CANNIBAL CORPSE and SONATA ARCTICA Confirmed For Slovenia
CANNIBAL CORPSE, SONATA ARCTICA, DEMONICAL, SUICIDAL ANGELS, OMEGA LITHIUM, ACELDAMA, LUJURIA and ENOCHIAN THEORY have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July…
WINTERFYLLETH Sign To Candlelight Records
Formed in 2007 with the intention of honoring Englands proud ancestral heritage and rich national culture, WINTERFYLLETH (comprised of members culled from the UKs most devastating doom contingent Atavist) set…
SG Records reprint the first SCALA MERCALLI CD
Reprint of 12th level presented by SG Records.
The first album by SCALA MERCALLI, historical Italian speed metal band, will be reprinted and distributed by SG Records.
12th level is a concentrate…
SLAYER & MEGADETH will tour America
SLAYER. MEGADETH. Two names synonymous with fierce, crunching power. Two bands whose histories are inevitably intertwined in defining the thrash/metal genre. Individually, their respective prowess and accomplishments are impressive; but…
BENEDICTION cancel South American Tour
BENEDICTION have announced the following:
“Due to visa problems BENEDICTION will not be in South America this December. Dates will be re-scheduled. Please note that the band will DEFINITELY still be…
PARADISE LOST – Guitarist To Sit Out Tour, Select Dates Cancelled
Already last week, lead guitarist Greg Mackintosh was unable to continue with PARADISE LOST's “Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us” tour of Europe due to a terminal illness within…
METALLICA – Latin American Tour Dates
US metallers METALLICA have issued the following update on their official website:
“Last night we told you that we can't wait to start our year with our friends in South America……
INCANTATION issues Central America tour report
Breaking from the normal Halloween tradition of beer-fueled costume parties and obligatory 'metal nights' at local watering holes, death metal veterans INCANTATION spent All Hallow's Eve invading Central America for…
DARK FUNERAL's “Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus” Sample Stream Available
From an official message issued by Swedish black metal brigade DARK FUNERAL: “With our new masterpiece, “Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus”, nearing release we are hereby proud to offer you all…
MARDUK To Kick Off North American Tour Next Week + Venue Change
The wait is nearly over! On Thursday, November 19, 2009, Swedish black metal legion MARDUK will return to North America for their long anticipated headlining tour. Dubbed the US Plague…
DUSTED ANGEL Announce West Coast Mini-Tour With Nebula
Cali doom rockers DUSTED ANGEL confirm this week a five-day West Coast jaunt with stoner rock kings Nebula late this month and into December.
The Santa Cruz-based doom/rock unit DUSTED…
AVANTASIA's new record to be issued as double album
Tobias has just decided that there is too much material to put it all on one album. So the next chapter of AVANTASIA will be spread over two albums.
“I have…
SYMPHONY X Signs with Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is extremely proud to announce the signing of metal / prog gods SYMPHONY X.
SYMPHONY X exemplifies the technical sophistication of progressive metal while transcending the genre by writing…
BEHEMOTH – Band leader nominated for Polish creativity award
Nergal, mainman of Polish death black tank BEHEMOTH is nominated for the Polish “Young Creators Award”
Show the world that the metal community knows best and vote for Nergal at: http://miasta.gazeta.pl/trojmiasto/1,35611,7203765,Mlodzi_Tworcy_w_Dziedzinie_Kultury_2009.html
BEHEMOTHs…
THE GATES OF SLUMBER & PENTAGRAM U.S. Tour
Two of Doom Metals most acclaimed acts will team up for a two week U.S. tour this winter as the legendary PENTAGRAM joins forces with celebrated True Heavy Metal band…
INSOMNIUM „Across the Dark”
Over the past decade INSOMNIUM has established itself as one of Finlands top melodic death metal acts, an impressive statement considering the wealth of talent found on this wintery isle. INSOMNIUM has accomplished this feat by creating music with a balance of rich melody and gloom-gripped death metal.
