On September 7th, Metal Blade Records will release Cruel Magic, the new album by English NWOBHM legends Satan! For a preview of Cruel Magic,   Satan comments about the new single: “Playing this song in rehearsals is such a rollercoaster, and it’s obvious already that it’s going to be part of the Satan live show for some time to come. This song has…

Following two decades of acclaimed success, with revered releases from some of the most prolific and groundbreaking acts in eclectic heavy music, Germany based Prophecy Productions has officially announced their expansion to North America with a division of the label now established in Los Angeles. Further affirming their presence, Prophecy has unveiled the first edition of Prophecy Fest…

STill Cyco Punk After All These Years out September 7, 2018, in Conjunction with Official Converse Collaboration In the early 80s when the legendary SUICIDAL TENDENCIES formed, punk rock was not very welcoming to “new ideas” – especially from a new crew that were obviously not worried about fitting in. But SUICIDAL TENDENCIES weren’t there to be “accepted”, and not only…

On September 7th, Metal Blade Records will release The Passage Of Existence, the new studio album by Florida death metal legends Monstrosity! For a preview of The Passage Of Existence, the 2nd single, “Kingdom of Fire”!     For another preview of The Passage Of Existence, the previous single, “Cosmic Pandemia”, can be streamed at: metalblade.com/monstrosity – where the record can also…

Killed To Death. These three words describe, with perfect finality, the post-listening experience of a brand new entry into the hallowed halls of the sub-genre of Sonic Sewage Slam. Just as that title implies, this is some crazy-ass shit, brought to you by the same crazy-ass mofo behind legendary brutalizers NECROEXOPHILIA, one Justin McNeil. Unlike…

New York death metal pioneers SUFFOCATION have announced dates for their final North American tour with original vocalist Frank Mullen. This historic trek will take place this upcoming October / November and see the band joined by misanthropic gore grinders CATTLE DECAPITATION, Brazilian death metal legends KRISIUN, and Swedish tech-death sensations SOREPTION. Mullen went on to issue the following statement: “Hello my friends…

“It doesn’t get more blasphemous than this,” declares Behemoth mastermind Nergal, about the band’s upcoming album, I Loved You At Your Darkest – due out October 5th via Metal Blade Records (North America) / Nuclear Blast (Europe). While it certainly seems an unlikely title for a black metal band, its origin might surprise fans even more than the words themselves. “It’s a verse…

  METAL ALLEGIANCE began as a celebration of heavy metal, powered by the almost tribal bond shared between the extreme music community’s most revered trailblazers, armed with a list of contributors onstage (and off) that read like a Wikipedia entry on the genre itself. Their upcoming sophomore album, Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty, will be released…

METAL ALLEGIANCE began as a celebration of heavy metal, powered by the almost tribal bond shared between the extreme music community’s most revered trailblazers, armed with a list of contributors onstage (and off) that read like a Wikipedia entry on the genre itself. Their upcoming sophomore album, Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty, will be released on…