BABYMETAL–the Japan-based all-girl-fronted “Kawaii Metal” (mix of J-Pop Idol and Heavy Metal) group–have premiered the bonus tracks “Road of Resistance” and “Gimme Chocolate!!” (Live at O2 Academy Brixton, London), both of which are featured on the forthcoming re-release of their 2014 critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. The re-release, available in the U.S. only via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment, will be available digitally tomorrow (5/12) and physically on Tuesday, June 16. Meanwhile, Mexico will see the physical release Monday, May 18.  

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.  

BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH – the Seattle doom brigade featuring iconic guitarist/vocalist Tad Doyle, formerly of Tad and Hog Molly, veteran bassist Peggy Doyle, and drummer Dave French (The Anunnaki) — will level the stages of nine cities with their apocalyptic odes on a long-anticipated bout of West Coast rituals.  

GOATSNAKE is sure to get your motor running with their latest jam “Grandpa Jones“, a celebratory rock ‘n’ roll affair all about the life and times of a standout elder gentleman that is premiering today. Pete Stahl’s vocals cruise with ease alongside those of backing singers, Dem Preachers Daughters, while almighty riffs lurch forward with the rumbling horsepower singularly linked to Greg Anderson’s guitar work. Says Anderson of the track: “Grandpa Jones: One of the first of the new songs we wrote. Channeling ‘Flag and ‘Sabbath (that ole’ moldy chestnut!). Lyrics about keeping the youth juice flowin’!“  

Oakland-based atmospheric doom quintet and recent Metal Blade signees, SECRETS OF THE SKY, will release their long-awaited sophomore full-length Today! Titled Pathway, the mammoth thirteen-track follow-up to 2013’s critically-heralded To Sail Black Waters full-length was engineered, mixed, mastered and co-produced by Juan Urteaga of Trident Studios with SECRETS OF THE SKY and finds the band at their most poignant.  

Failure have announced the first round of dates supporting their forthcoming album, The Heart Is A Monster (June 30, INresidence), with the tour kicking off on July 2 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.  

Faith No More’s eagerly awaited new album, Sol Invictus, is available…………………NOW!  

REVOCATION returns to the road this month supporting Veil Of Maya. The Matriarch Tour begins on May 20th in Detroit and winds its way through the east coast, the south, and up into western Canada for a final show on June 14th in Winnipeg.  

Having barely unpacked their dirty laundry following their riotous, nearly month-long Staggering Backwards European Tour, EYEHATEGOD is already gearing up for another excursion, as they prepare to blaze through the western edges of the US next week surrounding their headlining performance at Psycho California.  

Texas thrash behemoths, WARBEAST, are readying for a long-anticipated live takeover with a slew of one-off shows through their homestate and beyond throughout the Spring and Summer months. The festivities commence this Friday in San Antonio at Fitzgerald’s. The following evening, the band will bring their sonic devastation to Welcome To Hell Fest 2015 in Houston alongside Deadhorse, Poor Dumb Bastards, and more. Additional WARBEAST live incursions include an appearance at the Ft. Worth Metal Fest in Ft. Worth on Memorial Day weekend, with Eyehategod and Goatwhore, One Fest 2015 in Dallas, with Mobile Deathcamp and Devourment, and Full Terror Assault Open Air Fest in Cave-In-Rock, with Fear Factory, Eyehategod,... 

With the flurry of bands that destroyed the stage at this years New England Heavy Metal and Hardcore Festival, Death Angel was one of the many that obliterated the stage and the fans with their performance. Check out these pics below…  

Faith No More, who release Sol Invictus, their first new album in eighteen years, on May 18, will be live streaming their May 8 concert from Detroit via Yahoo! Live at 9:15 pm eastern.