Ohio grinding progressive death engineers, LOCUSTA, are packing up their weaponry for the Primordial Death Summer Tour. Set to commence tomorrow, July 23rd, in Lexington, Ketucky, the tour will raze sixteen cities, coming full circle and drawing to a close on August 8th in Covington, Kentucky. The band will be joined by fellow Buckeye State death metallers, Faithxtractor, for a bulk of the journey as well an assortment of brutalizers throughout the tour including Mutant Supremacy, Noisem, and Tombstalker.  

Death-saluting metal collective, GRUESOME, will take to the streets next month on a short run of live performances. Following an appearance at Obscene Extreme America Fest in Montreal next month, the band — which features guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey (Exhumed), drummer Gus Rios (Malevolent Creation), guitarist Daniel Gonzalez (Possessed), and bassist Robin Mazen (Derketa) — will kick off a mini tour in September, waging their classic Schuldiner-styled odes upon the ears of Tampa, Miami, Orlando, Cave-In-Rock, San Diego and Los Angeles. See confirmed dates below.  

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will return to North America this fall to headline the IndieMerch Tour with Iron Reagan, Harm’s Way, and Maruta. The trek will start Oct 3rd and run through Oct 30th and it marks the group’s first official Canadian/US tour supporting their highly anticipated new album, Abysmal, which comes out on September 18th on Metal Blade Records. Be sure to either see below or head over to facebook.com/theblackdahliamurderofficial for all tour dates.  

In less than three weeks, NEUROSIS will embark on the band’s most widespread North American tour since before the turn of the millennium.  

Reactivated New York death metal unit, SKINLESS, will level stages this Fall on a medley of live takeovers. The onstage debauchery includes performances in Montreal, Clifton Park, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia as well as a co-headlining stint with Pig Destroyer on this year’s edition of Denver Black Sky in December. Additional onstage infiltrations are currently in their plotting stages.  

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions has officially released Visceral Infection, the full-length debut from New Jersey grinders ORGAN DEALER. Considered to be one of 2015’s most anticipated extreme metal albums, Visceral Infection will “fucking slay you and your family.” Visceral Infection is available for streaming and purchase on digital and CD formats at hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/visceral-infection.  

Seattle death grind legion, THEORIES, wrapped up the epically successful Poisoning North America Summer tour featuring headlining labelmates Goatwhore with Black Breath and Ringworm last night in Atlanta, Georgia. The trek pillaged its way through over three dozen venues in twenty-three cities and provinces. THEORIES will grind their way back home on four more dates with Black Breath beginning tonight in Kansas and leveling Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. The band continues to tour in support of the sadistic wares of their Regression full-length, released earlier this Spring via Metal Blade Records.  

Progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me have released their new album, Coma Ecliptic, today via Metal Blade Records!  

Today, DragonForce unveil a live cut from their first ever feature length video release! In the Line of Fire…Larger Than Live is available now, and to catch a glimpse of what’s in store, head to the band’s official youtube channel to watch the live performance of “Black Winter Night“!  

Metal Blade Records is excited to announcing the signing of Australian thrash metal act, HARLOTT! Forged in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, HARLOTT are the finest example of the thrash metal genre in recent years. Taking their influence from the 80’s Bay Area thrash scene, and blending it with the Teutonic melody and grit, they focus on high energy, up tempo music with lyrical influence from war, religion, chaos, and the human condition.  

Coheed and Cambria release their new album, The Color Before The Sun, on Oct. 9 via 300 Entertainment. The band is giving fans an early listen, streaming the song and lyrics for “You Got Spirit, Kid” via Coheedandcambria.com, with the digital download of the single available globally on July 10.  

Louisiana road warriors, GOATWHORE, are currently crumbling stages across the country on a North American headlining tour that commenced last month. With support from Ringworm, Black Breath and labelmates Theories, the epic journey will consume over three-dozen venues upon its conclusion on July 12th. Additionally, the band will take part in this year’s Gwar B-Q in Richmond, Virginia in August as well as Knot Fest in San Bernardino, California in October.