AUTHOR & PUNISHER: New Track Premiere Hosted By Stereogum – Propagated by iconic sound manipulator/engineer/former robotics major Tristan Shone, AUTHOR & PUNISHER relentlessly challenges the traditional principals of doom, industrial and heavy bass music. Shone paints traumatic portraits of sonic contortion through mechanical use, abuse and maniacal decomposition. [More…]

AMON AMARTH: Live Video Of “Cry Of The Black Birds” From 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival Posted – Check out the live video of “Cry Of The Black Birds” from AMON AMARTH’s performance at 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival in Germany! [More…]

EARTHLING: Debut LP Streaming Via Terrorizer; Midwestern U.S. Invasion Begins – A furious and infectious maelstrom of doom-infused thrash mastery, Dark Path — the blazing debut LP from Harrisonburg, Virginia-based EARTHLING — is out now on Forcefield Records. [More…]

EIGHT BELLS Issues Post-Tour Statement – Trance-inducing sound contortionists EIGHT BELLS recently wrapped up a short run of live ceremonies alongside Salt Lake City sludge collective SubRosa. The eclectic trio made their way through Seattle, Vancouver, Spokane, Boise, Salt Lake City, Oakland and San Francisco, dousing listeners with their ethereal hymns of jammy, majestic panic. [More…]

I KLATUS: Full 2xLP Streaming Alongside Track-By-Track Breakdown – The sprawling Kether, the sophomore full-length from the unique, depraved Chicago trio known as I KLATUS, is out now digitally as well as via an extremely limited one-time pressing direct from the band. [More…]

HOWL: An In-Depth Look At Ryan Begley’s Cover Art Hosted By No Clean Singing – If you’ve yet to truly investigate HOWL’s Bloodlines cover art, you’re missing out. A stunning, goretorn blood feast of skulls, bones, impalements, hungry wolves, plotting vultures, nooses and sexy side boob, Bloodlines was created by Ryan Begley (Pelican, Kvlertak, All Pigs Must Die, Cave In, etc.) and visually captures the metallic, lead-footed brutality of the music contained within. [More…]

DAMNATION ANGELS: Debut From UK Symphonic Metal Quintet Out Now In North America – The debut full-length from Doncaster, England-based DAMNATION ANGELS is out now on Germany’s Massacre Records. [More…]

ČERNÁ: Domestic Genocide To Unleash Restoring Life Later This Month – Underground soul crushers Domestic Genocide are pleased to unveil their latest release of sonic exploration in the form of Restoring Life, the debut full-length from instrumental, post-blackened solo project ČERNÁ. [More…]

ZOLLE Reaps Debut LP; Peruse The Duo’s Harvest At Altsounds – Blazing out of the backwoods of Lodi, Italy, the ZOLLE duo this week harvest their belligerently unhinged self-titled, debut full-length of rural rampage! [More…]

KROMOSOM Nuclear Reich 2013 U.S. Tour Begins This Week – Melbourne, Australia-based KROMOSOM is en-route to invade the U.S. once again, as their Nuclear Reich 2013 tour commences this week. [More…]

CALL OF THE VOID: New Video Premiere At MetalSucks – Today MetalSucks wants to reposition your facial features with a video premiere of “Bottom Feeder” by Denver deviants CALL OF THE VOID. Directed and edited by Frank Huang the tune comes from the band’s recently dispersed Dragged Down A Dead End Path full-length and adds a flow of blinding hues to their menacing brand of confrontational audio hate. [More…]

EXTINCTION PROTOCOL Releases “As Life Turns To Ash” Via Lambgoat – Erie, Pennsylvania-based EXTINCTION PROTOCOL will release their debut album Aeonic Obliteration via NYC-based D.I.Y. label P2, and while the album was initially slated to see release this week, a manufacturing debacle held things up just a bit, making the new street date May 28th. To tide fans over in the meantime, EXTINCTION PROTOCOL give up another brutal new track to the masses this week. [More…]

