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• (12.30) Chimaira have announced the addition of Matt Szlachta (Dirge Within) on guitar and Jeremy Creamer (Daath) on bass. So here's the full lineup, all new members with the exception of vocalist Mark Hunter: Mark Hunter on Vocals, Matt Szlachta on Guitar, Emil Werstler on Guitar, Jeremy Creamer on Bass, Sean Zatorsky on Keyboards and Austin D'Amond on Drums.
• (12.24) Go here to listen to the new track 'The Origin Of Disease' off the new Aborted album.
• (12.24) Go here for an audio preview of the new Satariel album "White Ink".
  
• (12.24) Goatwhore has set "Blood For The Master" as the title of its new album, due on February 14 in North America via Metal Blade Records.
• (12.22) Go here for a new Coldworker track called 'Flesh World".
  
• (12.21) Go here for the cover artwork to the new Spawn Of Possession album, and it will be available March 13th 2012.
  
• (12.20) Added a review to the Vile's "Metamorphosis" album.
• (12.16) The Amenta will start recording their new album "Flesh is Heir" in January.
• (12.16) Dying Fetus new album will be called "Reign Supreme" and will be released mid-2012 via Relapse Records.
• (12.16) Go here to listen to the new track 'Carriers Of The Plague' from the new Psycroptic album.
  
• (12.14) Go here to read more on Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman recovery from necrotizing fasciitis, or more commonly known as "flesh eating disease".
• (12.14) Go here to listen to a demo of Devolved's new song 'Collateral Damage' which should be on their new album in 2012.
  
• (12.13) Today is the 10th Anniversary of Chuck Schuldiner's passing. He died December 13, 2001 after a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor. We miss you Chuck, your music will always be inspirational!
• (12.13) Go here to listen to a preproduction teaser for Deeds Of Flesh's new album "Portal to Canaan".
  
• (12.10) Dying Fetus have entered Wrightway Studios in Baltimore with longtime producer Steve Wright to begin recording their new album for a mid-2012 release via Relapse Records.
• (12.10) 33 bands from the Polish rock and metal scenes will take part in a charity tour, "Covan Wake The Fuck Up Tour 2012", to help former Decapitated singer Adrian "Covan" Kowanek. For more information, go to www.wakeupcovan.com.
• (12.10) Guitarist-turned-bassist Youri Raymond of Cryptopsy is leaving the band. Here's his statment: "I am officially announcing my departure of the band Cryptopsy. At this time, we feel it's in the best interest of both the band and I to part ways. As a musician, moving from guitar to bass was a great challenge, but honestly, I never really felt comfortable in that position and my motivation in general was stagnating. I'm now moving forward and will release an album in 2012 on guitar/lead vocals with my band, Unhuman, and I hope Jon, Matt, Chris, Flo and the new guy who will fill in in the bass spot the very best with the upcoming album and what might be the 'real' Cryptopsy coming back! Thanks again, fans and friends, for your endless support!"
• (12.08) Here's the cover artwork to Psycroptic's new album.
  
• (12.07) Sadly, TripleJ Radio in Australia have canceled their "The Racket" show hosted weekly by Andrew Haug (he's hosted the show for close to 10 years now). It was a great show that I listened to on a weekly basis to keep informed on new Australian metal, and I really appreiated Andrew's knowledge and interviews. Sorry to see you go mate, they've made a big mistake. Andrew has promised he will return to the airwaves one day soon, although I assume different airwaves, you can keep in touch with him through his Facebook page.
  
• (12.06) Nile have finished recording the drums for their new album for an early 2012 release.
• (12.05) Mnemic will enter the studios in February to work on their new album, due out June 2012.
• (12.03) Added the Reader's Poll, check it out and vote!
• (12.03) Spawn Of Possession have completed work on teir third full-length album, "Incurso", for a spring release via Relapse Records.
• (12.02) Drummer Paul Bostaph has left Testament. The split is amicable, he just wants to have a little more creative control over his music and so decided to part ways. The band is now looking for a new fulltime drummer.
• (12.01) The Amenta are working on a new album, to be titled "Flesh is Heir". They hope to release it it early 2012, and they say it is a crooss between their first two albums in style.
• (12.01) Beneath The Massacre's new album is done, and is being mastered for an early 2011 release.
• (12.01) Vocalist Peter has left Exhale. He just didn't feel like he could give the band the commitment that it deserved.
• (12.01) Enochian Theory are recording their second album.
• (12.01) The new Pyrexia album will be called "Feast Of Iniquity", and should be out this winter.
• (12.01) 7th Nemesis are recording their 2nd album "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow" right now.
• (12.01) Vomit The Soul have decided to split up.
• (12.01) Trigger The Blood have released a new Digital Only EP called "Kingdom Come". To get it, go and like the band's facebook page.

• (11.30) Dream Theater's song 'On The Backs Of Angels' from their new album has been nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance" category.
• (11.30) Colderworker's new album "The Doomsayer's Call" will be released Feb 13th 2012.
• (11.18) Go here to read a really fascinating "review" (more like analysis) of the Metallica / Lou Reed collaboration "Lulu" done by Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick.
• (11.16) Bassist Tom Murphy has left Periphery. He says in a statement, "I have had so many unforgettable experiences and have met so many wonderful people while playing with the band and just want to say thank you to all the fans for making that possible. I am leaving to pursue something new." He will be replaced on the upcoming tour with Adam 'Nolly' Getgood from Red Seas Fire.
• (11.16) Go here to listen to the new song 'Violent Society' from Coldworker.
• (11.16) Go here for an interview with Dream Theater's John Petrucci where he at first waffles like a politician, and then finally claims their new album is not a reworking of "Images And Words".
• (11.15) Added a review to the Whitechapel's "Recorrupted" album.
• (11.13) Sepultura have announced the addition of drummer Eloy Casagrande (Gloria, Andre Matos) to the band, replacing Jean Dolabella as the band's full-time percussionist. Jean leaves the band on good terms to focus on his own projects.
  
• (11.12) Prong have signed with Long Branch Records/SPV. The band's new album is due in the spring.
• (11.11) Guitarists Rob Arnold and Matt DeVries will be leaving Chimaira at the end of 2011. While the band hasn't officially "called it quits" (the only remaining member is the vocalist), I can only assume this means the end for the band. So if you can catch them live anytime before the new year, this will probably be your last chance.
  
• (11.11) Psycroptic's new album will be called "The Inherited Repression", and will be released Feb 10th in Europe.
  
• (11.10) Added a review to the Krisiun's "The Great Execution" album.
• (11.10) Added a review to the Death Destruction's "Death Destruction" album.
• (11.10) Added a review to the Voyager's "The Meaning Of I" album.
• (11.09) Roadrunner Records have signed French band Gojira. The band will release their 5th album next year on the label.
• (11.05) Napalm Death's new album will be called "Utilitarian", and it will be released on February 27 in Europe and February 28 in North America. Go here for the cover artwork.
  
