By popular demand, UK extreme metallists DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT’s critically acclaimed 2012 release “Widowmaker” — hailed by Revolver Magazine as “a crushing musical experience easily among the year’s best extreme metal records” — is available once again on vinyl. Along with the original white and 180-gram black variants (a limited number of which are now back in print), “Widowmaker” is also now available in a limited new blood red variant that features exclusive label artwork. All three colors are available now in the PROSTHETIC webstore, along with bundle packages that include a custom DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT slipmat!  Hurry up and grab yours before they sell out below!

For the first time in more than three years, the mysterious and unpredictable DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT will soon headline a series of dates throughout the UK and Ireland along with support from experimental juggernauts Bossk. The band, who remain masked in photos and play facing away from the crowd in pure darkness, were recently witnessed terrorizing the U.S. alongside the likes of Cough and Wolvhammer, including a remarkably haunting performance at 2012′s Maryland Deathfest, which NPR recently posted.

Witness DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT live:
5/24      Dublin, IE – The Pint
5/25      London, UK – Birthdays #
5/26      Manchester, UK – Alter Ego #
5/27      Glasgow, UK – Audio #
5/28      Leeds, UK  – The Library #
8/30      Bristol, UK – ArcTanGent
8/31      Birmingham, UK – Asylum #
9/20      Tilburg, NL – Incubate Festival
# with BOSSK

Italian death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE will embark on a European tour this fall alongside Australian tech-death act Psycroptic and UK death outfit Dyscarnate. Prior to the tour — which kicks off in Belgium on Sept. 20 – the band will be seen appearing at several of the summer’s heaviest international festivals. All upcoming dates are listed below.

Guitarist Giulio Moschini commented: “We’re extremely happy to tour again with our friends in Psycroptic and Dyscarnate and most of all to play again in Europe after the successful tour we did with Cannibal Corpse, Devildriver and The Black Dahlia Murder in February. For the first time, Hour of Penance will also play in Ireland! Be there!“

HOUR OF PENANCE are also excited to reveal that they have begun working on their next release, expected out in early 2014.

Moschini commented: “Since the release of (2012′s) ‘Sedition,’ the band has played over 150 shows throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. We have had great times on the road and would like to thank all the fans who came to our shows and bought ‘Sedition,’ as well as all the people we worked with during this year. This was without a doubt a big source of inspiration for us, and while at home or between shows, we started collecting ideas for our next record. Even if what we have right now are only demos of the new songs, we can already say that if you loved ‘Sedition’ and our past albums, you’ll go crazy with this new record. We worked our asses off and meticulously worked on improving our music once again, so we’re very glad to announce that a new album will be recorded after this tour!”

Guitarist Paolo Pieri added: “We’re currently working on the lyrics and vocals for the new songs. This album will be more varied and brutal than everything we’ve done so far. The new material sounds totally fresh and will be a bone-crushing feast for old and new fans of Hour of Penance.”

Come see HOUR OF PENANCE live:

Progressive instrumentalists SCALE THE SUMMIT have revealed another song from their June 11 new release, “The Migration,” exclusively on the Prosthetic Records YouTube page. The track, “Atlas Novus,” takes you on a winding five-minute journey full of smooth progressions, subtle virtuosity and emotional melodies. You can view the video, featuring illustrative artwork completed by Duncan Storr (Edge of Sanity), directly below or by clicking HERE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0kUpcCSzn8

 
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jamie King (BTBAM), “The Migration” is the follow-up to SCALE THE SUMMIT’s 2011′s critically acclaimed third album “The Collective,” which Guitar World described as “essential prog.” Pre-order packages featuring “The Migration” on either CD or LP can be found here:http://prostheticrecords.com/scalethesummit/. Upon purchasing any pre-order, you will receive a code to download the new song “Odyssey.”

Next week, SCALE THE SUMMIT will embark on an extensive national tour, most dates of which will see the group perform alongside Intronaut. Dates are listed below.

