On September 27th, DragonForce will unleash their 8th full-length, Extreme Power Metal, worldwide. Produced in Los Angeles, California by Damien Rainaud at Mix Unlimited, Extreme Power Metal was also recorded, in part, on guitarist Herman Li’s livestream channel on Twitch  

Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of Icelandic black metal band HELFRÓ to the Underground Activists sub label. The band’s debut album will be released early 2020 via Season of Mist Underground Activists.  

Steve Vai has announced the release of STILLNESS IN MOTION on September 13 via his personal record label Light Without Heat, distributed by The Orchard.  Originally, a DVD capturing Vai’s performance at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on October 12, 2012 was issued by Sony but it was not available on the Blu-Ray format.  

Legendary classic rockers QUIET RIOT have announced a November 8th release date for their upcoming album “Hollywood Cowboys.” The first single from the album “Don’t Call it Love,” is available for streaming…  

Legendary metal band Demons & Wizards have just released exclusive live footage of their performance of “The Gunslinger” from Wacken Open Air 2019.  

Calling all GHOULunatics! They’ve splattered the stage, now they’re going to splatter the page… GHOUL is starring in their own comic book and it’s being launched with a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter!  

Music icon, reality TV star and life-long Type 1 Diabetic BRET MICHAELS is extending his “UNBROKEN WORLD TOUR” to include a series of HOMETOWN HEROES special events concerts kicking off November 6 in Casper, Wyoming at the Casper Event Center Arena. He’s bringing a multi genre combo of different artists to each town in celebration of Veteran’s Day and to kick off the holiday season. The Poison frontman (whose shows have been described as “full-on fan engaged events”) will be joined by rock/pop acts Night Ranger (“Sister Christian,” “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”) , Lita Ford (“Kiss Me Deadly,” “Close Your Eyes””) Firehouse... 

Legendary death metal titans MORBID ANGEL will blaze US stages this fall on a month-long headlining tour. The 2019 USA Sickness Tour begins November 21st in Houston, Texas and runs through December 21st in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Support will be provided by Swedish black metal practitioners Watain and American death metal veterans Incantation. Ticket go on sale Thursday, August 29th.  

During Marvel’s 80th anniversary panel at D23 Expo 2019, Marvel, SiriusXM and Pandora announced plans to launch an all-new exclusive music station and limited-time channel: Marvel’s 80th: The Road to Marvel Comics #1000 to celebrate 80 years of Marvel. The Pandora station and limited-time SiriusXM channel 4, and SiriusXM On Demand, start Thursday August 29.  

 Dub Trio recently released The Shape of Dub to Come via New Damage Records, the Brooklyn trio’s first album in eight years that’s been lauded by Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, Revolver, Noisey, and more. Ahead of their upcoming tour, including a leg as direct support for Incubus on the west coast  

Image/Skybound Entertainment is pleased to announce an all-new, action-packed series by Shawn Kittelsen (Mortal Kombat 11) and Eric Zawadzki (The Dregs, Eternal)—Heart Attack—which will launch this November.  

Hailed by Metal Hammer as “USBM with serious forward thrust,” the nihilistic assassin dagger cult SICARIUS have finished recording their new album, “God Of Dead Roots,” the follow-up to their acclaimed 2017 full-length debut “Serenade of Slitting Throats.”