Following the release of their critically acclaimed new studio album “If the River Was Whiskey”, Spin Doctors are pleased to announce a rare London concert at The Garage in Islington, North London, on Wednesday 25th September. Special guest is Dodgy.

 

An exclusive ticket presale starts on Thursday 9th May at 9am before tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday 10th May from www.eventim.co.uk and 0844 249 1000.

 

Martina Bellini, keyboardist and programmer from Italian Progressive Metal band Schysma, is now sponsored by CME pro (Henrik Klingenberg  [Sonata Arctica]; Andrea de Paoli [Labyrinth], Alessio Lucatti [Vision Divine, Labyrinth])

 

The band has posted the following message on their official BF page.

 

“To our fans,

 

As we post this, the legal process is taking it’s course and we have no more information than you do. There are many unanswered questions, and the situation will become clearer in the coming days and weeks. We’ll keep you informed as best we can.

 

SOULFLY are pleased to announce that they have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment, a new division of Nuclear Blast formed by Nuclear Blast owner Markus Staiger and former Roadrunner A&R chief Monte Conner.

 

SOULFLY will enter the studio this month to begin recording their as-of-yet-untitled ninth studio album. The record will be produced by the world-renowned Terry Date, who is known for his work with such bands PANTERA, DEFTONES and SOUNDGARDEN among many others.

 

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of KING KOBRA’s new studio album “II” on July 5th in Europe and July 9th in North America.

 

King Kobra’s long-awaited reunion album “King Kobra” (s/t) released on Frontiers Records in 2011, left no doubt that this was a band to be reckoned with. Even though nearly 25 years had passed since the original line-up recorded the landmark “Ready To Strike” and “Thrill Of A Lifetime” albums, the energy and immediacy of the bands lightning attack had not diminished one iota and fans responded in kind.

 

On the 24th June 2013, InsideOut Music is set to release the seventh studio album by The Tangent entitled “Le Sacre Du Travail” (The Rite Of Work). The album is the group's first fully blown "concept album" but band-leader Andy Tillison is keen to point out that this concept is something that involves all of us now rather than a rambling fiction.

 

Rhode Island’s PILGRIM has officially joined forces with Metal Blade Records! Their debut album, "Misery Wizard", was released in early 2012 through Alan Averill’s Metal Blade imprint, Poison Tongue Records. PILGRIM managed to spend the majority of 2012 rattling the foundation of the underground doom scene.

 

The upcoming new SIRENIA record is called “Perils Of The Deep Blue” and will be out on June 28th on Nuclear Blast Records. 

 

The band completed the first trailer with impressions from the studio and some cool information, watch it below.

 

The tracklist of the ltd. digipak edition - including two bonus tracks - reads as follows:

01. Ducere Me In Lucem

02. Seven Widows Weep

03. My Destiny Coming To Pass