After a year of hectic line-up changes and controversy surrounding the business conducted in the band. founding member Chris Letchford has brought back Scale the Summit, and with it new members in the band.  

Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell has passed away suddenly at the age of 52. Soundgarden were currently on tour and were in Detroit when news of Cornell’s passing was announced.  

The band will be touring in support of their last year’s album “Psychopathology”, released on Agonia Records, together with fellow black metallers Cvinger (Slovenia), Infinityum (France) and Aeternum Vale (Ireland). The 9-date routing will go though five countries.  

This Friday, May 19th, Alt Rockers Fastball will release their 6th album, Step Into Light. In advance of the street date the band will share the entire album exclusively via billboard.com.      

In a somewhat surprising revelation, returning Morbid Angel frontman Steve Tucker revealed that the band’s setlist on their upcoming tour with Suffocation will feature material only from his era in the band.  

Mongolian folk metal act, relocated to New York Tengger Cavalry never seem to slow down, and with a whole new album on the way, you better believe we’re going to be getting content from the band.  

San Diego’s FOR THE WIN has a new label home of Victory Records. They will release their new album, Heavy Thoughts, this August. Alternative Press described them as “sweat-soaked, pit-ready pop punk and riff-heavy metalcore.”  

Hardcore/metalcore veterans Integrity are still at it and going as strong as ever. Much to the appeasement of everyone, the band announced today that their new album, Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume will be releasing this year. Due out on Relapse Records, Howling will be the band’s first studio album since 2013’s Suicide Black Snake.  

Textures, the progressive groove/metalcore acts of the last decade, have announced their break up. Having announced plans initially to record a double album, the second half of 2016’s Phenotype, the second disc known as Genotype has now been shelved.  

Shining is no stranger to controversy, seeing as the band has been thriving off of both good and bad press for their entire career. Front man Niklas Kvarforth has seemingly made it his entire career to be the most controversial figure in the depths of extreme metal, with the band’s first US run being surrounded by controversy because of his actions on stage. Their current US tour is no different.  

Invidia has officially announced the addition of Evan Seidlitz as the newest member of the band, replacing vocalist Travis Johnson on the upcoming “Screaming Black Curse” tour with All Hail The Yeti and supporting act Broken Rail. Seidlitz is no stranger to the frontman spotlight, known for his work in Vyces, Thrown Into Exile, and Grimace.  

Danish composer and classically trained multi-instrumentalist, MYRKUR unveils her forthcoming album title Mareridt, out this fall on Relapse. It is the follow up to her masterful debut M, released back in 2015 to overwhelming critical acclaim. Mareridt was produced between Seattle and Copenhagen by Randall Dunn who is known for his work with Marissa Nadler, Earth, Sunn O))), Boris, Wolves In The Throne Room and more.