(07.02) Go to the Benedictionmyspace
page to listen to another new track 'They Must Die Screaming' off their
new album.
(07.01) Go here to listen to the new track 'Psychosocial'
from the new Slipknot
album. Visit the band's myspace page to hear the single 'All Hope Is Gone'.
June 2008
(06.30) Added a review
to Darkwater's
"Calling The Earth To Witness" album.
(06.30) Go here to watch a fan filmed recording of the new Morbid Angel
song 'Nevermore' recorded live in France. Go here
for the same song performed in London.
(06.30) Go here to listen to the track 'Immaculate
Façade' off the new Benediction
album.
(06.30) Chimaira's guitarist Rob
Arnold has just released a new 'Metal Guitar' Instructional DVD. Go here for
more info.
(06.30) Sepultura
have finished recording their new album.
(06.27) The new All Shall Perish
album will be out Sept 5th.
(06.26) Added a review
to Aborted's
"Strychnine.213" album.
(06.26) Added a review
to Cryptopsy's
"The Unspoken King" album.
(06.26) Added a review
to Bloodbath's
"The Wacken
Carnage" live CD / DVD.
(06.26) Angelcorpse
will record a four-song mini-CD by the end of the year.
(06.26) The Amenta's
new album will be mixed at The Vault Studios in Sydney, Australia this
week, with longtime engineer Lachlan Mitchell.
(06.26) All Shall Perish
has set "Awaken The Dreamers" as the title of its
new album, due later this year via Nuclear Blast Records.
(06.24) Go here to listen to The Rotted's
entire new album in streaming form.
(06.24) Carcass
will play the Nokia Theatre in New York City on Saturday, September 6.
Support at the gig will come from Suffocation. More U.S. shows will be
announced shortly.
(06.24) The Faceless
will release their second album "Planetary Duality" in July. Go to
their myspace
page to listen to a demo track called 'The Ancient Covenant'. Go here to watch a video of the band talking about
the album and life in general.
(06.20) Added a review
to Textures'
"Silhouettes" album.
(06.20) Psycroptic
have signed with Nuclear Blast Records.
(06.20) Bassist Sebastien Piché has left Despised Icon.
The band says: "We're all sad to see Sebastien
go. He's been with us since the very
start, dedicating over six years of his life to this band. With his
first child on the way, a new house and a real full-time job, Seb
decided he could no longer sustain the touring lifestyle. We're all
proud of everything he's accomplished and thankful for his contribution
to DESPISED ICON. Merci pour tout man!" He will be replaced by Max
Lavelle from Goratory.
(06.20) Misery Index
has finished recording their new album, due out in September.
(06.19) Slayer
hope to have a new album done by the end of the year.
(06.19) Slipknot will
release a brand new track, 'All Hope Is Gone', as a free download
single on June 20th. The song will be available for free from the
Roadrunner Records web site for a period of 24 hours beginning at
midnight EST. After that, you'll need to purchase the single from
providers such as iTunes or Napster. Their new album will be named
after the single.
(06.19) Despised Icon
will release a Deluxe Edition of its "The Ills of Modern Man"
album on June 24 featuring a bonus DVD composed of a live set,
interviews and behind-the-scenes
footage. The live footage will include the following songs: 'A
Fractured Hand', 'Bulletproof Scales', 'Harvesting The Deceased',
'Immaculate',
'Retina', 'The Sunset Will Never Charm Us' and 'In The Arms Of
Perdition'.
(06.18) Devolved
are currently recording their new album with Neil Kernon (Cannibal
Corpse, Nile) producing. No release daye yet.
(06.18) Nine Inch Nails
will release the CD version of their album "The Slip" on July 22nd. The
American version will be a limited edition with a bonus DVD of live
performances from the band's rehearsals for its upcoming summer tour.
The international version will not be a limited edition.
(06.18) Recently reunited band Brutality
have once again split up.
(06.18) According to the Fear Factory
myspace page, the band will record a new album in the near future.
(06.18) Unearth
have started recording their new album, due this October.
(06.17) Go here to watch an interview with Origin
about their tour and new album.
(06.17) Vader's
bassist Novy (Marcin Nowak) has left the band. They have replaced him
with a session bassist, Martin (ex-Decapitated) for the upcoming tour.
(06.17) Obituary
have finished recording their EP "Left To Die". The EP will contain 4
songs: 2 new ones, a new 2008 studio recording of 'Slowly We Rot', and
a cover of Celtic Frost's 'Dethroned Emperior'.
(06.16) Go here to listen to a quick clip of the new song
'All Hope Is Gone' from the new Slipknot
album.
(06.13) Go here for a new track 'Get Dead Or Die Trying'
from The
Rotted (formerly Gorerotted).