Catch SCALE THE SUMMIT on tour:

Swedish melodic death metallists DARKANE have posted a lyric video for the title track from their upcoming release, “The Sinister Supremacy,” due out in North America on July 2 through PROSTHETIC RECORDS. You can view the video directly below or by clicking HERE.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTSw2PfJx_s
“The Sinister Supremacy” marks not only the first new music from DARKANE in over five years, but also the return of vocalist Lawrence Mackrory, who was last heard on the band’s 1999 debut. The album title, says the band, is “a metaphor for the evil that controls us. It guides us into making choices based on pure selfishness, and it thrives on complete chaos.” The cover art, featured above, was completed by Carlos Holmberg (Soilwork) and is meant to represent a Rorschach test as seen by an individual who has completely succumbed to the sinister supremacy.

The track listing for “The Sinister Supremacy” is as follows:
1. Sounds of Pre-Existence
2. The Sinister Supremacy
3. Mechanically Divine
4. Ostracized
5. The Decline
6. Insurrection is Imminent
7. In the Absence of Pain
8. Humanity Defined
9. Hate Repentance State
10. Collapse of Illusions
11. By Darkness Designed
12. Existence is Just a State of Mind

You can pre-order “The Sinister Supremacy” in the PROSTHETIC webstore by itself or bundled with an exclusive t-shirt : http://www.indiemerch.com/prostheticrecords/brand/darkane

Danish “melo-death” metallists MERCENARY have revealed the track listing for their seventh studio album, “Through Our Darkest Days,” which is as follows:

1. A New Dawn
2. Welcome The Sickness
3. Through Our Darkest Days
4. Dreamstate Machine
5. A Moment Of Clarity
6. Beyond This Night
7. Starving Eyes
8. Generation Hate
9. Forever The Unknown
10. Holding Onto Serenity (digital bonus track)

Recorded with longtime collaborator Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Heaven Shall Burn) at Hansen Studios, “Through Our Darkest Days” is scheduled for a North American release on July 30 via Prosthetic Records. According to the band, the album’s cover art by Mircea Eftemie (Soilwork, Mnemic) “symbolizes a darkness that we have gone through as a band, which we feel that we have finally been able to put behind us.” The title, meanwhile, “is meant very positively and thematizes both the journey through existential darkness as a general theme and the ability to break through it. The lyrical universe is very much about making the most of life and not getting caught up in negativity.”

More information on the album, including pre-order packages, will be unveiled shortly.

Catch MERCENARY live here:
5/30       Geiselwind, DE – Beastival
6/1         Oberentfelden, CH – Borom Pom Pom
6/2         Pilzen, CZ – Metalfest CZ
8/30       Leipzig, DE – Hellraiser #
8/31       Munchen, DE – Backstage Club #
9/1         Pratteln, CH – Gallery #
9/4         Bucharest, RO – The Silver Church Club #
9/5         Budapest, HU – TBA #
9/6         Wien, AT – Escape #
9/7         Brno, CR – Melodka #
9/8         Berlin, DE – Magnet #
9/11       Vosselaar, BE – Biebob #
9/12       London, UK – The Underworld #
9/14       Stuttgart, DE – Club Zentral #
9/15       Eindhoven, NL – Dynamo #
# with Omnium Gatherum

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* Live in the LA area
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If you’re interested in applying, please email your resume along with a brief email telling us about you & your interest in the music industry to kelly@prostheticrecords.com

Swedish melodic death metal sensation DARKANE are excited to reveal the details on their upcoming album, “The Sinister Supremacy.”  The album will not only mark the first new music from the band in over five years, but will also include the return of  vocalist Lawrence Mackrory, who was last heard on the band’s 1999 debut “Rusted Angel”. Consisting of 12 haunting tracks, the album will showcase a new, darker and heavier version of Darkane!