LEFT FOR DEAD: Reunited Faction Confirms Upcoming Shows And First New Material In Nearly 20 Years – Recently reunited hardcore faction LEFT FOR DEAD, having last year played their first show in many years, has not only confirmed more upcoming live appearances, but will also be releasing new material for the first time in nearly two decades. [More…]

CLEANTEETH: Crush Your Teeth Trek Ongoing; Tour Promo Available Online – Brooklyn’s savage underworld collective CLEANTEETH is still out pummeling rockers abroad on the remaining dates of their 2013 Crush Your Teeth Tour. While the act’s debut LP Pushing Rope is pending release via Dullest Records in the coming weeks, from the road the band directly released a 2013 tour promo featuring several tracks from the upcoming album to help fund their fuel and brews intake for the remainder of the tour. [More…]

SIX REASONS TO KILL: New Album From German Metalcore Kings Out Now On Massacre Records – Following its massive European release in late March, We Are Ghosts — the fifth full-length from reigning German metalcore quintet SIX REASONS TO KILL — now hits North American shores via Massacre Records. [More…]

STEVE VON TILL: Debut Solo Album To See First-Ever Vinyl Pressing – As the out-of-print debut solo album from Neurosis’ STEVE VON TILL, As The Crow Flies, sees a long-awaited re-release this month, Neurot Recordings proudly confirms the seminal album’s first-ever vinyl edition. [More…]

DEMON LUNG: Pitchfork Premieres New Track From Forthcoming Album – Pitchfork.com has premiered “Heathen Child,” from DEMON LUNG’s forthcoming full-length debut. It’s the second song released from The Hundredth Name set for release via Candlelight Records on June 4. The conceptual album was produced by Billy Anderson (Neurosis, The Melvins, Sleep) and features artwork by English illustrator Tom Bates (Vision of Disorder, Amorphis). [More…]

COFFINS: First Carnage From Relapse Debut Issued Via “The Vacant Pale Vessel” Lyric Video – The first whiff of The Fleshland, the fourth LP from Tokyo-based graverobbers, COFFINS, is permeating the air today, as the label has exhumed the first single from the album. Constructed for the massive more than six-and-a-half minute “The Vacant Pale Vessel,” the lyric video animates the gorestrewn cover illustration of The Fleshland as executed by the gruesome hands of Chris Moyen (Morbosidad, Black Witchery, Incantation, Blasphemy, etc.), as he has so morbidly done with all of COFFINS previous albums as well. [More…]

HAVOK Announces Headlining Tour – Denver thrashers HAVOK today announce their first headlining tour of North America. Dates are set to commence July 22 and will see the band journey through the southern states, travelling up the eastern seaboard before making their debut performance at Montreal’s annual Heavy MTL festival on August 11. The tour will be in support of their forthcoming new album, Unnatural Selection, set for release June 25. [More…]

SECRETS OF THE SKY: Oakland Prog-Doom Act Signs With Kolony Records – Italy’s Kolony Records has just added Oakland, California-based progressive doom metal sextet SECRETS OF THE SKY to the label’s ever-expanding roster. [More…]

ÅRABROT/RABBITS Split Streaming At Invisible Oranges; Sixth ARABROT Album To See Release Via Fysisk Format - Oregon’s RABBITS and Norway’s ÅRABROT continue to co-pummel audiences across Europe on their ongoing brutal trek, touring in support of their new split 7” release, available now via Tiger (Europe) and Eolian Empire (USA). To spread the vile news, today Invisible Oranges is streaming the noisemangled split release, RIGHT HERE. [More…]

ACROSS TUNDRAS To Release New LP On Band’s Own Label – Following their lauded Sage album, released in 2011 by Neurot Recordings, the new LP from Nashville trio ACROSS TUNDRAS is set for harvest on the band’s newly founded D.I.Y. label. [More…]

GRIMUS: Exclusive Song Premiere From NJ Death Metal Deviants At Lambgoat.com – The knee-breakers at Lambgoat.com today hurl forth a bit of pre-weekend audio animosity with an exclusive track premiere of “Without Master” from New Jersey death metal deviants, GRIMUS. The song comes by way of the band’s previously announced forthcoming full-length debut, Omnicide. [More…]

EARSPLIT on Tour!

