Canada’s Cancer Bats bring their furious blend of punk rock and Southern metal for a two week jaunt around the UK.

North Carolina newcomers The Hotness juggle punk, metalcore and Southern metal on their début album, and still manage to Stay Classy.

Southern-fried grind metallers Soilent Green return to the fray with a new line-up and a new nihilism on Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction.

Kyle Shutt, guitarist of Texan doomster dudes The Sword, talks about the band’s first headline tour of the UK and their new album, Gods Of the Earth.

North Carolina’s metal mavericks The Hottness sign to Ferret Music and announce the release of début album Stay Classy.

Take a trip into the prohibition-era Southern States with II, the second album from blues-metallers Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster.

New Orleans sludge-metallers Soilent Green announce the release date and track list for their forthcoming album Inevitable Collapse In The Presence of Conviction.

A Life Once Lost thrive on the misfortune of others as they replace The Agony Scene on the support roster of the forthcoming Himsa tour.

My Ruin release the dark and moody animated video for “Memento Mori” from their latest album Throat Full Of Heart.

In this exclusive interview, Tairrie B of My Ruin talks about the accident that nearly cost her an arm, and the trials of being a woman in the rock music business.