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Between The Buried And Me embark on their first North American tour since the release of The Parallax II: Future Sequence this February, joining Coheed and Cambria for a six-week tour that kicks off Feb. 4 in Washington, D.C.

Hatebreed will release their new studio album The Divinity Of Purpose on January 29th 2013 in the United States/Canada and on January 25th in Europe. This is Hatebreed’s sixth album to date and first for new label partners Razor & Tie in North America and Nuclear Blast in Europe and various additional international territories.

All That Remains is teaming up with Microsoft to stream the band’s new studio album, A War You Cannot Win, exclusively on XBOX. Beginning at midnight tonight (until 11:59 pm on November 5th), listen to the entire album through the XBOX console and on Windows phones. Windows 8 users can also stream the album on their computers. MusicPass users can also listen commercial free on their computers or o

Sharon Osbourne, in partnership with Japanese promoter Hayashi International Promotion (H.I.P.), has confirmed the first-ever Ozzfest Japan. The two-day festival will debut Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12, 2013 at the Makuhari Messe arena just outside of Tokyo and will feature headlining performances from Black Sabbath--featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi--and Slipknot. Read

Detroit, MI's Battlecross have announced that they will embark on a short, headlining tour with label mates Abiotic this December. Two of this year's breakout Metal Blade bands will embark on The Growing Pains Tour, stopping at various cities throughout the Midwest/southern US, including Des Moines, IA, Richmond, VA, Peoria, IL, and more. The tour runs from December 8th through December 21th and w

Currently on the road with Municipal Waste for a lengthy co-headlining North American tour, Napalm Death has now posted a new video for the track "Everyday Pox," which can be seen below.

It is with great sadness and regret this morning that we have to report that Mitch Lucker, vocalist of Suicide Silence, passed away a few hours ago due to injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident. Nuclear Blast would like to offer our condolences to his family, friends, band members and fans worldwide who are affected by this loss...

Black Sabbath – the band credited with creating heavy metal and one of the most influential bands of all time - today announced their widely rumored and highly anticipated reunion for their first Australian shows in nearly 40 years.

Next month, Vancouver's heavy metal veterans 3 Inches of Blood will head out on a headlining West Coast run. The two-week trek will feature special guest Huntress as main support, and Hookers as the tour opener. A list of confirmed dates can be seen below, with more to be announced shortly.

The UK-based extreme metal act Dragged Into Sunlight have fittingly premiered their new album 'Widowmaker"'on the grimmest day of the year exclusively in North America via Exclaim.ca here. Hailed as a main contender for "Album of the Year" honors by the likes of Revolver and MSN, 'Widowmaker' -- in stores next week -- has been described by the band as "everything heavier and ev