Nihilistic Black Metallers THE NEGATION have posted the second trailer for their forthcoming album, Memento Mori! Kaotoxin Records will release Memento Mori on July 6 (July 7 digital and North America). The first pressing comes as a limited edition (500 copies) DigiSleeve CD. Check out the trailer at this location. The band’s debut full-length, Paths of Obedience (2013), took an unsuspecting scene by total surprise with its crushingly heavy and powerful production for a freezing cold, dark as fuck and totally nihilistic Black Metal attack. Memento Mori, the band’s second full-length will confirm THE NEGATION as a top-class Black Metal act ready to conquer the world and bring it to its death! Produced at... 

Australian atmospheric blackened sludge metal collective, HOPE DRONE, emerges from the depths with their Relapse Records debut, Cloak Of Ash, set for release this July.  

IDES OF GEMINI are very pleased to announce their latest bout of West Coast live ceremonies. Set to commence on July 14th in Oakland, the journey will coil its way around ten cities through California, Oregon, Vancouver and Washington, coming to a close on July 24th in Glendale. The band will be joined by blackened dream pop duo, Clay Rendering. As a precursor to the expedition, the ethereal trio will play two shows supporting Oxbow next week. Two weeks later the IDES will head to Salt Lake City for a performance at Crucialfest alongside Rosetta, Norska, Disforia, and more, followed by slot on the Demon Lung record release show in Las Vegas June 20th.  

Russian power/speed metal act DISTANT SUN are streaming two more songs from upcoming debut album, Dark Matter!  

Florida-based ultra-deathgrind quartet MARUTA is now just one week from the release of its third LP, and first for Relapse Records, as Remain Dystopian breaks out of confinement early through a pummeling stream of its seventeen-track assault.  

Tennessee Death Squad COATHANGER ABORTION have debuted a new track from upcoming Comatose Music release Observations of Humanity (June 2)! Check it out after this tiny jump….  

Tech-death gurus Cryptopsy have released a 45-second teaser video for their forthcoming EP, The Book of Suffering: Tome 1. Tome 1 is the first in a planned series of EPs collectively titled The Book of Suffering.  

Progressive Canadian heavies NECK OF THE WOODS have released their self-titled debut EP, Neck of the Woods.  

The latest full-length studio installation from experimental outfit, LOCRIAN, has been completed, as the longstanding trio prepares to release Infinite Dissolution through Relapse Records in late July. In addition to the expansive album’s release date, track listing, cover artwork and preorder links, a trailer containing samples of several of the record’s movements has also been issued to the public.  

Chicago’s DISTRICT 97 has just released a trailer for their impending third studio full-length, In Vaults, which showcases the album’s cover art, photos, and clips from several tracks found on the release.  

Greyhaze Records is proud to announce that three classic reissues from the Brazilian Black Metal Underground are now available for purchase. Included are MYSTIFIER’s Goetia (CD & 2xLP), VULCANO’s Bloody Vengeance (CD/DVD), and IMPURITY’s Into the Ritual Chamber (CD).  

On the eve of their massive …And Stoner Justice For All Summer Tour, today CONNOISSEUR, in exclusive streaming, offer up the hilarious new video for “Pot Hole“. The stoney psalm comes by way of the band’s Stoner Justice full-length, set to drop next month via Tankcrimes Records.