(12.20) And that's it folks for another year. Thanks for all the
support, and I'll see you all in
2010 when I reveal yours and my top10 lists of 2009. In the meantime,
keep submitting your top 10 lists, you have until Dec 31st at midnight!
(12.20) Added a review
to Carcass'
"Carcass
- Pungent Excruciation Live 1992 EP - Mini-CD" album from guest
reviewer Stefan.
(12.19) The next Deftones
album should be out April 27, 2010. This album is the first with
stand-in bassist Sergio Vega. The album that was almost completed with
Chi on bass has been shelved and the band may complete it at some
future date.
(12.19) Ozzy Osbourne
has set "Soul Sucka" as the title of his next album, which should be
out June 2010.
(12.18) A new Rob Zombie
track entitled 'Burn' (which will appear on his new album) is available
for free download here (free e-mail sign-up required).
(12.17) Rob Zombie's
'Hellbilly Deluxe 2' will now come out on February 2, 2010.
(12.17) Whitechapel
will enter Audiohammer studios in Sanford, Florida on December 27 with
producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, The Black Dahlia Murder, Chimaira,
Devildriver) to begin recording their third album for a late
spring/early summer release via Metal Blade Records.
(12.15) It's apparently been confirmed. Check out the Metallica
website..."You've been posting and chatting about it for months and
we're here now to confirm it . . . Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax will all share the same
stage for the first time EVER! Look for the four of us at the Sonisphere
shows in Warsaw, Poland and Prague, Czech Republic on June 16 and 19,
2010, with a few more of the festival dates still in the works. You can
be sure these shows won't be the only ones."
(12.14) Added a concert review
of the Dec 13th The Faceless -
Dying Fetus - Beneath The Massacre - Suffokate - Enfold Darkness
concert in San Francisco.
(12.13) Pathology has
inked a deal with Victory Records, and will release a new album on the
label in 2010.
(12.11) Suicide Silence
will have entire issue of a Guitar World publication dedicated solely
to them. "Suicide Silence: The Deluxe Guitar And Bass Tablature
Collection" will have 10 complete song transcriptions. All Tabs feature
full guitar and bass parts and lyrics. Go here
for ordering info.
(12.10) The Red Shore
have inked a deal with the Australian branch of Roadrunner Records.
(12.09) Go here to listen to the new
song 'Without Knowing Beyond' off the new Synperium
album, due out early next year.
(12.09) Immolation
have set "Majesty And Decay" as the title of their eighth album, due on
March 9, 2010 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records.
(12.09) Machine Head
have finally started writing music for their next album. The band will
also release a DVD of their 4 year touring cycle for "The Blackening".
(12.09) Go here
for an interview with Suffocation's
drummer Mike Smith on the subject of the current state of the band and
the music industry.
(12.08) Added a review
to Abraxas'
"Wretched Existence" album.
(12.08) Meshuggah will
release their concert DVD+CD digipack, "Alive", on February 5 in Europe
and February 9 in the U.S. Expect 105 minutes of footage on the DVD and
more than 60 minutes of music on CD. Here's the track listing: CD: 1)
'Perpetual Black Second (Tokyo)' 2) 'Electric Red' 3) 'Rational Gaze'
4) 'Pravus' 5) 'Lethargica' 6) 'Combustion' 7) 'Straws Pulled At
Random' 8) 'New Millenium Cyanide Christ' 9) 'Stengah' 10) 'The Mouth
Licking What You've Bled' 11) 'Humiliative' 12) 'Bleed'. DVD: 1)
'Begin' 2) 'Perpetual Black Second (Tokyo)' 3) 'Twenty Two Hours' 4)
'Pravus (Tokyo)' 5) 'Dissemination' 6) 'Bleed (NYC)' 7) 'Ritual' 8)
'New Millenium Cyanide Christ (Montreal)' 9) 'Cleanse' 10) 'Stengah
(Montreal)' 11) 'The Mouth Licking What You've Bled (Montreal)' 12)
'Machine' 13) 'Electric Red (Tokyo)' 14) 'Solidarius' 15) 'Rational
Gaze (Tokyo)' 16) 'Moment' 17) 'Lethargica (Toronto)' 18) 'Communicate'
19) 'Combustion (Toronto)' 20) 'Humiliative (Montreal)' 21) 'Infinitum'
22) 'Straws Pulled At Random (Toronto)' 23) 'End'. Bonus: 1) 'Bleed'
Music Video 2) The Making Of 'Bleed' 3) Micha Guitar Tour 4) Tomas Drum
Tour
(12.08) Go here
to see a 30min clip of the Dying Fetus
concert in Montreal.
(12.05) Aborted have
announce their new lineup, featuring Sven De Caluwé on vocals
(the only member left from previous albums), Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork,
Scarve) on drums, Eran Segal (ex-They Swarm/Whorecore) and Ken Sorceron
(Abigail Williams) on guitar and Cole Martinez (System Divide) on bass.
The band has been working on new material for the past few months and
has recorded a brand new five-track EP entitled, "Coronary
Reconstruction". The effort will be released digitally before the end
of the year via Century Media, and in a limited run of 1,000 copies by
the bandmembers themselves exclusively through Indiemerch. Go here
to see the cover artwork. And go here
for more info.
(12.04) Added the Reader's Poll,
check
it out and vote!
(12.04) Added a review
to Hackneyed's
"Burn After Reaping" album.
(12.04) Arsis has
posted a new song, 'Beyond Forlorn', on the group's MySpace page.
(12.02) Five Star Prison
Cell's new album should be out in early 2010.
(12.02) IMV/Blueline Productions will release a Carcass
Live mini EP from their tour back in 1992 called
"Carcass
- Pungent Excruciation Live 1992 EP - Mini-CD". The EP contains 2 songs
'Pungent Excruciation' and 'Swarming Vulgar Mass Of Infected
Virulency'. Go here
for ordering info.
(12.02) Project: Failing
Flesh are mixing their new album "Count Back From Ten".
(12.02) Through The Eyes
Of The Dead has posted a new song, titled 'The Manifest', on the
band's MySpace
page. The track comes off the group's third full-length album,
"Skepsis", which is scheduled for release on February 2, 2010 via
Prosthetic Records.
Nov 2009
(11.29) Go here to
listen to the first track, 'Diesel Uterus', off the new Mnemic
album "Sons Of The System".
(11.29) Diabolic have
completed work on their fifth full-length album, "Excisions of
Exorcisms", for a tentative February/March 2010 release via an
as-yet-undisclosed label.
(11.29) "Addicted", the second in a series of albums from Devin Townsend to be made
available under The Devin Townsend Project
moniker, sold 3,700 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 168 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD
landed at position No. 2 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers)
chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing
artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The
Billboard 200.
(11.24) "Live Xecution - Party.San 2008", the new concert DVD
from Obituary,
will receive a U.S. release in January 2010 via Regain.
(11.20) Added a review
to Devin
Townsend's
"Addicted" album.
(11.19) Morbid Angel
have inked a worlwide deal (excluding Japan) with France's Season of
Mist. They expect to release their new album in 2010.
(11.19) Go here
to read about all the bonus tracks on all the different versions of Mnemic's
new album.
(11.18) Testament's
"The Formation of Damnation" will be reissued with a bonus CD that
contains live renditions of the classics 'The New Order', 'Practice
What You Preach' and 'Souls Of Black'. The tracks will also feature
enhanced video clips recorded in Alcatraz for their MTV special "52/52"
campaign feature as well as the music video for 'More Than Meets The
Eye'. This special album re-release with bonus material will be in
stores on February 23.
(11.18) Misery Index
has roughly nine songs finished, and will record their fourth
full-length album in January. Their discography collection of splits
and EPs, entitled "Pulling Out The Nails", will feature 30 tracks, and
include all non-album material from 2001-2008, including the
'Overthrow'
and 'Dissent' EPs, as well as the splits with Structure Of Lies, Commit
Suicide, Mumakil, and Bathtub Shitter, the 'Hang 'Em High' 7", live
tracks, bonus covers etc. The compilation was remastered by Scott Hull
this year, and will be available in January on CD through the band's
own Anarchos Records.
(11.17) Immolationhave finished recording their
eighth album.
(11.16) Added a review
to Nile's
"Those Whom The Gods Detest" album.
(11.12) "Those Whom The Gods Detest", the new album from Nile,
sold 3,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to
debut at position No. 160 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at
position No. 3 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.
(11.12) A bunch of Slayer
sales facts. Their new album, "World Painted Blood", sold 41,000 copies
in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position
No. 12 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's last CD, "Christ
Illusion",
opened with more than 62,000 units to debut at position No. 5 on The
Billboard 200 chart. Slayer's 2001 album, "God Hates Us All",
registered a first-week tally
of 51,000 to land at No. 28, and has so far sold 319,000 copies. 1998's
"Diabolus In Musica" opened
with 46,000 units, debuting at No. 31, and has so far sold 306,000
copies. 1994's "Divine Intervention" was No. 8 after moving 93,000
copies of that album in its first week.