Track listing for “The Sinister Supremacy” is as follows:
1. Sounds of Pre-Exsistence
2. The Sinister Supremacy
3. Mechanically Divine
4. Ostracized
5. The Decline
6. Insurrection is Imminent
7. In the Absence of Pain
8. Humanity Defined
9. Hate Repentance State
10. Collapse of Illusions
11. By Darkness Designed
12. Existence is Just a State of Mind

The meaning behind the album’s title, the cover art of which can be seen featured above, was explained by the band as follows:
“The Sinister Supremacy is a metaphor for the evil that controls us. It’s the dark part of our minds and it’s inside us all. It tells us it’s ok to do bad things, to hurt other people, and hurt ourselves. It guides us into making choices based on pure selfishness, and it thrives on complete chaos. The cover art by Carlos Holmberg is a Rorschach test as seen by an individual who has completely succumbed to the sinister supremacy.”

“The Sinister Supremacy” is scheduled for release on July 2 through PROSTHETIC and is also now available for pre-order on the PROSTHETIC webstore along with an  exclusive bundle consisting of the album paired with a specially designed t-shirt!

For more information on the band, please visit: http://www.darkane.com/

Having just returned from a successful European tour alongside Intronaut in addition to appearances at Roadburn and Desertfest, female-fronted doom rockers CASTLE have announced a stretch of shows throughout the western U.S. With support from Demon Lung (Candlelight Records), the trio will make their way to and from the Doom in June festival in Las Vegas, NV on June 1. The band will then continue to tour throughout the summer including supporting Intronaut on select dates of their upcoming U.S. tour alongside label mates SCALE THE SUMMIT. Dates can be found listed below.

Additionally, the band have also announced plans for a full North American tour later this summer. More details and information regarding this tour will be announced in the coming weeks.

CASTLE will continue to support their 2012 Prosthetic debut “Blacklands,” which earned the band a nomination for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year at this year’s Juno Awards, Canada’s equivalent to the Grammys. (Although CASTLE currently calls the Bay Area home, two of its members are Canadian.) The album, produced by Billy Anderson (EyeHateGod, Neurosis, Cathedral), was praised for its “sinister sweetness” and “irresistible hooks” (Exclaim!) while being described by Metal Hammer UL as “a tough alloy of purest classic metals — doom, thrash, epic and power.”

Catch CASTLE live at one of the dates below:
5/30    San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern #
5/31    South Lake Tahoe, CA – Whiskey Dicks #
6/1      Las Vegas, NV – Cheyenne Saloon (Doom in June Festival)
6/2      Scottsdale, AZ – Pub Rock #
6/3      Fullerton, CA – Slidebar (w/ Gypsyhawk)
7/1      Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Sports Cafe *
7/2      Santa Fe, NM – Warehouse 21*
7/3      Denver, CO – Marquis Theater*
7/5      San Francisco, CA – Slim’s*
7/6      Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy*
7/7      San Diego, CA – Soda Bar (w/ Scale The Summit)
# with Demon Lung
* with Intronaut & Scale The Summit

Having just completed the Metal Alliance tour alongside thrash legends Anthrax while being praised for their “thunderous guitars and soaring vocal harmonies” (Washington Times), heavy metallers HOLY GRAIL will return to the road this summer with support from recent Nuclear Blast signees Anti-Mortem. The five-week headlining tour will kick off in San Diego on June 19 and venture throughout the U.S. and Canada before the band makes a July 26 homecoming at the famous Sunset Strip venue, The Whisky A Go Go. Tickets will go on sale starting Friday, May 10.

HOLY GRAIL will be touring in support of their sophomore release, “Ride The Void,” which has been labeled a mixture of “’80s American thrash and 21st Century metal, blending perverse technical ability, aggro intensity and sing-along melodies” (Chicago News Review). The album, produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Children of Bodom), cracked the Top 10 of Billboard’s Heatseekers chart upon its January release. The band recently premiered the music video for the new album’s title track,, which can be seen directly below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzXtHJcC5I0

