Attention Human Scum!! Your Lords and Masters GWAR have been quiet lately, but do not fret, things are about to pick the fuck up!  We have good news and bad news…what do you want first? Bad news? We thought so… It is with both great sorrow, and a twinge of self-satisfied glee (because we love to make you suffer), that we announce the following:  The GWAR B-Q has been postponed this year.  Yes we know that sucks, but we will make it up with the biggest and baddest GWAR B-Q yet when it returns in 2018.  

Following the success of European performances last year, CULT OF LUNA today announces performances for North American fans.  Set to kick off at Psycho Last Vegas on August 20, the shows will feature the band performing their acclaimed 2016 album Mariner in its entirety.  Vocalist Julie Christmas will join the band for the dates.  

A Perfect Circle, who will embark on their first tour in six years this April, have added an April 6 show at The Pearl to the band’s previously announced outing.  

“Struck By A Murderous Siege” – DERANGED‘s first studio album in five years and ninth altogether – was recorded at Berno Studio (Amon Amarth, The Crown, Witchery) in Malmö, Sweden, and was followed by a special compilation release, “Postmortem Rituals”, featuring a collection of rare demo tapes and 7″ singles (all remastered from original DAT tapes). The album’s cover artwork was created by Mike Hrubovcak (Grave, Six Feet Under, Sinister).  

Atlantic recording group In This Moment has announced plans for a major North American tour. The “Half God Half Devil Tour” begins Friday, April 7th at Milwaukee, WI’s Eagles Ballroom and then continues through mid-May (see attached itinerary). The Los Angeles-based hard rock band will be joined throughout the trek by Motionless In White, Avatar, and Gemini Syndrome. For complete details and ticket information, please visit inthismomentofficial.com/tour.  

RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA have revealed the first single off their upcoming full-length record, Cursed. The new song, “Weight Of The World” can be heard using the link below and is also the first instant grat track for those who pre-order the album. The pre-order for Cursed is available now via the links below, with the record slated for a March 17th release on Century Media.  

EYEHATEGOD frontman Mike IX Williams successfully underwent a liver transplant last month and continues a slow road to recovery. The IX Lives IX Lives Benefit, set to commence in Williams’ hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana this coming weekend, was organized to help with his mounting medical expenses. The three-day event will take place at Siberia and Poor Boys venues and includes appearances by Crowbar, Superjoint, Goatwhore, Thou, Classhole, Mountain Of Wizard, and many more acts bound together for the cause.  

CONAN are as heavy as interplanetary thunder amplified through the roaring black hole anus of Azathoth. Remember that sentence, for it is writ large in virgin blood on the walls of the forgotten temple of Bol-Krastor, deep in the steaming forests of forgotten Lemuria. Conan, a monumentally brutal three piece (in the grand tradition of all the hallowed three pieces through time) hold a sinew-tight line and an iron-grip command over the uber-synchronised powerchord changes and tempo-shifts of the anti-holy trio of bass, drums and guitar.  

The Devil Wears Prada will kick off 2017 with a special limited edition vinyl release of their new album, Transit Blues (Rise Records), set to be available mid-to-late February.  The album will be pressed on 180g black vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve with a rigid slipcase.  

Available exclusively in North America and released in conjunction with the band’s upcoming Spring co-headline tour with Killswitch Engage – “KillThrax” – thrash metal icon ANTHRAX – Frank Bello/bass, Scott Ian/guitar, Joey Belladonna/vocals, Charlie Benante/drums, Jonathan Donais/guitar – announces the release of the limited edition “For All Kings 7-Inch Box Set” (Megaforce Records).  

After touring the world this past year in support of their new album, Jomsviking, Amon Amarth will head back out on the road this spring for a USA tour with Goatwhore! Starting April 30th, the trek also features select appearances by Amon Amarth at some of the nation’s premier music festivals: “Welcome to Rockville”, “Carolina Rebellion”, “Dark Lord Day”, “Northern Invasion”, and “Rock on the Range”.  

Orange County, CA based Hard Rock outfit NEW YEARS DAY are preparing to hit the road for their first tour of 2017. The band will be direct support to Attila on the upcoming “Let’s Get Abducted” Tour in the US. New Years Day continue to tour throughout North America and internationally on the strength of their third studio album, Malevolence (2015).