RELAPSE is proud to announce the signing of REALIZE. Kyle Kennedy (Sex Prisoner) started REALIZE as a composition project to experiment with heavy sounds and rhythms using old drum machines in the vein of industrial greats such as Godflesh, Scorn, Frontline Assembly, and Nailbomb. Sharing a fondness for heavy music, Matt Underwood (Sex Prisoner) and Matt Mutterperl (North and Languish) later joined REALIZE to play lead and rhythm guitar respectively.  

Italian sludge metal band Old Roger’s Revenge washes ashore with its latest release, The Vengeance of Blackbeard. This latest album is the follow-up to the band’s 2015 EP, The Sealane. Old Roger’s Revenge has a sound as heavy and fierce as a storm, and the band wants to encourage listeners to always fight for what they want in life with its pirate image.  

Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD reawaken and return with a 3-track 12” Vinyl and Digital EP entitled “The End Of Dormancy”, to be released on July 10th, 2020 worldwide via Century Media Records. The EP is centered around a special “Metal Section” version of the title track “The End Of Dormancy” (Off VOIVOD’s latest album “The Wake”) with added trumpets, saxophone and trombones. The complementary tracks on this release are exclusive live versions of “The End Of Dormancy (Metal Section)” and the group’s classic “The Unknown Knows” recorded at Montreal Jazz Fest 2019. A remarkable video-clip for “The End Of Dormancy (Metal Section)”, directed by Syl Disjonk (who previously... 

Mascot Records and Vandenberg have released a new video in front of the band’s upcoming global release on May 29. To View “Skyfall” from Vandenberg 2020  

Italian melodic death/epic metal band Gigantomachia released the “Immortal” single and lyric video.  

ELLEFSON, the solo band of Grammy-Winning MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson released their cover of the POST MALONE track “OVER NOW”, currently available exclusively on BANDCAMP, and on all other digital outlets. The track will appear on their as yet-untitled debut album, tentatively due in October.  

German metal act DUST BOLT have just released a beautiful, aesthetically pleasing new video for their emotional single “Exit”, off the 2016 album Mass Confusion. DUST BOLTaddresses a rather important topic with “Exit”: one’s own mental health. Everyone suffers from mental health issues from time to time, some more than others. Especially under the circumstances we are currently living in, social distancing becomes a mostly overseen social problem.  

Ska-punk trio Sublime With Rome announces that they will be teaming up with MusiCares for a virtual BBQ and full band performance on Saturday, May 23rd at 3PM PDT. The event will stream live on nugs.tv and all profits will benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.  

Relapse Records proudly presents ZOMBI’s new album, 2020, coming out July 17th. Their first new album in 5 years, 2020 showcases the songwriting prowess that has pushed the duo of Steve Moore (synthesizers, guitars, bass) and A.E. Paterra (drums) to evolve throughout their storied, 20-year career.  

Lost Society, representing the new generation of crossover thrash metal, released their fourth studio album “No Absolution” in February. Due to the current situation, the actual album release show and following tour naturally had to be moved further to the unknown future.  

It is abundantly clear that right now, music lovers around the world are craving the return of live concert experiences. This summer, legendary heavy metal frontman, actor and radio personality DEE SNIDER has just the thing to keep live music where it belongs – with the fans!  

Today, LA’s Body Count releases the music video for their song “Point The Finger” from their highly acclaimed recent album Carnivore (March 6th, 2020). Due to the current worldwide crisis, the video was shot entirely with the band members’ cell phones in home quarantine. Watch the video, produced and edited by Jay Rodriguez for Itchy House Films, which also features guest vocalist Riley Gale from popular Texan crossover thrash outfit Power Trip