Heralded Indianapolis, IN doom metal masters THE GATES OF SLUMBER have announced a fall, 2008 U.S. tour in support of their celebrated new album Conqueror. The respected power trio will team up with fellow Indianapolis metal troupe Demiricous for a four week, 27 city trek that is scheduled to kick off on November 8. Dubbed […]
Paragon Records are proud to announce the signing of Ukrainian Dark Metal band Khors. Formed by former Astrofaes bassist, Khorus, and later joined by Helg (Runes Of Dianecht) and Khaoth (Tessaract, ex-Astrofaes, ex-Hate Forest), Khors play Black Metal in the Ukrainian style, that combines a somber atmosphere together with rich melodies. Since their formation, Khors […]
Earache Records is proud to announce the signing of Toronto, Canada’sCAULDRON to a multi-album worldwide deal. The high energy traditional heavy metal three piece have built a steady following while producing a fresh heavy metal sound built out of a passion and love for the genre, and a deep understanding of the elements that gointo […]
Chicago deathcore heavyweights OCEANO entered the studio on October 3rd to begin recording one of the angriest albums ever.ANDREW MIKHAIL, guitarist for OCEANO – the band who famously had a series of photos BANNED from MySpace for being too gruesome – comments on the band’s first week in the studio: “Things have been going great […]
SCAR SYMMETRY has offered the following update about their vocalist situation following the recent departure of Christian Älvestam: “Dear friends, When things went from bad to worse and we realized that it wasn’t going to work out with Christian, we were faced with two options; either calling it quits, or seizing the opportunity to take […]
CA’s brutal tech-death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH will be embarking on a North American tour with THE FACELESS this Fall. Founding guitarist Matt Sotelo commented: “We are very happy to announce that DECREPIT BIRTH will be on tour with THE FACELESS beginning October 17th through November 22nd, throughout the US and Canada! Along with ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, […]
Murder, Mayhem and Destruction are Back for More as Adult Swim’s Dethklok Star in Latest DVD Metalocalypse: Season Two Want Bonus Features? Go Forth and Find Them When Two-Disc DVD Comes out on December 2nd The world’s biggest, most brutal, murderous and, well, incompetent heavy metal band will once again step into the spotlight […]
One of the worlds most popular and influential Heavy Metal bands – Judas Priest are set to rock the UK to it’s very core when they bring their ‘Priest Feast’ tour to play 7 arena dates in February 2009 with support from special guests – Thrash Metal veterans Megadeth and Testament. Since 1974, Judas […]
BLOODBATH have posted the third and latest track from their forthcoming full length The Fathomless Mastery on the bands myspace page The new studio album arrives on October 28th 2008 on Peaceville Records. With Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocal duties and the arrival of Per ‘Sodomizer’ Eriksson (ex-21 Lucifers) on guitar, joining Katatonia’s Anders Nyström […]
New MORIBUND signees HORDE OF HEL are finishing their debut album, Blodskam, which according to the band “will contain 13 songs of despair and hate.” Featuring “members from different elite death metal and black metal bands from Sweden,” HORDE OF HEL “represents total death, destruction of all life, and the members wish to be anonymous […]
Tampa, FL’s SIX FEET UNDER are set to release their 8th full-length studio album titled Death Rituals November 11th, 2008. Death Rituals features 12 tracks of pure American death metal delivering a bludgeoning slab of metal that will leave fans hungering for more. Legendary death metal vocalist Chris Barnes, along with guitarist Steve Swanson, bass […]
Fast-rising British death metal act IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION are in the middle of recording their first ever full-length album. The talented young five-piece entered Grindstone Studios in Suffolk on September 1st with producer SCOTT ATKINS to record their highly-anticipated debut album. After previously announcing the title of their debut album as THE LEGACY, the band have […]
