In a perfect world, Ulcerate is the biggest death metal band on the planet. I can’t fathom why more people haven’t been turned onto this band, but their track record of break-neck speed, cacophonic death metal is one of a kind. Darker than Gorguts yet not as much of an oddity as Imperial Triumphant, the New Zealand trio have long found their own brand of death metal, and on album number six, Stare into Death and Be Still, the band is perfecting their concrete and foolproof formula. In case you haven’t guessed it yet, this is one of the best death metal releases of the year, if not in music as a whole. And it’s only April.  

-(16)- returns with their new album, Dream Squasher. Set for release June 5th via Relapse Records, Dream Squasher is a testament to the power of loss, its every moment casting the San Diego outfit into deeper, darker depths.  

Sons of a Tradesman are South Florida’s own sons who bring their raw gritty sound as they debut their first single “The Bandit” from their forthcoming EP ROAD TO NOWHERE due out in autumn of 2020.  

Ever since the band’s founding in late 2004, AHAB have been exploring the deep dark sea, while becoming the true masters of solemn melancholy. The nautic doom heavyweights now announce their first intense live album, Live Prey – recorded at Death Row Fest 2017 in Jena, Germany – to be released on June 26, 2020 via Napalm Records.  

Los Angeles’ death metal masters ABYSMAL DAWN have released the official, 3D video for the song “Coerced Evolution,” which is taken from their new album, ‘Phylogenesis.’  

As the world continues to battle the recent Covid-19 outbreak, recent changes across the United States and its impact on communities are causing Alter Bridge to postpone their upcoming headline tour with special guests Black Stone Cherry and Saint Asonia.  

Ashes to Omens have played their hand once again and are bringing a hauntingly, melodically/metal blend of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” to life. The song honors the original integrity of the wall, yet each brick laid by Ashes to Omens builds itself into a harder edge of interpretation that undeniably hits the backbone of rock fans and runs shivers down the spine of hard rockaholics.  

Stitched Up Heart release their new full-length album Darkness today via Another Century. Darkness is the band’s sophomore album and is available to stream and purchase HERE.  

Take Cover is a collection of the Orange County band’s hard to find cover songs recorded over the years that have never been available in a single collection.  “Becoming” (Pantera), “Propaganda” (Sepultura), “London Dungeon” (Misfits), “Planets Collide” (Crowbar), and “Baby Got Back” (Sir Mix-A-Lot) are featured on this 5-song EP, which arrives on digital and streaming platforms on Friday.  

SKINLAB has released their brand new video for single “Amerikill.” The single is from the band’s latest record VENOMOUS, that was produced by Ulrich Wild, and released on October 25th, 2019, via Art is War Records.  

Multi-Platinum-selling rock band Puddle of Mudd premiere their new lyric video for “Sunshine.” The track comes from the band’s latest album, entitled Welcome to Galvania, which is available through Pavement Entertainment.  

For the better part of the past five years, top-charting masked metal machine MUSHROOMHEAD have been crafting the epic follow up to their monumental 2014 full-length album, The Righteous & The Butterfly – waiting ever-so-patiently to drop their next collection of anthems. The Cleveland collective make their prodigious return with the new full-length oeuvre, A Wonderful Life – the eighth release of their benchmark career – out June 19, 2020 via Napalm Records.