(11.11) According to a
new online post by Devildriver
bassist Jon
Miller,
the band has six songs "in the
bag" for the group's forthcoming album, which they "are looking to
record sooner than later."
(11.10) Go here
to see the cover artwork to the new Fear Factory
album.
(11.10) Mnemic will
release their fourth studio album, "Sons Of The System", on January 15,
2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.
(11.08) Go here
to listen to the track 'Powershifter' off the new Fear Factory
album.
(11.07) Fear Factory,
featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell
(vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud and drummer Gene Hoglan will
release its new studio album, "Mechanize", on February 9, 2010 via
Candlelight Records.
(11.07) Guitarist Gio Geraca (Upon Infliction, Evil Amidst,
Wykked Witch, Crucifeast) will be taking over bass duties for Malevolent
Creation for the band's upcoming tours. He is also expect to
contribute material to their forthcoming 11th studio album, which is
tentatively due next year.
(11.05) Go here
to see the cover artwork to the new Mnemic
album.
(11.05) "Fed Through the Teeth Machine", the fourth full-length
album from The
Red Chord,
sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 180 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD
landed at position No. 6 on the Top New Artist Albums chart.
(11.05) "The Great Misdirect", the new album from Between
The Buried And Me, sold 13,400 copies in the United States in
its first week of release to debut at position No. 36 on The Billboard
200 chart.
(11.04) Added a review
to Slayer's
"World Painted Blood" album.
(11.02) Added a review
to Between
The Buried And Me's "The Great Misdirect" album.
(11.02) Go here
to see the cover artwork to the new Arsis
album.
(11.02) Meshuggah will
release its long-awaited concert DVD on February 5 in Europe and
February 9 in the U.S.
(11.02) Go here
to see some really good clips of Immolation
drummer Steve Shalaty laying down tracks for the new album. The album
should be out March 10th 2010.
(11.02) Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling has rejoined Pestilence after a 15-year
break. Thesseling, known for his six-string fretless signature, played
on Pestilence's fourth album, "Spheres". Pestilence guitarist/vocalist
Patrick Mameli: "I'm very happy to welcome Jeroen once more to the
Pestilence camp. [...] Also, I would like to stress that, by no means
this collaboration with Jeroen will result in a 'Spheres' part 2, since
this is not our goal. Our goal is to create the most brutal and
technical Pestilence album ever. I'm currently composing new songs with
the eight-string Ibanez, which will give Pestilence a new dimension in
our own style. Key words: low, chuncky and a-tonal morbidity!!! So be
ready to be blown away!!!"
Oct 2009
(10.29) Added a review
to The Red
Chord's "Fed Through The Teeth Machine" album.
(10.29) A new song, 'Bend It Like Bender', from the new Devin Townsend
record is available for streaming here.
(10.29) Rob Zombie has
inked has a new worldwide deal with Roadrunner Records through its Loud
& Proud imprint. His new album should be out early 2010 on the
label.
(10.29) Between The Buried
And Me, with supporting acts Cynic,
The Devin Townsend Project and Scale The Summit wil be in San
Francisco on Jan 18th at Slim’s.
(10.29) Prong is
writing music for a new album.
(10.28) Go here
for a preview off of Chimaira's
DVD which should be out next year.
(10.27) Immolation
have entered Millbrook Sound Studios in New York with longtime producer
Paul Orofino to begin recording their eighth album, due in early 2010
via Nuclear Blast Records.
(10.27) Neuraxis have
enlisted Olivier Pinard (Vengeful) on bass and Olivier Beaudoin
(ex-Eternal
Burden, Stareblind) on drums for upcoming shows.
(10.26) Added a review
to Dawn Of
Azazel'
"Relentless" album.
(10.25) Go here
for a good interview with Obituary's
John Tardy which covers topics
such as a possible all Florida Death Metal band tour, clone bands, and
Chuck from Death.
(10.23) Darkwater
are still looking for a new fulltime bass player. They plan on entering
the studio soon with a session bassists to record their new album,
which they hope to release early next year.
(10.23) Malignant Monster's
new album will be pushed back till next year.
(10.22) Animosity has
officially split up. No real reason was given, beyond all the members
of the band decided to move onto other projects. For more info, go here.
(10.21) Added a review
to Dauntless'
"Death Row Poets" album.
(10.20) Release of the Meshuggah
DVD has been pushed back to early next year.
(10.20) Rob Zombie's
fourth solo studio album, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny
Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool", has been pushed
back to " an undetermined 2010 date" from the previously announced
November 17 on Geffen Records.
(10.16) Fear Factory's
new album will be called "Mechanized", and should be out February 2010.
(10.16) The Red Chord
will release their fourth full-length album, "Fed Through the Teeth
Machine", on October 27 in the U.S. via Metal Blade Records. The song
"One Robot To Another" is now available for streaming at MetalInjection.net.
(10.15) Psycroptic
are working on a Live DVD.
(10.15) Oblige is
busy working on material for a new album.
(10.15) Go here
to see the cover artwork to Synperium's
new album "Elemental Disharmony". No release date yet.
(10.15) The Bled
have a new studio album coming out Feb 2010. The band has signed with
Rise Records.
(10.15) Prophecy
gives an update, they've added a new 2nd guitarist named Joseph to the
group. They're still writing songs, tightening the ones they have, and
are looking for a good studio to record in.
(10.14) The release date of "Starve For The Devil", the fourth
studio album from Arsis,
has been pushed back to
February 9, 2010
(10.13) Go here
to listen to the title track off of Devin Townsend's
new album, "Addicted".
(10.12) Added a review
to Burnt
By The Sun's
"Heart Of Darkness" album.
(10.12) Don Decker, lead singer and songwriter of Anal Blast
and longtime Midwest promoter, died yesterday (Sunday, October 11) at
2:17
a.m. According to his friends, the passing was "peaceful." He was 41
years old. The cause of death has not been made public, but Decker
reportedly received a liver transplant last year.
(10.10) Skinlab have
announced the addition of guitarist Brian Jackson (Kreep) to the group.
(10.08) Obituary
will release a new concert DVD, tentatively titled "Live Xecution -
Party.San 2008", on November 19 via Regain Records. The footage for the
disc was filmed at last year's Party.San Open Air festival, which was
held August 7-9, 2008 in Bad Berka, Germany. Here's the track listing:
1) 'Find The Arise', 2) 'On The Floor', 3) 'Chopped In Half', 4)
'Turned
Inside Out', 5) 'Forces Realign', 6) 'Insane', 7) 'Face Your God', 8)
'Dethroned
Emperor', 9) 'Evil Ways', 10) 'Drop Dead', 11) 'Contrast The Dead', 12)
'Second Chance', 13) 'Stand Alone', 14) 'Slow Death', 15) 'Slowly We
Rot'. Go here
for the cover artwork.
(10.08) Arsis will
release its fourth studio album, "Starve For The Devil", on January 15,
2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.
(10.08) Dying Fetus
and The
Faceless will be performing in San Francisco on Dec 13th at the
DNA lounge.
(10.07) Added a review
to Arch
Enemy's
"The Root Of All Evil" album.
(10.04) Go here
and here
to listen to two tracks off the new Rob Zombie
album.
(10.03) Akercocke
are currently writing material for their 6th album.
(10.02) Shannon Hamm, guitarist for Death and Control Denied, suffered a
non-fatal heart attack. Unfortunately, he had no health insurance, and
is now struggling to pay for his medical bills. For more info, and if
you're interested in giving a donation, read the whole story here.
(10.02) "Day Of Mourning", the new album from Despised Icon,
sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 162 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD
landed at position No. 6 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers)
chart.
(10.02) "Necropolis", the new album from Vader,
sold around 1,130 copies in the United States in its first week of
release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No.
19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.
(10.01) Added a review
to Austrian
Death Machine's
"Double Brutal" album.
Sept 2009
(09.29) The title track of Slayer's
new album "World Painted Blood", is available for streaming on the
band's MySpace
page.
(09.29) Crionics have
finished mixing their new EP, "N.O.I.R.". It contains three new songs
plus two covers: Immortal's 'Blashyrk (Mighty Ravendark)' and
Rammstein's
'Moskau'. The band is in the process of negociating a new record deal.
(09.28) Added a review
to Dying
Fetus'
"Descend Into Depravity" album.
(09.28) The release date of Rob Zombie's
fourth solo studio album, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" has been pushed back one
week to November 17.
(09.25) Added a review
to Vader's
"Necropolis" album.
(09.25) The new Nile song
'Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld' is now
available for streaming on the band's MySpace
page.
(09.24) Added a review
to Despised
Icon's
"Day Of Mourning" album.
(09.24) Devin Townsend's
new album "Addicted will be out November 17 in North America.
(09.24) "The Scars Between Us", the new album from Skinlab, sold around 380 copies
in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen
SoundScan.
(09.24) "Descend Into Depravity", the new album from Baltimore
death metallers Dying Fetus,
sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 166 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD
landed at position No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers)
chart.
