France’s GOJIRA have announced a series of headline dates on off days from the Metallica/Lamb of God tour which goes from September 14th thru October 18. Support on these shows will come from Zoroaster and Burst. The dates are as follows:

9/21/09 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
9/22/09 Ottobar, Baltimore MD
9/24/09 The Masquerade, Atlanta GA
9/25/09 The Hangar, New Orleans, LA
9/27/09 Warehouse Live, Houston TX
10/2/09 The Social, Orlando FL
10/5/09 Valarium, Knoxville TN
10/6/09 Pop’s Nite Club, St. Louis (w/ Goatwhore, The Berzerker, Warbringer)
10/7/09 The Rave Bar, Milwaukee WI
10/9/09 The Pearl Room, Mokena IL
More dates TBA

Gojira are supporting their 2008 Prosthetic Records’ release, The Way of All Flesh.

Cannibal Corpse has released their ENTIRE discography in one digital package on iTunes. Head over to iTunes to grab this digital bundle for an incredibly low price. In total, you’ll receive 16 albums and 196 songs.

Albums Include:
Eaten Back To Life (12 Tracks)
Butchered At Birth (10 Tracks)
Tomb Of The Mutilated (10 Tracks)
Hammer Smashed Face (3 Tracks)
The Bleeding (11 Tracks)
Vile (11 Tracks)
Gallery Of Suicide (14 Tracks)
Bloodthirst (11 Tracks)
Live Cannibalism (18 Tracks)
Gore Obsessed (11 Tracks)
Worm Infested (6 Tracks)
The Wretched Spawn (13 Tracks)
Kill (13 Tracks)
Evisceration Plague (12 Tracks)
Bonus Demo Tracks (18 Tracks)
Bonus Live Tracks (23 Tracks)

Purchase on iTunes HERE.

CANNIBAL CORPSE LIVE AT ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel:

07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/23 Louisville, KY InnPlace Hotel & Conference Center not part of tour w/ Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Whitechapel
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/03 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall not part of tour w/ Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/10 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero not part of tour w/ Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center

CAVE IN are streaming their new 12-inch, “Planets of Old,” in its entirety, at this location. The 12-inch will be released on Hydra Head Records on July 28.

CAVE IN are also giving away a limited colored-vinyl version of the new album not found in any stores, and pressed on, what Hydra Head are calling, “All Natural Vanilla Pistachio Ice Creams.” Enter to win the contest exclusively MetalSucks.net, or buy your copy directly through Hydra Head’s new associate, Vacation Vinyl.

“Planets of Old-Track” listing:
1. Cayman Tongue
2. Retina Sees Rewind
3. The Redtrail
4. Air Escapes

In honor of BEHEMOTH’s upcoming full-length release Evangelion, Metal Blade Records is offering fans the chance to pre-order the CD/DVD Digipak at a special low rate. In additional to this pre-order, the first 500 fans to order will receive an autographed booklet so be sure to place your order now while supplies last. Head over to Metal Blade’s Online Store to view and purchase your copy of the Evangelion today.

CD/DVD Digipak Autographed Pre-Order: $12.99

**autographed copies only available while supplies last, North American pre-order only **

BEHEMOTH’s ninth hell-breaking opus, Evangelion, will be unleashed on the metal world on Tuesday August 11th. The band has recently posted a brand new track and the first single off Evangelion on their official MySpace page. Head over to www.myspace.com/behemoth now to listen to the track “Ov Fire and the Void” off Evangelion and while you’re there be sure to check out video footage of the band during the recording process as well as behind the scenes footage of their new music video and upcoming tour dates.

Evangelion was recorded in the band’s hometown at Radio Gdansk studio with longtime sound engineer Malta, the Wieslawscy Brothers, and Daniel Bergstrand (drum engineering) in the producers’ chairs. Evangelion was mixed in Miloco Studios by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Slipknot, Carcass, Napalm Death) and will be unleashed in the US on August 11th via Metal Blade Records and in Europe on August 9th via Nuclear blast.

BEHEMOTH is touring on what is already this summer’s largest metal festival; The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival with Slayer and Marilyn Manson as co-headliners. BEHEMOTH has been conquering the Hot Topic stage alongside label mates Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Job for a Cowboy and Whitechapel this summer so make sure to catch the masters of blackened death metal live when they come to a city near you.

BEHEMOTH
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
Tour w/ Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel
07/17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/18 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
07/19 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater
07/20 Omaha, NE Slowdown not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
07/21 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
07/22 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/23 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre not part of tour w/ Trivium, God Forbid
07/24 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
07/25 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Centre
07/26 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/29 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/30 London, ON London Music Hall not part of tour w/ God Forbid
07/31 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
08/02 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/03 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/04 Boston, MA Comcast Center
08/06 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
08/07 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/08 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
08/09 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
08/10 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero not part of tour w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid
08/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
08/12 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
08/14 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
08/15 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center

Marduk unveil Wormwood cover.