(06.13) Go here to see very low quality footage of former Carcass
drummer Ken Owens appearing at the first Carcass reunion show. Many
will remember that Ken suffered a brain hemorrhage that has left him
incapable of playing death metal drums. It's so nice to see Ken get a
giant round of applause, his work has inspired a whole generation of
drummers.
(06.13) Go to Aborted's
myspace
page to listen to their entire new album in streaming form.
(06.13) Bolt Thrower
has decided to abandon recording their new album. They feel their new
material just isn't living up to the Bolt Thrower name. Go here
to read their statement.
(06.11) Misery Index
will release their new album "Traitors" On Sept 30th in North America,
Oct 8th internationally. In the meantime, check out both amazon.com and
ITunes to purchase the digital-only EP, "Dead Sam Walking", which
features a post-Discordia collection of vinyl-only material and live
tracks.
(06.10) Go here for a video clip containing an interview with
Aborted
about their new album, as well as live footage from this year's
Neurotic Deathfest in Tilburg, The Netherlands.
(06.10) Go here to listen to a new track off the new Krisiun
album, and to see the cover artwork. The album will be out in Europe on
July 21 via Century Media Records.
(06.10) Benediction's
new album will be out August 22nd 2008. Go here to see the cover artwork.
(06.09) Nightrage
are writing music for their new album.
(06.09) Go here to listen to a track off the new album from Austrian Death
Machine, a side project that incluides 2 members of As I Lay Dying.
The project is a tribute to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It contains
brutal music, intros by an Arnold sound-a-like, and silly song titles
based off your favorite Arnold's quotes (such as 'Get To The Choppa',
'If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It' and 'Its Not a Tumor'.)
(06.09) Carcass
did their first reunion show at the Sweden Rock Festival in
Sölvesborg, Sweden on June 6th. Go here
to watch a trailer for a 30 min documentary with the band that comes
with a reissue of the band's album "Swan Song".
(06.06) Angelcorpse have
choosen Kelly McLauchlin (Pessimist,
Unholy Ghost, Diabolic) as their second guitarist.
(06.06) Meshuggah's
Tomas Haake has been named the #1 drummer in the "Metal" category in
Modern Drummer magazine's 2008 Readers' Poll. The other 4 members of
the top 5 were: 2) Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall),
3) Chris Adler (Lamb Of God), 4) Derek Roddy (formerly of Hate Eternal,
Nile, Divine Empire, Malevolent Creation), and 5) Joey Jordison (Slipknot).
(06.06) Go to youtube to see some live samples of new Anthrax
vocalist Dan Nelson performing with the band. Here's 'Only',
'Caught
In A Mosh', 'Madhouse', 'I
Am The Law'. He will be doing vocals for their new album. Editorial
Note: he sounds almost identical to John Bush, why didn't they just get
John back?
(06.05) Prophecy's
plan to record their new album last year was scrapped. In January, the
band decided to record the album at Origin Studios in Houston, TX.
No word on whether the album is done, but they now plan on releasing it
this year on Grindethic records.
(06.05) Invocator
have been on hiatus for the past year. No word on whether they ever
plan on playing again, but go here to see what the members are currently up to
in terms of different projects.
(06.05) With guitarist Destructhor (Zyklon, Myrkskog) joining Morbid Angel,
a number of people on the Myrkskogmyspace page are questioning if this means the end
for Myrkskog. I sure hope not, they were a good band, and I'd love to
hear their long promised 3rd album.
(06.03) Arsishas parted ways with
drummer Darren Cesca, due to personality and direction issues. He
leaves on good terms, and wil be replaced with Alex Tomlin.
May 2008
(05.30) Go here for a new track 'Nothin' But A Nosebleed'
from The
Rotted (formerly Gorerotted).
(05.29) Go here to listen to the new track 'Darkness
Prevails'
off the new Neuraxis
album. The album should be out July 22nd.
(05.29) Morbid Angel
have stated that they will play some new material from their
yet-to-be-released new album on tour this fall. They also state that
they have not chosen an album name yet, despite what you have read on
the internet.
(05.29) Skinlab
have left Crash Music.
(05.28) Aborted's
new album will be out June 24th as well.
(05.28) Vader's
"XXV" album will be out on June 24th 2008 in North America.
(05.28) Go here for an interesting interview with Origin's
guitarist Paul Ryan about their new album, touring, etc.
(05.26) Rob Zombie
has written all the music for his next studio album. Everything isn't
100% finalized yet, but it's all well underway.
(05.22) Added a review
to The Day
Everything Became Nothing's
"Brutal" album.
(05.21) 7th Nemesiswill re-release its debut album
"Violentia
Imperatrix Mundi" in limited digipack format
in June. The songs have been completely re-recorded, remixed &
remastered and will
be released under the album name "Archetype of Natural Violence".
(05.21) The new Deeds Of Flesh
album is now scheduled for a Nov 18th 2008 release date.
(05.21) Benediction's
new album is now scheduled for a September release. Go here
to listen to a few samples.
(05.21) Morbid Angel
have added guitarist Destructhor (Thor Anders Myhren) from Zyklon to
the band as second guitarist.
(05.20) Sepultura
have just entered the studio to record a new album. They expect to
release it in October.
(05.19) Go here to see a live video of Origin
performing the song 'The Aftermath' Live from Jaxx in Springfield, VA
5/16/08 (the video seems to only work in Internet Explorer).
(05.16) Added a review
to Coldworker's
"Rotten Paradise" album.
(05.16) Added a review
to Sworn
Enemy's
"Maniacal" album.
(05.16) Krisiun will
release their new album, "Southern Storm", in Europe on July 21 via
Century Media Records.
(05.16) Bassist Calle Löfgren has officially left Visceral Bleeding.
He says he no longer has the time necessary to devote to the band.
Martin 'Body' Eklöv, who has been the band's session bass player
since Calle decided to take time off to focus on his family, will now
step in as a full-time member.
(05.15) Exmortem
is busy mixing their new CD, which should be out sometime this summer.
(05.15) Decrepit Birth
have signed with Nuclear Blast Records. After they
complete more touring in support of their current release, they will
begin
pre-production for the next album.
(05.15) Brutus has
announced the addition of drummer Yuma van Eekelen to the group. The
band has also been rejoined by guitarist Bastaerd.
(05.13) Looks like Anata
have finally been allowed to enter the studio to record their new album.
(05.12) Jake Veredika (Periphery) has joined Divine Heresy as
the temporary replacement for former vocalist Tommy Cummings, who was
dismissed from the group a few weeks ago.
(05.12) Dream Theater
video'd their recent show in Vancouver for an upcoming DVD, which will
contain live footage from their last tour.
(05.09) Go here to listen to a few new tracks off the new Resurrection
album. Go here to see the cover artwork by Dan Seagrave. The
release of the CD has been pushed back till June 27th.
(05.08) Go here for a pre-production version of the song 'In
for the Kill' off the new Skinlab
record.
(05.08) Testament's
new album "The Formation of Damnation" sold 11,400 copies in the United
States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 59 on The
Billboard 200 chart.
(05.07) The new The
Day Everything Became Nothing album is called "Brutal" and is
out now.
(05.07) Cannibal
Corpsewill release a career retrospective 3-disc DVD, "Centuries
of Torment The First 20 Years", on July 8 via Metal Blade.
The collection contains a documentary, live and rare footage,
interviews with members past and
present, and bonus material. Go here for more details.
(05.06) Cryptopsy's
new album "The Unspoken King" will be out in Europe the week of May
23rd - 28th, and the album will be out June 24th in North America.
(05.06) Added a review
to Skinlab's
"Skinnedalive!"
live album.
(05.06) The new Nine Inch Nails
album "The Slip" is available now for free download from the band's website,
and will be released in July on CD.
(05.06) Anata is
STILL waiting for the ok from Earache to enter the studio to record
their new album.
(05.06) Aborted's
new album will be called "Strychnine.213". Go here
for the album cover and hear two album samples.
(05.06) Go here to read Divine Heresy's
response to former Vocalist Tommy Cummings' recent video interview
about why he left the band.
(05.05) Go here to listen to a
new Nine
Inch Nails track called 'Echoplex'. Visit the band's website
for info on a new album the band intends to release for free, called
"The Slip".
(05.05) Misery Index
will release their new album "Traitors" in late
September on Relapse. Listen to the track 'Ruling Class Cancelled' here.
(05.02) Added a review
to Testament's
"The Formation of Damnation"
album.
(05.02) Daath is
just about finished recording their new album.
(05.02) Brutus is
working on their new album "Murwgebeukt - Total Loss", and hope to have
it released before the end of the year.
(05.01) Go here for a video statement from Tommy Cummings
about his departure from Divine Heresy
(it's actually a very interesting interview, worth watching).
Apr 2008
(04.30) Vocalist Tommy Cummings has been fired from Divine Heresy,
after he flew into a rage during a show on April 26 in Poughkeepsie,
New York when the other players wouldn't let him end the set early.
(04.30) Pete Sandoval has said the next Morbid Angel
CD will likely be called "Iblis the Great".
(04.28) Added a review
to Cog's
"Sharing Space"
album.
(04.28) Dying Fetus'
"Killing On Adrenaline" album will be reissued on June 15 by Displeased
Records.
The CD will be remastered and will feature upgraded layout plus a bonus
DVD containing 100-plus minutes of live footage from 2000.
(04.28) Bloodbath's
live CD/DVD has been pushed back till June 2nd.
