Backtrack will headline the Life & Death package tour this summer, joined on the tour's entirety by Harm's Way, Expire, Suburban Scum, Downpresser, and Iron Mind. On other dates they'll be joined by Freedom and Will To Die, among others. Dates and a full listing of participants are included after …
Florida's Maruta will be touring soon, including a stopover at Maryland Deathfest on May 25.
The band is planning to enter the studio following the tour, booking time with Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed) attached to mix.
Australia's Art as Catharsis and We Lost the Sea have curated a compilation in memory of Chris Torpy, Newcompilation to raise funds for beyondblue in memory of Chris Torpy, who took his own life in March 2013. The label's came together for the compilation to raise funds, 100% of …
Pujol premiered a new song, "Circles," today from his upcoming new album, Kludge. The record will release on May 19 via saddle Creek.
Pujol, who SPB interviewed last year, is also planning a US tour following the album's release.
The July 5-6 Burger Records extravanganza has added more bands, including Off!, The Gizmos, Thee Oh Sees, Personal & the Pizzas, and more in addition to the previously released line-up.
Check out more details after the jump.
In label nws, 6131 Records has added Culture Abuse (San Francisco) and Lilith (Phoenix) to their stable.
Culture Abuse includes members of All Teeth and Dead To Mean and released an EP demo last year. Their 6131 debut is expected late this year.
Lilith are also planning a …
It Looks Sad have joined Tiny Engines for an upcoming 7" this summer. The Charlotte band formed in 2012 under the name of It Looks Sad, That's Why I Said It's You.
Superball Music has signed Midnight Masses for their upcoming debut. The band features Autry Fulbright and Jason Reece from ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Autry describes the band as follows:
Midnight Masses had been a way for me to musically document my travels …
This August Tiny Engines will release the sophomore LP from Dikembe. The record, titled Mediumship, will open for pre-orders in June and ship soemtime in August.
In the meantime, the band will release a split 7" with The Jazz June on Tiny Engines/Topshelf Records.
On July 16-20, Obscene Extreme Festival 2014 will take place in Trutnov Battlefield, Czech Republic. The festival includes numerous bands including Brutal Truth, Cattle Decapitation, Cripple Bastards, Doom, ACxDC, and more, listed in full as for confirmed bands thus far.
Expire will release Pretty Low on June 17 via Bridge Nine Records. It is the Milwaukee band's second record and was recorded by Jay Maas. They released Pendulum Swings last year.
You've seen our stream of the new Test of Time EP, A Place Beyond. Now, win your copy, along with special secretive prizes from the label and SPB.
Two winners will be selected on the 7" release date of May 20 and will be contacted via email. One …
This month we're excited to pair up with Bridge Nine Records to debut an exclusive stream of Test of Time's A Place Beyond EP due from the label on May 20.
The band, formed just two years ago, offers three songs here in preparation for a longer player later …
Slayer will be releasing their own record next time around, tentatively scheduled for 2015. The band announcedthe news recently, after 30 years of working with Rick Rubin. The new self-run label will be a subsidiary of Nuclear Blast.
Says Slayer's Tom Araya:
Rick has played a huge …
German crust punks Mind recently released their third full-length on Selfmadegod Records. The new 8 song LP contains eight songs and includes guest appearances by Dean Jones of Extreme Noise Terror and Denis Boardman of Doom. Save Yourself from Hell released on April 29.
St. Louis' Foxing will release their first record for Triple Crown later this month on May 27. The album, titled The Albatross, is the band's first full-length. It will be supported by a tour with Seahaven.
7 Seconds, who will release the new Leave a Light On soon, will be heading on their first headlining tour since 2006. The band, formed in 1980, will be on the road for 3 weeks in support of their fifteenth record.