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South Carolina's only grind band, WVRM, will stream their Prosthetic debut full length, COLONY COLLAPSE, today, April 2nd, one day ahead of its worldwide release. Taking part on YouTube, the band's frontman, Ian Nix, will be chatting about the album, answering questions and helping pass the time during this worldwide lockdown.

The stream starts at 1pm EST, head here to set a reminder and join in.

Canadian doom quartet, LOVIATAR, have today premiered a new track from their forthcoming album, Lightless. The track, titled Horse In Thrall, has an accompanying performance video, filmed by Andrew Robillard at Wolf Lake Studios in November 2019. Lightless will be released this Friday, April 3, pre-orders are available now.

Salt Lake City sludge trio, THE DITCH AND THE DELTA, have today released a new single from their upcoming self-titled album. Bleed The Sun is available to stream everywhere now, including HERE. The Ditch and Delta will be released digitally via Prosthetic Records on April 17.

Heavy alternative progressive outfit, FOUR STROKE BARON, have today released a new single and announced details of an upcoming special release. Monoqueen will feature six cover songs, and five re-recordings from their debut self-released album, King Radio, which have never previously been available on vinyl. The first track is a cover of Death Grips’ Why A Bitch Gotta Lie, and subsequent covers will be released each month in the lead up to the release. Monoqueen will be released via Prosthetic Records on September 25.

WVRM have today premiered a new single from their upcoming album, Colony Collapse. The South Carolina grindcore outfit have unleashed Angel of Assasination, exclusively via Decibel magazine - it will be streaming everywhere from tomorrow. Colony Collapse is due for release on April 3. Pre-orders are live now.

Chicago’s SNOW BURIAL have today announced that they will be live streaming an acoustic performance this week, via the Prosthetic Records YouTube channel. The stream will take place on Thursday, 26 March at 8 EDT/ 7 CDT/ 5 PDT. The band will be accepting donations throughout the performance, and will be sending all money raised to The Greater Chicago Food Depository.

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There’s a lot of things going on in the world at the moment that are way over our heads in terms of knowing how to deal with them. We do heavy metal and not much else. So, although times are hard and life is uncertain, we’re going to keep on doing heavy metal, and hopefully that will see you through some strange times. There are a lot of bands out there who have lost tours and are worrying about money - please do support them if you’re willing and able - but we are also aware that finances are precarious for everybody at the moment, so the first thing we want to do is draw your attention to our new label sampler!

Canadian doom quartet, LOVIATAR, have today premiered a new track from their forthcoming album, Lightless. The track, titled Silica, is premiering at Exclaim.ca along with an accompanying video. Lightless will be released on April 3, pre-orders are available now.

Following the cancellation of their scheduled tour dates, Chicago’s HUNTSMEN will be streaming a live performance this coming weekend. The five-piece released Mandala of Fear on Friday (March 13), and were due to kick off a run of dates in support of the album - starting with a home town show alongside Om and Wovenhand.