(04.25) Added a review
to Transcending
Bizarre?'s "The Serpent's Manifold"
album.
(04.25) Benediction
have finished recording their new album.
(04.25) Drummer Romain Goulon (Disavowed)
has joined Necrophagist.
The band is preparing to start work on a new album.
(04.24) Metal Mind Productions will re-release Brutality's
first 3 albums, so grab em if you don't have these classic death metal
albums already, especially their debut "Screams Of Anguish".
(04.24) Drummer Richard Schill has now permanently joined Spawn Of Possession.
(04.23) Gorerotted
have changed their name to The Rotted.
Go here for more info on why they made the switch.
Their new album will be out June 30th in Europe.
(04.22) Unearth
will enter the studio this June to record their new album.
(04.21) Synperium
is halfway done writing music for their debut album.
(04.21) Go here to listen to Testament's entire new album
streaming.
(04.21) Go here to listen to the track 'Seizures' off the new
Coldworker
album.
(04.17) The new Textures
album, "Silhouettes", has had its release date pushed back to May 5th
from the previously announced April 21st.
(04.17) Obituary
will record a new EP in the coming months.
(04.17) Bloodbath
are now working on their 3rd full length album. The current release
date is set at Oct 6th. The album is said to be in the same vein as
their recently released EP.
(04.17) Krisiun is
currently in Germany finishing the production of their upcoming record
which is scheduled to be released around late July or early August 2008.
(04.16) Added a review
to Arsis'
"We Are The Nightmare"
album.
(04.16) Go to Skinlab's
myspace
page to hear the live track 'Slave The Way' off the new live
Skinlab album.
(04.16) Seance
have reformed (check out their spectacular "Saltrubbed Eyes" album) and
will release a new album called "Awakening of the Gods". Go to their site for some song samples. They're currently
looking for a label.
(04.09) Apparently Brain Drill has
decided not not split up, despite their recent problems on tour. But
the band is looking for a new drummer.
(04.09) Go here to listen to the new track 'The Formation of
Damnation' off the new Testament
album (its a fast and brutal one).
(04.08) Benediction
have started recording their new album, due before the end of the year.
(04.08) Go here to listen to a new track 'Storm Warning' off
the new Textures
album.
(04.07) Added a review
to In
Flames's
"A Sense of Purpose"
album.
(04.04) Added a review
to Dismember's
"Dismember"
album.
(04.04) Visceral Bleeding is
working on material for a new album.
(04.04) Added a review
to Death's
"Symbolic Expanded Edition"
album.
(04.02) Added a review
to Origin's
"Antithesis"
album.
(04.02) Despondency
will enter Soundlodge
Studios on April 8 to begin recording its new CD. A late summer
release via Brutal Bands is expected.
(04.01) Deranged
have broken up. Go here for more details.
(04.01) Go here to listen to the track 'Incarnation' off of
the new Vader
album "XXV".
Mar 2008
(03.28) Metalmind will be rereleasing some classic hard to find Malevolent
Creation CDs. Visit here for more info.
(03.28) The Haunted
have finished pre-production on their new album, and will enter the
studio soon.
(03.27) Added a review
to Bloodbath's
"Unblessing The Purity"
EP.
(03.27) Bury Your Dead
has sold 4,700 copies in the United States of its
new, self-titled album to debut at position No. 176 on The Billboard
200 chart.
(03.27) Visit In Flames'
myspace
page to listen to their entire new album in streaming form
(available for 1 week, so check it out soon).
(03.26) Napalm Death
are in the earliest stages of writing music for a new album.
(03.26) Go here for an interview with Meshuggah
guitarist Mårten Hagström.
(03.26) Monstrosity
will use bassist Ben Kuzay for their upcoming tours.
(03.25) Shadows Fall
has denied the rumor that it's leaving Atlantic.
(03.24) Added a review
to They:Swarm's
"The Mundane Corruption"
EP.
(03.24) Ankla has
added vocalist Eddie Macias to the group (replacing Ikaro
Stafford). They're in pre-production on their new album.
(03.24) An audio clip of a rehearsal / demo version of a brand
new Anthrax
song, entitled 'Fight 'Em 'Till You Can't Fight No More', can be heard
on the intro page to the band's official website. Note:
Looks like they removed the song.
(03.21) Added a review
to Suicide
Silence's
"The Cleansing"
album.
(03.21) Added a review
to Bury
Your Dead's
"Bury Your Dead"
album.
(03.21) Brain Drill
seems to have split up. A fight has broken up between the band members
during their tour, for more information, visit their myspace page, read the first blog, then go to page
4 of the comments to hear the other band member's rebuttal.
(03.20) Added a review
to Zimmers
Hole's
"When You Were Shouting At The Devil...We Were In League With Satan"
album.