Catch HOLY GRAIL live below:
6/19      San Diego,CA – Soda Bar #
6/20      Mesa, AZ – The Underground #
6/21      El Paso, TX – TBA #
6/22      Lubbock, TX – Jakes Sports Cafe #
6/23      San Antonio, TX – The Korova #
6/24      Austin, TX – Holy Mountain #
6/25      Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s Basement #
6/26      Dallas, TX – Double Wide #
6/28      New Orleans, LA – Siberia #
6/29      Atlanta, GA – The Earl #
7/1        Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery #
7/2        Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory #
7/3        Wormleysburg, PA – Jaxx #
7/5        Stanhope, NJ – Stanhope House #
7/6        Hartford, CT – Arch Street Tavern #
7/7        Boston, MA – Great Scott #
7/8        Burlington, VT – Nectars #
7/9        Montreal, QC – Divan Orange #
7/10      Toronto, ON – Hard Luck Bar #
7/11      Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class #
7/12      Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club #
7/13      Minneapolis, MN – The Nether Bar #
7/15      Winnipeg, MB – Zoo Cabaret #
7/16      Regina, SK – The Exchange #
7/18      Edmonton, AB – Wunderbar #
7/19      Calgary, AB – Dickens #
7/21      Vancouver, BC – The Astoria #
7/22      Seattle, WA – Highline #
7/23      Portland, OR – Backspace #
7/25      San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside #
7/26      Los Angeles, CA  - Whisky-A-Go-Go #
# with Anti-Mortem

For more information on the band, please visit: www.ridethevoid.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTIA2sTaT3k

Following the 2012 release of “Wheels of Impermanence” — which marked the first new music from the group in over seven years — HEAVEN’S CRY reissued their first two releases, “Food For Thought Substitute” and “Primal Power Addiction,” earlier this year. Both releases were newly remixed by Yannick St-Amand (Despised Icon, Beneath The Massacre, Katakylsm) and remastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Symphony X), in addition to featuring revamped artwork. You can get a bundle of both of reissues directly from the Prosthetic webstore HERE.

HEAVEN’S CRY have previously performed alongside bands such as Nightwish, Katatonia, Anvil and Planet X, in addition to headlining last year’s ProgPower Europe festival. This week, the group will perform two shows alongside Swedish progressive rock act Pain of Salvation in their home province of Quebec; they will also appear at ProgPower USA later this year.

Catch HEAVEN’S CRY live:
5/7      Quebec, QC – Le Cercle #
5/8      Montreal, QC – Cabaret du Mile-End #
9/7      Atlanta, GA – Center Stage (ProgPower USA)
# with Pain of Salvation

For more information on the band, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/heavenscry

Having been huge fans of Daniel Bergstrand’s work with Meshuggah, Darkane decided to record their debut album at Dugout Studios in Uppsala in August 1998. However, Darkane remained without a vocalist and front man. The band asked Bergstrand for suggestions and immediately Lawrence Mackrory’s name came up. Mackrory had been working with Bergstrand as a studio assistant for some time and also was the frontman for Forcefeed and F.K.Ü. After briefly listening to Mackrory’s material, Darkane decided to let him record the vocals for what would be “Rusted Angel”.

In March 1999, Darkane was slated to do their first shows abroad with Naglfar and Soilwork. However, Mackrory had previous engagements to do gigs with Forcefeed. While searching for a replacement vocalist for the tour, Malmström came across Andreas Sydow, whom he had previously played with. Although Sydow was not a metal vocalist, after some persuasion, he agreed. The shows with Sydow went great and he was asked to join the band permanently, since Mackrory’s place in the band was only on a temporary basis and also “Rusted Angel” was finally released in April (Europe) and October (USA) of 1999. The band played The Netherland’s infamous Dynamo Open Air in front of 15.000 people and plenty more festivals. Darkane also toured Europe with Cannibal Corpse, Marduk, Defleshed anmd many more.
Upon returning from their Cannibal Corpse tour, Darkane immediately began work on “Insanity”, their follow-up to “Rusted Angel”. Soon after the release of their sophomore album via their newly chosen label partner Nuclear Blast Records in 2001, Darkane made their American live debut at the legendary Milwaukee Metalfest, where they performed alongside the likes of Opeth, Katatonia and Mastodon. Over the next few years, they released two more acclaimed albums, “Expanding Senses” (2002) and “Layers of Lies” (2005). They also toured internationally with such groups as Testament, Meshuggah and Death Angel in addition to periodic North American tours with Fear Factory, Devin Townsend’s Strapping Young Lad, Soilwork and Warbringer, among others.

