A fresh week has brought a lot of fresh power. You know what that means! Actually, no you don’t. Because neither do I.

• Fear Factory have re-signed with Nuclear Blast, who they’ve been with since 2013, releasing Genexus, Aggression Continuum, and Recoded through the label. So we’ll see what their next chapter holds. This announcement also falls about a month ahead of the “Rise Of The Machine” North American tour with Static-X.
• Colorado death/thrash outfit Necropanther are releasing their fourth full-length album, Betrayal, on March 3rd. Give the first single, “One and Only”, a listen over on their Bandcamp page.
• German blackened death metal collective Thron have announced a new album, Dust, which is set for a March 31st release through Listenable Records. We don’t have a full track to share yet, but give this teaser video a quick watch.
• American Nightmare are back with a new EP, titled Dedicated to the Next World, which will be out on June 2nd through Heartworm Press. Give the first single, “Self Check-Out”, a listen below right now.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb