The Tampa-based melodic death metal band The Absence will release “A Gift for the Obsessed”, their first album in eight years, through M-Theory Audio on March 23rd, 2018.
A music video for the album's blistering title track can be viewed below. The song is also available for streaming and… Read More
Month:January 2018
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 19, 2018
Promising to be the Tour of the Year, two of the world's greatest rock bands - Def Leppard and Journey - are teaming up for a massive co-headlining North American tour composed of both stadium and arena concerts, half the shows being closed by Journey and half by Def Leppard.
The tour,… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 19, 2018
On January 17th, 2018, Kirra vocalist/rhythm guitarist Jesse Williamson tragically passed away due to an auto accident.
As an incredibly young and talented man, nobody thought Jesse would be gone so soon. He lived his days to the fullest and touched the lives of so many. We are all eternally… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 18, 2018
Detroit-based progressive rock quartet Tiles regretfully announce that longtime vocalist Paul Rarick will be retiring and departing from the group, ironically coinciding with the band’s 25th anniversary this year.
Two years after releasing their crowning achievement, the star-studded and… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 18, 2018
After steamrollering most of continental Europe together at the end of last year caveman battle outfit Conan again team up with Swedish Doom Royalty Monolord to sonically subdue the UK and Ireland on a tour that kicks off in Birmingham on May 7, 2018.
Jon Davis comments:
“We are proud to… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 18, 2018
Psychedelic stoner doom collective Green Druid will release their debut full-length, “Ashen Blood”, via Earache Records this March.
Brooding, atmospheric, and isolationist with weighty riffs summoning the Lovecraftian horrors of the cosmos, Green Druid’s music entrances listeners with tales of… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 18, 2018
Portland doom quartet Usnea announce the 2018 Spring of Futility West Coast Tour.
The band will tour in support of their recent full-length album “Portals Into Futility”.
The tour commences March 23 in their hometown and ends March 31 in Chico, CA with directed support by Seattle’s UN. A… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 18, 2018
Few bands have earned the distinction of composing “the soundtrack for the Apocalypse”, but according to Maximum Volume Music Oakland's stoner metal quartet Blackwülf have done just that... and convincingly so. The sold-out successes of 2015's “Oblivion Cycle” on Ripple Music and 2014's “Mind… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 18, 2018
The deadly duo Johansson & Speckmann strikes back with its fourth attack!
“From the Mouth of Madness” will be released on March 30th, 2018, via Soulseller Records on CD, LP and digitally. Expect 9 new tracks full of old schoolish, monstrous heaviness!
The Death Metal masterminds are… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jan 17, 2018
Mascot Label Group is pleased to announce the signing of P.O.D. (Payable On Death), the San Diego, California based hard rock band, who have charted their own unique course since forming in 1992, with worldwide sales exceeding 10 million, hugely successful international tours, and a series of… Read More