Chicago-based punk rockers Pure Intention have released an EP titled Faults and Fallacies, and it is six tracks of loud, gritty, and aggressive music to get you on your feet and moshing whether you're in the pit or at home blowing the roof off your house.

Warmen is back and their latest album Here For None is already hailed as a “melodic death metal masterpiece.”

Maynard James Keenan’s birthday blowout concert tour Sessanta is set to go off in a couple of weeks, and to coincide with the tour’s launch, Sessanta E.P.P.P. will drop featuring Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, and Primus.

HANABIE. is one of the more popular bands to come out of Japan’s Harajuku-core scene, a movement that combines metalcore with the bright and vibrant fashion aesthetics that originate in Tokyo’s fashion district known for its vintage shops and cosplay stores.

British ska band Madness makes their much-awaited return to the United States with a five-city tour. Seattle, Oakland, Las Vegas, Boston, and New York will be the lucky cities that are on the Madness C’est La Vie In America tour.

Shock rock legend Alice Cooper is infamous for his highly theatrical live performances that combine horror with hard rock.

KMFDM celebrates their 40th anniversary with the release of their 23rd studio album, Let Go. The album will feature 11 original songs, including the title track, a powerful mix of techno and rock. Let Go will be released via Metropolis Records.

In celebration of the King of Rock and Roll’s debut, the legendary early recordings of Elvis Presley will be re-released in a gorgeous 59th Vault package via Third Man Records, in conjunction with Sony Music Entertainment and the Sun Label Group. Elvis Presley at 706 Union Ave: The Sun Singles 1954-55 collects all five of Presley’s original 7-inch 45 rpm singles on Sun Records.

German gothic rock band Black Reuss has dropped a new music video for the single "Crystal Clear" off the new album Arrival.

Meshuggah is set to reissue their 1998 album Chaosphere for the twenty-fifth anniversary of its recording.

From the cold and stormy city of Seattle comes Dark Meditation.

Morbikon, the black metal project of veteran extreme metal guitarist/bassist Phil “Land Phil” Hall has announced a series of live shows.

Germany-based metal record label and distributor Atomic Fire Records has announced the signing of Tongolese band Arka’n Asfokor.

The Pretenders will kick off a highly anticipated tour across the US on August 16th in New York City at the Bowery Ballroom. The nine-date tour will continue into early October and will see the legendary band play in a mix of intimate venues. In addition, The Pretenders will play major stadiums as they join Guns N’ Roses as a special guest on their North American tour with stops at Hershey, PA’s Hersheypark Stadium, Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA’s PNC Park at North Shore, Boston, MA’s Fenway Park, Chicago, IL’s Wrigley Field, Toronto, ON’s Rogers Centre, and St. Louis, MO’s Busch Stadium.

Apricity takes you down the rabbit hole in her latest music video, “Allison Wonderland.” Recreating the famed tea party scene from the classic children’s book, Apricity takes the role of the Mad Hatter. The surreal fantasy of the tea party is utilized to point out the dangers of believing you can create the perfect companion.

British rock band Hot Milk have announced a new single off their debut album A Call to the Void. The track is titled, “Party on My Deathbed” and it is a sonic party anthem about reckless nights and backstage parties. “Party on My Deathbed” expresses the hedonistic lifestyle that Hot Milk lives and preaches.

Since its roots in the early 90s, Italy has had a vibrant gothic metal scene. Italian Gothic Metal is a subgenre of Gothic Metal that originated in Italy in the early 1990s. With dark lyrics (often in English) melancholic melodies, and distorted guitars bands like Lacuna Coil, The Foreshadowing, Macbeth, Domina Noctis, and Mandragora Scream have achieved success internationally. BLAX seeks to be the next wave of Italian gothic metal.

The hip-hop/punk fusion group Codefendants have a unique origin. Get Dead graffiti crew member Sam King was tattooing to raise money to assist incarcerated rapper Ceschi Ramos whom he was a fan of. After Ramos was released he finally met King at a legendary punk venue, the Gilman Street Project in Berkeley, California. A shared appreciation for hip-hop, punk rock, and Jameson whisky bonded the pair.

Country music has always had a dark current running thru it. The further you move away from the clean, pop sound of modern Nashville, the closer you get to songs about heavy drinking, fighting, and broken hearts. Artists such as Johnny Cash and Eddie Noack gleefully sang murder ballads. The 90s saw the development of gothic country with bands such as Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Legendary Shack Shakers, and the Handsome Family who found inspiration in American roots music and the more grotesque and strangely beautiful elements of rural American life. The tradition continues today with the hard-rocking duo of Hematite being the latest irritation of the dark current in country music.

Arizona-based industrial punk duo The Tak3down have dropped their latest EP Shapeshifters. The album sees the pair experimenting with a newer and darker sound. Much like the name of the EP, the two members of The Tak3down have shown that they take a constantly changing approach to their music.