Warbringer recently kicked off a North American tour on the West Coast with a California date, continuing their ongoing touring cycle ever since the Woe To The Vanquished March 31^st Napalm Records release. As direct support to Destruction alongside Jungle Rot, they’ve got a few more weeks to go, wrapping it up on June 11th in their home base, Los Angeles.

May 26 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
May 27 – Kansas City, MO – Aftershock
May 28 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s
May 29 – Detroit, MI – Harpo’s
May 30 – Toronto, ON – Mod Club
May 31 – Montreal, QC – Astral
June 1 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
June 2- Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
June 3 – Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theater
June 4 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
June 5 – Orlando, FL – Haven Lounge
June 7 – Austin, TX – Grizzly Hall
June 8 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
June 9 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
June 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Joe’s Grotto
June 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater

Frontman John Kevill checked in with fans just before the tour began: “Hey everyone, after returning home from a European tour with Havok, Exmortus, and Gorod, we are making preparations to depart on a USA tour with Destruction, Jungle Rot, Hellbender and Demons Within. We will be trekking around North America for three weeks with this lineup, and leveling everywhere on the way! This is a super aggressive bill that promises to be one of the most intense metal shows of the year. This marks our third outing supporting our new record, Woe to the Vanquished, which has had a great response live.  Looking forward to the shows and to seeing people mosh, stage dive, and completely go off! See everybody at the show, and remain violent.”

There are plenty more tour dates lined up for the future beyond this tour, and you can keep up with Warbringer here: https://www.facebook.com/Warbringermusic.

Progressive Metal band SikTh’s upcoming record The Future In Whose Eyes? will be premiering on Millennium Night through Peaceville Records next week, with a release date of June 2nd set. One of the full-length’s tracks, “Cracks of Light”, features special guest vocals from Periphery’s frontman Spencer Sotelo, and SikTh has teamed up with Revolver Magazine to bring fans an exclusive interview clip with Spencer and SikTh’s Mikee Goodman. The two give a small sneak peek into the track, showing some of their in-studio work, and discuss how the whole collaboration came about, all in a brief two-minute video. You can see it here.

Next Friday marks the official full-length release of The Future In Whose Eyes?, but the record is available for pre-order through Amazon (affiliate link) and iTunes (affiliate link). More info, including a brand-new video for the track “Golden Cufflinks”, is available at SikTh’s Official Website.

You’d be hard pressed to find many bands that identify as a “nomadic folk metal” group, but it’s a title that Tengger Cavalry seems to have invented and claimed for themselves. The recent M-Theory Audio signees have their new record Die On My Ride coming up in just a few weeks, and two singles have been revealed so far, ahead of the June 2nd release. While the title track and “Ashley” both showcase different musical sides of the band, “Cursed” reveals yet another side. The official premiere is available to stream via Metal Hammer: http://teamrock.com/news/2017-05-17/mongolian-folk-metallers-tengger-cavalry-release-video-for-cursed. 

Here’s Tengger Cavalry frontman Nature G’s take on the meaning behind the track: “‘Cursed’ is about breaking barriers. Society has always put up different mental and physical barriers barring individuals just trying to achieve their dreams. You are too short, you are minority, you are a female not a man, you are from somewhere else, you don’t look good enough. All these disadvantages that we think we are born with, are like a curse to us. We are cursed for believing these barriers, aren’t we? No, we are not. We need to break this barrier of belief. We need to strike it and claim who we are supposed to be. Cursed, or rise above the curse.”

Die On My Ride will be released in digital and physical forms and is available for pre-order now here and here.

Tengger Cavalry also has a slew of tour dates coming up, with a North American tour kicking off the day after the record’s release, June 3rd, and summer European festival appearances to follow. All the info can be found at the band’s official website: http://www.tengger-cavalry.com

Arkona and Sirenia have just started out a month long North American tour together, beginning their journey in NYC’s Webster Hall. This is a very special run for both bands, as it’s not only Arkona’s 15th Anniversary, but Sirenia’s first time ever touring North America. Arkona also has a new album in the works, and they’ll be slipping some yet-to-be-recorded tracks into the setlist for their 15th Anniversary show audiences. Mindmaze, Graveshadow, and Sicosis are supporting.

A seventh studio LP is coming up for technical death metallers Origin this summer. Unparalleled Universe is set for a June 30^th release on Nuclear Blast Records, but a 360º visualizer of the first single “Accident and Error” is already available: https://youtu.be/FmhcNVUa8Xs. Further details on the album, including track listings and various formats of pre-order bundles, can be found at https://www.originofficial.com/.

Unleash The Archers have “unleashed” a brand-new single, plus a video to go with it, this week. “The Matriarch” is the title of the track off the band’s tenth anniversary album Apex that’s set to be released via Napalm Records on June 2^nd.

Frontwoman Brittney Slayes has released a statement telling fans all about the new song: “This track is chapter three in the story, and in it we are introduced to our antagonist “The Matriarch” in all her malevolent glory.  We call this one our “quick banger” because it’s fast, catchy, and fun, and hopefully it won’t take long to learn the words!  It is sung from an omniscient point of view, drawing the listener in with tales of The Matriarch’s depravity.  The best part is the bridge, because the song is so dark, and then it launches into this flowing wraithlike guitar melody that is so memorable, I sing along to it every time and I think the fans will too!  Absolutely cannot wait to play this one live  ;)”

Bravewords has the exclusive premiere of this new music video, which can be streamed through their site here. “The Matriarch” is not the first single to be revealed off the upcoming Apex – “Cleanse The Bloodlines” debuted recently, and Invisible Oranges had the exclusive premiere for that track about a month ago. Pre-orders for Apex are also available here: http://www.napalmrecordsamerica.com/store/unleashthearchers.