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GOATWHORE will join long-running metal giants Arch Enemy on their North American headlining tour this fall. The journey kicks off on September 28th in Providence, Rhode Island and will rampage its way through a total of twenty-two venues…

Tuesday, April 24, was not only the hottest day of 2018 thus far for the small east coast city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, it was the hottest night as well.  The credit for that goes to Whitby, Ontario's Protest the Hero who stopped by the…

Sleep - The Sciences Label: Third Man Records Release Date: April 20, 2018 After a decade and some change, the kings of stonerdom, Sleep have released their first full length album in 10 years! The San Jose dwellers have never had a…

Nekrogoblikon - Welcome to Bonkers Label: Independent Release Date: April 13, 2018 Do you want to be highly entertained while thoroughly enjoying good music? Look no further. Nekrogoblikon, is something I am not sure how to explain. Good…

Shinedown -  Attention Attention Label: Atlantic Records Release Date: May 4, 2018 It's been a while since I've written a review, and this is my first review for Metal Nation. As a huge Shinedown fan, I'm thrilled to be given the…

Amorphis – Queen of Time Nuclear Blast Release Date: May 18th, 2018 Amorphis released one of the genre’s greatest albums, Under the Red Cloud in 2015, and it is tough to follow a record of that calibre. When the Gods of Metal Nation …

A Sound of Thunder - It Was Metal Label: Mad Neptune Release Date: June 15, 2018 Another year, another fantastic new album from Washington D.C. metal quartet, A Sound of Thunder. At this point I could almost copy and paste my past…

TesseracT - Sonder Label: Kscope Released: April 20, 2018 Djent pioneers TesseracT have just released their fourth full length album Sonder, a dynamic and melodic prog metal offering that could just rival to be their best yet.  Just over…

If Norman Bates had started a metal band it would be Granny 4 Barrel. Equal parts Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie with a touch of Ministry and Marilyn Manson, the band taps into the vintage shock rock ethos with a modern industrial edge. The band…