Album of the Day Review (4/3/2014): Atlas by Parkway Drive

Band: Parkway Drive

Genre: Metalcore

Album Number: 4

Release Date: October 2012

Label: Resist, Epitaph

Length of Album: 48:06

Album of the Day Review (4/2/2014): The Sinister Urge by Rob Zombie

Band: Rob Zombie

Album: The Sinister Urge

Genre: Alternative/Heavy Metal

Release Date: November 2001

Label: Geffen

Album Number: 2

Length of Album: 39:31

BLOODSOAKED: "Consuming Europe" Tour Starts Tomorrow

U.S Death Metal Unit BLOODSOAKED will kick off their Consuming Europe 2014 Tour with SHORT FUSE, INSATANITY, AITTALA and AGE OF ARES tomorrow (April 3) in Berlin, Germany.

The tour comes ahead of the release of BLOODSOAKED's forthcoming album, Religious Apocalypse, out later this year on Comatose Music. The title track from the album has been posted as an official music video and streaming audio at the links below:

NADER SADEK Announces Canadian and European Dates

Visual/performance artist NADER SADEK, who conceptualized the 2011 blackened death masterpiece In the Flesh and its live follow-up Living Flesh, will return to the stage in late May with a string of Canadian and European dates.

Band of the Week (3/31/2014): Awake by Design

Band Name: Awake by Design

Genre: Melodic Metal

Status: Active

Years Active: 2007-Present

Location: United Kingdom

Label: Unsigned/Independent

Number of Releases: 2

Number of Full-Length Albums: 2

Number of Live Albums: 0

Number of Compilations: 0

PALE DIVINE To Play Las Vegas' Doom In June Fest

Pennsylvania-based traditional doom metal have been added to the fourth annual Doom In June Fest, set to take place June 6 - 7 at The Cheyenne Saloon in Las Vegas, Nev.  

The band, who just saw the double-disc reissue of 2007's Cemetery Earth on Shadow Kingdom Records, will join the likes of NOVEMBER'S DOOM, SPIRALARMS, NIGHT DEMON, ACID WITCH and more for the two-day celebration of doom, stoner and heavy rock. Fest details and ticket info can be found at www.facebook.com/doominjune.