Watch new My Ruin video

Goth metal duo My Ruin – featuring husband and wife team Tarrie B and Mick Murphy – have released a video for their new track ‘Tennessee Elegy’, which can be seen below.

The track comes from the band’s upcoming studio album ‘A Southern Revelation’, an album which will be available exclusively from myruin.net on December 7th. As a thank you to the bands fans and supporters, the album will be downloadable for absolutely free.

“A Southern Revelation” track listing:

01. Tennessee Elegy
02. Highly Explosive
03. Walk of Shame
04. Deconsecrated
05. Middle Finger
06. Vultures
07. Seventh Sacrament
08. Reckoning
09. The Soulless Beast
10. Mean Street (Van Halen cover)

Lou Reed & Metallica: first official video released

After seemingly weeks of the metal community tearing into the Lou Reed & Metallica project ‘Lulu’, the Loutallica machine have finally released the first official promo clip for first single ‘The View’.

The video was helmed by ‘Requiem For a Dream’ and ‘Black Swan’ director Darren Aaronofsky and features heftily edited version of the album track.

Read a review of ‘Lulu’ here.

Betraeus release new video for ‘Towards The Sun’

UK progressive/melodic death metallers Betraeus have released a new video for their track ‘Towards The Sun’ via BlinkTV, which can be viewed below.

The track comes from the band’s 2011 EP of the same name, released digitally via Seige of Amida Records in 2011.

The band will be playing live dates throughout December to promote the release. You can catch Betraeus at the following venues:

Tuesday 6 – Swansea, Sin City
Thursday 8 – London, Purple Turtle (Camden)
Friday 9 – Brighton, Belushis
Sunday 11 – Glasgow, 13th Note
Thursday 15 – Leicester, Soundhouse
Saturday 17 – Manchester, Satan’s Hollow
Sunday 18 – Bury, The Towler
Monday 19 – Leeds, Escobar

Biohazard: first tour dates announced for 2012

New York hardcore legends Biohazard have announced their first tour dates for the new year. In support of their ‘Reborn In Defiance’ album, the band will appear at the following venues in January 2012:

Jan. 15 – Albany, NY – Bogies
Jan. 17 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theater

In February, Biohazard will be visiting the following venues, where they will be supported by Madball at all shows:

Feb. 08 – Syracuse, NY – Station 58
Feb. 09 – Portland, ME – Asylum
Feb. 10 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Feb. 11 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
Feb. 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Diesel
Feb. 15 – Richmond, VA – Kingdom
Feb. 16 – Towson, MD – Recher Theatre
Feb. 17 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Feb. 18 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom

‘Reborn In Defiance’ will be released on 23rd January 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Circles announce Australian tour dates

Progressive metal/djent band Circles have announced a handful of tour dates.

In support of their current single ‘Eye Embedded’, the Australian band can be seen at the following venues early 2012:

14 January – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
15 January – The National Hotel, Geelong
28 January – Venom Nightclub, Sydney
3rd February – The Hi-Fi Bar, Brisbane
4th February – Miami Shark Bar, Gold Coast
10th February – The Bended Elbow, Ballarat

The band’s debut EP ‘The Compass’ was released in the Spring of 2011 via Basick Records and attracted rave reviews.