Bay Area Metal Titans MACHINE HEAD, will release their eighth full-length album and Nuclear Blast Entertainment debut entitled Bloodstone & Diamonds this Fall! The record was once again produced by Robb Flynn himself and Juan Urteaga (TESTAMENT,VILE), and like the last 7 out of 8 albums, was masterfully mixed by Colin Richardson (CARCASS, FEAR FACTORY, SLIPKNOT,BEHEMOTH, DEVILDRIVER). Additional tracking, editing, and mixing was done with heavy metal legend Andy Sneap (EXODUS,TESTAMENT, ARCH ENEMY, ACCEPT, MEGADETH) and Steve Lagudi.  

“I cannot even begin to tell you how proud we are of this album,” comments frontman Robb Flynn.  “It's been a heck of a ride.  It looked like it might not ever happen again at one point, but man, this album is a milestone for us. You're going to love it Head Cases.”  

 “Without getting too philosophical on ya, bloodstone and diamonds represent two of the hardest materials on earth, it is also a lyric from the opening track of the album ‘Now We Die’. "

Disinterred British extreme metal icons CARCASS, will return to the United States once again this October/November! Joining them on select dates are Florida death metal legends OBITUARY and the eclectic champions of “murder metal”, MACABRE. Death grinders EXHUMED and newcomers NOISEM will open each night of churning insanity as well.

“We thought it would be cool to go off the beaten track a bit and play some places that usually get overlooked,” commented CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker. “We figure some of the tumbleweeds needed blowing away. Pretty chuffed to have managed to get our pals OBITUARY to come along on these dates. As anyone who has seen them recently will testify they're tearing it up live nowadays!”

SUICIDE SILENCE online:
Like - www.facebook.com/SuicideSilence 
Follow - Twitter.com/SuicideSilence
Watch - www.youtube.com/SuicideSilence
Pic – http://instagram.com/SuicideSilenceOfficial  

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER online:
Like – www.facebook.com/TheBlackDahliaMurderOfficial
Follow – http://twitter.com/bdmmetal  
Watch – www.youtube.com/BlackDahliaMurderTV 
Pics – http://instagram.com/theblackdahliamurder_official

THE CHELSEA GRIN online:
Like - www.facebook.com/ChelseaGrinMetal

ALTERBEAST online:
Like – www.facebook.com/ALTERBEASTofficial

BLACKCRAFT online:
Like - www.facebook.com/BlackCraftCult
Follow - http://Twitter.com/BlackCraftCult
Pics - http://Instagram.com/BlackCraftCult

Press release courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records

California based extreme metal titans SUICIDE SILENCE, and Michigan's unstoppable sons of molten melodic death metal, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, will combine forces this Fall on a heavy metal campaign across North America presented by Blackcraft! Joining them are Salt Lake City deathcore merchants CHELSEA GRIN and Sacramento based tech-death proprietors ALTERBEAST.

"It has been way too long since we headlined in the good ol' US of A and it's an honor to be co-headlining with our friends in BLACK DAHLIA," comments SUICIDE SILENCE guitarist Mark Heylmun. “It doesn't matter how long your hair is, what your girlfriend looks like, or if you make it into work the next day... Come out and party with us!!"

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER vocalist Trevor Strnad adds: "We are very excited to finally be able to let the big secret out... our final US tour on theEverblack album will be with none other than California titans SUICIDE SILENCE.  The guys have been homies of ours since we toured together with CANNIBAL CORPSE in South America. We are extremely glad they've chosen to persevere all of the hardship and tragedy and we are proud to call them tour mates and friends. The magic 8 Ball says we're going to party our asses off together and have an awesome, successful tour. Cheers to SUICIDE SILENCE and we'll see you all in October!"

SUICIDE SILENCE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, CHELSEA GRIN, ALTERBEAST
10/03/14              Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
10/04/14              House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
10/05/14              St. Andrew's Hall - Detroit, MI
10/06/14              Opera House - Toronto, ON
10/07/14              Club Soda - Montreal, QC
10/08/14              Paradise - Boston, MA
10/09/14              Irving Plaza - New York, NY          
10/10/14              Theatre of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA        
10/11/14              The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
(+ MACHINE HEAD)
10/13/14              Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL  
10/14/14              The Orpheum - Tampa, FL           
10/15/14              Masquerade - Atlanta, GA          
10/17/14              House of Blues - Houston, TX   
10/18/14              House of Blues - Dallas, TX          
10/19/14              Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX (+ WHITECHAPEL, BEARTOOTH)
10/21/14              Club Red - Phoenix, AZ 
10/22/14              House of Blues - San Diego, CA 
10/23/14              Yost Theatre - Santa Ana, CA     
10/24/14              San Manuel Amphitheater - Devore, CA (Knotfest Pre-Party)
10/25/14              Ace of Spades  - Sacramento, CA
(no SUICIDE SILENCE)
10/26/14              The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA               
10/28/14              Knitting Factory - Boise, ID          
10/29/14              In The Venue - Salt Lake City, UT              
10/30/14              The Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO      

Reading, PA - Pennsylvania's Rivers of Nihil will be touring this September-October with fellow Reading natives, Black Crown Initiate. The "Reading Rainbow Tour" will begin on September 19 in Buffalo, NY and winds its way through RI, PA, MI, OH, and KY before wrapping up on October 3rd in their home town. Several more dates are still TBA, with updates to be made available at facebook.com/riversofnihil as they are made available.

