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Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Winds of Plague have become one of the poster children for modern American metal. And to be honest I rather enjoyed their 2005 debut, A Cold Day in Hell, (which at the time was pretty fresh sounding) and the 2008 Century Media debut, Decimate the Weak. I also enjoyed the […]

God Dethroned will be assaulting North America for the first time since 2007 on the headlining War Propaganda World Tour 2009 in support of their newest album, Passiondale. Henri Sattler and co. will embark on the coast to coast campaign starting on September 30th. Joining the march will be Abigail Williams, Augury and label mates, […]

Squash Bowels has officially signed to Willowtip. The band’s new album, Grindvirus, will be released October 20. The album was recorded at Hertz Studio (Decapitated, Vader, Dead Infection) and artwork was handled by Lukasz Jaszak (Emperor, Blood Red Throne).  In other Willowtip new, another anticipated Willowtip release is the complete discography of New England based melodic […]

On November 10th, 2009, fans will be able to get their hands on the new deluxe version of Unearth’s latest album, The March! The album will come with a bonus DVD featuring a tour documentary entitled, The Three Day March, with footage shot by acclaimed director, Doug Spangenberg (Lamb Of God, Every Time I Die, […]

Gwynbleidd’s much-anticipated debut album, Nostalgia, is set for an October 27 release on BlackCurrant Music. Founded and based in New York City, Gwynbleidd is a band whose four members all hail originally from Poland. It is this experience — leaving one’s homeland and relocating halfway across the world — that served as the original inspiration […]

Legendary death metal giants MASTER have titled their upcoming tenth full-length The Human Machine. The band is expected to enter the studio in December following a string of Mexican and South American tour dates. Cover art was done by Israeli artist Eliran Kantor who was responsible for TESTAMENT’s Formation Of Damnation cover among so many […]

I knew little about Canada’s Augury prior to hearing this album but was aware that their Galy Records debut caused quite a stir in the tech death metal world. My interest was however truly piqued when I discovered that vocalist/guitarist Patrick Loisel was in Canadian act Kralizec who were responsible for one of my very […]

Released as digital only EP, Warsaw Rising is a stop gap release from this Dutch super group (members of Asphyx, Gorefest, Thanatos) with 2 new songs, a cover song (Twisted Sister’s “Destroyer”) and three live songs (“Red Wolves of Stalin”, “Nachthexen” and “The Crucial Offensive”) from the excellent …Of Frost and War debut. To be […]

Continuing their trend of releasing solid Christian metal in environmentally friendly digipacks (A Hope for Home, Earth From Above, The Great Commission, Hope for the Dying), Facedown Records, subsidiary label, Strikefirst Records has come up with yet another thunderous Christian deathcore outfit akin to Earth From Above. Right, now that 90% of you have left. […]

I’ve been swamped in quality Australian metal of late: Destruktor, Defamer, Futility, Be’lakor, Orpheus, and now my first exposure to Adelaide’s doom metal veterans Mournful Congregation. Despite being around since 1994, this is only the bands 3rd full length album and has certainly delivered a top notch doom effort that will have me seeking out […]

The title, artwork and full tracklisting of French depraved WAY TO END’s forthcoming debut album are finally disclosed. “Desecrated Internal Journey” weaves seven sinuous, disarmingly dissonant spells of elevated-consciousness composition, “Black Metal” the starting point but by no means the end of their journey ! Tracklisting is as follows : 1. Facing The Abyss 2. […]

One of the greatest genre-defining hardcore bands of all time, Agnostic Front, has changed the face of music throughout their 25 year long career. The two records that started it all, United Blood and Victim in Pain, are legendary NYHC releases and some of the most sought after pieces of vinyl for record collectors. Finally, […]

(im•bro•glio) 1. A misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature. 2. An intricate and perplexing state of affairs; a complicated or difficult situation. 3. A fittingly named, noisy, Converge inspired band formed in Dayton, OH but now residing in Syracuse, NY. I discovered this band and new, Illinois based label through a sports […]

Starting today August 11th , the new video from New England’s SHADOWS FALL, “Still I Rise,” will be available for viewing exclusively on MySpace. Check out the video HERE  “Still I Rise” is the first video from the band’s upcoming album, Retribution, which streets September 15 on Everblack Industries. The video was shot by longtime […]

We all have those special songs, those riffs or a solo from a certain song that changed us, that effected us personally and emotionally, ingrained into our very being and dare I say? Changed our life.

The heaviest metal band in the world (by sheer mass) has finished their follow up to Total Brutal – get ready for Double Brutal! Not satisfied with the limitations offered by putting out a single disc album, Ahhnold demanded two full cds full of muscle pumping metal! When asked why they needed two discs and […]

EARACHE RECORDS is proud to announce the signing of a young and talented death metal band called AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH. Formed 2 years ago in Detroit, MI, AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH has taken great influence from death metal legends such as DECIDE and co-mingled them with modern touches popularized by the likes of WHITECHAPEL […]

Earache Records, the original home of many of the bands who created the grindcore genre, is set to release a special 118-track, 3-CD compilation called GRIND MADNESS AT THE BBC (THE EARACHE PEEL SESSIONS), featuring some of the first ever grindcore recordings. The tracks are all taken from the legendary JOHN PEEL’s early BBC radio […]

Born Again – the Crucial Blast Records debut from France’s OVERMARS – will see US release September 22nd, 2009.  Born Again descends deep into themes of self-immolation, horror, and rebirth, and becomes a harrowing narrative as it moves through a series of different musical moods. Overmars had already established their atmospheric, electronically-tainted sludge-metal sound on their […]

Detroit war-thrash commando NOCTURNAL FEAR have finished the recording of their fourth and latest album, Metal of Honor. Session vocals were handled by Doomy G. Blackthrash of comrades Sauron, as vocalist Necromodeus (ex-Summon, and the vocalist for last year’s Code of Violence) has since departed the band. Guitarist/founder Chris Slavehunter PhD promises that Metal of […]

I’ll admit, even I have been a bit burnt out on Christian metal of late, and when I initially started listening to the debut from Fargo’s Hands I was pretty unmoved, as the rumbling opener “Hurricanes” didn’t do much for me and I simply classified it as yet another group of uppity noisy Christians spreading […]

Kicking Off October 2nd, High On Fire and Converge Will Tour With Stars of Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse and Grammy® Award Winner, Mastodon During Seven-Week Tour EA’s “Brütal Legend”; to Sponsor Metal Tour. This fall, two of the most popular bands in metal will co-headline a 34-city North American tour as the Grammy® Award-winning Mastodon hits […]

TRACK LIST ANNOUNCED FOR VOLUME TWO of CANDIRIA’S, TOYING WITH THE INSANITIES Artwork Revealed for Volumes One and Two of Four-Volume Set. BROOKLYN, NY – Experimental Metal pioneers, Candiria, have announced the track list for ‘Volume Two’ of their upcoming rarities and remixes collection, Toying With the Insanities, which is due out September 9th on […]

  Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL will release their new album, All Shall Fall, in in Europe on September 25, 2009 and North America on October 6, 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records.All Shall Fall was recorded at Grieghallen and Abyss studios in Norway and Sweden, respectively. James Minton of U.K.’s Terrorizer magazine recently posted an […]

The Bay Area metal band Skinlab have posted the artwork and track listing for their forthcoming album entitled The Scars Between Us scheduled to hit shelves on September 15th, 2009. The band has also put out a new online poster for anyone that wants to help support the bands upcoming release. You can also see […]