UNEARTHLY TRANCE Unveil Music Video For ‘Into The Spiral’ Track February 28th, 2017 New York City-based sludge / doom / drone trio Unearthly Trance have filmed a music video for the track ‘Into The Spiral’. Directed by Jimmy Hubbard, the clip can be viewed below. Unearthly Trance issued sixth full-length studio album Stalking The Ghost […]

SIX FEET UNDER Recruit Former CANNIBAL CORPSE Guitarist Jack Owen February 28th, 2017 Tampa, Florida-based death metal group Six Feet Under has recruited former Cannibal Corpse and Deicide guitarist Jack Owen, revealing this development on February 28th, 2017. Vocalist Chris Barnes, Owen’s former Cannibal Corpse bandmate, issued the following statement: “It is with great pleasure […]

CRIMFALL Sign Album Contract With Metal Blade Records February 27th, 2017 Helsinki, Finland-based epic metal group Crimfall have signed an album contract with Metal Blade Records, revealing this development on February 27th, 2017. Crimfall issued the following statement: “We are beyond excited for this opportunity to work with the legendary Metal Blade. It makes all […]

W.A.S.P. To Commemorate 25th Anniversary Of ‘The Crimson Idol’ On Late 2017 European Tour February 27th, 2017 Los Angeles, California-based metal group W.A.S.P. perform in Europe during October and November 2017 as part of a tour package dubbed Re-Idolized: The 25th Anniversary Of The Crimson Idol. The dates are as follows; Sep. 25 – Gothenburg, […]

1349 Sign Worldwide Album Contract With Season Of Mist February 27th, 2017 Oslo, Norway-based black metal group 1349 have signed a worldwide album contract with Season Of Mist, revealing this development on February 27th, 2017. The band had previously been signed to the label just for the United States. 1349 issued the following statement: “We […]

BLACK STONE CHERRY To Tour United States In May-June 2017 February 26th, 2017 Edmonton, Kentucky-based rock group Black Stone Cherry perform in the United States from late May through to mid-June 2017. Supporting on the majority of dates are Detroit, Michigan-based rock ensemble Citizen Zero and San Francisco, California-based hard rock band Letters From The […]

SINISTERSyncretism Massacre (2017)Rating: 7/10 Syncretism is the 13th full-length studio album from Netherlands death metallers Sinister. This is a band that over the years I’ve had an on / off love affair with, and I wasn’t overly impressed with their last outing, 2015’s Dark Memorials – an album consisting of solely cover versions. And so […]

VENDETTAThe 5th Massacre (2017)Rating: 7/10 I recall the day I first saw the cover for Vendetta’s 1987 debut Go And Live… Stay And Die, and I was hooked. It was a fantastic album cover, although one which tended to override the content within. There was no denying that the German thrashers were good, but musically […]

SAINTED SINNERS Release Self-Titled Debut Studio Album February 24th, 2017 International heavy rock group Sainted Sinners, featuring erstwhile Accept vocalist David Reece, issued their self-titled debut full-length studio album on February 24th, 2017 through El Puerto Records. The outing was written and produced by Reece and guitarist Frank Pané. Sainted Sinners was partly recorded at […]

SUICIDE SILENCE Release Self-Titled Fifth Studio Album February 24th, 2017 Riverside, California-based deathcore group Suicide Silence issued their self-titled fifth full-length studio album on February 24th, 2017 through Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The outing was produced by Ross Robinson, and mixed by Joe Barresi. The track listing is as follows; 01. ‘Doris’ 02. ‘Silence’ 03. ‘Listen’ […]