Chicago post-hardcore unit, THE SWAN KING, featuring members of Pelican and Planes Mistaken For Stars, today reveals the details of their forthcoming second LP, Last So Long. Set for release on June 3rd, 2014 via War Crime Recordings, the offering was recorded by War Crimes co-owner Sanford Parker at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio and boasts an eight track outpouring of gristly, melodic, riff-laden urgency.  

Celebrating fifteen years of ever-morphing sonic exploration, Italian psychedelic doom metal trio, UFOMAMMUT, will make their return to North America this week with a one-off show.  

Following several months off the touring grid, Seattle’s unstoppable BLACK BREATH will return to the road this month on a swift and brutal trek originating on the opposite side of the country at Maryland Deathfest 2014. BLACK BREATH‘s impending set at MDF marks the band’s first time playing the fest since their 2010 performance, and also is the first tour of the year for the generally non-stop touring machine, following their misfortune in January where drummer Jamie Byrum was hit by a car and badly injured. While Jamie is still working on getting back to maximum killing capacity, he’s now able to slay his kit like a champ once again, and the band is ready to bring some decimating, high-paced... 

Unique Leader Records, label hideaway of all things technical, extreme and flagrantly brutal, in cooperation with the sound assassins at Rock The Nation USA, is pleased to announce their first annual label showcase next month. Set to take place on June 15th at The Black Castle in Los Angeles, the scathing, ten-band takeover will feature ear-bleeding performances by Disgorge (USA), Condemned, Arkaik, Unmerciful, Inanimate Existence, The Kennedy Veil, Alterbeast, Euphoric Defilement, Omnihility, and special guests, Mouth Of The Serpent.  

Having just returned from a three-week East Coast tour, ENABLER will head back out on a new six-week tour assault in just days, as the release date for their anticipated second LP, La Fin Absolue Du Monde, nears its street date.  

Selfmadegod Records has just inked a deal with revolutionary grindcore act BRUTAL BLUES, and is preparing to release their self-titled debut mini-album.  

Gypsyhawk will be hitting the road again this summer for a series of headlining shows, as well as shows with Black Pussy and Scattered Hamlet! The tour begins on Tuesday in LA at Club Loaded, and wraps up on July 18 in Reno, NV. The extensive tour will see the band performing brand new songs while they wind their way across towns in Canada, the pacific northwest, the Midwest, and the east coast. The confirmed list of dates is available at facebook.com/Gypsyhawkusa and below. Check out a video greeting with vocalist/bassist Eric Harris on the official Gypsyhawk youtube channel HERE.  

Paris-based dark and oppressive modern death metal masters DEEP IN HATE have been announced as the main support act for the French leg of ARCH ENEMY‘s upcoming European tour. The dates come just in time for release of the band’s upcoming third full-length, Chronicles of Oblivion, due out June 3 on Kaotoxin Records.  

Northeastern Ohio’s villainous HOMEWRECKER is about to lay waste to a plethora of US cities on a three-week trek out to Seattle, Washington’s Rain Fest.  

You can wade through as many WO FAT press quotes about being “Texas-sized” as you want or see how many top-whatever lists the band has made since the Dallas trio began raging in 2003, but none of that is going to be the same as staring down their swampadelic fuzz groove for yourself. If you want to know the monster, shake its hand.  

Detroit metal squad BATTLECROSS just launched three new live bootlegs! POV Recordings recently shot and edited live videos of “Flesh & Bone,” “Never Coming Back” and “Kaleb” from the band’s show at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina. The videos can be seen on the Metal Blade Records, BATTLECROSS, and POV Recordings YouTube channels.  

Exciting things are happening in metal! where once we had jsut a few types of bands with wide bands, we now have a rainbow filtering through into the ears of the unsuspecting. Amongst these are the epic Battleroar, with a mash-up of thrash, power violin, and powermetal vocals that will have you quaffing in the halls of Heroes in no time! Ice Giants be damned!