• (11.04) What's with Decapitated and transportation accidents? The band has canceled their performance at the U.K.'s Damnation Festival this weekend after surviving a crash landing. The musicians were flying back to Poland from the United States when the plane they were on landed on its belly at Warsaw airport after trouble opening its landing gear. None of the 230 people aboard were hurt in Tuesday's accident, which caused the closure of Fryderyk Chopin Airport to arrivals and departures for more than 30 hours. So glad too hear the band and everyone else is ok.
  
• (11.03) Devin Townsend will release "Contain Us", a box set for his recent 4 album Devin Townsend Project ("Ki", "Addicted", "Deconstruction" and "Ghost"). The set, along with the 4 albums, will also contain two bonus DVDs and CDs. The DVDs have one featuring live performances and all the Devin Townsend Project promotional videos while the other has audio commentary for all four albums, live audio tracks, song stems for remixing and more. One of the audio CDs features all the bonus tracks from the Devin Townsend Project sessions with the other having the Devin Townsend Project session demos.

• (10.30) Quite a big lineup change in Mnemic the past few months. The band has lost its second guitarist, bass player, and drummer. All 3 have now been replaced. Here's the current lineup: Guillaume Bideau (Vocals), Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (Guitar), Victor-Ray Salomonsen (Guitar), Simone Bertozzi (Bass), Brian Larsen (Drums). So the only remaining original member is Mircea, and the only two current members who were on their last album is Mircea and Guillaume.
• (10.28) Go here to see the video for the Tesseract song 'Eden'. This is a rerecorded version of the song that features their new vocalist.
• (10.28) Obituary hope to have a new album out by Spring of 2012.
  
• (10.27) Gorguts expect to have their new album out in 2012.
  
• (10.27) Nasum will reconvene for a limited number of farewell performances in 2012. Founding member and vocalist/guitarist Mieszko died in 2004 in a tsunami, which lead to the end of the band. For these shows, vocal duties will be handled by Keijo Niinimaa, vocalist in Finnish band Rotten Sound.
• (10.26) Go here to listen to the new track 'Global Flatline' off the new Aborted album.
  
• (10.25) A few more details about James Murphy's tumor, where he explains that it's not cancerous, but a mass that left unchecked could grow, putting pressure on surrounding tissue (which is what happened 9 years ago), which can lead to dire consequences.
  
• (10.21) Go here for an update on James Murphy's condition, overall, it's not as bad as he feared, but the tumor has grown slightly, requiring a new medication to try and shrink it back down.
  
• (10.21) Release of Testament's new album has been pushed back to April/May.
  
• (10.19) Periphery has announced the addition of guitarist Mark Holcomb to the group's ranks. Holcomb previously had a project with Periphery's founder Misha Mansoor called Haunted Shores and was the fill-in guitarist on their "Frak The Gods" tour.
• (10.19) Aborted's new album "Global Flatline" will be out Jan 24th 2012. Go here to see a trailer for the album (The music starts about 3 minutes in).
  
• (10.18) 'Rise And Confront', a brand new song from Krisiun, is available for streaming on the band's Facebook page.
• (10.17) Dismember have decided to call it quits after 23 years of music.
  
• (10.14) Added a review to the CorpseFlesh's "Demo" demo.
• (10.14) Added a review to the Bloodsoaked's "The Death of Hope" album.
• (10.13) Added a review to the Immolation's "Scion A/V Presents: Immolation "Providence"" album.
• (10.12) Razor & Tie has announced the signing of Shadows Fall to a multi-album, North American deal. The band entered Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts to begin recording its new album for a spring release.
• (10.08) Dying Fetus will release their first-ever tab on November 25 for their album "Descend Into Depravity". It contains the tablature for all the albums rhythm and lead guitar parts as well as bass guitar parts for each song. It also includes a digital download of "Descend Into Depravity" plus isolated guitar and bass tracks to play along to.
• (10.07) Added a review to the Anthrax's "Worship Music" album.
• (10.07) James Murphy, guitarist for bands such as Death, Testament and Disincarnate, has announced that the cancerous tumor he managed to beat almost a decade ago, may be on it's way back. He's scheduled for an MRI next week. For more info, as well as info on how to donate to help pay for his medical bills, please read the entire article here.
• (10.07) Go here to download the ttitle track off Immolation's new EP "Providence".
• (10.06) Added a review to the Nightrage's "Insidious" album.
• (10.06) "Unto The Locust", the new album from Machine Head, sold more than 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart, the first time the band has gotten into the top 25 in their 17 year history.
• (10.05) Added a review to the Machine Head's "Unto The Locust" album.
• (10.05) Immolation will release a new digital EP called "Scion A/V Presents: Immolation - Providence EP", and it will be released for free from http://www.scionav.com. It will also be released on CD for sale on Immolation's next tour. Go here for the cover artwork.
  
• (10.04) Whitechapel's new EP "Recorrupted", will include a brand new track titled "Section 8", a cover of Pantera's "Strength Beyond Strength", an acoustic version of "End OF Flesh", and remixes of "Breeding Violence" by Big Chocolate and "This Is Exile" by Ben Weinman from The Dillenger Escape Plan.
• (10.03) Added a review to the Deivos's "Demiurage Of The Void" album.
• (10.03) Go here for an interview with Pete Sandoval, former drummer for Morbid Angel and current Terrorizer drummer, who states among other things he doesn't care for the industrial type songs on the newly released Morbid Angel album.

• (09.30) "Worship Music", Anthrax's latest album, sold 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at #12 on the Billboard charts. The band's previous album "We've Come For You All", opened with just under 10,000 units to debut at No. 122.
• (09.29) "Section 8", a brand new song from Whitechapel, can be streamed on the band's Facebook page. The track will reportedly appear on the band's "Recorrupted" digital EP, which is expected on November 8 through Metal Blade Records.
• (09.29) Go here for an interview with Dream Theater's John Petrucci and John Myung on subjects ranging from former drummer Mike Portnoy, to recording their new album, to gear and guitar technique.
  
• (09.28) Arch Enemy have announced that their show in Cologne on December 13 will be filmed for a future DVD release.
• (09.25) Job For A Cowboy have entered Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida to begin recording their next album for an early 2012 release via Metal Blade Records.
• (09.25) Shadows Fall will enter the studio in October to begin recording their new album for an early 2012 release.
• (09.24) Napalm Death will release their new album via Century Media Records in early 2012.
• (09.23) Experimental death metal band Krokmitën have released their album, "Alpha-Beta", for free on the web. Visit their website to listen to the 46 minute album, or order a CD if you're interested.
  
• (09.23) Added a review to the Pathology's "Awaken To The Suffering" album.
• (09.23) Willowtip Records will be releasing the new Vile album on November 15th.
  
• (09.22) "Worship Music", the new album from Anthrax, sold 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 12 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD "We've Come For You All", opened with just under 10,000 units to debut at No. 122.
• (09.22) "A Dramatic Turn Of Events", the new album from Dream Theater, sold 36,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 8. The band's previous CD, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", opened with 40,000 units to land at No. 6. The album before that, "Systematic Chaos", sold 36,000 copies to enter the chart at No. 19. The CD before that, "Octavarium",  sold 27,000 copies in its first week to debut at No. 36.
• (09.21) Added a review to the Vader's "Return To The Morbid Reich" album.
• (09.21) Aborted have completed work on their seventh studio album, "Global Flatline", for a January 2012 release via Century Media Records. The label will release a digital single of the title track, "Global Flatline", on October 15th. The regular jewel-case edition of "Global Flatline" will include 12 tracks while the limited-edition digipack will have 14 tracks.
• (09.18) Go here for a really good interview with former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy about the reasons he left, and how he sees the band now, and their new album.
  
• (09.17) Nile will be releasing an early demos EP entitled "Worship The Animal - 1994 The Lost Recordings", which features the original Nile lineup of Karl Sanders, Chief Spires and Pete Hammoura. It will be out on October 11 via Goomba Music.
• (09.16) Added a review to the Dream Theater's "A Dramatic Turn Of Events" album.
• (09.15) Suffocation are hard at work on material for a new album next year.
  
• (09.14) Hate have signed with Napalm Records. The band is already working on material for a new CD.
• (09.13) Added a review to the Hackneyed's "Carnival Cadavre" album.
• (09.09) Krisiun will release their 8th album, "The Great Execution", on October 31 in Europe and November 1 in North America via Century Media Records. Go here for the cover artwork.
  
• (09.07) Cannibal Corpse have begun recording their twelfth studio album at Sonic Ranch studios in Texas with producer Erik Rutan.
• (09.06) Go here for the new track 'Hate Turns Black' off the new Nightrage album.
• (09.03) The Rotted will release its new album, "Ad Nauseam", on October 31 via Candlelight Records.
• (09.03) Go here for a 6 minute preview of songs off the new Textures album.
  
• (09.02) Deranged vocalist Martin Schönherr has left the band due to "personal reasons".

• (08.31) Go here to listen to a 7 minute preview of the new Vader album.
  
• (08.31) Tesseract are in the studio for the first time with new vocalist Elliot Coleman. The band is re-recording the song 'Eden', which was originally featured on the group's debut album "One", with Coleman on vocals and will also release a music video for the track.
  
• (08.27) Chimaira's new album "The Age Of Hell" sold more than 7,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 54 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "The Infection", opened with 15,000 units back in April 2009 to land at No. 30, and the band's previous album to that one, "Resurrection", shifted 16,000 copies in its first week to enter the chart at No. 42.
• (08.27) Coldworker has inked a deal with Listenable Records. The group's third album, "The Doomsayer's Call", will be released this winter.
• (08.26) Devin Townsend will be performing 4 concerts on 4 consecutive days Nov 10-13 in London. Each night he will perform one of his Devin Townsend Project albums. The concerts will be filmed for an eventual DVD release.
  
• (08.25) Devolved have parted ways with guitarist Brett Noordin, the split is amicable. His replacement will be Mark Hawkins from Robots Pulling Levers. Drummer John Sankey says he hopes to make the next album more brutal and more death-metal like.
• (08.24) Tesseract vocalist Dan Tompkins has decided to leave the band to pursue other life priorities. He leaves on good terms. Replacing him will be vocalist Elliot Coleman (Omnom, Sky Eats Airplane, Zelliack). The band is already working on a follow-up to their debut album.
• (08.24) Go here to listen to the new song 'Reaching Home' off the new Textures album.
  
• (08.23) Job For A Cowboy are putting the finishing touches on the pre-production demos for their upcoming studio album, tentatively due next year.
• (08.23) The Blu-ray edition of Dream Theater's 2004 concert video "Live At Budokan" will be released Oct 18th by Eagle Rock.
  
• (08.18) Added a review to the Chimaira's "The Age Of Hell" album.
• (08.16) Go here to listen to all of Chimaira's new album streaming.
  
• (08.15) The new Testament album should be out in February.
  
• (08.13) The new Napalm Death album is done, just waiting for release (hopefully this November).
  
• (08.11) "Mosh 'N' Roll", the new album from Bury Your Dead, sold around 3,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 141 on The Billboard 200 chart.
• (08.10) Candlelight Records has announced the signing of The Rotted.
• (08.08) Added a review to the Bury Your Dead's "Mosh & Roll" album.
• (08.06) Seems like the band Oblige have decided to call it quits. No details were given.
  
• (08.06) Deivos' new album "Demiurge Of The Void" will be out September 27th. Go here to see a small version of the cover artwork.
  
• (08.06) Go here to listen to a pre-production track, 'Hiding In Plain Sight', from the new Man Must Die album.
  
• (08.04) Fear Factory is starting to demo music for a new album.
• (08.04) Decapitated will be doing a headlining tour of the US this fall, and will come to San Francisco on Oct 11th at the DNA Lounge. Opening acts include Decrepit Birth and Rings Of Saturn.
  
• (08.02) Added a review to the Dying Fetus's "History repeats..." EP.
• (08.02) Chimaira's new album "Age Of Hell" will be out August 16th.
  
• (08.02) Dream Theater will be performing in San Francisco at the Warfield September 24th.
• (08.02) Metal drummer Richard Christy (Charred Walls Of The Damned, Control Denied, Death), currently working on the "Howard Stern Show", married his longtime girlfriend Kristen Jenco July 30th in New York City.
• (08.01) Added a review to the Decapitated's "Carnival Is Forever" album.

• (07.30) Goatwhore are in the middle of recording their new album.
  
• (07.30) Gojira's "Sea Shepherd" EP is done except for the guest vocalists, and that's what's holding up the release right now. The band hopes to go into the studios in October to record their new album for an early 2012 release.
  
• (07.29) Periphery plans on releasing two new albums in the near future (probably early 2012), the first will be more song based, similar to their current material. The second is dubbed "Juggernaut" and will be more experimental and a concept album.
  
• (07.29) Go here to see the cover artwork to Machine Head's new album.
  
• (07.26) Devin Townsend will be headlining at Slim's in San Francisco October 25th 2011.
• (07.22) Pathology have completed work on their new album, "Awaken To The Suffering", for a September 13 release. Go here for the cover artwork.
  
• (07.21) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Nightrage album.
• (07.21) "Carnival Is Forever", the fifth studio album from Decapitated, sold around 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 11 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.
• (07.21) "Kairos", the new album from Sepultura, sold around 2,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The band's previous CD, "A-Lex", opened with around 1,600 units back in January 2009.
• (07.21) "The Black Crown", the new album from Suicide Silence, sold around 14,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 28 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "No Time To Bleed", opened with 14,000 units in July 2009 to land at No. 32 on The Billboard 200 chart.
• (07.20) Meshuggah are writing their new album, and they hope to have it released next March.
  