(09.24) "Deflorate", the new album from The Black Dahlia Murder,
sold around 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 43 on The Billboard 200 chart.
(09.24) "Retribution", the new album from Shadows Fall,
sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart.
(09.24) Mnemic have
entered the studio to begin recording their fourth studio album, "Sons
Of The System", for a January 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records.
(09.22) Through The Eyes
of The Dead have set "Skepsis" as the title of their third
full-length album, which will be out on Prosthetic Records. The
recording process is about half done. Go here
to see the cover artwork.
(09.22) Go here
to see the cover artwork to Rob Zombie's
new solo album.
(09.22) Pathology has
announced the addition of vocalist Pascual Romero (Strangled By
Strangulation, In This Moment) to the group's ranks. Go here
to listen to the new vocalist perform one of the band's songs.
(09.21) Decrepit Birth
will be recording their new album this winter, to be released early
next year.
(09.21) Misery Index
have four songs "in the works" for the band's next album, which they
hope to begin recording in January/February 2010.
(09.21) Go here to see a
decent video of Metallica
playing the song "The Shortest Straw" at
their Montreal show Sept 19th 2009. Apparently they haven't performed
the song live in about 10 years. The song comes off my favorite album
of theirs, "And Justice For All", which aparently has sold just over 8
million copies in the U.S.
(09.20) Mortal Music
and MVD Audio have set a November 3 release date for a new compilation
from Oppressor entitled "The
Solstice of Agony and Corrosion". The album contaisn 14 tracks from the
band's many albums, plus a bonus DVD of live footage and interviews. If
you've never heard of this band, I highly recommend picking up this
compilation or buy a few of their older albums on ebay, Oppressor
played some excellent technical death metal in the 90s, and they are
sorely missed.
(09.20) Koldborn have
announced the addition of drummer Kim Jensen (Dawn Of Demise) and
guitarist Martin "O" Olsen (As We Fight) to the group's ranks. The band
has also posted a brand new song, 'Ashes', on the Koldborn MySpace page.
(09.18) Added a review
to Skinlab's
"The Scars Between Us" album.
(09.18) Austrian
Death Machine will be releasing a new cd called "Double
Brutal", a two CD set featuring one disc of all new tracks, and a
second disc of cover songs, including songs originally performed
by Metallica, Megadeth, Misfits, Judas Priest and more. It will be our
Sept 29th.
(09.17) Added a review
to Shadows
Fall's
"Retribution" album.
(09.17) It seems as though Deranged
has gotten back together (with a slightly modified lineup) and are
playing a few shows. No idea whether they'll make a new album or not.
The current lineup is Martin Schönherr (Vocals), Thomas Ahlgren
(Guitar),
Andreas Johansson (Bass), and Rikard Wermén (Drums).
(09.17) Go here
to listen to the first track, 'Obfuscation', off the new Between The
Buried And Me album "The Great Misdirect" due in stores Oct 27th.
(09.16) Nile's
latest album "Those Whom the Gods Detest" is scheduled for a November
3rd North American release via Relapse Records. Go here
to see the cover artwork.
(09.16) Rob Zombie's
4th solo studio album will be called "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble
Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool",
and it will be released on November 10.
(09.16) The Amenta
has parted ways with vocalist Jarrod Krafczyk and bassist Dale
Harrison.
The two have been replaced by Cain Cressall on vocals (Malignant
Monster) and Dan Quinlan on bass (Pain Division). The split was
amicable.
(09.15) Drummer Thorsten has quit Suffocate Bastard.
He leaves on good terms, he's mainly leaving for health issues, he's
physically worn out and has decided to give up drumming in death metal
bands. He's been replaced with 22 year old Tim Schlichting
(ex-Agamendon, Dead Members, Gerauschkulisse). The band has 8 songs
ready for a new album.
(09.15) Vocalist Matti Way has quit Pathology. The group states,
"We are extremely disappointed and bummed over this. Matti has
other stuff going on right now and we wish him the best. Because of
this we are canceling a few upcoming shows."
(09.15) Dream Theater
have just released the "Wither" EP via online retailers. The track
listing for the effort is as follows: 1) 'Wither (Album Version)', 2)
'Wither
(Piano Version)', 3) 'Wither (John Petrucci Vocal Demo)', 4) 'The Best
of Times (Mike Portnoy Vocal Demo)'. Track 1 taken from the album
"Black Clouds and Silver Linings". Track 2-4 previously unreleased. Here's
the cover.
(09.12) Shadows Fall's
new album "Retribution" is being streamed in its entirety on the band's
MySpace
page.
(09.12) The Black Dahlia
Murder's new album "Deflorate" is available for streaming in its
entirety at RevolverMag.com.
(09.12) Karl Sanders,
founder of Nile,
is offering one-on-one intermediate and advanced guitar lessons in
Greenville, South Carolina. The lessons are $35 for one half hour, and
$60 for each full hour. E-mail NileGuitarLessons@gmail.com for more
information.
(09.11) Dying Fetus'
new album "Descend Into Depravity" is being streamed in its entirety at
this
location.
(09.10) Aeon have
parted ways with bassist Max Carlberg and replaced him with Victor
Brandt (ex-Satyricon). According to the band, the touring life wasn't
for Max, the part is amicable. The band entered the studio last week
and are about halfway done recording the 10 songs for a new album to be
released in early 2010.
(09.10) The Red Chord's
new album "Fed Through The Teeth Machine" will be out Oct 27th. Go here
to see the cover artwork.
(09.10) Arsis has
entered Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts to begin recording
its fourth studio album, "Starve For The Devil", for an early 2010
release via Nuclear Blast Records.
(09.09) Devin Townsend's
new album "Addicted" should be out early November.
(09.09) It seems that guitarist Gus G. has now officially
replaced Zakk Wylde in Ozzy Osbourne's
band. Go here
for a short interview with Gus and how it all went down.
(09.03) Slayer will
release their new album, "World Painted Blood", in the U.S. on November
3 (one day earlier internationally) via American Recordings/Columbia
Records.
Aug 2009
(08.31) According to Zakk
Wylde's wife, Zakk is in "stable" condition
right now after being diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs and leg.
They are following up with his doctors in L.A. with hopes
of beginning a slow recovery.
(08.28) Throught The
Eyes Of The Dead has entered Geller Cellar Studios
in New York to begin recording the band's as-yet-untitled third
full-length album. The group is self-producing the effort, with Eliot
Geller engineering, for an early 2010 release via Prosthetic Records.
(08.27) Rob Zombie's
new solo record will be out Nov 10th.
(08.26) Black Label Society has dropped off the remaining dates
on the "Pedal To The Metal Tour" due to the health of frontman Zakk Wylde. Wylde has
been diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs and was admitted to a
Eugene, Oregon hospital yesterday.
(08.24) Added a review
to Otep's
"Smash the Control Machine" album.
(08.21) A new Despised Icon
track, 'Day Of Mourning', is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.
(08.20) "Evangelion", the ninth full-length studio album from Behemoth, sold 8,500 copies in
the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No.
56 on The Billboard 200 chart.
(08.19) Go here to listen to the Arch Enemy
track 'Beast Of Man' from the new new album "The Root Of All Evil", an
album of re-recorded songs of early Arch Enemy material.
(08.18) Go here to listen to a new
song 'Beyond The Sphere Of Reason', off the new Synthetic Breed
album.
(08.18) Go here
to see the cover artwork to the new Devin Townsend
Project album "Addicted". He plans on starting on the 3rd album in the
series "Deconstruction" in October. And here's what Devin had to say
about touring plans: "On other notes: I have been rehearsing with a new
band, and we will
start touring in early 2010, representing all the back catalogue of
solo material, from 'Ki', 'Addicted', Physicist, Ziltoid, Terria, Ocean
Machine, The Devin Townsend Band, Infinity etc... I have some big plans
for this and rehearsals are sounding amazing. The touring entity will
be called 'Devin Townsend'
and is essentially a way for me to get out there and interact again and
showcase 15 years of music that never really got its fair shake. We
look forward to seeing you out there!"
(08.16) According to Slayer's
drummer Dave Lombardo, their new album should be out the first or
second week of October.
(08.13) Added a review
to Behemoth's
"Evangelion" album.
(08.11) Skinlab's
new album "The Scars Between Us" will be made available for streaming
in its entirety on the band's MySpace page beginning on August 12.
(08.08) Added a review
to Hiroshima
Will Burn's
"To The Weight Of All Things" album.
(08.08) Skinlab have
once again parted ways with guitarist Glen "Glenny" Telford. He was
unable to commit to the touring schedule that the band has coming up.
(08.08) Dying Fetus
are streaming another new track, 'Shepherd's Commandment', on their MySpace page.
(08.07) Added a review
to Nightrage's
"Wearing A Martyr's Crown" album.
(08.06) Added a review
to Common
Grave's
"Embedded Coding" album.
(08.06) Added a review
to Man
Must Die's
"No Tolerance For Imperfection" album.
