Greek black metal band Varathron will release Untrodden Corridors of Hades on Dec. 9 in the US (Nov. 21 in Europe). The band, formed in 1989, last released Stygian Forces of Scornin 2009.
Parquet Courts have announced a comllaboration project featuring members Andrew Savage and Austin Brown, Justin Frye, and a rotating cast of PC Worship members that will be named PCPC. The project will be playing various stops on the US East Coast in support of Thurston Moore this fall.
Parquet …
Heiress will release a new album titled Of Great Sorrow this Nov. 18 via The Mylene Sheat.
The 10 song album is the Seattle band's second and blends atmospheric post metal with hardcore. The group features ex-members of Himsa, Undertow, Jough Dawn Baker, and Shift and first formed in …
Asheville, NC's Old Flings have joined with Animal Style records and are beginning work on a second LP for the label, scheduled for release in early 2015.
The band previously released Spite in 2012 via Self Aware/Bitter Melody Records. They will perform at Fest 13 in Gainesville, FL on …
On Oct. 21 Aspiga will put out a new record on Paper + Plastick Records titled What Happened to You?
The New Jersey band released Every Last Piece last year, also on Paper + Plastick.
A new song, "Wide Eyes," is included below.
Austin, TX hardcore band Insvrgence has signed with Innerstrength Records. On Oct. 21, the label will re-release their debut LP The Tower digitally, with plans for a new full-length next year. The band is also planning extensive touring in the future. Confirmed dates are posted below.
Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina of Pussy Riot have launced an independent news service in Russia named Mediazona. The editorial focus of the new organization will be on courts, law enforcement, and the prison system in Russia and will work in conjunction with their prisoners rights organization Zona Prava …
Burner, the 2013 EP from Point of View, is being reissued by Creator-Destructor Records on Oct. 14. The reissue of has been remixed and remastered and features a new layout and packaging.
Point of View, from San Jose, CA, first formed in 2002.
New Orleans' group Caddywhompus have announced the release of their second LP, Feathering A Nest, due on Nov. 11 via Community Records. The two-piece group first formed in 2008 and have a few live dates in the near future in support of the album.
Lucero will set out on the By the Seat of Our Pants tour this fall. The tour will include special acoustic sets at each of the stops and 3 nights in each city along the way.
The band released a split EP/multimedia book with Denver’s Charly Fasano on Sept. …
Ryan Adams will soon be touring in support of his new release. Opening will be Butch Walker, whose most recent output was the Peachtree Battle EP.
Live dates are listed below.
Former Pretenders lead voaclist Chrissie Hynde will be touring North America next month. The tour runs for 25 stops, ending in December. Hynde will be performing both new material and from her back catalogue.
Hynde recently released Stockholm, her first solo album, on Travel/Caroline.
San Diego label Three.One G has announced several new releases: new singles from Retox and All Leather, and new records from Qui/Secret Fun Club, Doomsday Student, and Warsawwasraw. Retox will be releasing a split with Narrows.
The label is now 20 years old.
Death/doom metal group Atriach are plalnning a new EP this fall on Relapse Records titled An Unending Pathway. "Imagine Bauhaus as coved by Eyehategod, or Sisters of Mercy filtered through Neurosis," the press sheet boasts.
The 7 song album releases on Oct. 28.
One of our features at Scene Point Blank is our semi-daily quickie Q&A: One Question Interviews. Follow us at facebook or twitter and we'll post one interview every Monday-Thursday. Well, sometimes we miss a day, but it will be four each week regardless.
After our social media followers get …
Nesseria is streaming the intro track, "Le Malheur des Autres" from their upcoming new album Fractures. The new LP is the band's second full-length and will release on Nov. 15 on Thoatruiner Records. Trendkill will release a 12" version, and Swarm of Nails will release a cassette …
Legendary Wings, from Kalamzoo, MI, have announced a new LP due for release on Nov. 11. The band, who realsed Making Paper Roses in 2012, will release a self-titled album via Dirtnap Records.
Check out the new song, "Weather Advisory" below.
Bloodshot Records will release While No One Was Looking on Nov. 18, a compilation celebrating their history. The comp features 38 artists covering notable songs from the labels history, including covers of Neko Case, Ryan Adams, Murder By Death, and more. The covers come from artists such as Chuck Ragan, …
Metallica's documentary chronicling the making of their Monster record, Some Kind of Monster, will be issued on a 10-year anniversary edition 2-disc Blu-Ray set on Nov. 24. The film was first released on July 9, 2004.
That same week, Metallica will release a 12" of Lords of Summer …