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UPDATE: July 2 at 11:50 p.m. EDT While not making any statements of their own, Upon A Burning Body have broken the silence with a lyric sheet followed by their new single, “Red Razor Wrists.” UPDATE: July 2 at 6:51 p.m. EDT Ash Avildsen, CEO of Sumerian Records, has called this a “publicity stunt” in a new post […]

Darkest Hour are streaming “Wasteland,” the first single from their eighth studio album, to be self-titled. Guitarist Mike Schleibaum gave it some context: “Along with a new rhythm section, we also chose a very different route for the album's production this time around. While we have worked with well known producers in the past (Brian McTernan, Devin Townsend, Fredrick Nordstrom), […]

Darkest Hour have launched a pop-up site for their new studio album, Fuck Waiting Around To Die, with an 18-second teaser taste (streaming below). It'll be their eighth full-length to date, following 2011's The Human Romance. FWATD will be released on August 5, 2014 via Sumerian Records and pre-orders are coming soon. Catch the band on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this summer.

Today we're bringing you a lyric premiere from Come The Dawn, one of Sumerian Records' recent roster pick-ups! Their debut album will be released later in 2014, was produced and mixed by Beartooth's Caleb Shomo, and tracks like “Game Over” show you exactly what you can expect. “Bands and musicians spend their entire lives hearing the word “no.” Between […]

Body Count Manslaughter Twenty-two years after their debut, rapper-turned-actor/author/philosopher-king Ice-T’s thrashcore band, Body Count, are back…with their fifth album. Some history, for younger readers: In 1991, Ice-T devoted a track on his O.G. Original Gangster album to introducing Body Count, an all-black metal band he’d formed with friends from high school. They made their full-length […]

Last week, Betraying The Martyrs were teasing their new album, Phantom. The record is set for release on July 15. Pre-orders are available for purchase now. A new song titled, “Where The World Ends,” can be streamed below. It is the first single from the upcoming full-length. Tell us what you think! This summer, BTM […]

Earlier this year, Betraying The Martyrs were in the studio working on their new album, Phantom. The upcoming full-length is slated to be released on July 15. A short teaser for the record can be seen below. Tell us what you think! Pre-order information and new music will be revealed next week. Stay tuned! Additionally, […]

Structures are streaming their new album, Life Through A Window, which was released today on Sumerian Records. Hear it on Spotify below or on Sumerian's YouTube channel. As announced today, the band will be on the 2014 All Stars Tour with I See Stars, the Acacia Strain and more, which will run from July 11 to […]

Structures Life Through A Window Having vomited up the likes of Gorguts, Neuraxis, Beneath The Massacre and Ion Dissonance, Canada has given the world some of the most brutal technical metal in existence. Structures may not quite scale the same nightmarish heights of their fellow countrymen, but they know how to make music that hurts. […]

I The Breather have confirmed the title and release date for their upcoming full-length. Life Reaper is due out on July 15 via Sumerian Records. A new track titled, “The Setting Sun,” was released last December and will be featured on the new record. Additionally, ITB will be playing the entire Vans Warped Tour this […]

Structures have released a new song titled, “Follower,” featuring Northlane's Adrian Fitipaldes. The track appears on the band's upcoming album, Life Through A Window. Pre-orders are available now before the record is officially released on May 13. Fans can stream the track below. Leave us a comment with your thoughts! In case you missed it, […]

Miss Fortune will be hitting the road this summer for the Pick Your Poison tour with Outline In Color and the Animal In Me. The band's upcoming album, A Spark To Believe, is slated to be released on May 19. Pre-orders are on sale now. Additional shows will be announced soon. The confirmed dates are […]

I See Stars have premiered a live video for “Ten Thousand Feet.” Footage from the New Kings tour is featured. The band's latest album, New Demons, is out now via Sumerian Records. Fans can watch the video below. Tell us what you think! In case you missed it, ISS are currently on the Red, White […]

Animals As Leaders will unite with Conquering Dystopia and CHON for a U.S headlining tour. The 28-date spring trek begins May 17 in Washington, D.C. through June 21 in Pomona, California. You can check out the full list of tour dates and locations below. Animals As Leaders’ latest album, The Joy Of Motion, was released […]

WIth their spring tour coming to a close, Crosses (†††), featuring Chino Moreno of Deftones, have announced a new handful of May tour dates, which are primarily focused on the East Coast. You can check out the full list of tour dates and locations below. Additionally, the band will be releasing their three EPs on […]

Structures are preparing to release their new studio album, Life Through A Window, on May 13. Pre-orders are on sale now through the Sumerian Records merch store. They're streaming its second single, “Extinction,” which follows “The Worst Of Both Worlds” (ft. Stray From The Path's Drew York).  Structures will be on a co-headlining tour with Counterparts this […]

Stick To Your Guns have announced a European tour. The 24-date summer trek will take the band through locations all over Europe (and Russia), including: France, Germany, Austria and more. You can check out the full list of tour dates and locations below. AP recently had a chat with the band while they were recording […]

Sumerian Records have released another round of covers from their upcoming Florence + The Machine tribute album, Florence + The Sphinx, including ones from Ben Bruce of Asking Alexandria, Darkest Hour and Miss Fortune. You can watch all three covers below. Last month, Sumerian released covers from Periphery, Stick To Your Guns and Come The […]

Animals As Leaders The Joy Of Motion Since dropping their eponymous debut in 2009, Animals As Leaders have redefined the boundaries of progressive metal. Eschewing a vocalist, the band’s two eight-string guitarists and drummer create immensely complex yet immediate sonic collages influenced as much by jazz as that which exists at the heavier end of […]

Sumerian Records have announced they will be releasing Florence + The Machine cover album, creatively titled: Florence + The Sphinx. You can check out the full tracklisting and three of the covers and a below. Three covers have already been released from the album: Periphery’s cover of “Only If For A Night,” Stick To Your Guns’ cover of […]