• (07.19) Added a review to the Sepultura's "Kairos" album.
• (07.18) Added a review to the Suicide Silence's "The Black Crown" album.
• (07.14) Textures new album, "Dualism", will be released in Europe, South America, Australia and Asia on the 23th of September and in North America on the 27th of September via Nuclear Blast Records. Go here to see the cover artwork.
• (07.14) Testament have set the title to their new album to be "The Dark Roots Of Earth", tentatively due in October via Nuclear Blast Records.
• (07.13) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Anthrax album.
• (07.07) Guitarist Alex Bois is no longer with Periphery. Here's the band's statement: "We have some sad news to share. Alex Bois and Periphery have decided to part ways. This is truly a sad day for Periphery, because Alex has been with us since the beginning, and he is like a brother to us. We're going to do everything we can to make the most out of this unfortunate situation, and soldier on like we always have in the past when faced with setbacks. In regards to all of our upcoming shows and tours, worry not! We will have special guest artists filling in for Alex, so our touring plans will not be changing whatsoever. Throughout all of this, we really appreciate your support and understanding."
• (07.06) Added a review to the Insision's "End Of All" EP.
• (07.05) 'Come And See My Sacrifice', a brand new song from Vader's new album, is available for free download here (e-mail sign-up required).
• (07.01) Spawn Of Possession are now in the studio working on their new album for a fall release.

• (06.30) Nightrage have set "Insidious" as the title of their fifth album, due in the US on September 27 via Lifeforce Records.
• (06.30) The 20th-anniversary reissue of Death's legendary fourth album, "Human", sold 1,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release. "Human" is the best-selling Death album of the SoundScan era, having shifted 95,000 copies in the United States since its October 1991 release.
• (06.30) Here's the first week sales figures for Devin Townsend's two new albums. "Deconstruction" sold 3,500 units, which gives it a billboard chart position of #165, and heatseekers position of #5. And "Ghost" sold 2,200 units to give it a heatseekers position of #12.
• (06.30) "Sounds Of A Playground Fading", the tenth album from In Flames, sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart. Their previous album "A Sense of Purpose" opened with 20,000 units to land at No. 28. This was slightly less than the opening tally of "Come Clarity", which shifted just under 24,000 copies in February 2006 to enter the chart at position No. 58.
• (06.29) Added a review to the Pestilence's "Doctrine" album.
• (06.29) Go here to listen to the track 'Homo Sum' off the new Decapitated album.
  
• (06.29) Go here to listen to the track 'Bluebeard' off the new Bury Your Dead album.
  
• (06.28) Roadrunner will be streaming a song from the new Dream Theater album June 29th at 11am EST on their Youtube channel.
  
• (06.28) Added a review to the Deranged's "Cut, Carve, Rip, Serve" album.
• (06.28) Added a review to the In Flames' "Sounds Of A Playground Fading" album.
• (06.26) Dying Fetus will enter the studio in November to begin recording their new album for an early 2012 release.
• (06.25) Go here to listen to the new Anthrax song 'Fight 'Em 'Til You Can't', off their new album, coming soon.
• (06.24) Added a review to the Abraxas' "Damnation" album.
• (06.24) Added a review to the Devin Townsend's "Ghost" album.
• (06.24) Added a review to the Devin Townsend's "Deconstruction" album.
• (06.23) Machine Head have set "Unto The Locust" as the title of their new album, due on September 27th via Roadrunner Records.
• (06.22) Two brand new songs from Chimaira: 'Trigger Finger' and 'Born In Blood' have been made available through iTunes. Both songs come off Chimaira's new album, entitled "The Age of Hell", which will be released August 26 in Germany and August 29 in the United Kingdom, Australia and the rest of Europe via Long Branch Records. The CD will be made available in North America through eOne Music.
• (06.22) Testament have just entered the studio with British producer Andy Sneap to begin recording their new album for a late 2011 release. Due to a "serious injury," drummer Paul Bostaph is unable to take part in the new CD recordings but will rejoin Testament for future touring activities. Playing drums will be Gene Hoglan.
• (06.22) Seems that Synthetic Breed have added a new vocalist to the group. Here's the statement: "It is with great regret that we feel it necessary to let you all know long time vocalist, Cal Hughes, will not be fulfilling upcoming tour commitments and furthermore continuing with the band. This has come as a sudden shock to all of us but Cal has relinquished his vocal duties from the band due to personal reasons. However, after an extensive search we’re thrilled to announce that we would like to welcome Mares Refaeleda to Synthetic Breed. Mares brings an inspiring, fresh and new approach to Synthetic Breed and we’re sure she will win your approval when you see us live!"
• (06.22) Misery Index have signed with label Season Of Mist.
• (06.22) Vader will release their new album, "Welcome To The Morbid Reich", on August 12 via Nuclear Blast Records. Go here for the cover artwork.
• (06.22) "Khaos Legions", the ninth studio album from Arch Enemy, sold around 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 78.
• (06.22) "Illud Divinum Insanus", the new album from Morbid Angel, sold around 3,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 141. Some previous album stats: "Heretic" opened with around 3,900 units back in October 2003, and has sold a total of 31,000 copies to date. "Domination" has sold 99,000 units so far. 1993's "Covenant" has shifted nearly 153,000 copies to date.
• (06.22) Go here to listen to a preview of Decapitated's new album.
  
• (06.15) Sick Drummer magazine is hosting a 5 day drum camp about an hour north of San Francisco in early October. Teachers / guests will include George Kollias (Nile), Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal), Sean Reinert (Cynic), Gus Rios (Malevolent Creation), Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork) and many more. Go here for full details.
• (06.15) Follow the links to watch high quality footage of Morbid Angel's recent concert in Tilburg Netherlands on June 12th 2011, which includes several songs off their new album and a lot of old favorites. Go here to watch the entire concert: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.
  
• (06.13) Added a review to the Arch Enemy's "Khaos Legions" album.
• (06.13) Added a review to the Job For A Cowboy's "Gloom" EP.
• (06.13) Added a review to the Origin's "Entity" album.
• (06.11) Added a review to the Morbid Angel's "Illud Divinum Insanus" album.
• (06.09) Machine Head's new album will be out September 27th. Go here to listen to a 30second rough mix of the song 'Locust'.
• (06.09) Hackneyed will release their third album, "Carnival Cadavre", on August 22 in Europe and August 30 in North America via Lifeforce Records. Go here for the cover artwork.
  
• (06.08) Go here to listen to Dying Fetus covering Bolt Thrower's 'Unleashed Upon Mankind', which will be on their new covers album "History Repeats…".
• (06.08) Dream Theater have set "A Dramatic Turn Of Events" as the title of their new album, which includes 9 tracks, and is due on September 13 via Roadrunner Records.
• (06.03) "Worship Music", the long-awaited new album from Anthrax (their last album came out in 2003), is tentatively due in the U.S. on September 13 via Megaforce Records (one day earlier in Europe through  Nuclear Blast Records). The album was originally written and recorded for a 2009 release which featured Dan Nelson on vocals, the album has since been rerecorded, with many of the songs tweaked and a few heavily modified, and will feature classic Anthrax singer Joey Belladonna.

• (05.27) Added a review to the Devolved's "Oblivion" album.
• (05.27) Cannibal Corpse Bassist Alex Webster has posted the following message on Twitter:  "Writing for the new Cannibal album is going great. We've completed music for eight songs and have several more in the works as well."
• (05.26) Pathology will enter Lambesis Studios in the band's hometown this summer with producer Daniel Castleman (Impending Dooom, As I Lay Dying) to begin recording its new album for a fall release.
• (05.26) Lead guitarist and songwriter Jon Levasseur has rejoined Cryptopsy. Youri Raymond, who had been playing guitar, is now handling bass duties following Levasseur's return and previous bassist Eric Langois' departure from the band. The band is working on new material foor a release later this year.
  