(03.20) Meshuggah's
latest album, "obZen" has sold 11,400 copies in the United States in
its first week of release to debut at position No. 59 on The Billboard
200 chart. Their last album "Catch 33", released in June 2005, sold
7,000 copies in its first week, which landed at No. 170 on The
Billboard 200 chart.
(03.19) Coldworker's
new album will be out May 13th in the U.S.
(03.19) Go here to listen to the new track, 'Worhsip Your
Demons' off the new Cryptopsy album "The Unspoken King".
(03.18) Krisiun
are about to enter the studio to record their new album.
(03.17) Rumor has it that Shadows Fall
may be leaving Atlantic Records. Their last studio album on Atlantic
Records, "Threads of Life",
has sold 93,000 copies in the United States, a fraction of the 301,000
sales total achieved by its
predecessor, "The War Within", which was released by Century Media.
(03.17) Go here
to listen to a demo song 'Wolf At Your Door' from Vile's
upcoming album. The band is also searching for a new label.
(03.17) Metal Mind Productions will release a DVD from Decapitated,
entitled "Human's Dust", on June 9 in Europe and June 10 in the U.S.
The main feature of the DVD consists of the band's October 2002 gig in
Krakow. Bonus material includes two live performances recorded during
Ozzfest in Poland (May 2002) and Metalmania festival (March 2004), the
"Winds of Creation" video clip, plus three interviews recorded at
various locations: Kraków in 2002 (Vitek and Vogg); Ozzfest in
Katowice, 2002 (Vogg and Sauron); Metalmania in Katowice, 2004 (Sauron
and Martin). Go here for the cover artwork. Go here for the full track listing.
(03.14) Added a review
to Meshuggah's
"obZen" album.
(03.14) Go here
to listen to a new track 'Old Days Born Anew' off the new Textures
album.
(03.13) Bloodbath
will release their live CD/DVD Digipak entitled "The Wacken Carnage" on
Peaceville April 21st. Go here to see the cover.
(03.11) The Skinlab
live album will be out April 29th. Go here to see the cover artwork.
(03.11) Gorerotted
have enetred the studio to record their new album.
(03.10) Arsis are
back on their feet and back on tour, with minimal damages to their
equipment.
(03.10) Go here to listen to a new track, 'More Than Meets
The Eye', off the new Testament
album.
(03.10) Guitarist Mike Kimball has left Dying Fetus.
The band are holding auditions for a replacement.
(03.10) For a sneak peak at a few surprises in Nile's
new live concert setlist, go here.
(03.10) Divine Heresy's
debut "Bleed The Fifth!" has sold 20,000 copies in the United States so
far.
(03.07) Added a review
to Nasum's
"Doombringer" Live CD.
(03.06) Arsis' trailer flipped over
while traveling in Iowa, but the band is ok. Their equipment is smashed
up though, and it may jeopardize the rest of the tour.
(03.06) The new Neuraxis
album will be called "The Thin Line Between".
(03.03) Rob Zombie
has started work on his new studio record.
(03.03) Cog's new
album will now be out April 12th.
(03.03) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Textures
album.
(03.03) Drummer Nils Fjellström has officially rejoined Aeon.
(03.03) Hate Eternal's
new album "Fury & Flames" sold 2,300 copies in the United States in
its first week of release. Go here for an mp3 interview with mainman Erik Rutan.
(03.03) The North American re-release of Devolved's
"Technologies" with bonus tracks has
been postponed to an undetermined date.
Feb 2008
(02.29) Vocalist Sean Z has joined Daath.
They will enter the studios March 1st to record their new album, "The
Concealers".
(02.29) Added a review
to I.N.R.I.'s
"Ultra Sonic Hatestorm" CD.
(02.28) Go here to listen to Meshuggah's
entire new album in Streaming Form.
(02.27) Slipknot's
new album should be out Aug 12th in the US, and the day before in
Europe.
(02.27) Aborted
is having a contest where listeners get to come up with a song title
for one of the tracks off their new album. For more info, go here.
(02.25) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new
Coldworker album, "Rotting Paradise", due in May. And go here
to listen to a sample track, 'Citizens of the Cyclopean Maze' (Click
the media player towards the bottom of the page).
(02.25) Go here to listen to the new track 'Wombdisease' off
the new Bury
Your Dead album.
(02.24) Lupara has
parted ways with
vocalist Noa Brady. A replacement singer has yet to be
announced.
(02.24) All Shall Perish
will enter the studio this April to record their new album.
(02.24) Deftones will
enter a Sacramento, California studio at the end
of March with producer Terry Date to
begin recording its sixth studio album, "Eros", tentatively due
before the end of the year.
(02.23) Hatesphere bassist Mikael Ehlert Hansen has joined Koldborn.
They are writing songs for their new album.
(02.22) Shadows Fall
will reissue their Century Media debut, "Of One Blood", on April 15.
