Black Tusk

Plus: updates on Shadow Woods Metal Fest, Fire in the Mountains, and Northwest Terror Fest; and tours from Take Offense/Higher Power, Kayo Dot/Psalm Zero, Rotting Christ/Borknagar/Abigail Williams/etc, Mayhem/Abbath/Gatecreeper/Idle Hands, Bloodbath/Necrot, Motley Crue, Vader, and more.

Plus: Iron & Wine/Calexico openers, Enforced, Elton John, James Blake, The Get Up Kids, and more tour news.

Child Bite's new album comes out later this month and you can stream the title track -- which features Chewy from Voivod -- now.

Plus: Ulthar, Gatecreeper/Exhumed, Sacrifice, Poison Idea, and more heavy tour announcements, updates, and news.

Catch up on this week's new metal, including Mayhem, Black Tusk, Prong, Bill Ward, Die Choking, and more.

Listen to new songs by Taylor Hawkins/Chrissie Hynde, Brooke Candy/Rico Nasty, The Orielles, John Moreland, Black Tusk, Bill Ward's Day of Errors, and more.

Black Tusk also have dates with Cloak, and Child Bite also have dates and a split with Brain Tentacles.

Plus: Misfits, Maxo Kream, Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, and more tour-related news.

This week's Notable Releases include Mitski's horn-filled fifth album, Youth Lagoon leader Trevor Powers' debut under his own name, Black Tusk's punky new LP, and more.

The annual Metal Alliance tour begins on Halloween night in New Orleans.