In August 2007, vocalist Andreas Sydow decided to end his tenure with Darkane. After 3 studio albums and 8 years in the band he felt he had reached a standstill in the creative process. Undeterred by this blow, the band welcomed Jens Broman (Construcdead, The Defaced) into the fold and recorded their fifth album “Demonic Art”, which was released in November 2008 via Massacre Records in Europe and in early 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records in North America. After some more touring during the following 2 years and the release of their first DVD, “Layers Of Live” in 2010, the band decided to take a break to build their own recording studio.

In the spring of 2011, vocalist Jens Broman broke the bad news that he wasn’t able to fulfill his commitment to do the “Demonic Alliance Tour” in September. Not wanting to cancel the tour, the band called up Lawrence Mackrory to see if he would be interested in helping out. Indeed he was and he travelled from Uppsala down to Helsingborg for a weekend of rehearsals. As events would unfold, Darkane and Jens amicably decided to go separate ways and Lawrence was officially back in the band as their vocalist.

After completing said tour, Darkane continued the construction of the new studio while writing material for their 6^th studio album and in June 2012 they were finally able to start with the actual recordings. With help from long-time friend and producer Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah, Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, etc.), they set up a massive drum sound worthy of showcasing Peter Wildoer’s eccentric drumming, which has also been heard on releases by acts like Arch Enemy, Old Man’s Child, Pestilence or also Dream Theater’s James LaBrie solos releases in the previous years, and during the coming months they laid down the rest of the tracks for the new album. Along with Daniel Bergstrand’s vibrant mix and artwork courtesy of former Soilwork member Carlos Holmberg, “The Sinister Supremacy” showcases a new, darker and heavier version of Darkane. Mutated with new DNA in the form of Mackrory, they once more expand the boundaries of extreme metal. Ever experimental yet staying true to their roots, the 2013 version of the band is a brand new beast, ready to be unleashed. “The Sinister Supremacy” is coming upon you on June 28^th, 2013 in Europe via Massacre Records and on July 2^nd 2013 in North America via Prosthetic Records.

Innovative “blackjazz” metallists SHINING have teamed with Decibel Magazine to showcase “My Dying Drive,” a track from the Norwegian group’s new release, “One One One.” Stream the song HERE.

“One One One” — the follow-up to 2010′s acclaimed “Blackjazz,” which earned a Norwegian Grammy nomination and cracked that country’s Top 10 — is out now digitally. The album will be out on CD on May 28; an LP release on 180-gram black and limited-edition orange vinyl will follow shortly thereafter. Pre-orders are currently available in the Prosthetic webshop.

Get your digital download now here:
iTunes - http:// bit.ly/ZLirZS
Bandcamp - http://smarturl.it/Shining_OneOneOne
Amazon - http://amzn.com/B00C9VL3MW

“One One One” has been described by SHINING front man Jørgen Munkeby as “a series of jazz-metal hits with no fillers” and “definitely the catchiest and most immediate music we’ve ever recorded.” The album was mixed and co-produced with Sean Beaven (NIN, Marilyn Manson, Slayer) while being mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering (A7X, Deftones, Ministry). The final chapter in the band’s “Blackjazz Trilogy,” the album incorporates progressive rock, jazz fusion, experimental metal and black metal influences to create a unique sound, as showcased in the music video for first single “I Won’t Forget.”

The future is not only bright…it’s SHINING.

SCALE THE SUMMIT will support the release of their highly anticipated new album “The Migration” (out June 11) by touring North America with Intronaut this summer. Additionally, the band have announced a series of headlining dates, which can be found listed below.

