New York City natives Mother Feather have joined the Metal Blade Records roster! The self-described ‘pop cock rock’ band has been building a loyal following in the late night New York rock scene since their inception in 2009. This fall, fans will be able to see them live during “Pop Cock Rocktober,” the first four Fridays in October at midnight at Rockwood Music Hall, including October 16th as part of the CMJ Music Marathon. For the uninitiated, a Mother Feather recording can be heard now on teamcoco.com, and a music video can be seen now at ifc.com.  

As the album nears release via Laser’s Edge this October, the entire track listing and guest musician track-by-track breakdown for MELTED SPACE’s The Great Lie has been released. The debut album from the metal opera project created by French composer Pierre le Pape features a wide cast of internationally-revered vocalists and musicians including members of Morbid Angel, Mayhem, Sunn O))), Dark Tranquillity, Orphaned Land, Shining, Ayreon, Sirenia and many more, in addition to the work of The City of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra.  

Technical Brutal Death Metallers REPULSIVE DISSECTION will release their second full length album Church of the Five Precious Wounds on October 1 via Sevared Records. New song “Apostasy (Ideological Dysphagia)” is now streaming at this location.  

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER officially announce the second headlining leg of the “Indiemerch 2015 Tour“, which kicks off Nov 27th, and features Goatwhore, Iron Reagan, Entheos and Artificial Brain. TBDM and friends are stoked to help celebrate a decade of merchandise and mayhem. TBDM has been part of the IndieMerch family since the beginning and continues to crush with their new album, Abysmal, which is set for a Sept 18th release. Be sure to either see below or head over to facebook.com/theblackdahliamurderofficial for all tour dates. Also, visit metalblade.com/tbdm to hear new music.  

Boston thrashers REVOCATION have been on a tear, touring across North America and the rest of the world in support of their latest release 2014’s Deathless that was released on Metal Blade Records. Today REVOCATION announces the long anticipated reissue and release of the band’s debut album “Empire of the Obscene“. The album will be released November 13th via Metal Blade Records and can be pre-ordered now at metalblade.com/revocation. Be sure to check out the stream of the title track as well.  

Seattle death grind faction, THEORIES, will return to the stage this Fall on a bout of live takeovers with iconic West Coast hardcore nihilists, The Infamous Gehenna. The band’s latest path of destruction begins October 22nd on their home turf and will raze seventeen cities, the trek drawing to a close on November 7th in Olympia. The tour follows THEORIES‘ successful Summer journey supporting Goatwhore, Black Breath, and Ringworm.  

U.S. Doomsters APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE will embark on a tour of the Southern U.S. this month. The upcoming gigs are as follows, after the jump.  

Eclectic Danish troubadour, KRISTIAN HARTING, returns with a new twelve song album, Summer Of Crush, which is set to be released via Exile on Mainstream on worldwide on October 30th, as the LP-opening “Traveller” has been issued to the public early.  

Bangalore-based (India) Stoner/Doom Metal quintet BEVAR SEA will release its sophomore album Invoke the Bizarre worldwide on October 31. Pre-order the album at this location. Album tracks “Where There’s Smoke (There’s a Pyre)” and “Sleeping Pool” are now streaming.  

For those of you not stuck working this Labor Day, here’s a quick round up of some videos posted by some metal labels, all recent! It’s Like Christmasween in September! Click more to get some metal in your face-balls!  

Some of the most brutal music to date does not belong to death metal, black metal, thrash, grind, or anything near traditional. No, the honor is bestowed upon many of the Black Noise bands coming out, and those that have been around for a minute. Using sounds that seal the listener away, helplessly, into a cocoon of strange sounds, hisses, modulated feedback, and anguished vocal attacks, BN pushes an envelope that can cause supreme anxiety into the listener. One such album, to drop from a sea of writhing sounds, is A Means By Which To Break The Surface Of The Real by Theologian. Here’s a review of this diabolical dance music straight from your parents nightmares!  

The self-titled debut album from Chilean / Belgian epic doom metallers KING HEAVY is streaming in its entirety at https://cruzdelsurmusic.bandcamp.com/album/king-heavy.