You guys ever listen to a band on just a whim of curiosity and they absolutely knock you over like a turtle in the middle of a highway? That was me with Light Dweller, a blackened/techy death metal solo project from Tempe, Arizona. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into, but as I went through Spotify and one thing led to another, I found myself looking at the cover for the project’s newest album, Hominal. The logo was perfectly symmetrical and the artwork was harrowing and obscure, but I just knew I needed to check this thing out, even if for just the opening track. Light Dweller takes bits from Gorguts and Ulcerate and comes from the same part of the void where those bands draw influence from. The project... 

Ripping forth like a dagger from the flesh of Austin, Texas comes the self-titled debut LP from the Lone Star State’s new wreckers of civilization, SKELETON. Having plied their black-market trade for several years in grime infested underground dungeons and sub-basements, 20 Buck Spin was called forth to issue SKELETON‘s first LP, a cataclysmic expansion of the band’s unhallowed vision venturing well beyond its earlier borders.  

Century Media Records, in cooperation with EMP, proudly present the ISOLATION FESTIVAL. The Century Media ISOLATION FESTIVAL is a free online festival that will be hosted on Century Media’s YouTube channel on May 14th, 2020. The stream will begin at 8pm CET / 2pm EST / 11am PST and is going to be available online for 24 hours.  

Multi-platinum, four-time GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls have debuted a brand new lyric video for their uplifting single “Fearless,” one of the standout songs from the band’s 12th studio album Miracle Pill [Warner Records]. Directed and produced by Michael Perlmutter, the comic-book-inspired piece is a heartfelt celebration of life’s everyday heroes.  

Puscifer, the Arizona-born, “exceptionally groovy” (Entertainment Weekly) band that Revolver dubbed “Maynard James Keenan’s… indescribable musical/performance-art collective,” release the eerily topical “Apocalyptical” single and video…  

Human Scum! Times are tough. You’ve probably missed rent and emptied your bank account on toilet paper, frozen pizzas, and subscriptions to porn sites. Now that you are unemployed and destitute, your Lords and Masters GWAR have created something new to tempt you into wasting your meager stimulus checks. 2020 marks of the 30th Anniversary of seminal GWAR album “Scumdogs of the Universe.”  30 fucking years!  Who would have thought??  

Crobot and Mascot Records present a new visualizer video to accompany the band’s second single from MOTHERBRAIN “Gasoline.  

RUMAHOY set sail with their new release Time II: Party, out July 17, 2020 via Napalm Records! Straight from the shores of Argentina, Captain Yarrface and his frivolous pirate crew fill their upcoming long-player with ten pirate metal hymns, party anthems and absolutely crazy, but equally legendary stories. Unswerving melodies combined with heavy riffs mark Captain Yarrface’s grand return from the wild sea!  

German heavy metal outfit RAGE have announced the departure of guitarist Marcos Rodriguez from the group. Lead vocalist, bassist and founding member Peter “Peavy” Wagner has issued the following statement  

UK Doom Metal band CATHEDRAL are releasing a 2-LP record celebrating the band’s 20th anniversary concert in London. The first half of the release, ‘Return to the Forest’ covers the band’s first ever live performance of their album ‘Forest of Equilibrium’ at the London show.  

South African post metal band CONSTELLATIA will be re-releasing their acclaimed debut album, ‘The Language of Limbs,’ on various physical formats via Season of Mist. The new pressings will be out on June 19 and are available for pre-order HERE.  

LIVING GATE make their Relapse Records debut with the Deathlust EP coming June 12th. LIVING GATE, featuring Aaron Rieseberg (YOB), Lennart Bossu (Oathbreaker, Amenra), Wim Coppers (Oathbreaker, Wiegedood) and Levy Seynaeve (Amenra, Wiegedood) is an international group of critically acclaimed musicians that was spawned over a shared interest and sincere admiration for a bygone era of classic Death Metal.<