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MUNROE’S THUNDER To Release Melodic Power Album The Black Watch

MUNROE’S THUNDER, fronted by the renowned power-metal vocalist, Ronny Munroe, have inked a worldwide deal with RFL Records & Entertainment and are thrilled to announce the new album The Black Watch, releasing on November 11th. Ronny Munroe Comments:“MUNROE’S THUNDER, The Black Watch, is loosely based on my family heritage, as some of my ancestors were actually in the black watch who guarded Mary, Queen Of Scots. Finding that out intrigued me enough to do a concept record about my family heritage.” After a very long wait, this record is finally finished and ready for you all to hear. I am […]

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EXHUMED: New Album To The Dead To See Release October 21st Via Relapse Records; ‘Drained Of Color’ Video Now Playing + Fall US Headlining Tour Announced

EXHUMED returns from the depths with their macabre new album, To The Dead, out October 21st on Relapse Records! In advance of the record’s release, today the band unleashes a video for first single, ‘Drained Of Color’, directed by Nikko DeLuna. Comments frontman Matt Harvey, “Like a lingering infection, we’ve returned to excruciate your eardrums and splatter your senses! The lads and I are very stoked to excrete our latest audio abortion onto the collective face of the underground. We’ve dialed up the ‘gross-o-meter’ to 666, so if gore-soaked blastbeats, disgusting vocals, and meat-cleaving riffs are your idea of a […]

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THE OTOLITH: SubRosa members return with new project on Blues Funeral Recordings

Rising from the ashes of Salt Lake City’s beloved avant-garde and symphonic doom juggernauts SubRosa comes THE OTOLITH, who will release their debut album Folium Limina on October 21st through Blues Funeral Recordings. First single ‘Sing No Coda’ is available on all streaming platforms, with album preorders now online! When SubRosa announced its breakup in 2019, the heavy music community felt the loss of their uniquely elegant and intensely heavy atmospheric doom devotionals. Rather than wonder what velvet darkness might still await, however, SubRosa’s Kim Cordray, Levi Hanna, Andy Patterson and Sarah Pendleton swiftly emerged as a new entity called […]

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KATATONIA Announces 2022 North American Headline Tour Featuring Support from The Ocean Collective & Cellar Darling

Melancholic metal masters KATATONIA are thrilled to return to North American shores this fall after a five year absence – announcing a massive 2022 headline tour featuring support from progressive metal frontrunners The Ocean Collective and prog-folk force Cellar Darling. The tour is set to begin on November 9 in Washington, DC, and will visit several major cities into December, coming to an end on December 10 in Tampa, FL. Tickets for this can’t-miss tour are available now.Visit www.katatonia.com for tickets and more information. KATATONIA frontman Jonas Renske states:”North America! We are very pleased to announce that we are coming […]

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JASON BLAKE: Warr Guitarist To Release The Compromise Rationale, Part Two In Album Trilogy, Via Wayfarer Records In September; ‘Euphoria With Repercussions’ Streaming + Preorders Posted

Chicago, Illinois-based progressive Warr guitarist JASON BLAKE presents The Compromise Rationale, the middle release in the Ternary Instinct themed trilogy of albums, the record now confirmed for September release through Wayfarer Records. The Warr Guitar is a twelve-string instrument incorporating the range of a guitar and bass, which is performed by tapping the strings; a technique known as touchstyle guitar. JASON BLAKE plays with the progressive metal instrumental trio, Aziola Cry, who recently released their album, The Ironic Divide, on Sensory Records in early 2021. With this band, he writes music featuring the rhythmic and melodic capabilities of the Warr […]

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Sleep unveil Dopesmoker deluxe LP w/ real cannabis leaves in vinyl; album returning to DSPs Today

Sleep unveil Dopesmoker deluxe LP w/real cannabis leaves in vinyl; album returning to DSPs Today SLEEP and Third Man Records are proud to announce that SLEEP’s landmark album Dopesmoker will be available on DSPs this Friday, August 26. Additionally, Third Man has announced two new vinyl variants of the album. Alongside a black vinyl LP, which will be available for pre-order on Friday, pure, unadulterated, authentic cannabis leaves are encapsulated in PVC for the first time ever to create a deluxe “Weedian High-Fi” pressing of the album, exclusively available at Third Man’s Detroit storefront. Pre-Order Dopesmoker HERE Hear ‘Hot Lava […]

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Lustre returns with A Thirst For Summer Rain

A Thirst For Summer Rain is the eighth full-length album of LUSTRE – the Swedish apotheosis of ambient black metal. As the initial waves of soothing keyboards come rolling in, it is immediately clear that Lustre still adheres to its musical tradition of dreamlike minimalism. However, when the remaining instruments enter the picture, the soundscape in which they are framed is likely to come as quite the surprise for long-time followers of the band. A Thirst For Summer Rain is the first of Nachtzeit’s releases to have been recorded, mixed, and mastered in a professional studio – a move which […]

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MACHINIST! To Release 10 Years Of Torture LP Compiling Their First Two Albums, Confirmed For August Release Through Nefarious Industries; New Promo Video And Preorders Posted

After some time off, Southeastern mean muggers MACHINIST! burst out of hibernation with the announcement of 10 Years Of Torture, an LP compilation containing the band’s first two full-length albums on wax for the first time ever. The release includes 2015’s Pronegative and its 2018 follow-up Closer To Death on sides A and B respectively. For this endeavor the band is continuing their relationship with Philadelphia-based Nefarious Industries who is co-releasing the record with Gainesville, Florida-based Salvaged Records run by MACHINIST!’s own Jeremy McGuire. Vocalist Jeff Hill had this to say: “We’ve been doing this for a decade now. Some […]

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East Coast heavy psych stalwarts FREEDOM HAWK share soothing new track ‘Seize The Day’ new album out September 23rd on Ripple Music.

Virginia Beach-based heavy psych torchbearers FREEDOM HAWK share a new excerpt taken from their sixth studio album Take All You Can to be released September 23rd on Ripple Music. Give in to the soothing vibe of ‘Seize The Day’ now! “One of the American Eastern Seaboard’s most vital presences in heavy rock. If you need rock and roll, trust well that FREEDOM HAWK will be on hand to deliver.” – The Obelisk Listen to new single ‘Seize The Day’ via The Obelisk HERE The US East Coast underground’s rock champions are back in top form with their sixth-full length this […]

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CROWBAR To Kick Off Summer Headlining Tour + Additional Dates Announced; Zero And Below Full-Length Out Now On MNRK Heavy

CROWBAR has begun The Riff Beast Tour, which includes eleven newly added dates, and runs through September 12th in Birmingham, Alabama. Tickets are on sale now! See all confirmed dates below. w/ Spirit Adrift: 8/02/2022 Emerson Theater – Indianapolis, IN 8/03/2022 King Of Cups – Columbus, OH 8/04/2022 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY 8/06/2022 The Chance Theater – Poughkeepsie, NY 8/09/2022 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY 8/10/2022 Anchor Rock Club – Atlantic City, NJ 8/11/2022 Reverb – Reading, PA 8/12/2022 The Loud – Huntington, WV 8/13/2022 The Broadberry – Richmond, VA 8/14/2022 Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC 8/16/2022 […]

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