(02.21) Cryptopsy's
new album will be called "The Unspoken King", and is in the final
stages of recording. They hope to release it this summer.
(02.21) Century Media will release a bestof Strapping Young
Lad album on March 31st. The album will be called "1994-2006
Chaos Years". For more info, visit here.
(02.20) Added a review
to Hate
Eternal's
"Fury and Flames" CD.
(02.20) The new 7th Nemesis
CD will be called "Archetype of Natural Violence" and will be out March
8th.
(02.20)Neuraxis
will enter the studio February 19 with producer Jef Fortin to record
their fifth studio album. The recording process will be completed by
late March, and they hope to release the album in July.
(02.20) Go here to listen to a new track, 'The Aftermath' off
the new Origin album.
(02.19) Added a review
to Deranged's
"The Red Light Murder Case" CD.
(02.19) Go here to see the cover artwork to Testament's
new album.
(02.19) Martyr
will release a DVD later this year called "Havoc in Quebec City".
(02.18) Added a review
to Element's
"Aeons Past" CD.
(02.18) Crionics
will be doing a lot of touring this spring in Europe, and work is
already underway on a new album, which they hope to have available
before the end of the year.
(02.18) Go here to see the cover artwork to Vader's
25th anniversary album.
(02.17) Go here to listen to a rare track, 'Executioner
Returns' from Obituary.
(02.17) Go here to listen to a new track, 'The Mirror's
Truth'
off the new In
Flames album.
(02.17) Go here to listen to a new track, 'Sympathy
Orchestra' off the new self titled Bury Your Dead
album, due out March 18th.
(02.15) Tool has
started writing new music for a new album.
(02.15) Vile has
finished writing 7 songs for their new album, and are writing a couple
more.
(02.15) Go here to listen to previews off the new Bloodbath
EP.
(02.14) Synthetic Breed
have signed with Faultline Records. Their debut album will finally be
availavle Feb 16th.
(02.14) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Deranged
album, out now.
(02.14) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Arsis
album.
(02.13) Bloodbath will
release its new four-song mini-CD, "Unblessing The Purity", on March 10
through Peaceville Records. Go here
for the cover artwork.
(02.13) Go here for an interview with Hate Eternal's
Erik Rutan about the new album.
(02.13) Go here to listen to the new track 'Obzen' off of Meshuggah's
new album.
(02.13) The new Suffocation
album has the working title "Blood Oath". The album will be recorded by
June for a tentative August / September release. Find out this and more
in an audio interview with Mike available here.
(02.11) Slayer
has won this year's Grammy for best metal performance. This is the
second year in a row they've won the award.
(02.08) The new Resurrection
album will be called "Mistaken for Dead", and it will be released May 4
via Massacre Records. The album will finish mixing at the end of
February, and Dan Seagrave will be doing the cover artwork
(02.08) Sepultura
is about the start writing their new album. This time, they state the
album will be inspired by the book and film "A Clockwork Orange".
(02.08) Go here to see the cover artwork to Dream Theater's
Greatest Hit album.
(02.07) Aborted
had this to say about their new album: "We are putting final touches to
the material and are hitting the studio to record from the end of
February until mid-March. Eric Rachel will mix this slab of brutality
right after and it should see a summer release on Century Media
Records."
(02.07) Go here for an interview with Arsis
bassist Noah Martin about the new album.
(02.07) The new Textures
album will be called "Silhouettes", and will be released April 21 via
Listenable Records.
(02.07) Slipknot
should enter the studio this month to begin working on their new
record, which they hope to release in August.
(02.06) Added a review
to Brain
Drill's
"Apocalyptic Feasting" CD.
(02.06) A few words from vocalist Burton C Bell about what Fear Factory
is (or is not) to to: "I'll say never say never, but at the moment FEAR
FACTORY
does not have a record contract with a label, so there's no contractual
obligation. I'm not worried about it and I'm focusing all my attention
on ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS."
(02.05) Go here to listen to the new track 'Bleed' off of Meshuggah's
new album.
(02.05) All the songs for the new Psycroptic
album have been written (9 in total), and the band hopes to go into the
studio in March. They hope to have the album finished by May.
(02.02) Origin's
new album will be called "Antithesis", and will be released on April
1st. The lineup is the same as their famous "Informis Infinitis
Inhumanitis" album. Go here for the cover artwork.
(02.02) Behemoth
will film its February 17, 2008 concert at La Locomotive in Paris,
France for an upcoming DVD, to be release fall / winter this year.
(02.01) Added a review
to Hanzel
Und Gretyl's
"2012: Zwanzig Zwolf" CD.
(02.01) Added a review
to Decrepit
Birth's
"Diminishing Between Worlds" CD.
