On January 12 and 13th 2017, YOSHIKI will make his Carnegie Hall debut with “YOSHIKI CLASSICAL: Featuring Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.” Although known as the founder, songwriter and drummer of X JAPAN, YOSHIKI is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist, composer, and musician. Having composed the 2012 Golden Globe Awards theme song, he also composed and performed an orchestral piece and piano concerto to commemorate the Japanese Emperor’s 10th anniversary of his reign.  

DESERTED FEAR have just released a single for the new song “The Carnage”, taken off their upcoming album Dead Shores Rising!  

After the successful release of their highly acclaimed new full-length album Atoma, legendary Gothenburg melodic death metal pioneers, DARK TRANQUILLITY, were now nominated for the Swedish Grammis Awards!  

To commemorate Metal Blade Records’ 35th anniversary in 2017, four bands from the label’s much-celebrated roster will come together for a special USA tour this March: Whitechapel, Cattle Decapitation, Goatwhore, and Allegaeon. See below for all dates!  

Legendary Swedish Black Metal band MARDUK just unveiled dates for the rescheduled North American leg of their “Frontschwein 2017” tour, which includes special guests INCANTATION and SVART CROWN (France).  

While touring activities in support of the latest and much praised album “Theories Of flight” by U.S. Progressive Metal pioneers FATES WARNING is drawing nearer, a new official video clip is launched today in order to continue the release’s promotional campaign.  

New York City sludge/doom/drone trio UNEARTHLY TRANCE re-emerge from the shadows with Stalking the Ghost, their six full-length recording and first album in over seven years.  

The 8th annual Shiprocked Cruise just got a little bigger! Announced today, UK’s RAVENEYE have been asked to join the ‘family freak-show and musical marvels’ cruise!  Onboard Carnival’s Victory, the fun will start on January 16 – 20, 2017 from Miami’s harbor taking rock revealers on a musical journey to Grand Turk in the Turks & Caicos Islands.  

Thrash legends Anthrax and Metalcore forefathers Killswitch Engage announce today that they will hit the road this Spring to co-headline a 27-date North American tour, presented by SiriusXM.  The bands’ itinerary will also include an April 15 appearance at the Texas Independence Festival in Austin as well as each band headlining two solo shows separate from the double bill.  

Over the course of the last seven years, Bay Area’s KING WOMAN have crafted a sound thoroughly their own – a sound that harnesses the elastic textures and temporality of drone and metallic shoegaze alongside the transcendental, melancholic power of doom.  

Darkest Hour, the D.C. metalcore pioneers, release their ninth full-length album, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, on March 10 via Southern Lord Recordings.  

Heavy metal fans around Europe now have something to look forward to as VIMIC prepares for their first ever world tour. Founded by metal god Joey Jordison (formerly of Slipknot), VIMIC combines heavy guitar riffs with unearthly drums patterns that Jordison is known for.