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Savannah, Georgia road warriors BLACK TUSK are kicking off a North American tour tomorrow in Broussard, LA with Down and Haarp. This run of shows goes through May 25th in Memphis, TN at the New Daisy Theater.

Following the dates with Down, BLACK TUSK will be joining Municipal Waste's headlining tour, which will also feature special guests 3 Inches of Blood. The dates with Municipal Waste begin May 27th in Wilmington, NC and wrap up June 26th in New York, NY.

A video trailer for all of the BLACK TUSK dates can be viewed HERE.

BLACK TUSK will be taking part in the "Orion Music & More Festival" curated by Metallica. The event is set for Saturday June 23rd and Sunday June 24th at Bader Field in Atlantic City, NJ. BLACK TUSK will be featured on the "Damage Inc" stage on Saturday June 23rd alongside label mates RED FANG and many others. More information can be found HERE.

BLACK TUSK is currently streaming Set The Dial at this location. The album is available for purchase via Relapse.com here and iTunes here.

Updated BLACK TUSK news and tour information will be made available at the Relapse Records website and BLACK TUSK Facebook page.

BLACK TUSK Tour Dates:

With Down and Haarp
5/18: Broussard, LA @ The Station
5/19: Huntsville, AL @ Crossroads
5/21: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
5/23: Little Rock, AR @ Juanita's Cantina Ballroom
5/25: Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theater

With Municipal Waste
5/27: Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox Laundrolounge
5/28: Atlanta, GA @ 529
5/29: Orlando, FL @ The Social
5/30: Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
6/2: Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
6/3: Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
6/5: Tempe, AZ @ 910 Live

With Municipal Waste and 3 Inches of Blood
6/11: Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
6/12: Hollywood, CA @ The Key Club
6/13: Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro Operahouse
6/15: Seattle, WA @ Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room
6/16: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
6/21: Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club
6/22: Columbus, OH @ Screamin' Willies

"Orion Music + More Festival"
6/23: Atlantic City, NJ @ Bader Field

With Municipal Waste and 3 Inches of Blood
6/24: Albany, NY @ Bogies
6/25: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
6/26: New York, NY @ Santos Party House

Chapel Hill, NC’s HORSEBACK are currently streaming their brand new full-length, Half Blood via Spin Magazine at this location. The highly anticipated record sees its North American release today on CD/LP/Digital and May 14th in the UK, May 18th in Germany / Benelux and May 21st in the rest of the world. The record is available via Relapse at this location and iTunes here.

The new record was recorded by Jenks at The Chateau and is a true synthesis of the eclectic sounds the band has explored in the past. The material on Half Blood is an amalgamation of drone, doom, black-metal, psychedelia, post-rock, noise, and ambience recorded with a wide array of instruments including guitar, bass, drums, keys, piano, bells, contact mics, field recordings, drum programming, noise and various signal processors. Additionally, Pitchfork recently conducted an in-depth interview with Jenks Miller here.

Updated HORSEBACK news / album information will be made available at the Relapse Records website and the HORSEBACK Facebook page.

“a blackened and Southern-fried, Crazy Horse-style rocker that seamlessly dips into heavy backwoods drone 'n' gloom” - NPR

“A Rhys Chatham guitar army eaten by black metal wolves; victorious Fuck Button drones burned at the stake.” - Spin

“With Half Blood, the band have taken their formula of looping hipgnosis, doomed-out drone and scathing black metal vocals and clarified the delivery...another blinding album from an awesome band.” - Metal Hammer

"Half Blood naturally shifts from Americana twang to fiercely evil buzzing guitars to hypnotically meditative kraut-drone with a level of confidence that takes other bands years to master." --MusicDirect.com

Los Angeles, CA misanthropic sludge-rockers -16- have debuted their first music video from Deep Cuts from Dark Clouds via Noisecreep at this location. The video was directed by Tyson Montrucchio (BRUTAL TRUTH, CATTLE DECAPITATION) and is a twisted take on the group’s revenge driven track "Her Little "Accident"".

Deep Cuts from Dark Clouds was released last month on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records and is the band’s most pissed-off, vitriolic recording to date. It is currently available via Relapse at this location and iTunes here.