• (05.25) A few more details about the new Devin Townsend CDs "Ghost" and "Deconstruction", in addition buying the CDs seperately, and the "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" 2CD package, fans can get their hands on one of the 500 "Special" bundles that contains both of the albums along with a limited-edition seven-inch single titled "The Calm & The Storm" plus four digital songs from the already completed "Ghost II" album. For the hardcore Devin fans, there are also 500 of the "Ultimate" bundles which contains everything from the other packages along with a patch and an exclusive t-shirt. All of these are available now at CMDistro.com.
• (05.25) Bury Your Dead, who have reunited with their original vocalist after a few lackluster albums, has posted a new song 'Slaughterhouse Five' off their new album here. The new abum "Mosh & Roll" is scheduled for release on August 2 via Mediaskare Records.
• (05.24) Arsis are busy writing a new album, go here to listen to a demo of the song 'Since The Shadows' from the band.
  
• (05.23) Devin Townsend has set "Epicloud" as the title of his next album. According to Devin, the CD's musical direction will be "big, heavy, romantic kind of melodic stuff. Pretty, ethereal and simple."
• (05.23) "You Only Live Once", a new song from Suicide Silence, is available for streaming on the band's Facebook page (you must "like" the track in order to hear it).
• (05.21) Relapse Records has announced the signing of Spawn Of Possession. The band is currently writing material for its new album for a fall release.
• (05.21) The Faceless have parted ways with vocalist Derek Rydquist. In a statement to Lambgoat, Rydquist said about his exit from the group, "As you Internet sleuths have deduced, I have left The Faceless. I left the band a couple months ago, and we were waiting until they had everything sorted out on their end before saying anything about it, but I guess I'll take it upon myself to break the news. I am no longer emotionally or artistically fulfilled by being the vocalist for the group, and that's how I arrived at my decision. Touring's luster has worn off, and I have found myself reconsidering the role I would like to take in creating and presenting music. Also, being a 'professional musician' was kind of ruining my love for music because when you rely on this stuff to make you money, as with anything, it is easy to become bitter towards it. Not that it was all bad — I had the best times I will ever have being in this band — but it is time for me to move on. I'd like to thank the band and the friends I've made through the band for making this not only a life-altering experience, but a life-shaping one. There is an immense amount of talent in this band, and the new vocalist they have is doing a great job, so please keep supporting THE FACELESS. I can now join you in anticipating the new album." Geoff Ficco (Kamikabe, Orgone) has been taking over the vocal duties for the band at several recent shows.
  
• (05.21) Go here to listen to the track "Kairos" from Sepultura's new album.
  
• (05.20) Dream Theater will begin mixing it's new CD in a week from now.
• (05.19) "Phoenix Amongst The Ashes", the new album from Hate Eternal, sold around 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 14 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. Their previous albu, "Fury & Flames", sold 2,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release.
• (05.18) Suicide Silence will release their new album, "The Black Crown", on July 12 via Century Media Records. Go here to see the cover artwork.
• (05.18) Rob Zombie is busy writing new music, which he says will be more like his earlier material.
• (05.18) Brian Petrowsky, former vocalist/guitarist of the defunct Danish band Iniquity, passed away at the age of 37. Petrowsky was featured on INIQUITY's debut album, "Serenadium" in 1996.
• (05.16) Added a review to the Otep's "Atavist" album.
• (05.16) Nile drummer George Kollias is writing and recording a solo album in between drum clinics and touring cycles. The CD will be out in September, and includes George playing drums,  guitars, bass, keys, and vocals, and it will also feature a DVD of the recording process.
• (05.14) Added a review to the Vomitous' "Surgical Abominations of Disfigurement" EP.
• (05.14) Added a review to the Truth Corroded's "Worship The Bled" album.
• (05.13) Here's a really interesting interview with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater about Mike Portnoy leaving the band, and his attempting to rejoin them later.
  
• (05.12) Added a review to the Hate Eternal's "Phoenix Amongst The Ashes" album.
• (05.12) Go here to listen to samples off the new Morbid Angel album.
• (05.12) Go here to listen to a prepro track 'The Eidolon Reality' off the new The Faceless album.
• (05.12) Go here to listen to a track 'Eyes Of Black' off the new Unearth album.
• (05.12) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Decapitated album.
  
• (05.10) Decapitated's new album will be called "Carnival Is Forever" and is due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records.
• (05.09) Unearth will release their new album, "Darkness In The Light", in Europe on July 4 via Metal Blade Records.
• (05.08) Disgorge are hard at work on their fifth full-length album, "And The Weak Shall Perish", for a late 2011 release via Unique Leader Records. Here's the band's current recording lineup: Levi Fuselier (Vocals), Ricky Myers (Drums), Erik Lindmark (Deeds Of Flesh) (Guitar), and Derek Boyer (Suffocation, Decrepit Birth) (Bass).
• (05.07) Job For A Cowboy's new EP "Gloom" will be out June 7th.
  
• (05.07) Dying Fetus will release a limited-edition mini-Ep called "History Repeats…", which will be a set of cover tunes from the band's influences. The EP will also contain  a brand new Dying Fetus track. Here's the track listing: 1) "Fade Into Obscurity (Dehumanized cover)", 2) "Unchallenged Hate (Napalm Death cover)", 3) "Gorehog (Broken Hope cover)", 4) Rohypnol (Original song exclusive to this release)", 5) "Unleashed Upon Mankind (Bolt Thrower cover)", 6) "Twisted Truth (Pestilence cover)", 7) "Born In A Casket (Cannibal Corpse cover)". The EP is limited to 5,000 copies worldwide and set for a July 19 North American release through FYE stores and Relapse mailorder exclusively.
• (05.06) Go here to see the cover artwork to Sepultura's new album.
• (05.06) Otep's new album "Atavist" sold 7,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 61 on The Billboard 200 chart. OTEP's previous CD, "Smash The Control Machine", opened with 10,400 units back in August 2009 to land at No. 47.
• (05.06) Napalm Death have entered Parlour Studio in Kettering, U.K. with longtime producer Russ Russell to begin recording their 14th album for a tentative October release via Century Media Records.
• (05.03) Sepultura will release their new album "Kairos" on June 24 in Europe and July 12 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records.
• (05.03) Deftones have started work on a new album, which they hope to have available early next year.
  

• (04.30) Deeds Of Flesh have parted ways with guitarist Sean Southern due to "personal reasons" and have replaced him with Craig Peters (Arkaik), who will also be doing backup vocals. The band also adds vocalist Corey Athos (Flesh Consumed) to their ranks, who will be handling lead vocals, giving the band "a three-person vocal assault". They will record their new album this summer.
  
• (04.29) Dream Theater have announced that Mike Mangini (Extreme, Steve Vai) is their new drummer. The band is working hard on their new album.
  
• (04.29) Visit Origin's Facebook page to listen to the track 'Expulsion of Fury' from their new album.
  
