of Might.  

HAIL! singer Tim “Ripper” Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) recently spoke with Michael Gallucci from the Cleveland Scene about the recent abrupt departure of bassist Dave Ellefson and trying to find a replacement (Ellefson has returned to MEGADETH for the band’s upcoming Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour). Hail is the allstar metal band composed of Owens, Jimmy Degrasso on Drums and Andreas Kisser on guitar.