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Comments Metal Blade Records’ founder Brian Slagel of the signing, “Happy to welcome CATEGORY 7 into the Metal Blade family. Of course, some of them are already in! Seriously love working with this crew and it’s great stuff!”

Metal Blade Records is pleased to welcome CATEGORY 7, the new band featuring vocalist John Bush, guitarists Phil Demmel and Mike Orlando, bassist Jack Gibson, and drummer Jason Bittner, to its legendary roster! Continue reading Supergroup CATEGORY 7 Featuring Current and Former Members of Anthrax, Armored Saint, Adrenaline Mob, Machine Head, Overkill, Exodus, and Shadows Fall Joins Metal…

KORPIKLAANI's twelfth studio album, Rankarumpu, is once again full of tasty folk metal and its different flavors, but it also offers new spices

Finnish folk metal superstars KORPIKLAANI have announced the name and release date of their upcoming new studio album, Rankarumpu, which is due to be released on April 5th, 2024. Continue reading KORPIKLAANI ‘Rankarumpu North American Tour’ with VISIONS OF ATLANTIS & ILLUMISHADE

Although point of origin shouldn’t be an issue, Panchiko hail from Nottingham, England. And while the band’s inception date has been hard to pin down, it’d be safer to say to it was over two decades ago and change. Their story, however, is an odd one and deserves your attention. Continue reading Cultband PANCHIKO to headline Ace Of Spades. April 17.

Bass player Donnie Van Stavern adds, "Mike wrote a cool eerie dual lead guitar intro leading into a heavy rocker riff in the RIOT tradition with a pop-ish bridge and a great heavy chorus chant."

The wait is almost over! Cult US heavy metal unit RIOT (V) will finally unleash their much-anticipated studio album Mean Streets on May 10th via Atomic Fire Records. In advance of the record’s official release, today the band has launched a lyric video for “Love Beyond The Grave.” Continue reading RIOT (V): Releases “Love Beyond The Grave” Lyric Video

Donnie Vie plays The Baltic Kiss located at 135 Park Place in Richmond on Friday, April 12th. Support acts to be announced.

Blue Island, Illinois’ own Enuff Z’Nuff was originally formed by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z’Nuff some 42 years ago. And while they enjoyed massive MTV airplay during the first self-titled record’s cycle, it was their two radio hits – “Fly High Michelle” (Billboard #47) and “New Thing” (Billboard #67) – that catapaulted the quartet into veritable headliners across the globe. Sadly, their…

Baltimore, Maryland’s NIXIL has announced their first nationwide US tour, set to take place from March 28 – April 20. The anticosmic black metal bands Abyssal Fire spring tour will see NIXIL head out to the West Coast for the first time, following the release of their sophomore album From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire. Continue reading NIXIL Announce ‘Abyssal Fire’ Spring US Tour Dates

EMBRYONIC AUTOPSY Unleash Origins Of The Deformed Album Details and First Video Single Feat. James Murphy

2022 saw EMBRYONIC AUTOPSY taking the death metal scene by storm with their brutal banger of a debut Prophecies Of The Conjoined. This summer, the US act launches its sophomore studio album Origins Of The Deformed, due out on June 14, 2024 via Massacre Records! The album will be available as CD Digipak, Ltd. Vinyl LP and Digital formats, the pre-sale has just started…

This music has been crafted to take you along the ride of the classic literary stories that transcend time.

Taking musical influence from OPETH, GOJIRA, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, and conceptually based around the Arabian Nights tales, “A Thousand And One Nights” is the first and lead single to land ahead of the upcoming EP, A Thousand And One Nights – Chapter 1. Continue reading LETALLIS Reveal “A Thousand And One Nights”

Brace yourself for a chilling journey through an album that tells the harrowing story of demonic possession and mind control. Continue reading CODEX MORTIS Return with “Tales of Woe,” New Song Now Streaming

Melancholic heaviness is upon North America – next week, Finland’s melodic death masters Insomnium will finally embark on their headline tour through the United States and Canada. To prepare you for the 25 dates with none less than special guests Omnium Gatherum and support from Wilderun, Insomnium have just revealed a mesmerizing live video of their 10-minutes-long, epic “Song of the Dusk”,…

NECROT will return to the stage this June on a massive North American headlining tour! The Lifeless Birth Tour 2024 commences on June 5th in Berkeley, California and winds its way through nearly three dozen cities, concluding on July 13th in Portland, Oregon. Support will be provided by Street Tombs as well as BAT and Phobophilic on select dates. The trek follows the band’s recent run supporting…

Sweet Leaf features a veritable who’s who of the local metal scene. Continue reading Sonoma County’s longest-running Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne tribute SWEET LEAF to play On The Y in Sacramento. April 6.

For those who’ve been paying attention, Translation Loss records have issued a number of memorable metal moments semi-recently including platters from Swampbeast, Witching, Caged, Re-Buried, Come To Grief and, more importantly, Thra’s stunning ‘ Forged In Chaotic Spew.’ Featuring (9) tracks including some killer atmospheric interludes, the album should be taken in as a whole rather than in…

It’s been 42 years since Armored Saint came together and then shortly thereafter released their self-titled EP on Metal Blade Records just a year later. If you’re looking for a classic heavy metal band with pretty much all of their original members intact, look no further than Armored Saint. At present, the group includes founding members John Bush (vocals), Phil Sandoval (guitars), Joey Vera…