For additional information please visit the Relapse Records website and the -16- Facebook page.

“Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds certainly nails that balmy, drunk anger sludge is known for.” - Metal Sucks

“Hateful and hurting, oozing and wounded, a rancid and septic success.” - About.com

“This is one ugly beast of an album. Frantic riffing, throbbing bass and abused drums....the heaviest they've ever sounded.” - Stereokiller

“The vibe is still one of blisteringly controlled drop-tuned aggression in the style of Helmet, Unsane or Prong with fewer frills than a prison-made birthday card.” – Metal Hammer

DYING FETUS have filmed a series of in-studio videos taken during the recording sessions of their new album Reign Supreme. Today the band has posted the third video in the series, which is available for viewing HERE. This video focuses on laying down riffs and the guitar tracking process for Reign Supreme.

The first video in the series which focuses on the drum tracking process can be viewed HERE. The second video in the series which covers laying down vocal tracks as well as bass parts, it is available for viewing HERE.  

RevolverMag.com the online home of Revolver Magazine is hosting an exclusive premiere of a new track from the upcoming DYING FETUS album Reign Supreme. Head over here and check out the song "Second Skin."

Reign Supreme will be released June 19th on Relapse Records and is available for pre-order HERE.

Reign Supreme features nine tracks and is a "return to roots" with production focused slightly more on slam than in the band's last few works. Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social and political commentary in the style of DYING FETUS as we have come to know.

Check out an exclusive lyric video for the first new song from Reign Supreme entitled "Subjected to a Beating" HERE.

DYING FETUS will be on tour all summer long including an appearance at Maryland Death Fest as well as the "18 Nights of Blood Tour" in North America with label mates REVOCATION and Six Feet Under. They will also be on a headlining tour of Europe which includes appearances at the "Copenhell Festival" in Copenhagen, Denmark, "Hell Fest" in Clisson, France, the "With Full Force" festival in Roitzschjora, Germany, "Sevilla Rock Festival" in Sevilla, Spain and the "Getaway Rock Fest" in Gävle, Sweden.

For updates on DYING FETUS visit their Facebook page.

DYING FETUS LIVE:

5/24:Baltimore, MD @Sonar (as part of Maryland Death Fest 2012)

DYING FETUS on Tour With REVOCATION and Six Feet Under

6/8: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
6/9: West Springfield, VA @ Empire
6/10: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
6/11: New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
6/12: Columbus, OH @ AlRosa Villa
6/13: Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club
6/14: Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
6/15: Detroit, MI @ Harpo's

EUROPEAN TOUR

6/16: Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell*
6/17: Clisson France @ Hellfest 2012*

DYING FETUS on Tour With REVOCATION and Six Feet Under

6/20: Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
6/21: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
6/22: Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro Operahouse
6/24: West Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky
6/26: El Paso, TX @ House of Rock
6/27: Houston, TX @ Scout Bar

EUROPEAN TOUR

6/29: Roitzschjora, Germany @ With Full Force*
7/1: Badalona, Spain @ Estraperlo Club
7/2: Madrid, Spain @ Ritmo Y Compas
7/3: Almería, Spain @ Sala Jala Jala
7/4: Sevilla, Spain @ Sevilla Rock*
7/6: Gävle, Sweden @ Getaway Rock Fest*

*Denotes Festival Appearance

As Royal Thunder prepare for next week's arrival of CVI (May 22, Relapse Records), Noisecreep is sharing "Blue" from the 10-track album Revolver Magazine described as: "a thick rock hurricane that spins soaring melodies and searing heaviness in almost every direction." The link to listen is here.

The band recently recorded an in-studio performance of "Whispering World," another track from the forthcoming release, for indieATL, which can be viewed here. IndieATL is a video partner to Georgia State University's radio station, WRAS 88.5.

Relapse has also created a trailer for CVI with clips from each of the 10 songs on the album here.

