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CONAN Lands Deal With Napalm Records

England’s doom metallers, CONAN have signed with renowned label Napalm Records. The band won over the audience at “Roadburn Festival” 2012 with their unparalleled blend of droned stoner metal and resulted Read more […]

BLACK SABBATH Unveil New Song ‘Methademic’ Live In Australia

Black Sabbath introduced to the world another new track, which is slated for release as one of three bonus tracks from the deluxe edition of the highly anticipated album ’13.’ On April 29, the band Read more […]

Ex-PANTERA Bassist Schedules Hollywood Book Signing

Current KILL DEVIL HILL bassist Rex Brown will sign copies of his memoir, on May 9 at 8 p.m. at SoundCheck Hollywood in Hollywood, California. “Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story Of Pantera”. Released Read more […]

CONTINUUM Sign With Unique Leader Records

Unique Leader has inked a deal with San Francisco Bay Area act CONTINUUM (not to be confused with the group from Iceland whose name begins with a “K”). Started in 2010 by Chase Fraser (DECREPIT BIRTH) Read more […]

MERCENARY Post New Album Details

Vastly-underrated Danish metallers MERCENARY have completed the mixing process for their seventh album, which is entitled Through Our Darkest Days. The album was recorded at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Read more […]

HEAVEN SHALL BURN Post “Godiva” Lyric Video

German metalcore unit HEAVEN SHALL BURN have posted the lyric video for the song “Godiva.” The video can be viewed below. “Godiva” comes from the band’s forthcoming Veto album, which which is being released Read more […]

GIGAN To Hit Studio Next Month

Psychedelic extreme metal vanguard GIGAN will begin recording their newest studio offering next month. Titled Multi-Dimensional Fractal Sorcery And Super-Science, the band’s third full-length, and second Read more […]

30TH Anniversary Of SEPULTURA To Be Commemorated With Documentary

The long awaited documentary about SEPULTURA’s incredible journey from Brazil to the world is certain to bring fans closer to the band they love. Filmmaker Otavio Juliano has been following SEPULTURA Read more […]

QUEENSRŸCHE Reveal Details On New Self-Titled Album, Unveil Album Artwork

Seattle legends QUEENSRŸCHE are back with their new self-titled record, Queensrÿche. The album will be released on June 25th in North America through Century Media and is the latest effort after the Read more […]

THE SWORD Release ‘Cloak Of Feathers’ Video

Adding to their upcoming tour supporting CLUTCH on May 1, THE SWORD unleashed their new video, ‘Cloak Of Feathers’. The video, directed by Rich Ragsdale, comes off THE SWORD’s fourth album, “Apocryphon”, Read more […]

HUNTRESS Unveils New Album Title, Artwork

California metal act HUNTRESS are back with the follow-up to their 2012 debut album Spell Eater. The album, dubbed Starbound Beast, is scheduled for release on June 28th in Europe and on July 2nd in North Read more […]

AVULSED Release Third Studio Report Video

Spanish death metal veterans AVULSED have been recording their sixth album, Ritual Zombi, in Madrid at La Casa del Ruido Studios with Dani Blanco. In addition, the band has been capturing all of the recording Read more […]

ANNIHILATOR Returns To Germany’s Wacken Open Air

Germany’s Wacken Open Air has announced today that thrash metal legends ANNIHILATOR are confirmed to play the sold-out summer festival which will take place August 1st – 3rd in Wacken, Germany. The Read more […]

HELLYEAH Confirmed for Gigantour 2013

HELLYEAH – featuring Vinnie Paul Abbott (ex-PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN), Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett (MUDVAYNE), Tom Maxwell (NOTHINGFACE) and Bob “Zilla” Kakaha (Damageplan) – are the latest act confirmed for Read more […]

KINGCROW Post Video for “The Drowning Line”

Italian progressive metallers KINGCROW have posted the video for “The Drowning Line,” a song from their recent In Crescendo album. The clip can be viewed below. In Crescendo was made available in North Read more […]

OCEANO Post Studio Footage

Chicago-based deathcore merchants OCEANO are currently hard at work on a brand new studio album entitled Incisions,  the follow-up to 2010’s Contagion, due out later this year on Earache Records. Footage Read more […]

DEATH ANGEL Check In From the Studio

DEATH ANGEL are currently holed up in the studio, working on the follow-up to 2010’s Relentless Retribution. The band has checked in with the following update: “Been in the studio almost three weeks Read more […]

ABORTED The Second Band To Pull Out of HYPOCRISY Tour

A few days after HYPOCRISY announced plans to scrap their proposed North American tour, Belgium-based death metal crew ABORTED have done the same. Here’s a statement from the band: “Unfortunately, rumors Read more […]

Former BOLT THROWER/BENEDICTION Singer Back in Action

DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN, is a new musical project coming soon from the minds of Rogga Johansson and Dave Ingram. Ingram is well known from his time as vocalist for two of England’s mightiest metal legends, Read more […]

ETHS Guitarist Quits

Marseille, France-based metallers ETHS have announced that guitarist Greg Rouvière has quit the band. “We wish Greg all the best in his future endeavours,” says the band in a statement “We will never Read more […]

THERION Announces Plans to Hit Road With “Rock Opera”

THERION’s long-in-the-works rock opera is to be rolled out this December. In support will be ARKONA, THE DEVIL and SOUND STORM. Mainman Christofer Johnsson comments: “When announcing that we will Read more […]

Geoff Tate Wants To Hear If You Think His New Queensryche Album Stinks

Do you really hate Frequency Unknown, the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE? Have you already blogged about it online? Well, metal geeks, if you’ve got the balls to stand behind Read more […]

DARK TRANQUILLITY: New Song Available for Streaming

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY are streaming the song “The Science of Noise,” which comes from their forthcoming Construct album. The song can be streamed below. Construct was mixed Read more […]

HYPOCRISY Forced to Sit Out North American Tour

Swedish death metal legends HYPOCRISY, have been forced to sit out their upcoming North American tour this May due to reasons beyond their control. The band members had received their visa approvals and Read more […]

TESSERACT Post Rehearsal Footage

Very hip and happening djent/progressive metallers TESSERACT have been rehearsing nonstop and recently recorded footage in their practice space jamming on the track “Singularity.” You can view the footage Read more […]

Summer Slaughter 2013 Tour Dates Announced

Dates have been announced for the 7th annual Summer Slaughter Tour, slated to run from July 19th through August 16th. THY ART IS MURDER have been added to the previously announced lineup, which also includes Read more […]

ANCIENT VVISDOM To Tour This Spring

American acoustic group ANCIENT VVISDOM announced a series of spring tour dates in support of their recent release “Deathlike,” which will see the band perform with the likes of CAULDRON and IDES OF Read more […]

ANGRA Still Has High Hopes For Reunion With Andrés Matos

In an interview recent with Lokaos Rock Show, the remaining members of Brazilian power metal band ANGRA express interest in a reunion with original singer Andrés Matos (ex-SHAAMAN) for a 20th anniversary Read more […]

KVELERTAK Unleash New Self-Titled Video

KVELERTAK’s new video for the song “Kvelertak,” from the album Meir, has been unveiled. Premiering here, the clip was filmed at the group’s shows in London, Paris, Cologne, and Oslo by Norwegian photographer Read more […]

Video: ENSLAVED Live In Sheffield UK

Fan-filmed live video of Norwegian progressive black metallers ENSLAVED performing on March 19 at Corporation in Sheffield, United Kingdom has surfaced and can be seen below. The veteran quintet play “Allfǫðr Read more […]