(08.06) Brain Drill
have posted a brand new track entitled 'Monumental Failure' on their MySpace page.
The
band is currently writing material for its second album with a new
lineup, including new bassist Ivan Munguia and new drummer Ron Casey.
(08.06) Ankla
have posted a new song 'Persistence' on their myspace page, which will be
on their upcoming album.
(08.06) Aeon have
entered full writing-mode and are creating the remaining songs for
their upcoming album.
(08.06) Divine Heresy's
new album "Bringer of Plagues" sold around 3,000 copies in the United
States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 148 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD
landed at No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart. Their
first album, "Bleed The Fifth", opened with 2,700 units back in
September 2007.
(08.06) Apocalyptica
is scheduled to enter the studio in the winter to begin recording its
new album for a spring 2010 release.
(08.06) Scott Ian of Anthrax
has stated he wants John Bush back in the band as vocalist. It's not
official yet, they're seeing if they can work out a deal, but the
intention of the band is to have John back.
(08.05) Mnemic
have chosen producer Tue Madsen (Halford, Behemoth, Kataklysm, The
Haunted) as producer for their new album. He worked on the band's frist
two albums "Mechanical Spin Phenomena" and "The Audio Injected Soul".
They are entering the studio in September, and the album will be
released in January 2010.
(08.05) Go here
to listen to a statement from Burton C Bell (Fear Factory)
about his side of why the band legal situation is all messed up.
(08.04) Go here
to see the artwork from Skinlab's new album.
(08.01) "Evangelion", the ninth full-length studio album from Behemoth
is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page.
(08.01) Devolved have
had the release date of their Reissue of "Calculated" pushed back to
January 2010
from the previously announced August 25. According to the band, the
date was changed "due to a joint distribution merger between Unique
Leader and Prosthetic Records." The band will enter the studios this
fall to record their new album, also to be released in 2010.
July 2009
(07.31) Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (Thorns Of Ivy)
has joined Decapitated
as the replacement for Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, who died on November 2,
2007 in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a road collision.
Go here
to see a video of him performing (note, you may have to refresh the
page a few times to get the video and audio to sink up.)
(07.31) Go here to listen to all of Man Must Die's new album "No
Tolerance For Imperfection" in streaming form.
(07.29) Added a review
to Divine
Heresy's
"Bringer Of Plagues" album.
(07.29) Arsis has set
"Starve For The Devil" as the title of its fourth studio album,
tentatively due in early 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will be
recorded this fall with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (Municipal Waste,
Agnostic Front, Hatebreed) at Planet Z studios in Hadley, Massachusetts.
(07.28) Visit the Malamormyspace to
listen to a new song (unmixed) called 'Infect'.
(07.28) Go here
to see the cover artwork to Arch Enemy's new album "The Root Of All
Evil".
(07.24) Nile's
new album will be called "Those Whom The Gods Detest".
(07.24) To listen to 2 new Otep
tracks, 'Smash The Control Machine' and 'Rise, Rebel, Resist', both off
their new album, Visit the band's MySpace page. Go here
to see the cover artwork.
(07.23) Behemoth are
streaming a brand new track, 'Shemhamforash', on their MySpace page.
(07.23) Man Must Die has posted
a third preview track, 'Gainsayers', from their new album "No Tolerance
For Imperfection", on their MySpace page.
(07.23) Guitarist Mårten Hagström of Meshuggah states there
will probably be no new Meshuggah album till 2011.
(07.23) Suffocation's
new album "Blood Oath"
sold around 3,600 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 135 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD
landed at position No. 2 on the Top New Artist Albums
(07.23) "Pray For Villains", the fourth full-length album from Devildriver,
sold around 14,600 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart. Devildriver's previous album,
2007's "The Last Kind Words",
shifted a little more than 14,000 copies during its first week of
release to debut at No. 48 — around 40 percent more than the
opening-week number of 2005's "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand", which
premiered at No. 177 with sales of 10,400.
(07.23) Arkaea's debut
album "Years In The Darkness" sold 980 copies in the United States in
its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The
CD landed at position No. 39 on the Top New Artist Albums.
(07.22) Vocalist Dan Nelson has been kicked out of Anthrax. The cause seems to be
"Chemistry Problems". The band has cancelled some recent shows, and has
pushed back the release of their new album. Rumor has it that former
singer John Bush might be asked to rejoin the band.
(07.21) Added a review
to Hate's
"The Litanies of Satan" Live CD.
(07.21) Through The Eyes
Of The Dead has entered Geller Cellar Studios in New York to begin
recording its as-yet-untitled third full-length album. The band is
self-producing the effort, with Eliot Geller engineering, for an early
2010 release via Prosthetic Records. The CD will be mixed by Erik Rutan
at Mana Recording Studios.
(07.21) Go here to listen to the
new song 'King Of Nothing' from Shadows Fall.
(07.21) Dream Theaterdrummer Mike Portnoy's drum-cam
footage from the recording sessions for the band's new album, "Black
Clouds & Silver Linings", has been released on DVD. Audio options
include "Full Band" and "Isolated Drums". The package also features
rare audio and video outtakes. Go here
for more info.
(07.20) Added a review
to Devildriver's
"Pray For Villains" album.
(07.18) Go here to
listen to the new Dying Fetus
song 'Your Treachery Will Die With You'.
(07.18) A new Despised Icon
track, 'MVP', is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.
(07.18) Dawn Of Azazel's
new album "Relentless" will be out October 13th 2009.
(07.16) Job For A Cowboy's
new album "Ruination" has
sold around 10,600 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to debut at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart.
(07.15) Added a review
to Arkaea's
"Years In The Darkness" album.
(07.15) Added a review
to Suffocation's
"Blood Oath" album.
(07.15) Anthrax's new
album, "Worship Music", will be released in Europe on October 23 via
Nuclear Blast Records. No word on a North America date yet.
(07.14) Go here
for more info from Raymond Herrera on the whole Fear Factory
legal battle.
(07.10) Neuraxis has
parted ways with drummer Tommy Mckinnon and bassist Yan Thiel. Tommy is
going to go back to school to complete his degree, and Yan is going to
further his working career and can no longer dedicate himself to the
band. They are seeking replacements, so if you're interested in
joining, visit here.
(07.09) One of our readers, The Wolf, has contributed a few album
reviews for some bands I don't cover here, such as Spiral Architect, Planet X, and Gnostic. Go to
the album reviews section to check them out.
(07.09) Added a review
to Job For
A Cowboy's
"Ruination" album.
(07.09) Added a review
to Thy Art
Is Murder's
"Infinite Death" album.
(07.09) Obituary's new
album "Darkest Day" sold around 1,200 copies in the United States in
its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 32 on the Top
New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.
(07.09) Police say that Phil
Fasciana from Malevolent
Creation's claims of being involved in a shootout are false. Go here
for more info.
(07.09) Suicide Silence's
new album debuts at #32 On The Billboard Top 200 Chart with 14,000
units sold in their first week.
(07.08) The Black Dahlia
Murder will release its new album, "Deflorate", on September 15 via
Metal Blade Records. 'A Selection Unnatural', the first single, is now
available for streaming exclusively on RevolverMag.com.
(07.07) Go here
for an updated account of the convienience store robbery that Phil
Fasciana from Malevolent
Creation accidently walked into.
(07.07) Go here
to listen to Devildriver's
entire new album "Pray For Villains", streaming on the Roadrunner
website.
(07.07) Between The Buried
And Mehas set "The Great
Misdirect" as the title of its new album, due on October 27 via Victory
Records. The album contains only 6 songs, so they're pretty much
guaranteed to be long.
(07.06) Added a review
to Suicide
Silence's
"No Time To Bleed" album.
(07.06) Skinlab's
new album has been pushed back to a September 15th release date.
(07.05) Go here
for a recent news story posted on Blabbermouth.net involving Phil
Fasciana from Malevolent
Creation. In a nutshell, he walked into a convenience store in
the middle of a robbery, got shot at, managed to get the gun away from
the robber, and then killed the robber in self defense when the robber
pulled a second gun on him. I'm glad Phil is all right. Note: Posted in
the news story: "BLABBERMOUTH.NET could not independently
confirm the veracity of any of Fasciana's claims at press time.
Furthermore, BLABBERMOUTH.NET could not find any news reports
that corroborate the guitarist's account."
(07.04) Skinlab have
posted a brand new track, 'Amphetamine Gods' (Rough Cut), on their MySpace page.
The song comes off the band's forthcoming album, "The Scars Between
Us",
which is tentatively due before the end of the year via Stand And
Deliver Records.
(07.04) Arkaea has
posted another new track, 'Awakening', on the group's MySpace page.
(07.04) Vader has
posted another new track 'We Are The Horde' on the band's MySpace page.
(07.03) Goatwhore's
new album, "Carving Out The Eyes Of God",
sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of
release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 190.
(07.02) Dream Theater's
new album "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" sold 40,000 copies in the
United States in its first week of release, which put it at the No. 6
spot. The band's last CD, "Systematic Chaos", opened with 36,000 units
in 2007 to enter The Billboard 200 chart at No. 19. 2005's "Octavarium"
premiered with 27,000 copies to debut at No. 36.