Contact us about live coverage opportunities for the following bands:

ABIOTIC – ACROSS TUNDRAS – AEON – AMON AMARTH – BATTLECROSS – BEHEMOTH – BEYOND THE SHORE – BLACK BREATH – BLOOD CEREMONY – BONE SICKNESS – CALL OF THE VOID – CANCER BATS – CATTLE DECAPITATION – DEAD IN THE DIRT – DEMON LUNG – DEVOURMENT – EARTHLING – ENABLER – EYEHATEGOD – FEAR FACTORY – FULL OF HELL – GEHEMMA – GLORIOR BELLI – GNAW – GOATWHORE – GYPSYHAWK – HATE ETERNAL – HAVOK – HOD – IDES OF GEMINI – INTEGRITY – JOB FOR A COWBOY – KAMIKABE – KROMOSOM – LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR – LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH – MAMMOTH GRINDER – NIGHTBITCH – POWETRIP – SIX FEET UNDER – SONS OF TONATIUH – SURGEON – THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – THE OCEAN – VISE MASSACRE – VREID – WARTORN – WEEDEATER – WHITE WIDOWS – WHITECHAPEL – WOE

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EARSPLIT PR – Roundup From The Compound: May 13, 2013

Blow The Scene Hosts P.A.W.S. Benefit; Philly-Based Art Show & Music Festival Confirmed – This June, Philadelphia-based music/arts webzine Blow The Scene is co-hosting a massive benefit drive including both an underground art show and killer music fest to aid in funding a no-kill animal shelter and rescue for P.A.W.S. (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society). [More…]

WEEDEATER Drinking Cough Syrup With Heavy Dicks; Spring Tour Locked – Following a few months on a hi[gh]atus from tour, Cape Fear sludge-slingers WEEDEATER will hit the bong and the road once again later this month. The gravelly groove of the twisted trio will smoke-out nine East Coast cities between May 22nd and June 1st, the new rampage booked in conjunction with WEEDEATER’s trip up to blaze Baltimore at this year’s installment of the Maryland Deathfest. [More…]

VREID: Norwegian Black ‘N’ Roll Legion To Return To North America – Norwegian black ‘n’ roll legion VREID will take their hell hymns to the streets this June on a North American tour alongside headliners Melechesh. Set to commence June 16 in Los Angeles, California, the long-awaited trek includes over two weeks of live assaults and will come to a close in New York City on June 30th. ^.Additional support will come from Lightning Swords Of Death and Reign Of Lies. [More…]

HOWL: Exclusive Video Premiere Hosted By Metal Injection – Today Metal Injection offers up an exclusive video premiere of “Demonic” from Rhode Island riff manglers, HOWL. The tune comes by way of the band’s newest studio offering, Bloodlines, which officially dropped in North America last Tuesday via Relapse Records. [More…]

GRIMUS: New Jersey Brutal Death Metal Crew Drops Details Of Debut Full-Length – Almost three years after their pummeling Gutter Earth EP was inflicted upon the masses, cold-blooded Elizabeth, New Jersey-based death metal insurgents GRIMUS have completed their first proper full-length, Omnicide. [More…]

TARJA: Finnish Songstress Reveals Title + Street Date Of Forthcoming New Full-Length – Despite her light and airy character, the music of Finnish songstress/former Nightwish soprano, TARJA has always been shrouded “in black” – the color of heavy rock, mystery and elegance. With her latest studio recording, fans will find that same darkness highlighted by an array of new emotions, multihued landscapes and musical atmospheres. [More…]

