Texan instrumental rock collective THIS WILL DESTROY YOU has just announced an upcoming US tour supporting Deafheaven, set to take place in February and March.  

A Perfect Circle have announced a May 7 performance at the Hollywood Bowl, with tickets available on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. pacific.  

Brooklyn, New York record store Rough Trade NYC will host an ENSLAVED LP signing session this Sunday, December 11th following the previous evening’s massive ENSLAVED twenty-fifth anniversary concert at Gramercy Theatre. This all-ages Rough Trade event will open at 1:00pm; entry is automatic with the LP purchase of ENSLAVED‘s recently released The Sleeping Gods – Thorn reissue.  

KORN–one of the most influential rock bands of modern times-have been nominated for a Grammy Award in the “Best Metal Performance” category for “Rotting In Vain.” News of the nomination this week coincides with line-up announcements for major U.S. rock fests Carolina Rebellion and Rock On The Range where KORN will helm headlining slots on each this coming May.  

Third String Festivals recently announced the 10th Anniversary celebration of So What?! Music Festival taking place March 24th-26th. To celebrate this occasion in the biggest way possible, they will be taking over multiple venues in Deep Ellum on Friday, March 24th to kick off the weekend and then bring some of the best names in the scene to AirHogs Stadium (formerly known as QuikTrip Park) on Saturday and Sunday (March 25th and 26th).  

AMARANTHE are finally bringing MAXIMALISM to North America. The band has just announced a U.S. headline tour for 2017, with support from Failure Anthem, Citizen Zero, Cypher 16, and Smash Into Pieces. The tour is the band’s first in support of its latest glorious opus, MAXIMALISM, which came out in October via Spinefarm Records and featured the unforgettable, fist-pumping anthem “That Song.” Listen to it HERE.  

Norwegian black metal icons MAYHEM are celebrating the release of their 1994 landmark De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas full-length with tours across the globe. This coming January, the band will march their way across North America performing the record in its monumental entirety.  

Seattle based heavy metal icons QUEENSRYCHE are nearing the end of their ‘Condition Human’ world tour, which has now brought them back to North America on Fall a headlining run. Continuing to build on the momentum of their latest studio album, the band has released a visceral new music video for their song “Hellfire”, which spotlights the Malaysian passenger flight crisis in 2014.  

Sometimes we need to admit to having our opinions change. I see no shame in it, but it happens not too often that a band I once shrugged off comes around and changes my opinion. Such was the case of Wovenwar: I was a fan of As I Lay Dying, and as that whole fiasco went down with the band, Wovenwar just didn’t seem like it was directed at me and the way my musical taste was going at the time. Things can always change, obviously, and there definitely is a thing called a “second chance” in this world, so it suffices to say that Wovenwar has come around and changed my view of them while on the Fury Tour.  

Jack Russell’s Great White represents the next phase of a legacy. On January 27, 2017, Frontiers Music Srl will lay the framework for this new phase with the release of “He Saw it Comin'”.  

PRO-PAIN have released a new video for the title track of their last album “Voice Of Rebellion”.  The Band will be kicking off their European tour tomorrow.  

Los Angeles, CA – Orange County hardcore band Stick To Your Guns has debuted a brand new video for their song “Better Ash Than Dust.” The song is the title track from the band’s recently released EP that is available now from Pure Noise Records at http://smarturl.it/STYG and digitally at iTunes.