“The Migration,” the fourth album from the Texas-based progressive instrumentalists, was recorded with Jamie King (BTBAM, For Today, He is Legend) at Basement Studio in North Carolina. A six-minute video teaser featuring samples from each of the album’s 10 tracks is currently available now on YouTube. Additionally, you can listen to the single, “Odyssey” below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXpq6XZDRBI

Catch SCALE THE SUMMIT live below:Like what you hear? Get an immediate download of “Odyssey” when you pre-order the upcoming album on either iTunes or Bandcamp. You can also get the song when you purchase any pre-order package from the PROSTHETIC web store where you can find bundles including an exclusive limited-edition mail-order version of “The Migration” on clear vinyl with a blue haze!

5/31      Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
6/02      Caldwell, ID – The Venue
6/03      Richland, WA – Ray’s Golden Lion
6/04      Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater #
6/05      Seattle, WA – Highline*
6/06      Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater*
6/07      Calgary, AB – Calgary Metalfest*
6/08      Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop*
6/10      Winnipeg, MB – Osborne Village Inn*
6/11      St. Paul, MN – Station 4
6/12      Chicago, IL – Double Door*
6/13      Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class*
6/14      Rochester, NY – Bug Jar*
6/15      Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus*
6/16      Syracuse, NY – The Lost Horizon*
6/17      Montreal, QC – Il Motore*
6/18      Toronto, ON – Wreck Room*
6/19      West Chester, PA – The Note*
6/20      Boston, MA – Great Scott*
6/21      Baltimore, MD – Metro*
6/22      Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall*
6/23      Nashville, TN – The End*
6/24      Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn*
6/25      Orlando, FL – The Social*
6/26      Tampa, FL – The Orpheum*
6/27      Metairie, LA – Cypress*
6/28      Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s*
6/29      Austin, TX – Red 7*
6/30      Dallas, TX – Club Dada*
7/01      Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Sports Cafe**
7/02      Santa Fe, NM – Warehouse 21**
7/03      Denver, CO – Marquis Theater**
7/05      San Francisco, CA – Slim’s**
7/06      Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy**
7/07      San Diego, CA – Soda Bar (w/ Castle)
7/08      Tempe, AZ – Yucca Tap Room
# with Intronaut
* with Intronaut & Mouth of the Architect
** with Intronaut & Castle

A lyric video for “Grinding Dissent,” a new song by Boston thrashers RAMMING SPEED, can be seen below or directly on YouTube HERE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNvWL3Azp-U

“Grinding Dissent” is a track from RAMMING SPEED’s Kurt Ballou-tracked Prosthetic debut, “Doomed To Destroy, Destined To Die,” due out June 25 on CD, LP, cassette and digital download. The band commented on the track as follows: ”‘Grinding Dissent’ is largely about America’s facade of righteousness and freedom. A government that is ‘for the people’ may or may not have originally been the goal, but in this day and age, it’s obvious that protest and free speech aren’t welcome. Our police departments have military-grade weapons turned on civilians to keep us quiet while politicians smile and shake hands behind closed doors. Musically. the song starts off with punishing D-beat and ends with Ferrari-sized, Piña Colada-chugging twin guitar riffage! Put this shit on 11, crack a beer and scream at the sun.”

Head to PROSTHETIC’s web store now to check out pre-order packages for “Doomed To Destroy, Destined To Die,” which include a mail-order exclusive clear haze/neon green vinyl variant along with an exclusive t-shirt or long-sleeved shirt featuring the album’s artwork, featured above. The band is living up to their reputation as “one of the hardest-working bands in heavy metal” (Noisecreep) on a tour with Goatwhore, 3 Inches of Blood and Revocation; they will continue to tour the US with Valient Thorr and Gypsyhawk throughout the rest of the summer.

