Longstanding Tampa, Florida power-metallers Iced Earth are going to be hitting the road this fall for a North American tour with Canadian progressive-metallers Into Eternity and Oakland's Saviours. The trek will kick off on September 21 in Detroit, Michigan and wind down over a month later on 10/24 in Los Angeles, California. Along the way, Iced Earth will make a headlining performance at ProgPower USA IX in Atlanta, Georgia.

Opeth are at once consistent and unpredictable. Their sound generally changes quite a bit from album to album, and even from song to song, but is unflaggingly interesting. Watershed is an Opeth album from beginning to end. It takes listeners on a twisted journey from one sonic extreme to another, often leaving one thinking, "How did I get here from there!?" At once crushingly heavy and powerfully melodic, it is a testament to the use of contrast in music.