The time has arrived for legendary bay area thrash metal giants Testament to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their thirteenth studio album: Titans Of Creation which will be released on April 3rd via Nuclear Blast. Just as the elements of this planet thrive within all living creatures, each musician in Testament represents a necessary component of this …

In an unfortunate turn of events, Italian orchestral-death metal giants Fleshgod Apocalypse have been forced to postpone their North American tour due to travel restrictions implemented in response to the spread of COVID-19, “Coronavirus.” What was to be one of metal’s most anticipated spring tours, where the band was to …

Lamb Of God has unveiled a blazing in-studio guitar playthrough for the song “Checkmate,” the first single from the self-titled Lamb Of God, the band’s first release in five years, due out May 8 via Epic Records. Watch guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler shred through “Checkmate” exclusively via Guitar World …

NYC’s rock & roll outfit The Electric Mess serve up a vibey, dark psych-pop single and accompanying music video titled “Last Call“. A haunting chorus and memorable break combine for an immersive tune. It comes off their upcoming fifth full-length The Electric Mess V (Soundflat Records) due out April 17th. Watch the video for …

San Diego metal giants As I Lay Dying are proud to announce their “Burn To Emerge” US tour. Powered by HeartSupport, the 26 date trek will kick-off in Tuscon, AZ on May 20th and make its way across the country and back  before concluding in Riverside, CA on June 20th. Joining them for the entire run …

Extreme French deathgrind outfit Benighted have partnered up with horror site Dread Central to premiere the NSFW music video for their new song, “Nails.” The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album, ‘Obscene Repressed,’ which is due on April 10! Watch the gory, disturbing music video at THIS LOCATION. …

Doom legends My Dying Bride unleashed their new album The Ghost Of Orion last week and today the band are releasing the official video for “To Outlive The Godsa”. Directed by Hal Sinden, the video features frontman Aaron Stainthorpe and tells the tale of a doomed love story. Watch here: youtu.be/IJpR_Y7nXA4 Aaron commented on the track: “When passion is so strong …

Lovebites — five Japanese women who have shocked power metal to life and were christened “Best New Band”  at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards have shared the brand new song “Holy War” at Metal Insider. Listen here. “This is the first song in the history of Lovebites that all of us wrote …

Reggae-influenced alternative rock band Iration has announced their seventh full-length studio album Coastin’ will be released early Summer 2020 (date to be announced soon) and has also revealed their annual summer touring plans. In support of the new album, the Hawaiian-bred, California-based band will bring their Coastin’ SummerTour along the east coast …

The Faroe Islands’ very own TÝR will return to North America this April with three of Europe’s finest folk exports in tow. The Valor & Folklore Tour features headliners TÝR with Heidevolk, Trollfest, and Metsatöll performing over twenty shows in cities across the US and Canada. This is a rare …

Canadian metal powerhouse Imonolith has revealed a fourth single, “Becoming the Enemy,” featuring a guest appearance by well-known Swedish vocalist Johannes Eckerström, from their  upcoming debut, State of Being, due out March 27.    A lyric video for “Becoming the Enemy” is available today via Consequence of Sound athttps://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/imonolith-becoming-the-enemy-avatar-johannes-eckerstrom/.   “’Becoming the Enemy’ is a song about becoming your own worst enemy,” says drummer Ryan ‘RVP’ Van Poederooyen. “All of us have done it at some point of our lives. The point of the song lyrically is to learn from your mistakes instead of repeating them over and over.”    The lyric video for “Becoming the Enemy” features a character called ‘The Sickness,” who reprises hisrole from the “Instinct” video, released inJanuary “We continue the theme we started in ‘Instinct,’” RVP explains. “The theme of our album ‘State of Being’ is about how people deal with various states of being throughout their lives. We thought having ‘The Sickness’ appear in a couple videos would help tie everything together and tell a visual story to go along with the album as a whole.”    The forthcoming full-length State of Being features 10 hook-laden, riff-heavy tracks including “Hollow,” the debut single that made big waves for Imonolith straight out of the gate, racking up  216K Spotify streams in 2019. Having spent much of 2019 writing, arranging, recording and fine-tuning State of Being, the band worked incredibly hard to achieve their goal – to make an engaging  heavy metal album. With the release of the three singles thus far, Imonolith has begun receiving worldwide praise that has garnered them a massive number of streams and attention from the media and fans alike.     Check out “Instinct” and “Dig” here:   ●“Instinct” – https://youtu.be/zlmOcXMilHs  ●“Dig” – https://youtu.be/wqn7hTEOgJ4  IMONOLITH will kick off their first ever headline UK/European tour, beginning the same day as the  album’s release.    IMONOLITH tour dates:  Mar 27: Sheffield, UK – Corporation  Mar 28: Newcastle, UK – Think Tank?  Mar 29: Manchester, UK – Rebellion  Mar 30: Glasgow, UK – Broadcast  Mar 31: Bristol, UK – Exchange  Apr 1: London, UK – Underworld  Apr 2: Bree, BE – Ragnarok  Apr 4: Copenhagen, DK – High Voltage  Apr 5: Stockholm, SE – Slaktkyrkan  Apr 6: Oslo, NO – John Dee  Apr 8: Mainz, DE – Schon Schon  Apr 9: Turin, IT – Blah-Blah  Apr 10: Como, IT – Centrale Rock Pub  Apr 11: Verona, IT – The Factory  Apr 12: Salzburg, AT – Rockhouse Bar  Apr 13: Ljubljana, SL – Orto Bar  Apr 14: Zagreb, HR – Hard Place  Apr 15: Sofia, BG – Live & Loud  Apr 16: Bucharest, RO – Quantic Club  Apr 17: Budapest, HU – ROBOT  Apr 18: Geislingen, DE – MieV  Apr 19: Martigny, CH – Sunset Bar  Apr 21: Prague, CZ – Rock Cafe  Apr 23: Bochum, DE – Die Trompete  Apr 24: Cham, DE – L.A. Live Club Cafe  Apr 25: Dobeln, DE – KL17  Apr 27: Nijverdal, NL – Cult Art Shop    Imonolith features collective of heavy-hitting players at the top of their game: drummer Ryan ‘RVP’ Van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Project), guitarist Brian ‘Beav’ Wadell (Devin Townsend  …

 Today, Finland’s multi-Platinum cello-rockers Apocalyptica release their brand-new track and music video, “Live Or Die (featuring Joakim Brodén)” (Silver Lining Music).  The song, which boasts what is certainly one of the most dynamic liaisons in heavy metal – the spellbinding music of Apocalyptica and the potent, iconic vocals of Sabaton’s Joakim Brodén – is …