• (04.26) 'Depraved And Zombified', a brand new song from Deranged, is available for streaming in this YouTube clip. The song comes off the band's eighth full-length album, "Cut, Carve, Rip, Serve", which is scheduled for release in May via Sevared Records.
• (04.25) Behemoth will return to the live stage in October, the band's first show since guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski was diagnosed with leukemia last August.
• (04.23) Relapse Records will issue a collection of early Morta Skuld demos on July 5th. The collection, "Through The Eyes Of Death: The Early Demos", combines the band’s two 1990 demos "Gory Departure" and "Prolong The Agony" on one disc. 
• (04.23) "The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues", the new album from Between The Buried And Me, sold 10,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 54 on The Billboard 200 chart.
• (04.21) Added a review to the Periphery's "Icarus Lives" EP.
• (04.21) Producer Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Arch Enemy)  recently stated that he will enter the studio this summer with Testament to begin work on their new album. A late 2011/early 2012 release is expected.
• (04.19) Skinless is calling it quits. Visit their blog for a full statement.
  
• (04.17) Added a review to the Tesseract's "One" album.
• (04.16) After all the recent departures, Chimaira has revealed their new lineup: Mark Hunter (Vocals), Rob Arnold (Guitar), Matt DeVries (Guitar), Emil Werstler (from Daath, on Bass), Sean Zatorsky (from Daath, on Keyboards/Samples) and
  Austin D'Amond (from Bleed The Sky, The Elite, on drums). Drums on their new album were handled by the CD's producer, Ben Schigel. Their new album is due in August.
  
• (04.16) Unearth have set "Darkness In The Light" as the title of their new album, tentatively due this summer via Metal Blade Records.
• (04.15) Added a review to the Between The Buried And Me's "The Parallex: Hypersleep Dialogues" EP.
• (04.15) Behemoth have set "Abyssus Abyssum Invocat" as the title to the band's expanded repackaging of their early 2000's EPs "Conjuration" and "Slaves Shall Serve". Set for release in the U.S. on June 7 via Metal Blade Records, "Abyssus Abyssum Invocat" features both EPs remastered and includes bonus tracks, new artwork, and new liner notes.
• (04.14) Chimaira Drummer Andols Herrick has announced his departure from the band. Go here for his complete statement. That's 3 members of the band leaving in the last 6 months, for those counting. Plus 2 others who are touring with Six Feet Under for awhile, but who have not officially left the band.
• (04.14) Bassist Tomas "Obeast" Koefoed has left Mnemic. The split is amicable.
• (04.14) Go here to see the cover artwork to In Flames new album.
  
• (04.14) Machine Head will enter Jingletown Studios in Oakland, California this Saturday, April 16 to begin recording their as-yet-untitled seventh album for a late summer release via Roadrunner Records.
• (04.13) Job For A Cowboy's new EP "Gloom" should be released late spring / early summer this year. Go here for a preview of the song 'Misery Reformatory'.
• (04.13) Go here to see the artwork to Devin Townsend's "Deconstruction" album.
  
• (04.10) Release of Pestilence's new album "Doctrine" has been pushed back a week to April 24th.
• (04.08) Skinlab entered Different Fur Studios last week to begin recording an EP, "Fleshwounds... Under The Influence", containing one new song and covers songs from abnd like Nailbomb, Acid Bath, Crowbar, Level and Machine Head.
• (04.08) The Faceless have announced the addition of bassist Evan Brewer (Animosity, Reflux) to the group.
• (04.08) Suicide Silence have set "The Black Crown" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in July via Century Media Records.
• (04.07) Keyboardist/programmer Chris Spicuzza has left Chimaira. "The choice was extremely tough and stewed around in my mind for quite awhile. Many things led to this decision. The situation in Chimaira had ultimately become a negative environment that I had to get out of. Secondly, the music industry is completely fucked and honestly, I became concerned for my future. The amount of work and stress I took on got the best of me. I guess if you're not happy or having fun, what's the point? As far as the new Chimaira album, I have not contributed to it. There is no doubt in my mind that Chimaira's sound will not suffer minus my presence. The demos I heard showed great potential and I’m sure the album will melt faces. I'm proud to say I was on five Chimaira albums and wish those guys the best."
• (04.07) Goatwhore will enter the studio in late July to begin recording their new album for a late 2011 release.
• (04.02) Origin will release their new album, "Entity", on June 7 in North America and June 10 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. Go here to see the cover artwork.
  
• (04.01) Decapitated have finished recording their new album.
• (04.01) The new Arch Enemy album will be out May 30 in Europe and June 7 in the U.S.

• (03.31) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Morbid Angel album.
  
• (03.30) Bassist Jonathan Miller of Devildriver has left the band. Miller has had drug and alchohol problems in the past, and entered a rehab clinic earlier this year.
• (03.29) Go here to listen to a new track 'Haunting Abound' off the new Hate Eternal album.
• (03.29) In Flames have signed a deal Century Media Records. The band's tenth album, "Sounds Of A Playground Fading", will be released on June 21st in North America.
  
• (03.29) Aborted will enter Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark in June with producer Jacob Hansen to begin recording their 7th album, "Global Flatline", for a late 2011 release via Century Media Records. The band will record 15 songs, 12 of which will be on the regular album, the other 3 will be bonus tracks.
  
• (03.28) Devin Townsend's two new albums "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" should both be out June 20th in Europe.
  
• (03.26) Deivos is currently recording their new album "Demiurge of the Void" which should be out this summer.
  
• (03.26) Go here to listen to the new track 'Universal Collapse'  by Abraxas off their new album.
  
• (03.25) "Global Evisceration", the fourth DVD from Cannibal Corpse, sold around 900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 17 on the Top Music Videos chart.
  
• (03.24) Go here to see the cover artwork to Devin Townsend's "Ghost" album, and here to see the slipcase cover artwork.
  
• (03.23) Go here to listen to a new song 'Awakening' off the new Devolved album "Oblivion", due May 24th. Go here to see the cover artwork.
  
• (03.22) Go here for a short preview of the song 'Drunk On The Blood Of Saints' off the new Otep album.
• (03.22) Vile have completed work on their new album "Metamorphosis", and has a current release date of Sept 20th 2011. Download a copy of the new song 'Prophetic Betrayal' here.
• (03.22) Vader drummer Pawel "Paul" Jaroszewicz has decided to leave the band due to "family matters". He will still lay down tracks for the band's new album, "Welcome To The Morbid Reich", and taking part in the group's already confirmed concerts in May, June and July. His replacement will be 21-year-old English musician James Stewart (Divine Chaos). Bass duties will falll to newcomer Hal (Hermh, Dead Infection, Abused Majesty).
• (03.22) Napalm Death have contributed a brand new track called 'Legacy Was Yesterday' to Decibel magazine's monthly flexi disc series. Go here for a listen.
• (03.18) Go here to see the cover artwork too the new Pestilence album "Doctrine".
• (03.16) Vader have entered Hertz Studio Poland to begin recording their new album, "Welcome To The Morbid Reich". The band is recording 12 or 13 songs for the CD, which will be mixed and mastered in May for a tentative late 2011 release.
• (03.16) As well as releasing their Sea Shepherd EP in the near future, Gojira are also about halfway done writing a brand new album.
  