Swedish black metallers MARDUK will release their eleventh album, Wormwood, before the end of the year via Regain Records. The CD was recorded at Endarker Studios in Norrköping, Sweden with engineer/producer Magnus Devo Andersson. The album’s release will be followed by a world tour, dubbed “Funeral Nation 2009/2010″, which will kick off in Europe.

MARDUK’s last CD, “Rom 5:12″, was released in North America in May 2007 via Regain/Koch.

MARDUK was formed by guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson with the goal of becoming the “most blasphemous band in the world.” The group’s musical style started out as straight-forward, death metal-influenced black metal, but as the years went by progressed into a fast and intense form of black metal.

Extreme technical death metal act NILE have announced that they’ll be partnering up with Immolation and Krisiun, as well as Abigail Williams and Dreaming Dead, for the first round of American tour dates in support of their new album, scheduled for worldwide release this Fall on Nuclear Blast Records.

The 32-date tour commences on January 15th, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. Pre-sale tickets for the “Those Whom The Gods Detest” tour go on sale exclusively at www.EnterTheVault.com today through August 13th. On August 14th, tickets go on sale through all normal ticketing outlets.

Check out the dates below: (more…)

For the first time in over 20 years, RevCo (p/k/a Revolting Cocks) will embark on a North American headline tour. The LuBriCaTouR in support of the band’s early 2009 release, Sex-O Olympic-O, and the forthcoming remix record, MiXXX-O Olympic-O (more details coming soon).

Long known as the eclectic and tongue-in-cheek side project of Ministry’s Al Jourgensen, the seven-week tour kicks off in Jourgensen’s hometown of El Paso, TX with a Sept. 10 performance at Club 101. RevCo’s touring line-up for this trek includes: Josh Bradford (Stayte, Simple Shelter), Sin Quirin (Ministry), Clayton Worbeck (Stayte, Simple Shelter), Aaron Rossi (Ministry, Prong, John5) and Stevie Banch (Spyderbaby). Jourgensen is set to appear at a handful of outings as noted below.

Orchestrating the madness is a legendary master of the unceremonious who will be unveiled in mid-August. Appropriately enough, RevCo has invited Blownload as their special guest, as well as Canadian cyberpunks, Left Spine Down, to kick off the evening.

TOUR DATES
(* = with Al Jourgensen)
September
10 El Paso, TX Club 101 *
12 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
13 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
14 Ft. Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
15 Salt Lake City, UT Club Vegas
17 Couer D’Alene, ID The Grail
18 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
19 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
20 Portland, OR Dante’s
23 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
25 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
26 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
27 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues *
October
1 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
2 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
3 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont
4 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
6 Chicago, IL House of Blues *
7 Detroit, MI Blondie’s
8 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
9 St. Thomas, ON Venue TBA
10 Ottawa, ON Babylon
11 Montreal, QC Venue TBA
12 Toronto, ON Venue TBA
14 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theater
16 Worcester, MA The Palladium
17 New York, NY Irving Plaza *
18 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live
20 Jacksonville, FL Jackrabbit’s
21 Orlando, FL Firestone
22 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
23 St. Petersburg, FL The State Theatre
24 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
25 New Orleans, LA The Parish Room @ House of Blues
30 Austin, TX Emo’s

Young deathcore rippers SUICIDE SILENCE recently completed a new video for the new track, “Wake Up,” from their sophomore album No Time To Bleed. The video, which was shot by producer David Brodsky (Black Dahlia Murder, GWAR), is a disturbing look into the inner psyche while embracing the effect of hallucinogens.

Vocalist Mitch Lucker comments: “We shot a new video for the track ‘Wake Up’ with the mighty David Brodsky and it was a pleasure to work with him again. We feel he perfectly nailed the concept we envisioned for this clip and we can’t wait for you all to see it.”

Check out the video below:

Photo by Jade Renee Photography

British thrashers EVILE have released a brand new track, called “Infected Nation”, which is available now for streaming and download.

The new track, which is the first song off the band’s highly anticipated upcoming new album, INFECTED NATIONS – due on September 21st in Europe and September 22nd in the USA – is available for streaming at EVILE’s official MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/evileuk

EVILE lead guitarist OL DRAKE comments:

“Finally, we can show you a track off the upcoming album Infected Nations, funnily enough the first track being ‘Infected Nation’. It’s been very hard to pick out just ONE track to initially show the world, as there is such diversity on this album and I wanted to showcase the different direction we’re going in. I think ‘Infected Nation’ is a good place to start in showing you, as it still has the pure thrash feel to it but with an injection of our new path musically.”

Oregon doom metallers YOB have returned, and Profound Lore is offering a way to purchase their latest record, The Great Cessation a few weeks before its official release date.

Go HERE to purchase this record before all your friends.

Tracklisting for “The Great Cessation” goes as follows:

1. Burning The Altar [Click To Preview]
2. The Lie That Is Sin
3. Silence Of Heaven
4. Breathing From The Shallows
5. The Great Cessation