The Reading Rainbow Tour
RIVERS OF NIHIL
BLACK CROWN INITIATE
09/19 Buffalo, NY The Waiting Room
09/20 Queens, NY Blackthorn 51
09/21 Albany, NY Bogie's
09/22 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus
09/23 Providence, RI Simon's
09/24 Philadelphia, PA The Barbary
09/25 Westland, MI The Token Lounge
09/26 Lakewood, OH The Foundry
09/27 Lansing, MI The Loft
09/28 Newport, KY Thompson House
10/02 Lemoyne, PA The Champ
10/03 Reading, PA Reverb

www.facebook.com/riversofnihil
twitter.com/riversofnihil
www.riversofnihilpa.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/rivers-of-nihil 

Bandcamp Album Stream -protokultmetal.bandcamp.com/album/no-beer-in-heaven 

Youtube Album Stream -  
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tHT25mIl8o

Gracing the stage with the likes of ARKONA, TURISAS, ALESTORM, and BLACKGUARD, Toronto, ON's band of beer drinking progressive folk metallers PROTOKULT return in 2014 with their new album 'No Beer In Heaven' out officially today, August 8th and available on bandcamp here to follow up to 2011’s ‘Marzena’ EP and 2009’s debut ‘Ancestral Anthems’.

With a beauty and the beast-like contrast between Ekaterina’s haunting vocals and the band’s metal onslaught, No Beer In Heaven, captures the reformed quintet at an all-time high, showcasing an impressive palette of twelve entirely new compositions, and straps the listener on an adventurous, heavy and experimental trek, diving into themes of drinking, history and human endeavor. The band unites their diverse cultures into one sound, balancing tradition and folklore with heavy, thrash and black metal for headbangers everywhere.   

Vocalist Ekaterina Pyatkova comments:

"We are delighted to showcase our finest release brought to you by our lineup in peak form!! Three years in the making, No Beer In Heaven presents an assortment of ambient, prog-folk, heavy tunes that take you on a dark, drunken adventure! So grab a cold one and indulge!" 

Death metal legends OBITUARY make their Relapse debut with Inked In Blood, their 9th full length LP.  Almost three decades in, Inked In Bloodstands out as one of the finest moments in OBITUARY's already godlike discography.  Inked in Blood will be released October 28th in North America (UK/World October 27th and Germany/Benelux/Finland on October 24th) via Relapse Records.  Today the artwork and track listing have been revealed.  Pre-orders for Inked in Blood will be available soon!

The riffs, groove, snarl and rage are as fierce as ever, putting most all other contemporary death metal bands to shame.  OBITUARY are THE definitive death metal band, and Inked In Blood is an instant classic amongst their already storied catalog.  OBITUARY are both the originators and the torchbearers of the genre!  Inked In Blood is the sound of true death metal kings reclaiming their throne!!! 

The band is currently wrapping up a festival circuit in Europe and now OBITUARY have been confirmed as direct support for the upcoming "Death to All" Tour. 

In the week of TRIPTYKON's much anticipated return appearances at Bloodstock Festival, UK (August 8), and Jalometalli Festival, Finland, (August 9), the Swiss avant-garde extreme metal act is scheduled to release the first of two videos filmed to accompany of the group's second album, Melana Chasmata.


See the video, presented by Decibel Magazine, here:

www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/a-spirit-wasting-away-exclusive-u-s-premiere-of-triptykons-aurorae-video/  

TRIPTYKON Live 2014:

FR 08.08.2014 Derbyshire (UK) - Bloodstock Open Air Festival /www.bloodstock.uk.com
SA 09.08.2014 Oulu (Finland) - Jalometalli Festival / www.jalometalli.net
SA 30.08.2014 Wörrstadt (Germany) - Neuborn Open Air Festival / www.noaf.de
TH 04.12.2014 London (UK) - Forum + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
FR 05.12.2014 Manchester (UK) - Academy 2 + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
SA 06.12.2014 Glasgow (UK) - Garage + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
SU 07.12.2014 Birmingham (UK) - Academy + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
MO 08.12.2014 Cardiff (UK) - Solus + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
WE 10.12.2014 Essen (Germany) - Turock + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
TH 11.12.2014 Hamburg (Germany) - Markthalle + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
FR 12.12.2014 Eindhoven (The Netherlands) - EMM /www.eindhovenmetalmeeting.com 
SA 13.12.2014 Leipzig (Germany) - Conne Island + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
SU 14.12.2014 Wien (Austria) - Arena + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
TU 16.12.2014 Aarau (Switzerland) - Kiff + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
WE 17.12.2014 Munich (Germany) - Backstage Werk + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
TH 18.12.2014 Antwerpen (Belgium) - Trix + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
FR 19.12.2014 Cologne (Germany) - Essigfabrik + At The Gates & Morbus Chron
SA 20.12.2014 Berlin (Germany) - Postbahnhof + At The Gates & Morbus Chron

Triptykon's "Melana Chasmata" is available in various physical formats (CD Mediabook,CD Jewelcase, Gatefold 2LP, ltd.
Deluxe CD Box Set) from the following location:
http://smarturl.it/triptykonCMD 

and also digitally here:
http://smarturl.it/melanachasmataITUNES

TRIPTYKON online: 

www.triptykon.net
www.facebook.com/triptykonofficial

Press release courtesy of Century Media Records