(07.01) Added a review
to Obituary's
"Darkest Day" album.
June 2009
(06.30) Dream Theater
drummer Mike Portnoy recently took U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine track
by track through the band's newly released album, "Black Clouds &
Silver Linings". Watch the six-and-a-half-minute clip here.
(06.30) Spawn Of
Possession have added two new musicians to the band, Matthew
Chalk (ex-Psycroptic) is going to handle the vocal and lyric writing,
and Christian Münzner (Obscura, ex-Necrophagist) is going to do
the lead guitar parts.
(06.29) Added a review
to Pathology's
"Age Of Onset" album.
(06.29) Added a review
to Goatwhore's
"Carving Out The Eyes of God" album.
(06.28) Go here
for a good interview with Donald Tardy from Obituary.
(06.27) Job For A Cowboy
have posted a new song, 'Regurgitated Disinformation', on their MySpace
page.
(06.26) Added a review
to Infected
Disarray's
"Disseminating Obscenity" album.
(06.26) Devin Townsend's
album "Ki" has sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first
week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at
position No. 69 on the Top New Artist Albums.
(06.26) Crionics
have finished recording a new EP, "N.O.I.R.", at Cracow's Shindler
Factory Studio and are currently mixing the effort with the Wieslawski
Bros. in their Hertz Studio in Bialystok. "N.O.I.R." features three new
songs plus two covers: IMMORTAL's "Blashyrk (Mighty Ravendark)" and
RAMMSTEIN's "Moskau".
(06.26) Immolation
have signed a worldwide, multi-album contract with Nuclear Blast
Records, who will release the band’s upcoming eighth studio album in
early 2010.
(06.26) Go here
to see a video of Pestilence
performing the song 'Out Of The Body' Live at Hellfest June 21st 2009.
(06.24) Added a review
to Dream
Theater's
"Black Clouds & Silver Linings" album.
(06.24) Some Deftones
news. First, their bassist Chi (who was in a bad car accident last
year) is said to be "in semi-conscious state", but still has far to go
in his recovery. In album news, the band has decided to put their album
"Eros" aside, and instead focus on recording a brand new album. "Eros"
should see the light of day at some point, but for the moment the band
wants to channel all their energy into something new.
(06.24) Arch Enemy
will release their album "The Root Of All Evil" in North America
October 6th. The album is re-recorded songs from their first 3 albums,
now with Angela Gossow on vocals.
(06.23) A new Devildriver
track entitled 'Back With A Vengeance' is available for streaming on
the band's MySpace page.
(06.23) Shadows Fall
have set "Retribution" as the title of their new album, tentatively due
on September 15 via via the band's newly created record label.
(06.23) Synperium
are still working hard at completing the recording of "Elemental
Disharmony", the bands first full length album. Go here to see some in studio
video of the band at work.
(06.23) A new Behemothtrack, "Ov Fire And The Void", is
available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.
(06.20) Go here
to listen to the new song 'Saturnine' off the new Arsonists Get
All The Girls album.
(06.19) Added a review
to Devourment's
"Unleash The Carnivore" album.
(06.18) Go here
for a good interview with Morbid Angel's
David Vincent.
(06.17) Necrophagist
hopes to record a new CD later in the year for a 2010 release.
(06.17) There's a big legal battle going on over who owns the
name Fear
Factory. As previously reported, vocalist Burton C Bell and
guitarist Dino Cazares have restarted the band with Byron on Bass and
gene Hoglan on drums, but now the previous members Christian Olde
Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) say they have equal right
to the name.
(06.17) The re-release of Devolved's
"Calculated" will include new vocalist Kyle Zemanek. I assume they mean
they removed the previous vocals from all the songs and replaced them
with the new vocalist, although they don't specifically say that's what
they've done.
(06.16) Gorefest
have called it quits for a second time. The band states that they are
very happy with the 2 albums they released since they reformed, and
really enjoyed touring. But when faced with the question "What Next?",
they felt it was time to move on.
(06.14) The Red Chord
has set "Fed Through The Teeth Machine" as the title of its fourth
album, tentatively due this fall via Metal Blade Records.
(06.11) Vocalist Mordechai Von Renvaktar has left Spawn Of
Possession. He does so to concentrate more on his other band
Istapp.
(06.10) The Red Shore
went and rerecorded a bunch of their earliest songs, and have compiled
them into an EP called "Lost Verses", which should be out in June.
(06.10) Project: Failing
Flesh will be recording vocals for their new album "Count Back
From Ten" starting June 24th.
(06.09) Devin Townsend
has finished recording the drums for his follow-up CD to "Ki", called
"Addicted".
(06.09) Dirk Verbeuren (drummer for Scarve
& Soilwork) recently announced plans to release his first
instructional DVD. "Without revealing too much, I can promise you this
will not be your typical, run-of-the-mill instructional DVD," he said.
"To put it simply, the contents of this beast WILL please anyone into
SCARVE and SOILWORK, as well as some of my other bands. The plan is to
start shooting this summer."
(06.08) Go here to listen to Nightrage's
entire new album streaming.
(06.06) Arch Enemy
hope to have a new album out by October.
(06.05) Testament
hope to start working on their new album late this fall for a 2010
release.
(06.05) Dying Fetus
has set "Descend Into Depravity" as the title of the band's seventh
album, due on September 15 via Relapse Records.
(06.05) Nile will
enter the studio June 8 to record their new album, still scheduled for
an October release date.
(06.04) Go here
tro see a live performance of a new The Red Chord
song.
(06.04) Divine Heresy
is streaming a new song, 'Face Breaker', on the group's MySpace
page. Go here
for the cover artwork to their new album.
(06.04) Despised Icon
have set "Day Of Mourning" as the title of their new album, due on
September 22 via Century Media Records.
(06.04) Slayer's
new album will be called "World Painted Blood".
(06.02) Added a review
to Devin
Townsend's
"Ki" album.
(06.02)Krisiun
have posted a previously unreleased bonus track from their "Southern
Storm" album on their MySpace page. Check out 'Infested Waters' at this location.
(06.01) Added a review
to Bury
Your Dead's
"It's Nothing Personal" album.
(06.01) A new Obituary
song entitled 'List Of Dead' is
available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.
(06.01) The new Nightrage
song 'Wearing A Martyr's Crown' is now available for
streaming on the band's MySpace page.
May 2009
(05.30) Devolved
will re-release their 2nd album "Calculated" worldwide with Unique
Leader Records on Aug 25th, previously the album has only been
available in Europe. The album will be remixed by Neil Kernon, and may
contain some bonus tracks. The band will record a new album for the
label next year.
(05.30) Go here
to see the cover artwork to the new Vader CD,
"Necropolis", which will be out in Europe on August 21 via Nuclear
Blast Records.
(05.30) Go here
to see the European cover to the new Suicide Silence
album.
(05.30) Devildriver
will release its fourth full-length album, "Pray For Villains", on July
14 via Roadrunner Records.
(05.30) Job For A Cowboy
have posted a brand new song, "Unfurling a Darkened Gospel", on their MySpace
page. The track comes off the band's 2nd album, "Ruination", which
is scheduled for release on July 7 via Metal Blade Records.
(05.30) Dismember will
release a brand new DVD, entitled "Under Bloodred Skies", in June via
Regain Records. The two-disc set will include footage of two separate
concerts (one in the Netherlands and the other at last year's Party.San
Open Air festival, which was held in Bad Berka, Germany) plus tons of
backstage material and bonus features.
(05.30) Textures
have signed with Nuclear Blast Records. They will hit the studio in the
beginning of 2010 to record a new album, which should be released late
Summer/Autumn 2010.
(05.22) Spawn Of
Possession have five new songs completely written, and seven
other songs are in the works for a new album. Go here for a
pre-production teaser.
(05.22) Job For A Cowboy
will release their 2nd album, "Ruination", on July 7 via Metal Blade
Records.
(05.22) A track off the new Devildriver
album, "Pray For Villains", is available for free download at this location
(05.21) The song 'Apocalyptic Havoc', from Goatwhore's
upcoming album, "Carving Out The Eyes Of God", is available for
streaming here.
(05.21) Bury Your Dead
has posted a new song, 'Broken Body', on the group's MySpace page.
Here's the album
cover.
(05.21) Skinlab
have gone back in the studio to re-record their new album, since they
weren't 100% with it the first time around.
(05.21) Vader
have finished recording and mixing their new album.
(05.20) Arsonists Get All
The Girls have completed work on their new album, "Portals", for a
July 14 release via Century Media Records.
(05.19) Go here
to see the cover artwork to the new Behemoth
CD, which will be out Aug 11th in North America.
(05.16) A new Suffocation
song, 'Cataclysmic Purification', is available for streaming on the
band's MySpace
page.
(05.14) Devolved have
inked a deal with Unique Leader Records.