Jan 2008
(01.31) The new Hanzel
Und Gretyl album will be called "2012: Zwanzig Zwolf", ad will
be released Feb 5th.
(01.31) Vader's
25th anniversary album "XXV" should be out in May, and will be released
in several versions, including a regular edition and a special edition
with 3 bonus songs and an extra DVD with rare footage. The band
will start recording a band new album in 2008 temporarily titled "The
Book of the Dead". They plan to release the album May 2009.
(01.31) Dream Theater
will release a "Forsaken" digital EP. The title track will be the album
version, followed by two live tracks recorded last year in Spain:
'Forsaken
(live)' and 'Constant Motion (live)'. The EP will be released March
31st.
(01.31) Lots of Bloodbath
news. Vocals have been recorded for a new EP which should be out later
this year. A DVD of the band's live performance at the Wacken 2005
festival will be released soon on Peaceville Records. And a new full
length CD is in the works, possibly to be recorded this year.
(01.29) Drummer Nils Fjellström may have patched things up
with Aeon,
and might return to the band fulltime. The band is jamming with him and
are deciding whether they want him back.
(01.29) Arsis'
new album "We Are The Nightmare" will come out April 15, 2008 in North
America via Nuclear Blast Records.
(01.29) To listen to what may be 2 clips off Meshuggah's
new album, watch the following interview with Tomas Haake and
Marten Hagstrom. The audio clips are during the opening and ending
credits.
(01.29) Go here to see the cover artwork to Zimmer's Hole's
new album.
(01.28) Diabolic
have signed to Deathgasm Records. The band will release their latest
two EPs on one CD called "Chaos In Hell/Possessed By Death" on Feb 29th.
(01.28) All Shall Perish
are working on material for a new album to be released later this year.
(01.28) Drummer Lech (As Blood Runs Black) and vocalist Lou
Tanius (On Paths Of Torment, Invocation of Nehek) have joined Through The Eyes
Of The Dead.
(01.28) Go here for a pretty interesting video interview with
Slayer's
Kerry King from this year's NAMM.
(01.25) Vocalist Derek Rydquist has left The Faceless
to pursue a college degree. The band is looking for a replacement, and
still plans to record a new album this year.
(01.25) Go here to listen to an interview with Severe Torturedrummer
Seth Van De Loo.
(01.25) Gorerottedhas parted ways with drummer John
Rushforth. He will be replaced by Nate Gould of Screamin' Daemon.
(01.23) Vocalist Nate Johnson has quit Through The Eyes
Of The Dead and has joined the hardcore band Since The Flood. As
to why he left the band, he states he is no longer interested in doing
death metal vocals. He loves the band, but wants to do something a
little different.
(01.23) The new Zimmers Hole
record will be called "When You Were Shouting At The Devil...We Were In
League With Satan". The album is due out on March 11 on Century Media
Records. Go here to see the cover artwork and hear the title
track.
(01.22) Angelcorpse
has added drummer Paul Collier (Ornament Of Disgrace) to the band.
(01.22) Go here and here
to watch a drum solo by Divine Heresy's
Tim Yeung performed at the NAMM show, which took place January 17-20 at
the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
(01.21) Former Obituary
guitarist Allen West
was released from the Gainesville Correctional Institution in
Gainesville, Florida on January 19, 2008 after serving eight months. He
was sent to jail after being arrested for his 5th DUI.
(01.18) The new Skinlab
live album has been completed, and will be called "Skinnedalive!"
(01.17) Here's the bonus track listing for the re-issue of Death's
"Symbolic" due out April 1st: 10) 'Symbolic Acts' (original "Symbolic"
title) (instrumental), 11) 'Zero Tolerance' (instrumental), 12)
'Crystal
Mountain (instrumental)', 13) 'Misanthrope (instrumental)', 14)
'Symbolic
Acts' (original "Symbolic" title) (with vocals).
(01.17) In Flames
have inked a deal with Koch Records for the North American release of
their new album, "A Sense of Purpose", to be released April 1st.
(01.17) Rasmus Salskov has rejoined Koldborn
as their fulltime drummer. He took a break shortly after their last
album for personal reasons.
(01.16) The current working title for Project: Failing
Flesh's new album is "Count Back From Ten".
(01.16) The new Deftones
album will be caled "Eros", and is due out later in the year.
(01.15) Added a review
to Amagortis's
"Pre-Natal Cannibalism" CD.
(01.15) Go here to listen to the new track 'Bringer of
Storms' off Hate
Eternal's new album.
(01.15) Go here and here
to watch a video interview with Gorerotted.
(01.15) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new In Flames
CD.
(01.12) According to their myspace page, Malamor
is in pre-production on their new album.
(01.12) Behemoth
have just signed with Metalblade Records in the US, and Nuclear Blast
in Europe.
