On November 27th, Germany’s Ketzer will release a brand new 7″ featuring two new songs, entitled ‘Starless‘! Both songs (“Starless” and “Count To Ten“) were recorded during a demo session in December 2014, and will soon be available to the public for the first time ever.  

Next month, EYE OF NIX will issue Moros digitally with two never-before-heard bonus tracks – “Blood In The Fire“, and “Rome Burned“. Elaborates the band of the re-release, “‘Blood In The Fire’ and ‘Rome Burned’ were both recorded in the Moros sessions. Although thematically different from the six album tracks, these two reach into their own separate realms of style and lyrical content.”  

As their new album, Sweet Loris, saw release via Retro Futurist, North Carolina’s IRATA has been forced to sit out several days of their ongoing tour with Kylesa due to member Jason Ward having been hospitalized in Florida for several days.  

Bangalore-based (India) Stoner/Doom Metal quintet BEVAR SEA have partnered for the exclusive stream of new song “Bearded and Bizarre“. The track comes from upcoming album Invoke the Bizarre and can be streamed HERE.  

In just a little over a month, Philip H. Anselmo’s HOUSECORE HORROR FEST will terrorize San Antonio. Now in its third year of audio and visual pandemonium, this year’s multi-stage gore gala will take place at the Aztec Theater, The Korova and the Holiday Inn Riverwalk Hotel on November 13th -15th, 2015 and features three film-screening rooms, multiple vendors, special artist signings, the return of The Metal Masters And Horror panel with special appearances from performing bands and legendary filmmakers throughout the weekend as well as what’s mutated into one of the most punishing live lineups of the year!  

Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Necromancing the Stone! Featuring former and current members of Arsis, The Absence, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Brimstone Coven, Necromancing the Stone may be considered a “supergroup” or “studio project” by some, but that is not the intent of this quintet. Upon unleashing their upcoming debut full-length in 2016 via Metal Blade, the band plans to take their unique brand of no-nonsense, traditional heavy metal out on the road.  

Prepare yourselves for the Formula for Anarchy, the ferocious new album from veteran Chilean Thrashers, NUCLEAR, is out now on Candlelight Records!  

FATES WARNING will kick off their US Tour tonight in Hartford, CT and runs through November 2nd in Ramona, CA. Fans can expect to hear selections from “A Pleasant Shade of Gray“, the FATES WARNING favorites, and more. Support on the first part of the tour (10/9 10/21) comes from Imminent Sonic Destruction and on the second part of the tour from Vangough (10/23-11/2). A complete list of dates can be found below.  

The fourth installment of the annual SOUTHWEST TERROR FEST takes over Tucson, Arizona in just one week, with four days of live mayhem running from October 15th through 18th. Festival enthusiasts at Cvlt Nation have hosted a mixtape with a ton of free music streaming in advance of the melee, organized by the festival promoters.  

Chicago’s IMMORTAL BIRD will kick off their headlining takeover next week. The band’s latest journey – which follows their recent and successful Summer excursion — will commence on October 12th in Denver crumbling the stages of over a dozen venues through nine states including an appearance at this year’s Southwest Terror Fest (Sleep, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth, Dropdead, Bongripper etc.) in Tucson, Arizona.  

Southern California’s GOATSNAKE is currently preparing to cross the Atlantic for a one-off performance at Desertfest this Sunday, followed by a trio of East Coast US shows.  

GHOUL has released a new song for the ongoing soundtrack to Image Comics’ The Humans graphic novel series. The song is available online from The Humans Soundcloud page RIGHT HERE. The Humans comic, by Keenan Marshall Keller and Tom Neely, is set in the ’70s and follows a motorcycle gang’s exploits, but with a twist; in this world, the gangs are all apes and actual humans are primitive beasts kept around for sport. Each issue of The Humans is accompanied by two original songs released online from bands such as Goblin Cock and Witches Of God. GHOUL’s song, “Humans Till Deth“, is an octane-fueled surf-thrash tune attached to the release of issue #8, out now. To celebrate the release,...