Dutch extreme death metal militia, ARSEBREED, recently completed the recording of their forthcoming Unique Leader full-length with current Necrophagist basher Romain Goulon behind the kit.
St. Louis stark black doom troupe, THE LION'S DAUGHTER, recently completed a video for "Swann." Directed by Brain Cummings, produced by Adam Taylor with art direction by Josh Rowan, the strikingly grim eight-plus minute production is loosely centered around news stories of those mentally ill who've been locked up and sentenced to death.
With HAYMAKER's soon-to-be legendary set at next week's A389 X Bash in Baltimore, Maryland looming, a new single from the band's first release in nearly a decade barrel-asses into the public today via Noisey, mowing down everything.
Belgium metal sensation BLIKSEM are opening 2014 with the release of the second clip of their debut album 'Face The Evil' called "Disciples": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vAStH56Gq8
Los Angeles based Alternative rockers Boy Hits Car are pleased to announce their signing with Eternal Sound Records (NMD/Membran/Code7) for a European release of their upcoming 5th album 'All that led us here' set for May 2nd 2014.
In 2013, the long dormant Portland D.I.Y. Eolian Empire label came back with a vengeance, starting with Keep Our Heads -- the 99-minute, 26-band compilation Metalsucks called "the bible of underground heavy music in Portland with bands like Lord Dying, Gaytheist, Norska, Sioux, Honduran and a bunch more."