U.S. Black Metallers NIHILISTINEN BARBAARISUUS have released The Child Must Die on Infernal Kommando Records.  

Japanese extreme metal/noise icons, SIGH, will unveil their crushing tenth studio opus next month. Titled Graveward, the eclectic, ten-track offering took over two-and-a-half years to complete with each song comprising over one-hundred recording tracks exceeding 100GB of audio to select from in the final mixes. Inspired by musician/composer Fabio Frizzi, Graveward pays homage to Italian zombie and Hammer Horror classics.  

Periphery, who are about to embark on the second leg of their North American tour dates in support of the Juggernaut albums, premiere “The Bad Thing” video today!  

Royal Thunder, the band who it is said have created “the contemporary hard-rock equivalent of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors,” are sharing a new series of videos discussing the songs on Crooked Doors in detail.  

Canadian hardcore punk metallers, CANCER BATS, who are currently on tour in Europe, are ecstatic to announce their inclusion on a string of North American dates with Danzig and Pennywise this July! The tour will commence July 11th in Pomona, California and run through fourteen cities, coming to a close on July 31st in Las Vegas, Nevada.  

Belgian Death Metal horde DEHUMAN (feat. Laye Louhenapessy of PUTRID OFFAL) have partnered with Metal Underground for the premiere of a new video for “Crypts of Blood“.  

NYC-area hardcore collective, FULL SCALE RIOT, has just released their new Depopulation demo, the band coalescing current and former members of area bands of both local and worldwide visibility, and collectively unleashing a razor-sharp new release.  

Philadelphia Black Metallers I AM THE TRIREME will release Gnosis: Never Follow the Light June 30 on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.  

Midwestern metal act Entropy O.A.C. has let loose as exclusive stream of “Endless Fire“, a track from upcoming EP Dark Clouds and Clarity (April 21, Pavement Entertainment)!  

German Death Metallers ICHOR have made “Ra’iroa“, a track from new album Depths, available for free download!  

RINGS OF SATURN has posted a new dual-guitarist playthrough video for their technically ferocious track, “Godless Times“, hailing from last year’s flooring Lugal Ki En LP. The single take live instructional shows both Lucas Mann and Miles Dimitri Baker lightheartedly executing the brutalizing movement side-by-side, and includes a bit of info on the band’s upcoming tablature book for Lugal Ki En.  

German Post-Metal band A SECRET REVEALED will release The Bleakness April 24 on Bastardized Recordings on CD and digital formats. The Würzburg (Germany) group’s full-length debut features skillfully arranged post-metal compositions anchored in melody with equal measures of Black Metal and Hardcore influences.