Following a hugely successful debut last December, the bringers of DENVER BLACK SKY are pleased to announce their second edition of live debauchery! Crowned “Colorado’s Best Metal Festival” by Denver Westword, this year’s DENVER BLACK SKY event will take place August 2nd and 3rd again at the Gothic Theatre and Moe’s BBQ and feature another vicious lineup  

Taiwanese metal collective CHTHONIC is readying to kick off another North American run as part of the fifth installment of Paganfest! Set to commence tomorrow in Springfield, Virginia, the band will join coheadliners Korpiklaani and Turisas as well as Varg and Winterhymn for nearly two dozen live incursions across North America.  

US-based brutal death metal label Comatose Music has announced the COMATOUR 2014, featuring some of the sickest acts in extreme metal today.  

Brutal death metal powerhouse LECHEROUS NOCTURNE are currently readying themselves for an extended US tour with ABAGAIL WILLIAMS and PANZERFAUST.  

ide.bandcamp.com/”>domesticgenocide.bandcamp.comFeedback-sodden, instrumental bass and drum duo, BLACK TAR PROPHET, rattles the teeth right out of your face with the band’s fittingly titled Deafen full-length, set for release via Domestic Genocide Records later this month. A brazenly raw bombardment of sludgy, tar-thick bass riffing, battering drum work and fuzzy, noise-strewn, distortion meant to be played at strategically loud volumes, Deafen’s nine tracks were recorded live with Max Otworth (Lysura, Venality) at Sonic Hex Recording Compound and are guaranteed to cause major structural damage to your dwelling upon first listen.  

Eyehategod, the long-awaited self-titled full-length from New Orleans’ legendary volume assassins, is now available for preorder in North America via iTunes. Sixth track, “Worthless Rescue,” will be available for download immediately, with the rest of the album delivered digitally on May 27th.  

UK-based masters of everything heavy, depressive and oppressive, EYE OF SOLITUDE, have just announced a string of live dates with country-mates The Drowning and Netherlands’ Faal. The tour will take place from June 4 – 9 and will see the party come to the UK, Netherlands and Belgium.  

The decimating metal/sludge duo that is BLACK COBRA has crawled out of the shadows with their first shows since two one-off cross-continental gigs in January, proclaiming an upcoming May decimation of the West Coast!  

In celebration of its unveiling this week, the face-beaters at Tankcrimes bring you a stream of FINAL CONFLICT‘s renowned Ashes To Ashes full-length in its entirety.  

New Jersey thrash n’ rollers HAMMER FIGHT will hit the road next month for the “Chug of Tour Vol. 3” in support of their newest release, Chug of War. The tour kicks off on May 16 in Asbury Park, NJ and will keep the band on the road until early June  

Still riding a fresh wave of killer reactions to their walloping third LP, Re-Unvent the Whool, Portland, Oregon-based, PRIZEHOG, has announced the routing for their upcoming Spring US tour.  

Chicago psychedelic doom rock conjurors and recent Metal Blade signees, MOUNT SALEM, will embark on a full headlining tour this May! The trek will pillage its way through select cities between Chicago and Los Angeles, and includes one-off shows in New Mexico and Arizona opening up for doom legends, Saint Vitus! MOUNT SALEM will be touring in support of their Endless EP.