AMON AMARTH: Live Video Of “The Pursuit of Vikings” From 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival Posted – Check out the live video of “The Pursuit of Vikings” from AMON AMARTH’s performance at 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival in Germany! More footage from this show coming soon! [More…]

CHTHONIC: Taiwanese Metal Ensemble Releases New Video Single – Today, Taiwanese metal ensemble CHTHONIC reveals the first of a series of video singles from their forthcoming new full-length. “Defenders of Bú-Tik Palace” comes by way of the band’s seventh studio recording, Bú-Tik. With Bú-Tik, CHTHONIC continue their mission to build awareness of the myths of Taiwan and the tragic events in their country’s history. [More…]

SADGIQACEA: Invisible Oranges Now Playing Entire Debut LP – Philadelphia’s genre-morphing duo SADGIQACEA today celebrates the official North American release of their debut album, False Prism. Recorded by Chris Grigg (Woe), the sprawling forty-minute album projects the organic, monstrous tones and unified, distinctive style which has helped the two-piece act become one of Philly’s hottest live acts over the past two years. [More…]

GODHUNTER Drops Lyric Video For “Vultures’ Wake” – GODHUNTER has posted a new lyric video for their new track “Vultures’ Wake,” the first new material from they’ve recorded since their late 2011 Wolves EP. The track was recorded by Ryan Bram (Territory) at Homewrecker Studios in Tucson, and mastered by Brad Boatright (From Ashes Rise) at Audiosiege, and will be available on an upcoming split 7” with fellow Tucson act Anakim. [More…]

IN THE SILENCE: Debut From Dark/Prog Band Out Now; Full Album Streaming – Sacramento California-based quartet IN THE SILENCE this week proudly officially releases their debut full-length, A Fair Dream Gone Mad, the ominous but epic release out now worldwide via Sensory Records. With incredibly moving riffs and otherworldly atmospheres, boasting a huge mid-tone clean vocal performance atop a thunderous display of technical metal percussion, A Fair Dream Gone Mad’s forty-five minute lifespan possesses massive, pristine production, further magnifying the band’s skilled approach. [More…]

HAVOK’s Unnatural Selection Set For Release – Candlelight Records confirms June 25 as the North American release date for Unnatural Selection, the new studio recording from Denver thrashers HAVOK. The ten-song album was produced by David Sanchez with mixing handled by Terry Date (Pantera, Overkill, Deftones). Unnatural Selection features original artwork from Polish illustrator Rafal Wechterowicz (Slayer, Mastodon) and was mastered by James Murphy (Aborted, World Under Blood, Abigail Williams). [More…]

EXHUMED: European Takeover Commences Today – Following a maniacally successful run of US live assaults alongside Suffocation last month, West Coast road goliaths EXHUMED will take their hymns of repugnance overseas on an epic long storm through Europe. The journey deploys today in Bristol, UK and will soil nearly three dozen cities! No one is safe. [More…]

MAMMOTH GRINDER: Austin Crossover Crew Hooks Up With 20 Buck Spin For Third LP – It’s been nearly four years since the last MAMMOTH GRINDER full length Extinction Of Humanity was released via Relapse Records (CD) and Cyclopean Records (LP). That album showcased the band’s direction into a distinctly death metal permutation, full of aggression and punk rawness. [More…]

INTEGRITY: New Hymn From Pending Tenth LP Streaming At Pitchfork – As the villainous INTEGRITY prepares to release the band’s tenth LP, Suicide Black Snake, another new track has uncoiled today via Pitchfork. [More…]

ANTIGAMA: Polish Grind Purveyors Unload New Track From Upcoming Meteor LP – Polish blastmongers Selfmadegod Records have this week posted a brand new track from Meteor, the looming sixth full-length from Warsaw’s grindcore technicians, ANTIGAMA. The third of eleven new tracks that encompass the highly anticipated album, “Prophecy” is a punishing predictor of what the planet can expect when this album makes landfall on May 28th, as the full album will strike with ten times the strength of this one track. [More…]

