Round 2 Records is proud to announce the inaugural tour of Round 2 Live and Loud featuring “The Veer Union, Bobaflex, Artifas, and Bridge to Grace”. The tour kicks off on February 18th in San Diego, California and concludes on March 27th in Crest Hill, Illinois. This marks the first of a series of Round 2 Live and Loud tours brought to you by Round 2 Records.  

Worcester, Massachusetts-based concert promotions company, MassConcerts, is pleased to announce the first segment of bands playing the eighteenth annual NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL at The Palladium in Worcester, MA on April 15th & 16th 2016.  

Puscifer, who kick off their Money Shot – Round 2 tour on March 17, have added several new shows:  

BABYMETAL–2015’s breakout all-girl-fronted Japanese heavy metal/teen-pop hybrid group–announced additional U.S. tour dates for their upcoming “Babymetal World Tour 2016” which now includes stops in Boston, MA (5/4), Seattle, WA (7/12), San Francisco, CA (7/14) and Los Angeles, CA (7/15).  

Northern Virginia’s doom metal marauders, KING GIANT, have been confirmed to support the mighty Pentagram on a run of live dates in March, while also announcing that the vinyl version of their latest album, Black Ocean Waves, is being prepared for release.  

Theatrical-rock duo One-Eyed Doll are thrilled to announce that they will be embarking on a co-headlining Spring tour with fellow female-fronted rockers Eyes Set To Kill.  With support from Open Your Eyes, the appropriately titled the “Visions Tour”  will kick off in Salt Lake City, UT on March 16th, routing all throughout the US and wrapping up in Sacramento, CA on April 30th.  

On April 1st, 2016, Finnish pagan metal act MOONSORROW will release their brand-new, seventh studio album Jumalten Aika – which means ‘The Age Of Gods’ in English – via Century Media Records.  

English Metalcore outfit ASKING ALEXANDRIA will return to the road in North America as direct support for Bullet For My Valentine on their British Invasion Tour this winter. The Platinum Selling group ended 2015 with the announcement of their fourth studio album, The Black, which is slated for a March release this year on Sumerian Records  

In support of their latest record The Color Before The Sun, Coheed And Cambria are about to head out on their next round of U.S. headline dates. The tour will commence in Boston on February 22, 2016 and take the band through major U.S. markets including a show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 4, 2016. The tour will wrap up in Denver on March 27th. Support on all dates will come from Glassjaw and Silver Snakes.  

UK Battle Doomsters CONAN will return to North American this March in support of their new album Revengeance due out January 29th via Napalm Records.  Today the band announces a new North American tour alongside Serial Hawk.  The tour is set to kick off March 3rd in Chicago, IL and will run through March 26th is Seattle, WA.  The tour will also include a stop at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.  More info on this show and additional shows will be announced soon.  

Guitar icon Zakk Wylde will release Book Of Shadows II on April 8th, 2016 via Entertainment One Music (eOne Music), his first solo release in 20 years. This release is the highly anticipated follow up to 1996’s Book of Shadows LP, a classic album Wylde released between his work with Ozzy Osbourne that has since become a fan favorite. Book Of Shadows II was recently named as one of the “Most Anticipated Metal Releases of 2016” via Rollingstone.com.  

With BLACK SABBATH’s 2016 THE END Tour launch now just a week away, comes exciting news about a new special limited edition CD–THE END–to be sold exclusively at shows on the legendary band’s massive worldwide final tour.