Royal Thunder tour dates (all shows with Valient Thorr and Holy Grail except May 26):

May 26 Atlanta, GA The Earl (*Record Release Show)
June 10 Richmond, VA Strange Matter
June 12 Huntington, WV V Club
June 13 Pittsburgh, PA The Smiling Moose
June 14 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
June 16 Allston, MA Great Scott
June 17 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
June 19 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop
June 20 Chicago, IL Double Door
June 21 Detroit, MI Small's
June 22 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
June 23 Madison, WI The Frequency
June 24 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
June 26 Lincoln, NE Rye Room @ Bourbon Theatre
June 27 Denver, CO The Marquis Theater
June 28 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
June 29 Boise, ID Neurolux
June 30 Seattle, WA El Corazon
July 1 Portland, OR The Star Theatre
July 2 Sparks, NV The Alley
July 3 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
July 5 Los Angeles, CA The Down & Out
July 6 San Diego, CA The Casbah
July 7 Santa Ana, CA The Constellation Room @ The Observatory
July 10 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room
July 12 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
July 13 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
July 14 Columbia, MO Mojo's
July 15 Indianapolis, IN Birdy's Live
July 18 Chattanooga, TN JJ's Bohemia
July 19 Charlotte, NC Chop Shop

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Massachusetts metallers REVOCATION have confirmed that they will be taking part in this year's Scion Rock Fest on June 2nd taking place in Tampa, Florida. The event kicks off at four pm and will be held at four venues in the area including: The Ritz Ybor, Crowbar, The Orpheum and Czar Bar.

REVOCATION front man Dave Davidson spoke about playing this year's Scion Rock Fest:

"We are very pleased to be a part of this year's Scion Rock Fest. We can't wait to tear it up and check out all the sick bands that are playing. Floridians, prepare for the onslaught!"

The band has also confirmed that they will be taking part in the Shockwave Festival Tour alongside Fear Factory, Voivod, Cattle Decapitation and more. The tour kicks off July 6th in Seattle, WA and runs through August 4th in Hollywood, CA.

"This summer's Shockwave Festival is packed with totally sick bands and we're very pumped to be a part of it. We're already bros with a bunch of the bands on this package so we know it'll be a rager for sure and the fact that Fear Factory is headlining with direct support from Voivod is gonna make it totally insane. It's going to be a very booze drenched summer!" says Davidson.

REVOCATION will also be hitting the road this summer with label mates DYING FETUS and Six Feet Under on the "18 Nights of Blood Tour". The tour starts June 8th in Atlanta, GA and will wrap up June 29th in Tampa, FL. Dates are listed below. The band will be keeping everyone up to date on all the mayhem on the road with their new tour blog on Metal Underground.

The band recently wrapped up a headlining tour of North America. While on the road, the band wrote a tour blog for Metal Underground. Check out their latest post HERE.

REVOCATION recently released their video for the track "No Funeral" from their brand new album Chaos of Forms. The clip was lensed with acclaimed director David Brodsky of MyGoodEye NYC (Municipal Waste, The Black Dahlia Murder, All That Remains, Devin Townsend Project) and can be viewed HERE.

Updated REVOCATION news and tour information will be made available at the Relapse Records website, the REVOCATION Facebook page.

Scion Rock Fest
6/2: Tampa, FL @ Ritz Ybor, Crowbar, The Orpheum and Czar Bar

REVOCATION on Tour With Dying Fetus and Six Feet Under
6/8: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
6/9: West Springfield, VA @ Empire
6/10: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
6/11: New York, NY @ Williamsburg Music Hall
6/12: Columbus, OH @ AlRosa Villa
6/13: Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club
6/14: Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
6/15: Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
6/16: Des Moines, IA @ People Court
6/18: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
6/20: Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
6/21: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
6/22: Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro Operahouse
6/24: West Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky
6/26: El Paso, TX @ House of Rock
6/27: Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
6/29: Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug

REVOCATION on Shockwave Festival:
7/6: Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
7/7: Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
7/11: Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret
7/12: St Paul, MN @ Station-4
7/13: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
7/14: Toronto, ON @ Kool House
7/17: Quebec City, QC @ Imperial Theater
7/18: Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
7/20: Clifton, NY @ Northern Lights
7/21: Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
7/22: Reading, PA @ Reverb
7/25: Worcester, MA @ Palladium
7/26: Springfield, VA @ Empire
7/29: Rockford, IL @ Tebala Shrine
8/2: Window Rock, AZ @ Nakai Hall
8/3: Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theater
8/4: Hollywood, CA @ House Of Blues

Brooklyn, New York's TOMBS have released the new video for the song "Passageways". The song is taken from their critically acclaimed 2011 release Path of Totality. The video which was directed by David Brodsky for Scion A/V Media is streaming exclusively on Stereogum.com and can be viewed HERE.