SONS OF TONATIUH: Down-Tuned Sound Savages Announce Spring Tour Dates – Down-tuned sound savages SONS OF TONATIUH will bring their bottom heavy sludge back to the streets this Friday beginning with a show in Atlanta alongside Torche. The band will then writhe its way through the Southeast on a round of weekend shows through July with additional dates to be added in the coming weeks. [More…]

THE OCEAN: First Week Chart Numbers Revealed – Pelagial, the new maritime-themed studio offering from progressive metal revolutionists THE OCEAN, entered the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at #10 upon its first week of release! In addition, Pelagial landed at #55 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #26 on the Billboard Current Hard Music Chart and #39 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Chart. In Canada, the record ranked in at #23 on the Hard Music Chart and #194 on the Top 200 Current Albums Chart. Elsewhere, Pelagial hit #72 on the German Media Market Chart and #68 on the German Media Control Control Top 100 Chart. [More…]

KILLING JOKE: New Video Single Unveiled – In celebration of their astounding thirty-fifth anniversary, KILLING JOKE today unveils their latest video single in the form of “Corporate Elect.” The tune comes by way of the band’s critically-lauded MMXII full-length released last year via Spinefarm Records and serves as a taster of the band’s three-CD anthology — The Singles Collection 1979-2012. [More…]

HAUST: Backwoods Blackened Oslo Punks Drop Third LP Via Fysisk Format – Three years since their previous album, HAUST are back with their most raw and primitive release to date. A tirade of oxymorons in musical form, in the nine short tracks of NO the listener is pulled back into a time where rock and punk were synonymous with rawness and vulnerability; a worship of total humiliation, of the pleasure in realizing one’s own limitations. Like all outsider music, HAUST celebrates those who walk their own paths; who run away from Sunday School to go berserk in the woods. [More…]

CYNTHESIS: Visionary Prog Metal Troupe Releases Track From New Album Via Metal Underground – As Pleasanton, California-based prog metal superforce CYNTHESIS prepares to release ReEvolution — the second full-length in their ongoing trilogy of albums — today the first full single from the album has been released. [More…]

KAMIKABE: Bloodletting North America Tour 2013 Currently Underway – Pittsburgh technical death metal tyrants, KAMIKABE, are currently fracturing limbs and tearig ear drums on the Bloodletting North America Tour 2013 which commenced on May 3. Brought to fruition by Unique Leader, KAMIKABE are joined by headlining labelmates/French tech death metal masters, Gorod. Additional support is provided by Inanimate Existence (Unique Leader) and Vale of Pnath (Willowtip). [More…]

EARSPLIT on Tour!

Contact us about live coverage opportunities for the following bands:

ABIOTIC – AEON – AMON AMARTH – ASSEMBLY OF LIGHT CHOIR – BATTLECROSS – BEHEMOTH – BEYOND THE SHORE – BLACK BREATH – BLOOD CEREMONY – BONE SICKNESS – CANCER BATS – CATTLE DECAPITATION – DEAD IN THE DIRT – DEVOURMENT – EIGHT BELLS – ENABLER – FEAR FACTORY – FULL OF HELL – GLORIOR BELLI – GOATWHORE – GYPSYHAWK – HATE ETERNAL – HOD – IDES OF GEMINI – INTEGRITY – JOB FOR A COWBOY – KAMIKABE – KILLING JOKE – LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR – LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH –NIGHTBITCH – SIX FEET UNDER – SURGEON – THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – THE OCEAN – VISE MASSACRE – VREID – WARTORN – WHITE WIDOWS – WHITECHAPEL – WOE

Or visit our tours page at THIS LOCATION.

http://www.earsplitcompound.com
http://www.facebook.com/EarsplitPR
http://www.soundcloud.com/earsplit