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Fallujah will keep you awake with video for “Abandon”

Ahead of the April 29 release of their third full-length, Dreamless, San Francisco technical death metal giants Fallujah have unleashed their music video for the song “Abandon.” The video presents smoky, ethereal visuals that also reflect the beautiful album art. Musically, it contrasts brutality and heaviness with atmospheric, nearly post-rock moments—a juxtaposition you might find […]

Despised Icon sign to Nuclear Blast, announce first album in seven years

Deathcore fans have a reason to rejoice as Canadian band Despised Icon has announced that they will be releasing their upcoming fifth studio album (their first since 2009’s Day Of Mourning), titled Beast, through Nuclear Blast sometime this summer. The band has already released an album teaser which you can check out below. According to […]

Voivod to tour a ‘Post-Society’ North America this spring

Thrash-tastic French-Canadian legends Voivod return to the United States this summer, hot on the heels of their Post Society EP that was released back in February. The band has toured extensively over the last year, supporting Napalm Death throughout much of 2015 and embarking on their own headliner earlier this year. This forthcoming followup North […]

Fallujah stream stunning lead single from new album, ‘Dreamless’

Bay Area metal quintet Fallujah are back with the first material to surface from their forthcoming The Flesh Prevails follow-up, titled Dreamless, which is due out on April 29 through Nuclear Blast. Pre-orders are ongoing. “The Void Alone,” which serves as the lead single from Dreamless and features guest vocals from Tori Letzler, is a […]

REVIEW: For Today – ‘Wake’

Artist: For Today Album: Wake Genre: Metalcore Label: Nuclear Blast Wake likely won’t convert any For Today non-believers, but long-time fans of the band’s middling metalcore sound should find themselves enjoying a sixth full-length addition to their FT library. This is by no means the Iowa act’s weakest effort to date, but apart from a […]

ALBUM STREAM: Suicide Silence – ‘You Can’t Stop Me’

Deathcore giants Suicide Silence have finally made their forthcoming full-length, You Can’t Stop Me, available to stream in its entirety. The first record to feature ex-All Shall Perish frontman Eddie Hermida is set to hit stores July 15 via Nuclear Blast, but pre-order options are still available here for those who want to go ahead […]

Nuclear Blast Announce ‘Monsters Of Metal Vol. 9’

For 25 years, Nuclear Blast have been one of the most authoritative leaders in the world of metal releases, working with a stock of the genre’s leading acts including Arsis, Meshuggah, Decapitated, Nile, Psycroptic, All Shall Perish, and Testament. For the past 8 years, the label has released a compilation annually, entitled Monsters Of Metal, […]

Nuclear Blast Records Sign Carnifex; Label Debut Set For 2014

Metal veterans Carnifex have announced today that they have signed onto the Nuclear Blast Records family. Congratulations to the entire band on this great news! The band will enter the studio this month to begin recording their label debut, which is slated to drop in the beginning of 2014. Carnifex ended their hiatus last month […]

Fleshgod Apocalypse Announce New Album, ‘Labyrinth’

Italy’s own extreme symphonic metal outfit, Fleshgod Apocalypse, have announced their third full-length album, Labyrinth, will be released August 16 in Europe and August 20 in North America via popular metal label, Nuclear Blast. Labyrinth is the follow-up to their 2011 release, Agony. The release of the album comes just 10 days after the start […]

Children Of Bodom Announce European Tour

Children Of Bodom have announced that they will be heading out on a huge European tour this September. No openers have been revealed as of yet. This tour will start off in Oslo, Norway on September 27 and finishes up in Tallinn, Spain on November 29. Be sure to grab your tickets when they become […]

Children Of Bodom Name Forthcoming Album ‘Halo Of Blood’; Release Details

Children Of Bodom announced today that their next effort will be titled Halo Of Blood. They have a tentative June 11 (North American) / June 7 (Europe) release dates set through Nuclear Blast Records. UTG will continue to update if these specified days change at all. View the track-listing for Halo Of Blood after the […]

REVIEW: Suffocation – Pinnacle Of Bedlam

Band: Suffocation Album: Pinnacle Of Bedlam Label: Nuclear Blast Genre: Technical Death Metal In the pantheon of brutal/technical death metal bands, Suffocation is without a doubt one of the premier acts. Now in their twenty-fifth year as a band, with seven full length albums and a couple EPs under their belt, Suffocation could very easily […]