(05.11) Pathology's
new album "Age Of Onset" will be out June 23rd.
(05.11) Go here to listen to a new
track, 'Shed The Blood' off the new Nightrage
album, to be released on June 22 (Europe) and August 4 (USA). Go here
to see the album artwork.
(05.09) Slayer is
putting the finishing touches on their new album, and hope to release
it at the end of summer.
(05.09) Man Must Die
has posted a new song, 'Kill It, Skin It, Wear It', on the band's MySpace page.
The track comes off the band's new album, "No Tolerance For
Imperfection", which is scheduled for release this summer via Relapse
Records.
(05.06) Added a review
to Success
Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky's
"The Grand Partition And The Abrogation Of Idolatry" album.
(05.06) Starting on May 6 at 12:00 a.m (midnight) EST, click here
to download a free MP3 of 'A Rite of Passage', the first single from Dream Theater's
upcoming album "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", due in stores June
23. The free MP3 will be available for 24 hours. After that, the track
will stream on RoadrunnerRecords.com.
(05.06) Disavowed have
announced the addition of drummer Morten Løwe Sørenson
(Submission,
The Arcane Order, Instant Carnage, Scarve, The Cleansing) to the group.
(05.04) Go here
for another interview with Dream Theater
drummer Mike Portnoy about the new album.
(05.04) Go here
to listen to an interview with Dream Theater's
Mike Portnoy, where he discusses the band's new album, and the lyrics
fopr the new song 'The Best of Times', which he wrote as a tribute to
his late father Howard Portnoy, who died on January 4, 2009 at the age
of 68.
(05.02) Bury Your Dead
has posted a new song, 'Hurting Not Helping', on the group's MySpace page.
The track comes off their new album,"It's Nothing Personal", which is
scheduled for release on May 26 via Victory Records.
(05.01) Added a review
to Pestilence's
"Resurrection Macabre" album.
(05.01) Job For A Cowboy
have completed recording their highly anticipated sophomore album,
"Ruination", due in July via Metal Blade Records. The album contains 10
tracks.
Apr 2009
(04.30) Nightrage will
release their fourth full-length album, "Wearing A Martyr's Crown", on
June 25 via Lifeforce Records.
(04.30) Daath's
new album "The Concealers" sold around 1,300 copies in the United
States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The CD debuted at No. 35 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers)
chart.
(04.30) Chimaira's
new album, "The Infection", sold 15,000 copies in the United States in
its first week of release to debut at position No. 30 on The Billboard
200 chart. The band's previous album, "Resurrection", opened with
16,000 copies back in March 2007 to land at No. 42.
(04.29) The new band involving Dino Cazares (guitar), Burton C.
Bell (vocals), Byron Stroud (bass) and Gene Hoglan (drums) will in fact
take on the Fear
Factory moniker. The band is scheduled to play a number of shows
this summer as well as record a studio album as Fear Factory. For more
info, read all about it here.
(04.29) Metal Mind Productions has set a June 8 European release
date (July 14 in the USA via MVD) for "The Litanies of Satan", a live
album from Hate. Recorded in February 2004,
the CD features mainly songs from the band's "Awakening of the Liar" LP
plus some older, classic compositions. Go here
to see the cover artwork.
(04.28) A mid-October release date is expect for Nile's
new album.
(04.25) Go here
for a cool interview with Testament
about a number of topics, including a very different view of Megadeth's
Dave Mustaine, Metallica's success and dealing with band politics on
the road.
(04.25) Go here
to see the artwork for Goatwhore's
new album.
(04.25) Go here
to see the artwork for Devildriver's
new album, and here
for the special edition.
(04.25) Severe Torture
plan on going into pre-production on their new album in July and have
everything ready for recording in September.
(04.24) Suffocation's
new CD "Blood Oath" will be available in three formats exclusive to the
North American territory. In addition to the standard retail version,
there will be a mail-order edition available exclusively through the
Nuclear Blast U.S. webstore, and a digital version through iTunes.
The difference in the 3 releases will be the bonus tracks. The standard
edition has 'Pray For Forgiveness (instrumental version)' and 'Dismal
Dream (rough mix unmastered)'. The Mail Order only edition has 'Blood
Oath (instrumental version)' and 'Cataclysmic Purification (rough mix
unmastered)'. And the itunes version has 'Undeserving (rough mix
unmastered)' and 'Marital Decimation (instrumental version)'. You'll
need to buy all 3 editions to get all 6 bonus tracks.
(04.23) Added a review
to Daath's
"The Concealers" album.
(04.23) Arch Enemy
will be releasing an album of re-recorded tracks from the first three
albums, this time with Angela Gossow on vocals instead of original
vocalist Johan Liiva.
The album is recorded and is being mixed right now, and contains 12
tracks.
(04.23) Dying Fetus
have entered Wright Way Studios in Baltimore, Maryland with producer
Steve Wright to begin work on a new album, to be released in September
via Relapse Records.
(04.23) Goatwhore's
new album will be called "Carving Out The Eyes of God", and will be out
in the U.S. on June 23 via Metal Blade Records.
(04.22) Go here to listen to
the new track 'Apothecary of Abhorrence' taken from Oath To Vanquish's
forthcoming release "The Ruinous Fate of the Blind".
(04.22) Added a review
to Chimaira's
"The Infection" album.
(04.22) Anthrax
will begin mixing its first new studio album in six years, "Worship
Music", the first week of May.
(04.22) Go here
to see a video interview with Suffocation
taken in Montreal on April 16th, although be warned, the number one
topic is politics, not metal.
(04.21) Added a review
to Despondency's
"Revelation IV (Rise of The Nemesis)" album.
(04.21) Added a review
to Abysmal
Torment's
"Omnicide" album.
(04.21) Suicide Silence
have posted a
new song 'Lifted' on their MySpace
page. The track comes off the band's new album, "No Time To
Bleed", which will be out June 30 via Century
Media Records.
(04.21) Arsonists Get All
The Girls are currently in the studio working on their new album.
(04.20) Go here
to see 2 recent video interviews with Devin Townsend
about his life now and his new CDs.
(04.18) Obituary's
new album will be called "Darkest Day", and it will come out June 30
via Candlelight Records. Go here
to see the cover.
(04.18) Slayer are
still in the early stages of recording, just five
weeks in, working out ideas for what will be an 11-song album, released
in July.
(04.18) Preproduction on the new Nile
album is going on right now. The band intends to enter Erik Rutan's (Hate Eternal,
Morbid Angel) studio in June to record. Go here
for an interview with Karl Sanders
(04.18) Go here
to see the cover artwork to Suffocation's
new album, artwork
by Jon Zig.
(04.18) Vader's
new album "Necropolis" is now set for a late August release.
(04.18) Go here to
read an
interview with Devildriver
frontman Dez, which includes among other
things, a discussion on how, despite being friends again, he doesn't
think a Coal
Chamber reunion will ever happen.
(04.18) Drudgery
has posted
its
version of the Nasum
track "Words To Die For" originally from the album Human 2.0. The song
will be featured on an upcoming Nasum
tribute CD, due later this year on Germany's Power-It-Up Records.
Other bands scheduled to appear on the compilation include Coldworker,
Misery Index, Rotten Sound, Mumakil, Margrudergrind, Circle Of Dead
Children and Putrescence.
(04.16) Go here to listen to Chimaira's
new album streaming in its entirety, for 2 days only.
(04.16) Behemoth's
ninth studio album will be called "Evangelion", and will be out this
summer via Metal Blade in the USA and Nuclear Blast in Europe.
(04.15) Added a review
to Karl
Sanders'
"Saurian Exorcisms" album.
(04.14) Release of Anthrax's
new album has been pushed back till October.
(04.14) Brutus
continue to work on recording their new album.
(04.14) Blood Duster
are writing music for a new album this year.
(04.14) Malignant Monster
have just finished the first stretch of pre-production for their
upcoming album, which they hope to record later in the year.
(04.14) Bloodbath
will not be touring in 2009 due to the various band members being too
busy with their other bands. They may return on tour in 2010.
(04.14) Disavowed
will announce a new drummer sometime this month. The band continues to
write new material.
(04.14) Darkwater
has to part ways with bassist Karl Wassholm. They state that the
chemistry between them and Karl has been less than perfect for awhile
now. The band is seeking a replacement bassist. The band is also
currently writing material for a new album they hope to release this
year.
(04.14) Bury Your Dead
will release its new album, "It's Nothing Personal", on May 26 via
Victory Records.
(04.13) 7th Nemesis
has added drummer Selvmord (Elvolia, Profundis Requiem, Irae) to the
band. They're currently recording their second album "Deterministic
Nonperiodic Flow" with Francesco (Pitbulls in the Nursery) at the Dark
Wizard studios.
(04.13) They:Swarm
have changed their name back to Whorecore.
(04.13) Suicide Silence
will release
their new album, "No Time To Bleed", on June 30 via Century
Media Records.
(04.13) Drummer Andy C has left Wormed. Also, Migueloud (Human
Mincer, Body on Sections) has replaced Charly on guitars. The band has
wrtten 2 new songs, and hope to get together a Promotional CD to help
look for a new label.