(01.12) Cannibal Corpse
hope to enter the studio in September to record a new album for a 2009
release.
(01.12) Arsonists Get All
The Girls welcome bass player Adam Swan to the group. He replaces
Patrick Jones, who died Nov 30th of last year of unknown causes.
(01.12) Go here to listen to the song 'Watch Me When I Kill'
off the new Deranged
album due out February 18th.
(01.12) Coldworker
have completed work on their new album. The album will be released this
spring, and contains 12 tracks, plus a japanese bonus track which is a
cover of Sepultura's 'Necromancer'.
(01.12) Check here to get the tracklisting to the new Dream Theater
Best-of album, which contains a number of remixed tracks exclusive to
this double CD set.
(01.11) Nasum
will be releasing a live album in March. It will come in two varieties.
The first will be the band's live show from 2004 in Japan in a digipak
entitled "Doombringer" on Relapse, to be released March 4th. The second
will be the same tracks, but on a split album with Napalm Death. Go here to see the "Doombringer" cover artwork. The
track listing is as follows: 1) 'Corrosion' 2) 'Doombringer' 3) 'Just
Another Hog' 4) 'Inhale/Exhale' 5) 'Scoop' 6) 'Bullshit' 7) 'Relics' 8)
'Löpandebandsprincipen' 9) 'I Hate People' 10) 'Masshypnosis' 11)
'A
Welcome Breeze Of Stinking Air' 12) 'Fatal Search' 13) 'This is...' 14)
'The Masked Face' 15) 'The Idiot Parade' 16) 'Den Svarta Fanan'.
(01.11) Cog's new
album "Sharing Space" will be released in Australia on April 12.
(01.11) In Flames will
release a new single, "The Mirror’s Truth", on March 7 via Nuclear
Blast Records. The European-only release will contain the following
tracks: 1) 'The Mirror's Truth' 2) 'Eraser' 3) 'Tilt' 4) 'Abnegation'.
The first track is taken from their new album, due out April 4th, and
last 3 are exclusive non-album tracks
(01.10) Daath will
enter the studio on March 1st with producer Jason Suecof (Chimaira, The
Black Dahlia Murder) to begin recording its new album for a late
2008 release via Roadrunner Records.
(01.09) Added a review
to Oblige's
"Expectants" CD.
(01.09) Bury Your Dead
have announced that Myke Terry, former vocalist of Cassius, will be the
band's new permanent vocalist. The band is working on a new album right
now.
(01.09) Terrorust
have parted ways with their old vocalist, and have replaced him with
Matt Storma. The band plans on re-releasing their debut album with
their new vocalist doing all the vocals (the album will also contain
new lyrics and artwork). Visit their myspace page
to listen to the new track 'Harvesting The Blood'.
(01.09) Go here to see the cover artwokr to the new Hate Eternal
album, "Fury and Flames".
(01.08) Pre-production has begun for Resurrection's new album, and
should be released May 4, 2008.
(01.08) The new In Flames
album will be called "A Sense of Purpose", and will be released in
Europe on April 4 via Nuclear Blast Records.
(01.08) Memorial services for late Disgorgebassist Benjamin Lee Marlin
will be held on January 17, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at the Moose Lodge in
North Escondido, California. Fans of the band are encouraged to attend.
For more info, go here.
(01.07) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Meshuggah
album.
(01.04) The original Pessimist
lineup from the first two CDs, featuring founding members,
guitarist Kelly McLauchlin, vocalist Rob Kline, and drummer Chris
Pernia,
has reunited. Handling bass duties for the group is Kelly Conlon. Plans
are underway to begin writing new music for release later in the year.
In the meantime, the band will release a rare CD, "Evolution Unto Evil"
which features rare and previously unreleased tracks, early demos and
live studio songs, plus a few covers. The album will be released March
/ April 2008, a co-release on Grim Nocturnal Records and Pathos
Productions.
(01.04) Unearth
is working on music for a new cd to be released this fall.
(01.03) Disgorge
bassist Ben Marlin lost his 18-month battle with Cancer yesterday
morning. RIP dude.
(01.03) Rhino Records has set a March 18 release date for a
"best-of" double-CD from Dream Theater,
entitled "Greatest Hit & 19 Other Pretty Cool Songs".
(01.02) Go here to read a new interview with drummer Mike
Portnoy from Dream Theater,
with some new interesting tidbits about the band.
(01.01) Hate's
new album will be released Feb 4th.
(01.01) Visit the Decrepit Birthmyspace
page to listen to another new track, 'The Living
Doorway', from the new album.
(01.01) MetalKult.com
has just posted six MP3 audio files from a 1988 Death
rehearsal. These 6 songs eventually got rerecorded for the band's
"Leprosy" album.
(01.01) Deeds Of Flesh
have finished recording the drums for their new album.
