Indiana’s WRAITH has today shared a new single, Merchant of Death, from their forthcoming album, Fueled By Fear, which is due to be released via Prosthetic Records on June 28. Merchant of Death is the third track to be taken from the blackened thrash / speed metal group’s latest full-length, and arrives ahead of WRAITH‘s upcoming summer North American tour dates in support of Exciter and Midnight this July and August.

Fresh from the release of their latest album, Hijacking the Zeitgeist, US progressive metal four piece EXIST have launched a competition to win a brand new Ormsby guitar. The band has teamed up with the Australia-based guitar company to give away an Ormsby Hype GTI Royal Blue 7 String guitar from their collection. To be in with a chance of winning, fans are invited to show off their shredding skills by submitting a guitar solo for EXIST’s recent album track, Thief of Joy.

St Louis, Missouri fantasy-driven technical death metal band SUMMONING THE LICH has announced their sophomore album, Under The Reviled Throne, which is to be released via Prosthetic Records on July 26. Alongside the album announcement, the band has shared the lead single and accompanying music video, My Horrors Unending. SUMMONING THE LICH head out on tour in support of Vale of Pnath and Abigail Williams this month in the United States, with full dates and details below.

Indiana blackened thrash and speed metal band WRAITH has today announced their signing to Prosthetic Records, with their new album, Fueled By Fear, due to be released via the Los Angeles label on June 28. Accompanying the signing and album announcement, WRAITH has shared lead single and music video, Heathen’s Touch.

EXIST has today shared a new music video for Thief Of Joy. Thief Of Joy is taken from the US progressive metal band’s new album, Hijacking the Zeitgeist, which is out now via Prosthetic Records. EXIST’s latest full-length sees the group expand upon their extreme metal technicality and atmospherics with a more concise approach to songwriting, resulting in the most direct and emphatic album of their 14 year career.

Connecticut, US melodic doom / melodeath metal four-piece FIRES IN THE DISTANCE has today announced they’ll be supporting Amorphis and Dark Tranquility on the long running melodic death metal bands co-headling North American tour. The tour will take place this fall throughout September into early October, with full dates below. Tickets for the dates will go on sale Friday, May 10 at 10am local time.

HUNTSMEN has today shared the lead single and music video, titled In Time, All Things, from their upcoming third album, The Dry Land, which is set for release via Prosthetic Records on June 7. In Time, All Things‘ music video was directed by Ryan Luciani (GoodFriend), with the track ushering in The Dry Land‘s overarching themes of the liminal space between the living and the dead.

Finland’s UNEARTHLY RITES are today premiering their debut album, Ecdysis, in full via Decibel. The death metal band’s cavernously old school approach to the genre on their first full-length sees UNEARTHLY RITES rallying against corporate greed and ecocide. Alongside the album premiere, the band has shared a string of live dates in support of Ecdysis – with more details below.

HORNDAL‘s third full-length, Head Hammer Man, has debuted on Sweden’s national music charts, Sverigetopplistan, at number one in the Hard Rock, Physical Releases and Vinyl categories. On HORNDAL‘s latest full-length the band share the previously untold real life story of Alrik Andersson, a 1900s union leader from their eponymous hometown and his role in The Great Strike.

Italian post-hardcore group STORMO has today shared a new single and music video, Alte Mura, ahead of their forthcoming two-week European tour – full dates below. Alte Mura is their first recorded material since their 2023 full-length, Endocannibalismo, and showcases further industrial and noise rock inclusion in STORMO‘s sound.