TOMBS have unveiled their new custom guitar created by Artists Series Guitars. The design of the guitar is based on the album artwork from Path of Totality. The guitar is set to be released this spring. Check out a picture of it HERE.

TOMBS will be gearing up for three special shows with label mates ULCERATE, May 18th in Philadelphia, PA, May 19th in New York, NY and on May 20th in Boston, MA.

The critically acclaimed Path of Totality received quite a number of accolades in 2011 including, the album of the year in Decibel Magazine and Brooklyn Vegan. It also came in at number 2 on Pitchfork and number 3 on NPR's top list.

A brand new vinyl pressing of Path of Totality is now available on grey marble vinyl from the Relapse Web Store.

Updated TOMBS news and tour information will be made available at the Relapse Records website and the TOMBS Facebook page.

TOMBS on Tour With Ulcerate

5/18: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
5/19: New York, NY @ Public Assembly
5/20: Boston, MA @ Great Scott

Baroness are giving fans an early listen to music from the eagerly anticipated new album, Yellow & Green (July 17, Relapse Records) with new song, "Take My Bones Away," posted today on the band's website, YouTube, and Facebook pages.

"Take My Bones Away" will be available via iTunes on May 15. Pre-orders for Yellow & Green are currently available here.

Baroness, who are currently on a North American tour with Meshuggah, have also announced their first round of European tour dates in support of Yellow & Green which includes stops at the Roskilde and Oya Festivals.

Baroness tour dates:

w/Meshuggah through May 23
May 15 Chicago, IL House of Blues
May 16 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall
May 17 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
May 18 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
May 19 Worcester, MA Palladium
May 20 Montreal, QC Olympia de Montreal
May 22 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
May 23 New York, NY Terminal 5

July 1 Helsinki, Finland Tuska Open Air
July 3 Gothenburg, Sweden Sticky Fingers *
July 4 Stockholm, Sweden Debasser Slussen *
July 6 Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Festival
July 15 Dour, Belgium Dour Festival
July 25 Wiesbaden, Germany Raucherkammer *
July 28 Florence, Italy Viper Theatre *
July 30 Milan, Italy Civic Arena
August 1 Vienna, Austria Chelsea
August 4 Katowice, Poland Off Festival
August 5 Berlin, Germany Magnet *
August 6 Hamburg, Germany Logo *
August 9 Oslo, Norway Oya Festival
August 17 - 19 Luedinghausen, Germany Area4
August 18 Leipzig, Germany Highfield Festival

September 6 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival

* indicates headlining show.

More dates to come.

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The next chapter in Relapse's DEATH reissue campaign is an extremely historic and essential release. The label has painstakingly collected all of of death metal legend, pioneer and groundbreaker Chuck Schuldiner’s pre-DEATH material from his first band MANTAS into a deluxe collection, entitled Death By Metal. Compiling the group’s first two demos and a rehearsal from 1984, Death By Metal is the brutally raw sound of an entire genre being born out of the basement of Chuck Schuldiner’s Florida home close to 3 decades ago. Additionally, this marks the first time these recordings have ever been officially collected into one fully authorized compilation and legitimately available since their original release as the Death By Metal demo tape (1984)! A trailer for this face-ripping collection is available for viewing at this location.

MANTAS’ Death By Metal is set for a June 19th North American release date, June 22nd in Benelux / Germany, and June 25th in the UK and rest of Europe. The collection will be released as a CD, Limited Edition Deluxe 2CD, LP, Digital Download and a limited collector's edition containing the Deluxe 2CD, LP on an exclusive color, exclusive Demo cover T-Shirt, and a reproduction of the original Death By Metal demo cassette! Pre-order options, including a new line of exclusive MANTAS & DEATH merch plus additional release information can be found here.