OCEANO – DEBUT ALBUM TO FEATURE ARTWORK BY COLIN MARKSChicago’s own OCEANO have tapped Colin Marks to create the artwork or the band’s upcoming debut album, DEPTHS. Colin Marks is a London-based artist who’s dark and gritty art style has made him the right man to provide the visuals for bands like STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, […]
Translation Loss Records are extremely pleased to announce the addition of Minnesota’s BATTLEFIELDS to their roster! Hailing from the depths of Minnesota, BATTLEFIELDS have been touring relentlessly for the last three years and accruing massive accolades for their astounding live performances and their two previous records “Stained with the Blood of an Empire” and “Entourage […]
Long-running, newly-signed MORIBUND black metal band BLOOD STAINED DUSK have just completed the recording for new album Black Faith Inquisition. Running 72 minutes in length, Black Faith Inquisition is the Alabama band’s first album in four years and also their debut for MORIBUND. Drummer Profana reports, “We finished at 2 a.m. this morning under a […]
UPCOMING CD/DVD FOR 2009! North Carolina’s Telescreen have just announced their signing to Tragic Hero Records. Telescreen, whose loose musical description includes experimental and ambient rock is populated by four ex-members of Codeseven including Eric Weyer (guitar), Jon Tuttle (bass), Matt Tuttle (drums), and James Tuttle (guitar) alongside vocalist Jared Draughon, formerly of Classic Case. […]
UK thrashers EVILE have played some big stages infront of big crowds, but now you can watch as they tackle one of the biggest challenges of their career – trying not to fail at their own song in the hit HARMONIX video game ROCK BAND. Widely regarded as the hardest song to play on Rock […]
Candlelight Records today announces the signing of Oakland, California based Defiance. The band currently featuring vocalist Steev Esquivel (Skinlab), guitarist Jim Adams, bassist Mike Kaufmann and drummer Mark Hernandez (Vio-lence, Forbidden) has started early tracking of their new album at Trident Studios and Greendot Studios in East Bay, California. The currently untitled album is expected […]
Brutal Truth drummer Richard Hoak proudly unveils “Non-Existence Of The Self,” a new track by Total Fucking Destruction, the “grindcore performance-art project” he has masterminded for almost a decade. “Non-Existence Of The Self” appears on Total Fucking Destruction’s third full-length album, Peace Love, And Total Fucking Destruction, out Oct 28 in North America on Enucleation […]
British technical metallers THE BOY WILL DROWN are preparing to enter the studio to begin recording of their debut album.THE BOY WILL DROWN, who recently signed a multi-album, worldwide recordingdeal with EARACHE RECORDS, are set to follow in the footsteps of their idols DECAPITATED and enter Hertz Studios in Bialystok, Poland to record their as-yet […]
In 2009 KONKHRA celebrates the band’s 20-year anniversary with the release of their 6th album Nothing Is Sacred. The band has just signed an international distribution and promotion deal with Target Distribution, as well as a publishing deal with Warner Chapell Music Denmark. Anders Lundemark, the band’s throat and guitar comments: “We are happy to […]
Recently disbanded San Francisco melodic death thrashers LIGHT THIS CITY have confirmed Nov. 11 as the release date for the band’s fourth and final full-length album, entitled ‘Stormchaser,’ as well as the complete tracklisting for the 12-song effort, which will be released through Prosthetic Records. A new track, “Sand And Snow” has also been posted on the […]
Sept 16, 2008, SuperNova Records will release its first three download-only titles via its website, SuperNovaRecords.net. Available for sale on Sept 16 will be the following: Hope And Suicide – s/t: Hope And Suicide’s self-titled SuperNova Records debut full-length. Hope And Suicide features Bloodlet vocalist Scott Angelacos and has been described by The Orlando Weekly […]
Swedish metal powerhouse AMON AMARTH has uploaded the brand new song “Guardians of Asgaard” to its MySpace page. The track will appear on the band’s impending new album, Twilight of the Thunder God, which will see a September 30, 2008 North American release via Metal Blade Records. Check it out now at this location. Twilight […]