Times Square’s 2,150-capacity concert and special events venue has officially been renamed PlayStation®Theater, it was announced today by Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. (SCEA) and AEG Live. Formerly known as Best Buy Theater, the venue celebrates its 10th anniversary this Fall having hosted 1,368 events and sold 1.7 million tickets since its grand opening on September 19, 2005.  

KILLING JOKE are on a mission to take their music of resistance to a whole new level with their latest (and sixteenth!) studio album Pylon, releasing October 23 via Spinefarm Records. They have also announced a headline North American tour, which kicks off in early 2016.  

Old school Swedish/Icelandic Death Metallers UNDER THE CHURCH, featuring former members of the iconic NIRVANA 2002, have tapped Noisey for the premiere of “Rabid Armageddon“. The title track off the band’s forthcoming full-length debut can be heard for the first time HERE! UNDER THE CHURCH will release Rabid Armageddon October 30 on Pulverised Records. Pre-orders are now available at the following links: CD pre-orders: http://pulverised.bigcartel.com/ Digital pre-orders: https://pulverised.bandcamp.com/album/rabid-armageddon Be forewarned, the vultures are circling around this grim chapel – the Swedish old guard UNDER THE CHURCH have unearthed the latest sepulture Rabid Armageddon. Once featured... 

On November 27th, Germany’s Ketzer will release a brand new 7″ featuring two new songs, entitled ‘Starless‘! Both songs (“Starless” and “Count To Ten“) were recorded during a demo session in December 2014, and will soon be available to the public for the first time ever.  

Next month, EYE OF NIX will issue Moros digitally with two never-before-heard bonus tracks – “Blood In The Fire“, and “Rome Burned“. Elaborates the band of the re-release, “‘Blood In The Fire’ and ‘Rome Burned’ were both recorded in the Moros sessions. Although thematically different from the six album tracks, these two reach into their own separate realms of style and lyrical content.”  

As their new album, Sweet Loris, saw release via Retro Futurist, North Carolina’s IRATA has been forced to sit out several days of their ongoing tour with Kylesa due to member Jason Ward having been hospitalized in Florida for several days.  

Bangalore-based (India) Stoner/Doom Metal quintet BEVAR SEA have partnered for the exclusive stream of new song “Bearded and Bizarre“. The track comes from upcoming album Invoke the Bizarre and can be streamed HERE.  

In just a little over a month, Philip H. Anselmo’s HOUSECORE HORROR FEST will terrorize San Antonio. Now in its third year of audio and visual pandemonium, this year’s multi-stage gore gala will take place at the Aztec Theater, The Korova and the Holiday Inn Riverwalk Hotel on November 13th -15th, 2015 and features three film-screening rooms, multiple vendors, special artist signings, the return of The Metal Masters And Horror panel with special appearances from performing bands and legendary filmmakers throughout the weekend as well as what’s mutated into one of the most punishing live lineups of the year!  

Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Necromancing the Stone! Featuring former and current members of Arsis, The Absence, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Brimstone Coven, Necromancing the Stone may be considered a “supergroup” or “studio project” by some, but that is not the intent of this quintet. Upon unleashing their upcoming debut full-length in 2016 via Metal Blade, the band plans to take their unique brand of no-nonsense, traditional heavy metal out on the road.  

Prepare yourselves for the Formula for Anarchy, the ferocious new album from veteran Chilean Thrashers, NUCLEAR, is out now on Candlelight Records!  

FATES WARNING will kick off their US Tour tonight in Hartford, CT and runs through November 2nd in Ramona, CA. Fans can expect to hear selections from “A Pleasant Shade of Gray“, the FATES WARNING favorites, and more. Support on the first part of the tour (10/9 10/21) comes from Imminent Sonic Destruction and on the second part of the tour from Vangough (10/23-11/2). A complete list of dates can be found below.  

The fourth installment of the annual SOUTHWEST TERROR FEST takes over Tucson, Arizona in just one week, with four days of live mayhem running from October 15th through 18th. Festival enthusiasts at Cvlt Nation have hosted a mixtape with a ton of free music streaming in advance of the melee, organized by the festival promoters.