TODAY IS THE DAY SIGNS WITH SOUTHERN LORD RECORDINGS

Avantgarde metal band Today is the Day has joined Southern Lord Recordings. The band will release their new album "Animal Mother" through the label. THis will be the first album to feature the new Today is the Day lineup that features Steve Austin on guitars and vocals, Sean Conkling (Regression, Sprawl) on bass and Jeff Lohrber returning on drums, 

HALCYON WAY RELEASES "CONQUER" + VIDEO

Atlanta, Georgia progressive metallers Halcyon Way will release their new album, entitled "Conquer" on August 19th. The album is the follow up to the band´s 2010 "Building the Towers" album and the 2011 "IndoctriNation" EP. THe album will be released through Massacre Records and the band has delivered a video for the track "Web of Lies" that will be part of the album. The full tracklist for "Conquer" is:

1.Conquer  

2.Web of Lies  

3.Conceived in Torment

4.Home  

5.World Comes Undone  

6.Militant

7.Hatred Is My Cause  

8.The Poisoned Apple  

9.Save Your Tears  

10.Every Second Counts  

11.King of Ruin  

12.Eviscerate the Morning Sun

KING OF ASGARD RELEASES "KARG" + TRACK STREAM

Swedish viking metal band King of ASgard will release their new album "Karg" on July 22nd. The album will be released through Metal Blade Records and the tune "The Runes of Hel" is available for streaming (check below). the album is the follow up to the band´s 2012 full length "...To North". "Karg"´s full tracklist is as follows:

1.The Runes of Hel  

2.The Trickster  

3.Highland Rebellion  

4.Remnant of the Past  

5.Omma  

6.The Heritage Throne  

7.Huldran  

8.Rising  

9.Total Destruction (Bonus Track)

CONQUERING DYSTOPIA ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM VINYL VERSION

Conquering Dystopia, the progressive death metal band that features Jeff Loomis (ex Nevermore) on guitars, Keith Merrow (demisery) on guitars, Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) on bass and Alex Rüdinger (The Faceless, ex Burning Shadows) on drums, have announced that the vinyl version of their debut album (originally released on March 2014) will be released through Century Media Records on July 7th-8th. The album features 12 tracks of pure progressive death metal and features guest solos by Ola Englund (The Haunted, ex Six Feet Under) and Wes Hauch (ex The Faceless).

CORONER ANNOUNCES NEW DRUMMER

Historical Coroner drummer Marquis Marky has left the band. The replacement has been announced as Paganini and 69 Chambers drummer Diego Rapacchietti.

THE WOLVES OF AVALON RELEASE "BOUDICCA´S LAST STAND"

British pagan metallers The Wolves of Avalon will be releasing their new album "Boudicca´s Last Stand" on July 26th. the album will be released thbrough Godreah Records and is the follow up to the band´s 2011 full length "Carrion Crows Over Camlan". The album will feature a cover of ENslaved´s "Essence".

"Boudicca´s Last Stand track list is as follows:

1.Famished Wolves Befogged with Blood 

2.The Sky Goddess

3.The Dreadful Thirst of Death  

4.Bonded by Blood and Sword  

5.The Icknield Way Is Dripping with the Juice of Our Marrow-Bones  

6.Behold the Feast of the Slaughter Gods 7.The Gorging Glut of Sodden Clay  

8.Iceni Queen Unfurl'd in a Tempest of Crows 9.I Walk the Moonless Fens of a Darkling Day 

10.Cold as Mouldering Clay  

11.Essence (Enslaved Cover) 

VOODOO GODS: METAL SUPERGROUP

"Anticipation for Blood Leveled in Darkness" is the name of the debut album by metal supergroup Voodoo Gods. The band features Alex Voodoo on drums, Centurian vocalist Seth Van De Loo, Sceptic /Dies Irae guitarist Jacek Hiro, Nuclear Rabbit bass player Jean Baudin, former Manowar guitarist David Shankle on lead guitars and Cannibal Corpse vocalist George Corpsegrinder Fisher. The band´s debut album will be released on July 28th. The band has already recorded a demo entitled "Shrunken Head" on 2008. The new album will be released through Saturnal Records.

YEAR OF THE GOAT SIGNS WITH NAPALM RECORDS + NEW EP

Swedish heavy metal band Year of the Goat has signed with Napalm Records for the release of their new album. The first release in the label will be the EP "The Key and the Gate" that will be available on November 2014. The band has already released their debut EP "Lucem Ferre" and their first full length "Angels´Necropolis".

RABBITS RELEASE THIRD FULL LENGTH ALBUM

Sludge metal band from Portland Oregon, Rabbits, will release their third album through Lamb Unlimited Records. the band´s latest offering was a split with Whores and a compilation of singles entitled "SOS (Singles Other Shit). The album will be entitled "Untoward" and will be release in August 12th. "Untoward" track list is as follows:

A1. Ever Mind

A2. Pack Up Your Shit

A3. So Fake It’s Real

A4. Reek and Ye Shall Find

B1. An Odd Coloration

B2. Like You A Lot

BLACK TRIP RELEASES "GOIN´UNDER"

Swedish heavy metal band "Black Trip" will be releasing their first full length album entitled "Goin´Under" on August 5th (the album was originally released in October 2013). The album will be released through Prosthetic Records. Black Trip features in its line up Peter Stjärnvind on guitars (Murder Squad, pest, ex-Nifelheim, ex-Entombed); Joseph Tholl on Vocals (Corrupt, Enforcer); Johan Bergebäck on bass (ex-Exhumed, ex-Necrophobic, ex-Nifelheim, ex-Dismember); Jonas Wikstrand ond rums (Enforcer, Stålbritta) and Sebastian Ramstedt on guitars (Ordo Inferus, ex-Morpheus, ex-Exhumed, ex-Necrophobic, ex-Nifelheim).