Catch RAMMING SPEED live below:
5/01    Middletown, NY – Sound Asylum ^
5/02    Rochester, NY – Bug Jar ^
5/03    Toronto, ON – Opera House ^
5/04    Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class *
5/05    Buffalo, NY  – TBA
5/06    Syracuse, NY – Badlands II
6/12    Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall %
6/13    Richmond, VA – Kingdom %
6/14    Baltimore, MD – Wind-up %
6/15    West Chester, PA – The Note %
6/16    Boston, MA – Great Scott %
6/17    New York, NY – The Studio at Webster Hall %
6/18    Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus %
6/19    Rochester, NY – Bug Jar %
6/20    Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups %
6/21    Detroit, MI – The Shelter %
6/22    Chicago, IL – Reggies %
6/24    Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry %
6/25    Kansas City, MO – Riot Room %
6/26    Tulsa, OK – Downtown Lounge %
6/27    Dallas, TX – Three Links %
6/28    Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s %
6/29    Austin, TX – Red 7 %
6/30    New Orleans, LA – Siberia %
7/1      Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall %
7/2     Gainesville, FL – High Dive %
7/3     Tampa, FL – The Orpheum %
7/4     Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub  %
7/5     Atlanta, GA – The Earl %
7/6    Raleigh, NC – King’s Barcade %

^ with Goatwhore & 3 Inches of Blood & Revocation
* with 3 Inches Of Blood
% with Valient Thorr & Gypsyhawk

Come see SHINING live here:

4/25 Tromsø, NO – Driv #
4/26 Oslo, NO – Rockefeller Music Hall #
4/27 Trondheim, NO – Byscenen #
5/3 Wroclaw, PL – Assymetry Festival
5/15 Wroclaw, PL – Assymetry Festival
6/29 Steinkjer, NO – Steinkjerfestivalen
7/26 Oulu, FL – Qstock
7/27 Gamle Fredrikstad, NO – Manefestivalen
8/10 Oslo, NO – Oyafestivalen
# with Hedvig Mollestad Trio

HOLY GRAIL are currently touring their way west with Exodus. The band will also play a show at the Viper Room in Los Angeles — their first hometown headlining performance since the release of “Ride The Void” — on May 15. Additional tour dates will be announced soon.

HOLY GRAIL live:
4/25 Ashwaubenon, WI – Green Bay Distillery *
4/26 Fargo, ND – House of Rock *
4/27 Billings, MT – The Railyard *
5/15 Los Angeles, CA – The Viper Room
* with Exodus

For more information please visit: www.facebook.com/holygrailofficial

In support of their critically acclaimed sophomore release “Deathlike,” which the New York Times described as “entrancingly powerful” while comparing its “churning, dark, skeletal songs” to “Metallica’s late-career balladry and the folky grunge of Alice in Chains,” the Texas-based dark acoustic group ANCIENT VVISDOM have announced a new batch of spring tour dates, which will see the band play with the likes of Cauldron, Ides of Gemini and Venomous Maximus. Full dates can be found listed below.

ANCIENT VVISDOM were recently seen performing at several showcases during Austin’s prestigious South By Southwest festival following an extensive North American tour alongside Enslaved, Pallbearer and Royal Thunder.

Check out ANCIENT VVISDOM live:
5/17    Columbus, OH – Kobo Live w/ Cauldron
5/19    Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class w/ Ides of Gemini
5/20    Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge w/ Ides of Gemini
5/21    Lincoln, NE – The Zoo w/ Ides of Gemini
5/24    Austin, TX – Mohawk w/ Venomous Maximus
5/25    Bryan, TX – Grand Stafford Theatre

A six-minute video featuring snippets of all 10 tracks from the new SCALE THE SUMMIT album, “The Migration,” can now be viewed on YouTube.

“The Migration” will be released June 11 on digital download, CD (the booklet for which folds out into a large poster featuring expanded artwork by cover illustrator Duncan Storr) and 180-gram LP. The LP — available on clear vinyl or a limited-edition, mail-order exclusive clear vinyl with blue haze — includes a download card and a gatefold poster also featuring expanded artwork.

