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French Heavy Metallers Smokeheads have signed a deal with Wormholedeath for the release of their EP “Never Prick My Pickles”.

“Never Prick My Pickles” will be available on all digital stores on June 6th, 2021.

About the EP:

Toronto based alternative metal combo Valyear have signed a deal with Wormholedeath for the release of their album “Revolution Fear”! 

More info coming soon.

Check out an album teaser below.

Tracklist:
1. Beneath the Machine
2. Feed My Pain
3. Dirty
4. Like a Zombie
5. Hit the Ground
6. Fall Too Far
7. I Hate Your Face
8. Rise My Enemy
9. Screams (Live at the Atria)

Helsinki-based Heavy Fucking Metal (patent pending!) group Oceanhoarse have released their new single “Reaching Skywards” today, taken from their upcoming debut full-length album “Dead Reckoning”, which will be released on August 20th, 2021, via Noble Demon.

With its in-your-face metal riffing, 90s style psychedelia and astral beauty of the chorus, this is quite possibly the most versatile Oceanhoarse song to date.
 

It’s time. Megadeth and Lamb Of God cannot be stopped and today announced the rescheduled run of the Metal Tour of the Year. Joining them, as previously planned, will be special guests Trivium and In Flames, heralding the long-awaited return to the stage for these bands, who are every bit as excited about these historic and not-to-be-missed shows as fans are.

Two years after their second album “The Weight of Silence”, Belgium’s Reject The Sickness returns with an album so mercilessly crushing and heavy that you have to experience it to believe it. 2019’s in-between EP “The New Chapter” already indicated that Reject The Sickness were travelling on a new path towards musical maturity. With “While Our World Dissolves” this journey has been completed with astonishing results exceeding the promise of the earlier EP.

Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers Meshuggah have entered Sweetspot Studios in Sweden to record their ninth studio album and follow-up to their highly acclaimed and Grammy Nominated album, “The Violent Sleep of Reason”.

The band comments: “Things are happening. As some of you figured out we have entered Sweetspot Studios and have begun recording a new album. ::Spoiler:: There will be distortion and kicks. 

Arizona’s Go Ahead And Die are proud to announce that their self-titled debut album will be released on June 11th, 2021, via Nuclear Blast Records. G.A.A.D. are a raw and thrillingly shocking new band, consisting of members Max Cavalera, Igor Amadeus Cavalera and Zach Coleman.

Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of Karpenter for the release of their album “Sleepless” this coming May 2021.

Metal stars Alien Weaponry are embraced by fans and critics internationally as one of the current generation’s biggest names in heavy music, especially in their home country of New Zealand, where the band has achieved nearly household name status. This May 2021, the band plans to uplift their local fans in a completely new way by performing in unity with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at two special performances, taking place in Kirikiriroa Hamilton and Ōtautahi Christchurch.
 

Nuclear Blast are proud to announce the signing of Arizona’s Go Ahead And Die. The band features vocalist and guitarist Max Cavalera joining forces with his son, singer, guitar and bass player Igor Amadeus Cavalera, as well as Zach Coleman on drums to produce a sound that mixes elements of death and thrash metal, with early Celtic Frost influences and a punk attitude.