(04.13) Severe Torture
are busy writing a new album. No word yet on
when they plan on recording.
(04.10) Go here to listen to
the new demo track 'Enter Bliss' off of Prophecy's
new album, to be released later this year.
(04.10) Crionics
have undergone a number of line-up changes. The band added Paul (Soul Snatcher, currently on tour as session drummer of
Vader) and Brovar
(Psychollywood, Immemorial) to their ranks for their Rebel Angels tour
and a Russian tours. They have also changed their vocalist, W.A.R.-an
has been replaced by Quazarre, the vocalist of Devilish Impressions and
Asgaard. The people responsible for guitar (Yanuary) and synth (Vac-V)
remain unchanged. The band continues to work on their new album, and
the album should be released on a new label now that they have finished
their contract with british label Candlelight Records.
(04.09) Vader
have signed with Nuclear Blast Records.
(04.09) Impending Doom's
new album "The Serpent Servant" sold 4,300 copies in the United States
in its first week of release to debut at position No. 144 on The
Billboard 200 chart.
(04.08) A brand new project has been formed featuring original Fear Factory
members Dino
Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell
(vocals). The band, which is rumored to also include bassist Byron Stroud
and drummer Gene
Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad) will play a number of shows this
summer as well as record a studio album.
(04.08) Divine Heresy's
new album will be called "Bringer Of Plagues" and should be out July
28th on Century Media Records.
(04.08) Angelcorpse
have decided to call it quits again. Their statement: "Due to musical
differences amongst its members, it has been decided with much
consideration to end Angelcorpse."
(04.07) Suffocation's
new album will be out in the US July 7th 2009.
(04.07) Victory Records has signed Otep. The
band will release it's new album "Smash the Control Machine" on August
18, 2009.
(04.06) Go here to watch Suffocationperforming
a new song, 'Mental Hemorrhage', which will be on their new album
"Blood Oath". The video was recorded on March 29, 2009 at The Boardwalk
in Orangevale, California.
(04.06) Added a review
to Dying's
"Born From Impurity" album.
(04.03) Daath has
posted the new track 'Day Of Endless Light' on their MySpace page.
The song appears on their new album.
(04.03) Shadows Fall
have finished recording their new album, and plan to release it this
September.
(04.02) Devin Townsend's
new album will be out June 19th in the US on InsideOut Music.
(04.01) Added a review
to Impending
Doom's
"The Serpent Servant" album.
Mar 2009
(03.31)
Synthetic Breed is still working on the
material for their new album. The recordings are progressing steadily
and
they hope to be releasing it soon.
(03.31) Arsis'
original drummer and founding member Michael Van Dyne, who played on
the band's first 2 albums, has rejoined the group.
(03.31) Go here
for an interview with Suffocation
vocalist Frank Mullen about the new record label and the new album.
(03.26) The family of Deftones
bassist Chi Cheng has started a
web site asking for donations to help pay for his medical costs.
Cheng's
insurance has reportedly refused to continue coverage for his ongoing
treatment. Cheng
remains in a coma and in a rehabilitation center following a car crash
last November in Santa Clara, California. Although from recent posts it
sounds like he has been improving, drifting in and out of consciousness
and saying a word or two, but he still has a long way to go. The site
can be found at OneLoveForChi.com
and the initial goal is to raise $20,000.
(03.24) Added a review
to Aeon Of
Horus's
"The Embodiment of Darkness and Light" album.
(03.24) As of Feb 20th, Anomalous
are about to enter the studio to record their new album. Drummer Marco
Pitruzzella (ex-Braindrill)
will be handling the drum duties, no word yet on whether he's
officially joining the band or if he's just a session musician for the
album.
(03.24) Go here for a 5 min
preview teaser for the new Devin Townsend
album.
(03.24) Deftones
bassist Chi Cheng has still not woken up from his coma. The band has
decided to continue on with recording the new record and a show at the
Bamboozle Left festival with replacement bassist Sergio Vega. They're
hopeful that Chi will fully recover and rejoin the band in the near
future.
(03.21) Devin Townsend
has decided to return to making music, and will release a new album
this summer called "Ki", released under the name The Devin Townsend
Project. Devin plans on releasing 4 albums using this group name in the
future, with the second record called "Addicted" and the 3rd called
"Deconstruction". Go here
for more info.
(03.21) Go here for an
extensive guitar lesson with Psycroptic's
Guitarist Joe Haley.
(03.21) Exhale have
inked a deal with Shane Embury (Napalm Death) and Mick Kenney's (Anaal
Nathrakh) Feto Records. The band's 2nd album, "Blind", will be released
in the summer.
(03.18) Luc Lemay
has confirmed that he is writing a new record for Gorguts,
as part of the 20th anniversary for the band. John Longstreth or Origin
fame will do drums for the album, Colin Marston will do bass, and Kevin
Huffnagel on second guitar. Go here to watch
a
video of
Luc and John jamming. Luc's other band Negativa are still
writing music and searching for a female vocalist.
(03.18) Mnemic
have completed writing 11 songs for their new album, with more to come.
The tentative album title is "Sons of the System".
(03.18) Napalm Death
will be performing on May 4th at the Grand Ballroom in San
Francisco, CA.
(03.18) Go here
to listen to another new Vader
demo track, 'Impure', which should be re-recorded for their new album.
(03.18) Prong
will release a remix album of their latest album "Power of The
Damager". The CD will be called "Power Of The Damn Mixxxer", and is
scheduled for release on May 12 via 13th Planet Records. Here's
the album cover.
(03.18) It's official, Shadows Fall
will release their new album on their own newly formed label.
(03.17) Zakk Wylde will return to the
studio in April to continue
work on Ozzy Osbourne's new album, tentatively due in early 2010.
(03.17) Nightrage have finished
recording recording their fourth
full-length album, "Wearing a Martyr's Crown", for a June release via
Lifeforce Records.
(03.14) Obituary
will release a new concert DVD, tentatively titled "Live Xecution In
Bad Berka 2008", in June via Regain Records. The footage for the disc
was filmed at last year's Party.San Open Air festival, which was held
August 7-9, 2008 in Bad Berka, Germany.
(03.13) Dream Theater's
new album will be called "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" and will
be out June 23rd. In addition to the standard-version CD, the album
will also be
available on vinyl LP, as well as a three-disc, special-edition CD that
will include the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album
and a CD of six cover songs, the titles of which will be revealed at a
later date. The album itself contains 6 songs (I assume they're really
long). Go here
to see the cover artwork.
(03.12) Suicide Silence
have finished recording their new album.
(03.10) Skinlab have
inked a deal with Cleveland, Ohio's Stand and Deliver Records. The band
is currently recording its new album which will be called "The Scars
Between Us".
(03.10) Founding member and guitarist Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka of Decapitated
has decided to continue on with the band. He's looking for a drummer
and a vocalist to replace his brother, drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka,
who died in a traffic accident a few years ago and vocalist Covan, who
was injured in the same accident, and has been steadily recovering at
home.
(03.04) Skinlab are
close to inking a deal with an as-yet-undisclosed label for the release
of the band's new album, tentatively due on July 7.
(03.04) Chimaira has
posted a new song, 'Secrets Of The Dead', on the band's MySpace page.
(03.03) The Red Chord will enter
the studio in April / May to record their new album. Writing is well
underway.
(03.02) Dream Theater
drummer Mike Portnoy played a one-minute "teaser" for the band's
forthcoming album on this past Friday's (February 27) edition of Eddie
Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. Go here
to listen to it.
(03.02) Vader
will enter the studio to record their new album mid March. Go here for a
preprod recording of a new song, 'Rise Of The Dead'.
(03.02) Obituary
have completed work on their new album for a tentative May/June release
via Candlelight Records. Here's
the album cover.
Feb 2009
(02.25) Go here
to watch The
Amenta perform their song 'Junky' Live at the Gaelic Club in
Sydney Australia on Jan 30th 2009.
(02.24) Added a review
to Pathology's
"Incisions Of Perverse Debauchery" album.
(02.23) Nightrage
has just entered Studio Fredman in Gothenburg,
Sweden with producer Fredrik
Nordström (Arch Enemy, In Flames)
to begin recording their fourth full-length album, "Wearing a
Martyr's Crown", for a June 2009 release via Lifeforce Records.
(02.21) Go here
to see the artwork to the new Daath CD.
(02.20) Suffocation's
new album "Blood Oath" is expected to come out May/June of this year.
(02.19) Napalm Death's
new album "Time Waits For No Slave" sold around 1,800 copies in the
United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen
SoundScan.
(02.19) Behemoth
entered the studio on February 16th to record their new album.