Cancer forces HOD bassist to leave band
HOD bassist, Derrick Rivers has announced he will leave HOD due to health reasons. The band's PR firm Clawhammer issued an update on the situation written by vocalist Beer Reebs.
Our…
BONDED BY BLOOD writing “Feed the Beast” follow up
Jose “Aladdin” Barrales, frontman of Pomona, CA thrashers, BONDED BY BLOOD, wrote an expansive blog on the band's MySpace page that looks back at an eventful 2009 and presents a…
WALKEN to release debut full-length
Born within the eclectic Bay Area music scene, San Franciscos WALKEN seamlessly combine various genres and styles, resulting in a diverse blend of metallic exploration and energetic angst.
Bearing two…
BRAINSTORM to release Best of “Highs No Lows–12 Years of Persistance”
A special thank you to all BRAINSTORM fans around the world! After a true bombardment of essential releases with their plethora of excellent heavy metal hymns, BRAINSTORM are releasing their…
Heavy rock act THE RESURRECTION SORROW to release debut
Holding for the right time to strike requires discipline. The heavy metal tank known as THE RESURRECTION SORROW has been idling for some time — ominously. All the while being…
EVILE announces lineup for memorial shows
British thrashers EVILE have announced two special memorial shows in the UK to honour their late bassist, MIKE ALEXANDER, who tragically passed away while on tour in Sweden on October…
THE OCEAN welcomes new vocalist
Germany's The Ocean have issued an update on their vocalist situation and the progress of their follow up to 2007's epic double-disc master piece, Precambrian.
After many weeks in the dark,…
New Single of DIFFERENT STATE…
DIFFERENT STATE “Signal: I'm Out [hermetic formula of my consciousness]” taken from the album “Through the falling Eyelid” out now!
You can download it for free, use the link:
http://free-arts.sate.pl/zoharum/ds-single.html
or use…
BLAZING CLASH „Blazing Clash (Princess of Rock”
I wonder – Do I know some Italian band who follow a fashion of NWOBHM? I met now
BLAZING CLASH – their material was sent by TSM Promotions
This time we encounter the classic Heavy Metal without no strange musical traces.
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RAMMSTEIN „Liebe Ist Fuer Alle Da”
Why, thats a pretty nice cover Rammstein have gracing this new album of theirs. Equal parts bizzare and macabre, it shows the band on the verge of butchering a maidens body, with Mr.
RAMMSTEIN „Liebe Ist Fuer Alle Da”
Why, thats a pretty nice cover Rammstein have gracing this new album of theirs. Equal parts bizzare and macabre, it shows the band on the verge of butchering a maidens body, with Mr.
DEATHBOUND – New Album Due In January; Tracklisting, Artwork Revealed
Finland's DEATHBOUND, the death metal act which features in it's ranks members of …AND OCEANS, ROTTEN SOUND and THE DUSKFALL, have completed their fourth album, “Non Compos Mentis”. The album…
UNHUMAN DISEASE unleashes “Into Satan's Kingdom”
UNHUMAN DISEASE will release “Into Satan's Kingdom” CD set by the end of November 2009 on Black Hate Productions.
CD will be available for purchase at the Conjuring the Dark Fest…
THE RED CHORD – Interview with Vocalist Guy Kozowyk
Guy Kozowyk of Massachusettss THE RED CHORD is a man of few words. Considering the following interview arrived via email, Kozowyk couldn't use strained vocal cords as an excuse for the brevity of his answers. Perhaps, Guy prefers our readers to experience the music of THE RED CHORD, rather than read about it. His group brings a whirlwind of energy, technically moving between many of the styles that have defined the extreme metal movement over the past decade. Kowzowyk prefers not to categorize the music that has made them the new face of Metal Blade, but if DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, CEPHALIC CARANAGE and LAMB OF GOD got into rumble, readers may get a slight idea about their sound. Read onward and go check these guys out on tour with their slave-driver label mates, GWAR! [icenter:the_red_chord_logo.JPG]