• (03.16) Hate Eternal will release their new album, "Phoenix Amongst The Ashes", on May 10 via Metal Blade Records. Go here for the album artwork.
  
• (03.15) Devin Townsend plans on perfomring all 4 of his new albums in their entirety live in London this November, to be released on a special Live CD and DVD.
  
• (03.13) Otep will release its new album, "Atavist", on April 26 via Victory Records.
• (03.11) Hackneyed have inked a new deal with Lifeforce Records. The band is currently in the studio working on its third album for an August release.
• (03.10) Origin have announced the addition of vocalist Jason Keyser (Skinless) to the group.
• (03.10) Nightrage have completed pre-pro work on their 5th studio album (15 songs in all), and will begin recording in June.
• (03.09) Morbid Angel's new album will be called "Illud Divinum Insanus", and will be released in Europe on June 6th, and the 7th in the USA.
  
• (03.09) Added a review to the The Amenta's "V01D" album.
• (03.09) The Red Chord have parted ways with original drummer Mike Justian. The split is amicable. The band will use Jon Rice (Job For A Cowboy) for their upcoming tour.
• (03.08) In Flames have officially recruited Niclas Engelin (Engel) as their new second guitarist.
• (03.08) The new Morbid Angel album is scheduled to come out in June.
• (03.08) Go here to see the cover artwork to the new Arch Enemy album "Khaos Legions".
• (03.05) Sepultura have set "Kairos" (an ancient Greek word signifying a time in between, a moment of undetermined period of time in which something special happens) as the title of their new album, tentatively due late spring/early summer via Nuclear Blast Records.
• (03.03) "V01D", the new EP from The Amenta, will be released free of charge on March 8 via TheAmenta.com exclusively.
• (03.03) 'Eden', a new song from Tesseract off their forthcoming debut album, is available for streaming on the band's Facebook page. (won't work for non-facebook members)
• (03.03) Pestilence's new album "Doctrine" should be out April 16th 2011. They have a new song 'Sinister' for streaming on their myspace page.
• (03.03) Go here for an interview with guitarist Rob Arnold about joining Six Feet Under, and the new Chimaira record that's still on the way.
• (03.03) "Beast", the fifth album from Devildriver, sold a little over 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart.
• (03.03) Bloodbath will release of an all-new live DVD, "Bloodbath Over Bloodstock", on April 25 via Peaceville Records. The album will feature Bloodbath's August 2010 performance from the U.K.'s Bloodstock festival. The full package will also include a 16-page booklet, bonus footage taken from Germany's Party.San Open Air festival in 2008 and band member interviews.
• (03.02) Apparently the reason for Slayer vocalist / bassist Tom Araya's trip to the hospital in Australia was due to "vertigo due to extreme dehydration and lack of rest." He has since been released and is looking forward to performing in the Melbourne show on March 4th.
• (03.02) Added a review to the Anomalous' "Ohmnivalent" album.
• (03.01) Added a review to the Devildriver's "Beast" album.
• (03.01) Between The Buried And Me's new album will be out April 12th. It will contain 3 songs, and be 30 minutes long. Go here for the album cover.

• (02.28) Added a review to the Gorgasm's "Orgy Of Murder" album.
• (02.28) Rob Arnold of Chimaira and Kevin Talley of Daath (and formerly of Chimaira) will be joining Chris Barnes in Six Feet Under for their latest tour, and will also participate on the band's new album.
  
• (02.28) Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails won the 2010 Academy award for best score for his work on the soundtrack for "The Social Network".
  
• (02.27) Slayer vocalist / bassist Tom Araya has been admitted to a hospital in Australia where he will be kept overnight for an unknown ailment, forcing the band to cancel its appearance at the Sydney, Australia stop of the Soundwave festival.
• (02.27) The reissue of Death's "The Sound Of Perseverance" album sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.
• (02.26) Go here to listen to a snippet of a song off the new Between The Buried And Me album.
  
• (02.26) Gorguts is in the studio right now doing pre-production for their new album, due later this year.
  
• (02.25) Krisiun will enter Stage One Studios in Bühne, Germany in May to begin recording their eighth full-length album for a fall release via Century Media Records. The CD will once again be produced by Andy Classen, who previously prodeuced the band's other albums: "Conquerors Of Armageddon", "AssasiNation" and "Southern Storm".
• (02.25) Deeds Of Flesh will enter the studio in May/June to begin recording their ninth album, "Portal to Canaan", for a late 2011 release via Unique Leader Records. Raymond Swanland will again be doing the album artwork.
  
• (02.22) Between The Buried And Me has signed with Metal Blade Records. The group will release it's new album, "The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues" in April.
• (02.22) Arkaik have started work on their 2nd album, "Metamorphignition", due in early 2012 via Unique Leader Records.
• (02.20) Devildriver's entire new album is available for streaming on their myspace page.
  
• (02.17) Added a review to the Neuraxis' "Asylon" album.
• (02.17) Added a review to the Devin Townsend's "European Tour Live" free Digital EP.
• (02.17) Bassist Tomasz "Reyash" Rejek has left Vader for "personal reasons".
• (02.16) Prong has finished demoing 14 new songs for the band new album due in 2011.
• (02.15) Devin Townsend has made a five-song live EP available for free download by spreading the word about this page at on Twitter and Facebook (Or do a direct download from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?4f2sj574tzhej4c ). The EP contains the tracks "Supercrush", "Kingdom", "Truth", "Om" and "By Your Command". His next two albums should be out in June.
  
• (02.15) Job For A Cowboy have entered Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof to begin recording an EP of all-new material.
• (02.10) Coldworker's new album will be called "The Doomsayer's Call" and will be out by end of summer.
  
• (02.09) The Amenta's "V01D" EP will be out March 8th.
  
• (02.09) The Faceless will start recording a new album in March for a summer release on Sumerian Records.
  
• (02.08) Go here for a clip off of Cannibal Corpse's new DVD, where the band runs into Jesse Jackson at the airport while they're on tour.
• (02.08) Bury Your Dead's new album will be called "Mosh & Roll".
• (02.05) "Deconstruction" and "Ghost", the third and fourth in a series of albums from Devin Townsend as The Devin Townsend Project will likely be released in the summer. And the free live EP has ben postponed till Feb 9th.
  
• (02.05) Jonathan Huber has joined Pathology as their new fulltime lead vocalist. In addition, the band has welcomes back guitarist Tim Tiszczenko, who will perform alongside current guitarist Kevin Schwartz.
• (02.03) Adam "Nergal" Darski of Behemoth has been readmitted to the hematology division of Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne in Gdansk because he developed an infection six weeks after he underwent his bone marrow transplant procedure. No word yet on whether this will affect the transplant.
• (02.03) Release of Anomalous' new album has been pushed back to March 15th, and release of the new Gorgasm record has been pushed up to March 15th, both on Brutal Bands records.
  

• (01.31) Testament hope to enter the studio in March to record their new album.
• (01.31) French death metal band Mercyless, whose album "Abject Offerings" was released in 1992, have reformed, and are working on material for a new record.
• (01.30) Cannibal Corpse are working on their new album, to be recorded in September, for an early 2012 release.
  