Death By Metal follows the recent Relapse Records re-issues of DEATH’s Vivus!, Individual Though Patterns, The Sound of Perseverance and Human. Like those reissues, this collection will contain extensive liner notes, this time featuring renowned metal biographer Ian Christe and former MANTAS guitarist Rick Rozz in addition to never-before-seen photos of the band. The complete tracklisting for both discs can be found below.

For additional information on DEATH, visit the official Death website or Facebook page. For additional information on MANTAS please visit the official Mantas Facebook page.

Death By Metal Tracklisting:
Disc 1 Death By Metal (1st Version) Demo
1. Legion Of Doom
2. Evil Dead
3. Mantas
4. Death By Metal
5. Power Of Darkness

Death By Metal (2nd Version) Demo
6. Legion Of Doom
7. Power Of Darkness
8. Death By Metal
9. Evil Dead

Rehearsal Early 1984 - Rehearsal
10. Legion Of Doom
11. Mantas
12. Death By Metal
13. Evil Dead
14. Rise Of Satan

Disc 2 (Deluxe Edition Only)
Emotional Rehearsal Demo 1984 - Rehearsal
1. Legion Of Doom - Take 1
2. Legion Of Doom - Take 2
3. Legion Of Doom - Take 3
4. Evil Dead - Take 1 5. Evil Dead - Take 2
6. Mantas - Take 1
7. Mantas - Take 2

Live at Knights Of Columbus Hall, Orlando, FL 09/01/1984
8. Legion Of Doom
9. Zombie
10. Demon Flight
11. Death By Metal
12. Evil Dead
13. Power Of Darkness
14. Black Magic
15. Evil Chuck Solo
16. Beyond The Unholy Grave
17. Poison

RevolverMag.com the online home of Revolver Magazine is hosting an exclusive premiere of a new track from the upcoming DYING FETUS album Reign Supreme. Head over here and check out the song "Second Skin."

Reign Supreme will be released June 19th on Relapse Records and is available for pre-order HERE.

DYING FETUS have filmed a series of in-studio videos taken during the recording sessions of their new album Reign Supreme. The first video in the series which focuses on the drum tracking process can be viewed HERE. The second video in the series which covers laying down vocal tracks as well as bass parts, it is available for viewing HERE.  

Reign Supreme features nine tracks and is a "return to roots" with production focused slightly more on slam than in the band's last few works. Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social and political commentary in the style of DYING FETUS as we have come to know.

Check out an exclusive lyric video for the first new song from Reign Supreme entitled "Subjected to a Beating" HERE.

DYING FETUS will be on tour all summer long including an appearance at Maryland Death Fest as well as the "18 Nights of Blood Tour" in North America with label mates REVOCATION and Six Feet Under. They will also be on a headlining tour of Europe which includes appearances at the "Copenhell Festival" in Copenhagen, Denmark, "Hell Fest" in Clisson, France, the "With Full Force" festival in Roitzschjora, Germany, "Sevilla Rock Festival" in Sevilla, Spain and the "Getaway Rock Fest" in Gävle, Sweden.

For updates on DYING FETUS visit their Facebook and MySpace pages.

DYING FETUS LIVE:

5/24:Baltimore, MD @ Sonar (as part of Maryland Death Fest 2012)

DYING FETUS on Tour With REVOCATION and Six Feet Under

6/8: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
6/9: West Springfield, VA @ Empire
6/10: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
6/11: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
6/12: Columbus, OH @ AlRosa Villa
6/13: Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club
6/14: Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
6/15: Detroit, MI @ Harpo's

EUROPEAN TOUR

6/16: Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell*
6/17: Clisson France @ Hellfest 2012*

DYING FETUS on Tour With REVOCATION and Six Feet Under

6/20: Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
6/21: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
6/22: Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro Operahouse
6/24: West Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky
6/26: El Paso, TX @ House of Rock
6/27: Houston, TX @ Scout Bar

EUROPEAN TOUR

6/29: Roitzschjora, Germany @ With Full Force*
7/1: Badalona, Spain @ Estraperlo Club
7/2: Madrid, Spain @ Ritmo Y Compas
7/3: Almería, Spain @ Sala Jala Jala
7/4: Sevilla, Spain @ Sevilla Rock*
7/6: Gävle, Sweden @ Getaway Rock Fest*

*Denotes Festival Appearance