Norwegian black metallers SLAGMAUR have inked deal with Osmose Productions for the re-release of two of the band's earlier albums, "Svin" and "Skrekk Lich Kunstler". Patricia Thomas, the U.K.-based manager of the notoriously reclusive band says that SLAGMAUR was approached by several labels in regards to the re-release of its back catalog. "The band have ...
Frontman Koen Romeijn of the Dutch death/thrash metal act DETONATION has issued the following update: "2009 will be the year of the fourth DETONATION album, and without doubt our most interesting album so far. We've been working our asses off the past couple of months, and have written some very dynamic and powerful stuff. We've ...
METALLICA's "Death Magnetic" has landed on the "Best Vinyl Cover Art Of 2008" list at position No. 6. A mixture of 50 obscure and well-known vinyl record sleeves from 2008 were shortlisted for the prize, with 3,000 people voting online via the U.K.-based web site Art Vinyl, according to BBC News. This year's winners will ...
Jyväskylä, Finland-based melodic metallers DARK THE SUNS have made an Internet-only single, "Rimed With Frost", available for download at this location. The track comes off the band's second full-length album, "All Ends in Silence", which is scheduled for release this spring via Firebox Records. According to the group, "We recorded guitars and keyboards ...
STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis kicked off his annual post-holiday solo acoustic tour this past Friday (January 2) in the Green Valley Ranch resort in Henderson, Nevada. A number of high-quality photos of the concert from Scott Harrison can be found on HarrisonPhotos.com. A couple of the pictures can be viewed below. Following his ...
On December 17, 2008, Michael Lundquist Andersen (guitar), Niels Thøgersen (drums), Claus B. Gnudtzmann (vocals) and Martin Kielland-Brandt (bass) announced their departure from the Danish folk/viking metal act SVARTSOT. They explained in a statement, "We are sorry to announce that because of different opinions on how to run a band and how the music should ...
Polish extreme metal veterans 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). BEHEMOTH mainman Adam "Nergal" Darski and his bandmates are planning to enter the studio in the middle of February. ...
"Raven's Dance", a new song from Ukrainian black metallers KHORS, is available for download at this location. The track comes off the band's third album, "Mysticism", which has just been released via Paragon Records. Formed by former ASTROFAES bassist Khorus, and later joined by Helg (RUNES OF DIANECHT) and Khaoth (TESSARACT, ex-ASTROFAES, ex-HATE ...
Los Angeles, California-based death/thrash metal band DREAMING DEAD has scheduled a CD-release show for its debut album, "Within One", on Sunday, January 25 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. Joining DREAMING DEAD will be GIGAN, BOOK OF THE BLACK EARTH, PSYOPUS and deathgrind overlords CATTLE DECAPITATION. Tickets are available to metalheads of all ages ...