(02.18) Prosthetic Records has set an April 14 release date for
"Live at Eindhoven '87", a complete recording of Testament's
performance at the 1987 edition of the Dynamo Open Air festival. Here's
the track listing: 1) 'Disciples of the Watch', 2) 'The Haunting', 3)
'Apocalyptic
City', 4) 'First Strike Is Deadly', 5) 'Burnt Offerings', 6) 'Alex
Skolnick Guitar Solo', 7) 'Over The Wall', 8) 'Do Or Die', 9) 'Curse of
the Legion of Death (C.O.T.L.O.D.)', 10) 'Reign of Terror'.
(02.17) The new Devildriver
album has been fully recorded.
(02.17) Trent Reznor has announced that he's gonna put Nine Inch Nails
on hiatus for awhile after they finish their current tour.
(02.16) Added a review
to Napalm
Death's
"Time Waits For No Slave" album.
(02.16) Right after their current tour, Despised Icon
will enter the studio to record their 4th album, which they've almost
finished writing.
(02.14) Shadows Fall
are said to be planning to release their new album in U.S./Canada
independently through a deal with Independent Label Group, which is
composed of Warner Music Group's Asylum Records and East West Records.
(02.14) Colin Davis, founding member and songwriter of Vile,
has announced the unveiling of his own record label, Ninth Underworld
Records. The label's first release will be the as-yet-untitled fourth
album from Vile. Remixed and remastered reissues of past Vile offerings
will follow shortly afterwards
(02.13) The new Devildriver
album coming out this summer will be called "Pray For Villains".
(02.12) Dream Theater
are almost finished recording their new album, to be released this
summer.
(02.12) Cannibal Corpse's
new album "Evisceration Plague" sold 9,600 copies in the United States
in its first week of release, which puts it at position No. 66 on the
billboard charts. This is more than 50 percent higher than the opening
tally of the band's previous CD, "Kill" (2006), which landed at No. 170
after shifting more than 6,000 copies (that CD went on to sell approx
55,000 copies in the US). In 1996, The band's album "Vile" premiered at
No. 151, with more than 6,100 copies sold.
(02.07) Obituary
are in the studio record their new album.
(02.06) Added a review
to Cannibal
Corpse's
"Evisceration Plague" album.
(02.05) Meshuggah
hope to release a live concert DVD sometime this spring or fall, and
may start recording a new album later this fall for a 2010 release.
(02.05) Suicide Silence
will enter the studio this week with producer Machine (Lamb Of God) to
begin recording their new album, "No Time To Bleed", for a summer
release via Century Media Records.
(02.05) Infected Disarray's
debut album "Disseminating Obscenity" will be released April 21st 2009
on Unique Leader Records.
(02.05) Sepultura's
new album "A-lex" has sold around 1,600 copies in it's first week in
the US. It has sold approx 5,000 copies in Brazil. Here's the first
week sales for their past several albums in the US... "A-Lex" (2009):
1,600 units, "Dante XXI" (2006): 2,300 units, "Roorback" (2003): 4,000
units, "Nation" (2001): 10,000 units, "Against" (1998): 18,000 units.
"Dante XXI" has sold 19,000 copies in the United States since its March
2006 release.
(02.04) Shadows Fall
has started recording their new album.
(02.04) Go here
to download the song 'Rapture of the Empty Spaces' from Karl Sanders'
second solo album, "Saurian Exorcisms".
(02.04) Guitarist Jesper Strömblad, founding member of the In Flames,
has been forced to sit out the group's upcoming tour of South America,
Australia and Japan. Jesper has checked himself into a rehabilitation
clinic in order to receive treatment for his alcohol addiction. On this
tour, Niclas Engelin from the Swedish band Engel will fill in on guitar.
(02.03) Go here
to listen to the new song 'The Worthless' Off the new Daath
album.
(02.02) Guitarist Alex Auburn has left Cryptopsy.
No clear word as to why, Alex says: "There are many reasons why I must
leave the band, and this has been going on for a while now, so I am
quitting. The band and I believe it is better for me to go, so I am
moving forward."
Jan 2009
(01.30) Century Media Records has announced a worldwide
partnership with Roadrunner Records to release Daath's new album "The
Concealers" on April 20 in Europe and April 21 in the U.S.
(01.29) Added a review
to Sepultura's
"A-Lex" album.
(01.28) Karl Sanders,
the founder of Nile, has
inked a solo deal with The End Records. Sanders' second full-length
solo album, entitled "Saurian Exorcisms", will be released on April 14.
(01.27) Go here to listen to the new
track 'The Source Of Inhumanity' off the new Despondency
CD.
(01.27) Rob Zombie
will release his new album (which is all finished) after he finishes
shooting his new movie "H2", the sequel to his Halloween film. He's
doing this because he won't have time to promote the new album until
shooting is finished. Shooting is expected to end in August.
(01.24) Nile is
writing songs for its sixth full-length album, tentatively due this
summer / fall via Nuclear Blast Records. The group will enter the
studios in March or April.
(01.24) Bury Your Dead
is about to enter the studios to record their 4th album.
(01.24) Skinlab have
entered Trident studios in Pacheco, California with producer Juan
Urteaga to begin recording their new album.
(01.23) Added a review
to Exmortem's
"Funeral Phantom" album.
(01.23) Go here to listen to the new
track 'The Serpent Servant' off of Impending Doom's
new album.
(01.23) Gene Hoglan
says he's going to start work again on his instructional DVD, which he
hopes to have finished soon.
(01.23) Decrepit Birth
are in pre-production mode for their third full-length album, titled
"Polarity". They hope to have the album available this summer.
(01.19) Go here
to watch video footage of The Faceless
guitarist Michael Keene performing a medley of songs off their new
album at the 2009 winter NAMM.
(01.17) Go here to listen to all of
Sepultura's
new album streaming.
(01.16) Added a review
to Severed
Savior's
"Servile Insurrection" album.
(01.16) Devildriver
have entered the studios to record their new album.
(01.16) Suffocation
will enter the studio to begin recording their new album"Blood Oath"
starting January 31st. The album will once again be recorded with Joe
Cincotta, whom they worked with on their previous two releases. Mixing
duties will be handled this time around by Zack Ohren (All Shall
Perish, Decrepit Birth) and cover artwork will once again be by Jon Zig
(Deeds Of Flesh, Disgorge, Gorgasm)
(01.16) You can now listen to Napalm Death's
entire new album and watch a detailed track-by-track video feature on
the band's myspace
page.
(01.14) Chimaira has
signed a new worldwide deal (except North America) with Nuclear Blast
Records.
(01.14) Whitechapel
will start writing a new album this February, but don't expect to have
to album released until 2010.
(01.13) Added a review
to Necrophagia's
"Harvest Ritual Volume 1" album.
(01.13) Vile will
enter the studio January 25th to begin recording their fourth
full-length album for a late 2009 release. While nothing is set in
stone, the band is considering self-releasing the album and not going
through any label.
(01.12) Project: Faling
Flesh
are in the middle of recording their 3rd album.
(01.12) Chimaira
has finished recording their new album.
(01.10) The title track of Cannibal
Corpse's forthcoming album, "Evisceration Plague", is available for
streaming here.
(01.09) Added a review
to Seance's
"Awakening Of The Gods" album. The album will be out January 19th. Go here to
listen to the whole album streaming.
(01.09) Paroxysm
is looking for a new drummer. No idea how this will affect the
recording of their debut album.
(01.09) Gorgasm
have recently placed an R.I.P. beside their name on myspace, alluding
to the fact the band may have broken up. No details yet.
(01.09) Devildriverhas re-signed with Roadrunner Records. The band has started
work on a new album. Their last album, "The Last Kind Words", sold
70,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
That CD shifted a little more than 14,000 copies during its first week
of release to debut at No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. This figure
represented around a 40 percent increase over the opening-week number
of 2005's "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand", which premiered at No. 177
with sales of 10,400.
(01.09) Testament will
play their classic first two albums — "The Legacy" and "The New World
Order" — for one night only at Islington Academy in London, England on
March 25.
(01.09) Anomalous
is hard at work writing for their upcoming full length with 7
songs 100% complete and another in the works (as well as an
instrumental for a total of 9 tracks). The as-yet-untitled album will
be recorded by Tim Hale and Nate Vennarucci at Vennarucci's own Mount D
studio this month.
(01.07) The family of Covan (vocalist for Decapitated)
who was badly injured last year in a bus crash which also took the life
of Decapitated drummer Vitek, is asking for your donations to help
Covan on his road to recovery. Go here
for more information.
(01.06) Behemoth
are in the final stages
of the songwriting process for their upcoming, as-yet-untitled album.
The record is tentatively expected sometime in the fall via Metal
Blade (USA) and Nuclear Blast (Europe). They will enter the studio in
the middle of February.
(01.04) Brutus
are about halfway finished recording their new album, "Murwgebeukt -
Total Loss".
(01.04) Magna Carta will be releasing a compilation CD called "Guitars That Ate My Brain". It's a set of all
instrumental songs from some of the world's best metal guitar
players, including work from Devin Townsend,
Paul Waggoner (Between The
Buried And Me), Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler (Daath),
Shane Gibson (Korn),
James Murphy (ex-Testament),
etc. Go here for more
information.
