ATLANTEAN KODEX Signs With Cruz del Sur
German Epic Metal band ATLANTEAN KODEX and Italian label Cruz Del Sur Music announce to have signed a deal for the worldwide release of the upcoming debut ATLANTEAN KODEX album…
UNIKLUBI – New album recordings
New album coming this autumn!
Uniklubi will start the recordings for their fifth, yet unnamed, album at Petrax Studio Hollola in the beginning of April.
The album is going to be produced…
IMPERIAL VENGEANCE – New video out
In a message from UK extreme metallers IMPERIAL VENGEANCE: “Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, The eager-eyed fellows amongst you will have of course noticed we have a new video up on…
DELAIN – New bass player
Netherlanders DELAIN finally found a bass player to replace Rob van der Loo, who left the band last month. Here's their official statement:
“We would like to introduce to you with…
THE GENERALS „Stand Up Straight”
Ever the fount of metallic goodness, this year Sweden gives us The Generals: four musical tough guys (one of thems named a very Viking Hednar) whose sound straddles thrash metals intensity and the peculiar death n roll subgenre. Kicking the door down on this oddly named Stand Up Straight debut is the no-bullshit opener Blessing In Disguise that introduces the listener to the bands penchant for solid riffs and battering percussion corsetted in melody.
THE GENERALS „Stand Up Straight”
Ever the fount of metallic goodness, this year Sweden gives us The Generals: four musical tough guys (one of thems named a very Viking Hednar) whose sound straddles thrash metals intensity and the peculiar death n roll subgenre. Kicking the door down on this oddly named Stand Up Straight debut is the no-bullshit opener Blessing In Disguise that introduces the listener to the bands penchant for solid riffs and battering percussion corsetted in melody.
MINDLAG PROJECT „Mindlag Project”
After 3 EPs and ten years of existence, these Frenchmen have released their homonymous debut album, influenced, in their own words, by earlier thrash and death metal works. To me, this is quite in the mood of the recent French Extreme Metal Wave (I just thought up that thing right now), which includes acts such as Gojira and Eryn Non Dae.
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New albums produced by Panda Music
ASGARD – Zlověstné Časy (Fateful Times) A dark epic story written by Jiří “Big Boss” Valter on the background of Asgard's hypnotic music.
DEFEATED – V bahnech – Asgard's guitarist Pačess…
DE PROFUNDIS „A Bleak Reflection”
I noticed, that in the United Kingdom still come into being the bands playing the slowest kind of metal – doom metal. Practically in the West Europe and especially in the UK there is the cradle of the heavy kind of doom metal.
BANSHEE!!! „Movie”
Veronica (Ashley Bates) and her childhood friends embark on a camping trip. These friends picked the wrong Connecticut forest to roast weenies and sing “Kumbayah. Before the hormone-ridden co-eds can even remove a bra or crack open a beer, a creature begins to pick them off, one by one.
BANSHEE!!! „Movie”
Veronica (Ashley Bates) and her childhood friends embark on a camping trip. These friends picked the wrong Connecticut forest to roast weenies and sing “Kumbayah. Before the hormone-ridden co-eds can even remove a bra or crack open a beer, a creature begins to pick them off, one by one.
BEHEMOTH frontman facing prison after onstage antics
Polish BEHEMOTH frontman Adam 'Nergal' Darski could be doing time after offending Catholics in his home country after dubbing the religion “the most murderous cult on the planet” before tearing…
CHILDREN OF BODOM begin work on new album
Finnish legends CHILDREN OF BODOM are set to enter the studio this summer to record the follow-up to 2008's “Blooddrunk” in the hope of having something new to release next…
IMPIETY and SETHERIAL touring Europe
IMPIETY will be touring Europe together with Setherial from the 10th of April to the 1st of May 2010. …
ZOROASTER zooms into studio
Critically acclaimed psych metal band ZOROASTER has entered Atlantas Living Room Studios (Mastodon, The Black Lips) to begin the recording of its hotly anticipated new album, Matador. A July release…
FINNTROLL Completes Album and Plans North American Tour
FINNTROLL have returned with their highly anticipated new slab of folk-rooted metal hymns entitled “Nifelvind” that is now available everywhere. It was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios (Apocalyptica, Amorphis, Ensiferum)…
THE RUINS OF BEVERAST Official North American Release Date
Germany's Ván Records is proud to announces the unleashing of “Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite”, the third full-length from THE RUINS OF BEVERAST, to North American audiences this spring….
EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT posts new tracks
California technical death/grind four-piece EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT recently posted two brand new tracks from their upcoming full-length, Vivid Enterpretations Of The Void. Check out “Militarized Reptoids” and “Darken Thy Fluids” here:…
ALESTORM – Drummer leaves the band
Drummer Ian Wilson left Scotish ALESTORM this week. Here's his official statement:
“So aye, I quit Alestorm earlier this week because I'd basically just had enough of all the bullshit…
Earsplit Announces New Band ORWELL
ORWELL: Pure Midwestern American Metal
Wisconsin's given birth to a potent and proud young metal beast which answers to the name ORWELL. Escaping current “for the moment” musical trends,…
STYGIAN to play the Philadelphia Flyers Game
Philadelphia's heavy rockers STYGIAN are set to rock the NHL once again! On March 11th, when the Philadelphia Flyers host the Boston Bruins at Wachovia Center, STYGIAN will be performing…
DRAGONFORCE part ways with vocalist
Roadrunner Records have confirmed that DRAGONFORCE and vocalist ZP Theart have gone their separate ways due to “insurmountable differences of musical opinion”.
The band had this to say on the…
BEHEMOTH
Vocalist Adam “Nergal” Darski of Polish Behemoth was on March 8 officially charged for insulting Roman Catholics.
Darski made headlines in his native country in September 2007 when he reportedly…
Israel METALLICA Fans Drop Boycott
With the intervention of the band themselves, Metallicas Israeli concert will now go on sale with a price that wont require you to sell your soul to Satan to get…
PESTILENCE announces first U.S. tour in 16 years
Technical death metal legends PESTILENCE are pleased to announce their first US tour in over 16 years! Presented by Decibel Magazine and MetalSucks, the 17-date journey will kick off in…
NARCOTIC DEATH welcome new drummer
British female-fronted doom/death metal band NARCOTIC DEATH have recruited Robb Philpotts as their new drummer. The band issued the following welcome message:
“I would like you to join us in welcoming…
STENCH has signed a contract with Agonia Records
Almost two years from now STENCH entered the studio to record the 7:inch Reborn In Morbidity, which was released by Soulseller Records. The first live act took place at the…
FORBIDDEN sign with Nucelar Blast
Nuclear Blast proudly announces the signing of legendary Bay Area thrashers Forbidden.
Commented the band: “We are very proud to announce that Forbidden has signed to Nuclear Blast Records. Ultimately, we…
ENEMY REIGN Announce New Bass Player
Denver death metallers ENEMY REIGN are pleased to welcome newest member Phil Turner of Colorado metal outfit Drive-In Massacre. Turner takes the place of former bassist Cassie Begay, who recently…
Make Way for SINCE YESTERDAY
Get ready for Ankara, Turkeys SINCE YESTERDAY! After years of honing its craft with a handful of well received demos and split releases, and numerous ferocious live shows with a…