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Richmond, VA doom-flavored metallers Windhand have signed with Relapse Records. The average BPM on the label just went down by 20.

From Devourment's crushing new album, Conceived in Sewage out now on Relapse Records. Order from Relapse.

Relapse Records just announced that Pig Destroyer have started offering a new EP, titled Mass & Volume, for sale on the band's Bandcamp page. Pig Destroyer recorded the EP of doom metal during the Phantom Limb sessions and the band is offering a digital download for ten dollars. All proceeds from the EP will go [...]

After releasing several records on several different labels, Relapse Records has announced that it has signed Cleveland, Ohio, metal/hardcore vets Ringworm to its roster. The band will hit the studio in April to to record its new album for a late 2013 release.

It's no secret that Baroness suffered a very serious bus accident last summer, which left several Baroness members and crew with broken bones. Friends of the band have launched Baroness Relief, an upcoming benefit auction which will help pay the band's mounting medical bills. Some items that will be auctioned off include Brann Dailor of [...]

After a mess of big name releases last Tuesday we're heading back to the underground this week. While the usual heavy hitters (Relapse, Southern Lord, Century Media, etc) take a week off it's time for the likes of Listenable, Peaceville, and Throatruiner to shine.

The people who work behind the scenes in the metal world were devastated this week at the loss of Pat Egan, Relapse’s director of sales for the past 10 years. Egan died from complications of pneumonia. I only met Egan on a handful of occasions, but he was always all smiles. Metal Insider and Billboard Magazine both have touching tributes to [...]

After a pretty uneventful slate of releases last week – can we all agree in the age of Spotify and Youtube that live albums and re-releases just aren't much of a sell anymore? – the labels are coming strong this week, particularly if you dig your metal on the brutal side.

WEAPON – "Embers and Revelations" taken from the album 'Embers and Revelations'; out now on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records. Director: Dan Wilberg

RED FANG – "Hank Is Dead" taken from the album 'Murder The Mountains' – available now on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records. Directed by Whitey McConnaughy

KINGDOM OF SORROW – "Lead the Ghosts Astray"; taken from KINGDOM OF SORROW's self-tiled debut album – in stores now via Relapse Records. http://www.myspace.com/kingdomofsorrow Producer/Director: Kevin Custer for Toaster In the Tub

Produced and directed by Rick Mauck for Look Both Ways Productions. The track Cause For Cancer comes from Hero Destroyed's self-titled Relapse debut.

Exclusive Metal Injection video premiere of Relapse Records artist ANTIGAMA's new video for the track Disconnected from the CD Warning

OBSCURA – "The Anticosmic Overload", taken from the critically acclaimed album 'Cosmogenesis' – in stores now via Relapse Records. [link]

"Traitors", taken from the album 'Traitors' – in stores now via Relapse Records. http://www.myspace.com/miseryindex Producer: David Brodsky for MyGoodEye NYC