The album’s first single, “Odyssey,” can be streamed in its entirety on YouTube or Bandcamp. In addition, the song is available now on iTunes and Bandcamp, where it is also being offered for immediate download to anyone who pre-orders “The Migration.” Further, all SCALE THE SUMMIT pre-order customers who purchase CDs or LPs from the PROSTHETIC web store will be sent a code to download “Odyssey”; additional information is available here.

Recorded at North Carolina’s Basement Studios with Jamie King (BTBAM, He Is Legend, For Today), “The Migration” is the follow-up to 2011′s “The Collective,” dubbed “essential prog” by Guitar World and supported by tours alongside the likes of Periphery, Cynic, Fair To Midland, The Contortionist, The Human Abstract, Protest The Hero and Trioscapes. SCALE THE SUMMIT will kick off “The Migration” touring cycle this summer, when they hit the road with Intronaut; dates are listed below.

Catch SCALE THE SUMMIT live:
5/31     Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
6/04     Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater #
6/05     Seattle, WA – Highline*
6/06     Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater*
6/07     Calgary, AB – Calgary Metalfest*
6/08     Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop*
6/10     Winnipeg, MB – Osborne Village Inn*
6/12     Chicago, IL – Double Door*
6/13     Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class*
6/14     Rochester, NY – Bug Jar*
6/15     Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus*
6/16     Syracuse, NY – Lost Horizon*
6/17     Montreal, QC – Il Motore*
6/18     Toronto, ON – Wreck Room*
6/19     West Chester, PA – The Note*
6/20     Boston, MA – Great Scott*
6/21     Baltimore, MD – Metro*
6/22     Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall*
6/23     Nashville, TN – The End*
6/24     Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn*
6/25     Orlando, FL – The Social*
6/26     Tampa, FL – The Orpheum*
6/28     Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s*
6/29     Austin, TX – Red 7*
6/30     Dallas, TX – Club Dada*
7/01     Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Sports Cafe**
7/02     Santa Fe, NM – Warehouse 21**
7/03     Denver, CO – Marquis Theater**
7/05     San Francisco, CA – Slim’s**
7/06     Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy**
7/07     San Diego, CA – Soda Bar %
# with Intronaut
* with Intronaut, Mouth of the Architect
** with Intronaut, Castle
% with Castle

NEGATOR recently unveiled a lyric video for the new song “Atonement in Blood,” which can be viewed here HERE. Additionally, a variety of pre-order packages are also now available for “Gates To The Pantheon” in PROSTHETIC’s webshop, including a special edition box setlimited to 500 copies which contains a massive earthenware slab, handmade paper featuring all of the lyrics and a bonus cover of Belphegor’s “Necrodaemon Terrorsathan.”

CD: http://www.indiemerch.com/prostheticrecords/item/19060
CD & T-SHIRT: http://www.indiemerch.com/prostheticrecords/item/19067
BOX SET (Limited): http://www.indiemerch.com/prostheticrecords/item/19062
BOX SET & T-SHIRT (Limited): http://www.indiemerch.com/prostheticrecords/item/19068

Labeled by Job For A Cowboy guitarist Alan Glassman as “one of the angriest-sounding releases I’ve ever heard — a black metal masterpiece,” “Gates To The Pantheon” features nine bloodthirsty tracks recorded at Hammer Studios in Hamburg with producer Eike Freese (Gamma Ray, Callejon, Dark Age). The album is NEGATOR’s first new music since their critically acclaimed 2010 release “Panzer Metal.” Soon after the release of that album, vocalist Nachtgarm was recruited to join Dark Funeral, with whom he toured around the world throughout 2011 and 2012.

“Drones of the Awakening,” which was recorded at guitarist Stefano Morabito’s 16th Cellar Studio (Hour of Penance, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Inherit Disease) in Rome, received a 9/10 rating from Outburn magazine, who noted “explosive blastbeating and machine gunning.” You can view a lyric video for the song “Rise of the Orgamechanism” — described by NoCleanSinging as “a galvanizing onslaught of technical riffing and fully weaponized percussion” — below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aQXUXJ0yMo

Catch EYECONOCLAST live: