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INTERCOURSE Covers Hole’s Violet Ahead of UK Tour with Eyehategod
Connecticut noise rock act INTERCOURSE just released their cover of Hole’s classic ‘Violet’ and revealed upcoming UK tour dates with Eyehategod and Rwake.
Voidthrone Returns with Dreaming Rat, Stream First Blood Now
Seattle’s dissonant blackened death metal quartet, Voidthrone, is back with a new record. Their upcoming album, Dreaming Rat, drops on May 8, and they’ve just premiered the first single, ‘First Blood’.
TELOCH VOVIN Drop New Track, Announce Towards The Inevitable Album
New York occult black/death metal act TELOCH VOVIN announced their new album “Towards The Inevitable” for a May 8th release, alongside a new video for “The Rite Ov The Harvest Pt 1” premiered at Metal Injection.
CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION Drops Deathcore EP: Scorned. Torn. Mourn. Reborn. with Evan Torn Comic
Jesse Lemons’ one-man project CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION is releasing a new deathcore EP, “Scorned. Torn. Mourn. Reborn.,” as a soundtrack to his upcoming revenge horror comic, “Evan Torn.”
Multiwomb Set to Release Brutal Debut: Anatomy of Gorelust
Indonesian brutal death metal trio Multiwomb is dropping their debut full-length album, ‘Anatomy of Gorelust,’ on March 23 via Grave Island Records. Expect 9 tracks of surgical brutality.
Gutvoid Reveal New Single Umbriel’s Door From Upcoming LP
Toronto’s Gutvoid have shared ‘Umbriel’s Door,’ the second track from their upcoming progressive death metal album, Liminal Shrines, out March 20.
Bringers of Disease to Release New LP Sulphur This April
Ohio black/death metal group Bringers of Disease, featuring members of Acheron and Acid Bath, return after a decade with their debut LP, Sulphur.
Snowing Down South Return with New Single Take It Or Leave It
South African alternative rock outfit Snowing Down South have reunited and shared their first new single in years, “Take It Or Leave It.”
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