Los Angeles, California’s Armored Saint are set to release their seventh studio album this summer. The album, Win Hands Down, is all things Armored, a vintage crush of classic power propelled by a cathartic blast of life in the year 2015. The album is scheduled for release on June 2nd in North America, with release dates for June 1st in Europe/UK, and May 29th in DE/CH/AT.  

Italy’s Destrage have plotted their summer months with a batch of festivals throughout Europe. The first scheduled festival is the April 30th Festival Rama in Italy, followed by appearances at the immensely popular With Full Force (Germany) and Bloodstock (UK) festivals in July and August, respectively.  

Miami-based Progressive Metal Duo CAVE OF SWIMMERS have announced an exclusive stream of upcoming EP, Reflection.  

Long-running New Zealand-based progressive death metal tyrants, DAWN OF AZAZEL, release their titanic fourth full-length today. Titled The Tides Of Damocles, the ten track slab of sonic violence is the trio’s first output in six years following 2009’s critically-heralded Relentless long-player.  

Failure, who recently announced the release of their fourth album, The Heart Is A Monster (June 30, IN residence), share the cover art and track list for the 18-song album.  

Hot the heels of recently released The Existential Codex, London’s MONSTERWORKS hit the studio this week to record the follow-up. The band is tracking at Rockfield Studios in Wales. Guitarist/vocalist Jon offered this studio update, after the jump!  

Occult death doom ensemble, WOODEN STAKE, rises from their moldy tomb armed with their long-awaited second long player, A Feast Of Virgin Souls. Out now on Razorback Records, the ten-track offering boasts over forty demonic minutes of dark, NWOBHM-infused tracks of lurching brutality led by the possessed banshee vocals of vocalist/bassist Vanessa Nocera.  

GRUESOME is a debilitating death metal faction featuring members of Exhumed, Possessed, Malevolent Creation, and Derketa. Their debut, Savage Land, has dropped and is currently chewing through listeners as we speak!  

The Other Side of Darkness from Salt Lake City Thrashers DEATHBLOW is out today, and streaming in its complete glory!  

Dark Clouds and Clarity, the new EP from Midwestern melodic metal/hard rock act ENTROPY O.A.C., is out today on Pavement Entertainment. Modern, catchy, and solid as a rock!  

Minneapolis, Minnesota’s scathing grind trio, AMBASSADOR GUN, has just released two brand new tracks today, well ahead of the street date for the band’s third full-length album, Tomb Of Broken Sleep.  

Belgian label TANQUAM AEGRI SOMNIA is now officially a sub-label of KAOTOXIN, bringing more impressive, dark, intense and heavy artists to the kaosphere, including CULT OF ERINYES, MERDA MUNDI, YHDARL, and ZIFIR. KAOTOXIN will be the exclusive worldwide distributor for TANQUAM AEGRI SOMNIA, and will also be in charge of the new sub-label’s marketing and promotion.