KHEMMIS have a West Coast headlining tour booked for December with UN opening. Here is word from the band:

“After the success of the first leg of the North American Desolation Tour we are thrilled to announce the West Coast Desolation Tour a nine-date headlining trek with support from Seattle funeral doom warlocks UN. We will conclude the outing with a very special hometown show–our only one this year–featuring a rare local appearance by black metal hellions Wayfarer. Tickets for all shows will go on sale this Friday, we’ll see all of you on the road this winter!”

12/06 Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
12/07 Boise, ID – Neurolux
12/08 Seattle, WA – The Highline
12/09 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
12/10 Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
12/11 Los Angeles, CA –...

Greek band ECTOPLASMA have premiered a new song entitled “Psychomanteum Immolation”, taken from their upcoming new album “White-Eyed Trance”. The album will be released on October 31st by Memento Mori (CD) and Caligari Records (cassette tape), and vinyl will be forthcoming through Repulsive Echo Records.

Check out now ““Psychomanteum Immolation” above.

Band Members

George Wolf – Rhythm Guitars
Giannis Grim – Vocals & Bass Guitars
Dion K. Alastor – Lead Guitars

These musicians being real zealots of what Death Metal was known for back in the late 80’s and the early 90’s (a.k.a. no tech wankery and no crystal-clear production), they rapidly entered the studio just to start jamming, and ultimately gave birth to ECTOPLASMA, a band that shamelessly manifest their devotion t...

KING DIAMOND‘s upcoming first studio album in 12 years has officially been titled “The Institute“. An early 2020 release is being eyed for the outing with a first single to launch sometime this fall. Speaking of the album, Diamond stated:

“For reasons unknown to you, it is clear that you have no way of making it to ‘The Institute’ on your own at this point. Therefore, we will bring The Institute to you. You don’t want to miss this special opportunity for treatment only we can give you. It could be for your own good, you know…”

In support of the record, Diamond has also announced a North American tour with Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats and Idle Hands, see below for the dates:

11/02 Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory
11/04 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
11/05 Orlando, FL – ...

Iowa metal/hard rock veterans SLIPNOT have earned their third consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 charts with new album We Are Not Your Kind. The new album tallied 118,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release in the United States. Billboard says that 102,000 of those were in album sales.

We Are Not Your Kind is the first hard rock album to top the chart since Foo Fighters’ 2017 release, Concrete and Gold, which sold 127,000 units in its debut week.

It should be noted that sales of the new Slipknot album were bolstered by a concert ticket/album offer for the band’s current tour.

Slipknot is well known for its attention-grabbing image, aggressive style of music, and energetic and chaotic live shows...

Swedish progressive rockers OPETH have unveiled a new song titled “Dignity.” The track comes from the band’s forthcoming album, In Cauda Venenum (out September 27), and can be streamed above.

Sweden’s Opeth are preparing to release their most important record to date with “In Cauda Venenum”. Certainly, fans and critics will have their opinion, but few records in the Swedes oeuvre are as engaging, delicate, panoramic, intense, and musical as Opeths lucky thirteenth. Sporting a clever Travis Smith cover—replete with inside jokes and a nod to King Diamond—a masterful Park Studios (The Hellacopters, Graveyard) production, Opeths usual five-star musicianship, and lyrics entirely in Swedish, “In Cauda Venenum” raises the bar markedly...

The Curious Case of John Podesta: Public Enemy #1

by Randy “Rocket” Cody

Since the recent suicide death of jailed billionaire pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, many around the world following the sensational scandal called #Pizzagate have turned their focus back on the most talked about individual at the center of the controversy that will not go away.

His name is John Podesta.

Firstly, however, let’s not forget that it was my groundbreaking news reporting that tied late rocker Chris Cornell’s untimely death to Jeffrey Epstein’s “black book”, which contained multiple names from the powerful Washington DC scene, the world of rock music and Hollywood.

The death of Cornell, ruled a suicide by hanging, shattered his fans into a million pieces.

Last week, SLAYER announced that it had joined Rick Ware Racing as the primary sponsor for the No. 54 entry at tomorrow’s Bristol Motor Speedway. Today, reportedly due to reactionary concerns from other long-time participating sponsors, Slayer has been pulled as the primary sponsor, and all Slayer signage has been removed from the car that was to be piloted by Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series veteran, JJ Yeley.

The incontrovertible PODS Moving & Storage will now sponsor that car.

After nearly 40 years, Slayer apparently remains as terrifying to some as ever.

Slayer, the long-reigning titans of thrash, returns with Repentless, the band’s 11th studio album and its first album for Nuclear Blast...

When your life seems to add up to nothing but mosh pits filled with fat, sweaty bodies bouncing off of each other, there is only one figure you can guarantee to deliver the most chaos center pit. That is MetalTrump.

He might be in denial that he was Jeffrey Epstein‘s best friend, and he might not have any clue where one million missing American kids are located currently, but one thing is for certain MetalTrump knows how to find slamming metal tunes.

The newest addition to the ever-evolving Wolves of Hades roster, Belgium natives HAMELIN are thrilled to announce their debut EP for the label.

Watch the official video for the band’s new single, “Nadir”, above.

Buried deep in the consciousness of four divergent souls from Mechelen grew a beast enchained by melancholy named HAMELIN. Though they are in the process of releasing their first EP, they are in no way new to the scene. With all of them having a background in Belgium’s metal scene and coming from different bands and projects, you might just find yourself impressed by their unique sound and dynamic.

The combined musical backgrounds of their members fell effortlessly into place, pushing a sound that is characterized by a strong atmosphere and melody drifting between melanc...

BLACK TUSK have announced a fall U.S. tour with Child Bite, you can catch them together at the following stops:

11/08 Asheville, NC – Mothlight (no Child Bite)
11/09 Raleigh, NC – Maywood
11/10 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
11/11 New Hope, PA – John and Peter’s
11/12 Cambridge, MA – Middle East
11/13 Brattleboro, VT – The Stone Church
11/14 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
11/15 Harrisonburg, VA – Golden Pony
11/16 Wilmington, NC – Reggie’s 42nd Street

Black Tusk will also be out on the road with Cloak next month, dates for that run can be found here.

Black Tusk was born from sweat. There was blood, and maybe a few tears, too, but more than anything, it was sweat that marked the earliest years of Savannah, Georgia’s Black Tusk...