• (01.29) Video footage of Despised Icon's very last show (which took place December 5, 2010 at Club Soda in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) can be viewed at BandeApart.fm.
• (01.29) 'Coldblooded', a brand new song from Devildriver's forthcoming fifth album, "Beast", is available for streaming on RoadrunnerRecords.co.uk.
• (01.27) Devin Townsend will make a new live EP available for free download next week via Century Media Records' web site. More details will be released in the coming days.
• (01.27) Devolved will release their new full-length album, "Oblivion", on May 24 via Unique Leader Records.
• (01.27) Periphery will release a new EP, "Icarus Lives", on April 19 via Sumerian Records. This CD features a brand new unreleased track, a series of remixes and video clips. Here's more details directly from the band: "We like to think of ['Icarus Lives'] as a supplement to our first album. It will contain a version of 'Icarus Lives' with newly recorded vocals and the fantastic music video by Ian McFarland and Mike Pecci of Killswitch Productions, alongside several remixes of the song by the band, winner of our 'Icarus' remix contest (Pete Graves from the U.K.) and a special guest to be named at a later date. We have also included a tweaked version of our song 'Jetpacks Was Yes' and the brand new music video by Eric Haviv at FUGO studios. In addition, the songs 'Captain On' and 'Eureka' (available only through digital download until now) will be made available in physical format with newly re-recorded vocals. To sweeten the deal, we have added a new song, 'Frak the Gods', to give our fans a taste of whats to come as we enter the studio later this year to record our second full-length."
• (01.27) Divine Heresy bassist Joe Payne has left the band to persue a lead guitar spot in his friend's band Pain After Death.
• (01.27) Textures has just entered the studio to record their 4th album.
  
• (01.26) In Flames have finished recording their 10th studio, "Sounds Of A Playground Fading", to be released May 13th 2011.
  
• (01.25) Chimaira have signed with eOne records, and are busy working on a new album to be released on the label.
  
• (01.23) Decrepit Birth have been rejoined by original bassist Derek Boyer as a new permanent member. Derek will continue as a full-time member of Suffocation.
• (01.22) Decapitated will enter RG Studio in Gdansk, Poland on February 9 to begin recording its fifth studio album for a late 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records.
• (01.21) The Rotted have entered Parlour Studios to record the follow-up to 2008's "Get Dead Or Die Trying". A mid to late 2011 release is expected.
  
• (01.20) Psycroptic will enter the studio in Feb to record their new album, which has already been written.
  
• (01.20) Adam "Nergal" Darski, vocalist for Behemoth, has left the hospital after his bone marrrow transplant. He is in good spirits, and says he has left the hospital "victorious". He will be resting up for the next several months, but is hopefully to start performing with the band again soon.
  
• (01.19) Arch Enemy have set "Khaos Legions" as the title of their new album, due in May via Century Media Records.
  
• (01.19) Suicide Silence are preparing to enter the studio, their new album to be released this summer.
• (01.18) Vocalist Myke Terry has announced his departure from Bury Your Dead. The band, on hiatus since last April, recently began work on a new album, with the group's previous vocalist Mat Bruso. A late 2011 release via Mediaskare Records is expected. On a personal note, the band's last few albums were a big disappointment, will be interesting to see if they manage to recapture the magic.
  
• (01.14) Go here for an interview with artist Travis Smith as he discusses why he decided to update the cover artwork to the re-issue of Death's "The Sound of Perseverance".
  
• (01.11) Tesseract will release their debut album, "One", on March 22 via Century Media Records. The CD will also include a bonus DVD that features the "Concealing Fate" EP being performed live in the studio. Also of note, half of the new CD will be a re-recording of their "Concealing Fate" EP, the rest being brand new songs.
• (01.11) 'Dead To Rights', the first single from Devildriver's forthcoming fifth album, "Beast", is available for free download at RoadrunnerRecords.com (free e-mail sign-up required).
• (01.10) Added a review to the Crionics's "N.O.I.R." EP.
• (01.09) Deranged will enter Berno Studio in Malmö, Sweden in February to begin recording their eighth full-length album, "Cut, Carve, Rip, Serve", to be released via Sevared Records.
• (01.07) Two new songs are available for streaming from the new Lazarus A.D. album "Black Rivers Flow", which is scheduled for release on February 1, 2011 via Metal Blade Records. Listen to 'The Ultimate Sacrifice' here and 'Black Rivers Flow' here. The CD was recorded in July and August 2010 at Belle City Sound with Chris Wisco and was mixed and mastered by James Murphy at Safehouse Production.
• (01.06) Napalm Death Guitarist Mitch Harris has posted the following messages on his Facebook page: "Napalm Death has just confirmed a studio date later this month for a mystery song! I will give more details when I have official clearance to do so" followed by "It's nothing to do with the new album" and "it's not a cover song either"
• (01.06) More info on the Cannibal Corpse DVD. According to the label, the set will contain approximately two hours and 49 minutes of material, including footage from the May 3, 2010 concert at Gothic Theatre in Englewood, Colorado and the May 8, 2010 performance at Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The DVD will also include bonus performances and extra segments, as well as behind-the-scenes footage covering the "Evisceration Plague" tour cycle.
• (01.06) A note about who will be drumming on the new Unearth CD from the band: "We wanted to let everyone know that tracking for the new album has officially begun! We're currently at Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts tracking drums with our sit-in drummer for the album, Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage/Blood Has Been Shed. ... As we said before, we're aiming at a mid-to-late June release for the album, followed by massive world touring."
• (01.06) Go here for extra info on the Sinister Boxset, including the cover and what all the CDs will contain as far as Bonus Tracks.
• (01.05) Added a review to the Defloration's "Abused By Gods Blessing" album.
• (01.05) Neuraxis has released a new song 'Asylum' streaming at this location. The song comes off the band's sixth album, "Asylon", which will be released in North America on February 15, 2011.
• (01.05) Whitechapel has parted ways with drummer Kevin Lane and has reportedly replaced him with Ben Harclerode of the Glendale, Arizona band Knights Of The Abyss. Lane is said to have returned home to Kingsport, Tennessee and is planning to go back to school.
• (01.05) Cannibal Corpse are tentatively scheduled to release a new two-disc DVD set, "Global Evisceration", on March 15 via Metal Blade. The band filmed two shows in May 2010 for the DVD.
• (01.04) Added a review to the Hate's "Erebos" album.
  
• (01.04) Dream Theater have just entered the studio. Still no word on who their new drummer is, perhaps they want to try him out in a studio/writing situation to make sure they like him before making an announcement.
  
• (01.03) The re-issue of Death's "The Sound Of Perseverance" album will include a remixed cover by original artist Travis Smith. The differences between the two covers are causing quite an argument on Blabbermouth. Go here to see the two covers, new and old.
  
• (01.02) See what were yours and my Favorite Albums Of 2010!
• (01.02) Morbid Angel's drummer Pete Sandoval, who underwent back surgery for a deteriorating disc problem last year, it recovering nicely. Check out this video of him back on the drums shot Dec 19th 2010.