May 2012
US-based death metal legends NILE offer a morbid foretaste of their upcoming pitch-black studio record “At The Gate Of Sethu” (out on June 29) in the form of the song "The Fiends Who Come To Steal The Magick Of the Diceased".
Download this manifesto of brutality for free and check out the wicked NILE songpier smartphone app plus... Read More
Montreal based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have made a posted a lyric video for their brand new track “The Iron Will” below. The songs comes off their upcoming multidisc DVD entitled "Iron Will: 20 Years Determined".
"Iron Will: 20 Years Determined" will be released on July 6th and will feature a documentary and bonus CD... Read More
Russian melodic ethno/death metallers SHTURM have released the music video for the track "Eagles Above Tibet" taken from their new album "Karmaruna".
The band commented: “The video's full of symbols and ideas, so its sense may be not very clear for you - we'll be happy to answer your questions!
The video... Read More
As posted on ticketweb.com:
On Friday June 8th and Saturday June 9th, the core members of Queensryche will debut their new band “Rising West” at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle WA. Rising West features Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield, and Parker Lundgren of Queensryche, with powerhouse vocalist Todd La Torre of Crimson Glory. The band... Read More
Swedish riff gods GRAND MAGUS have released an album preview of the of their new masterpiece “The Hunt”.
The band also released this Track-by-Track-Commentary.
Starlight Slaughter:
We wanted to expand our songwriting on this album, and this song is different from anything we've done before. For lack of a better term, it's... Read More
Finland's WINTERSUN have released the following update regarding their long-awaited second album:
"Hello friends!
Time for some album(s) news. Wintersun's "Time" is going to be two albums, titled "TIME I" & "TIME II". We made this decision simply because of few reasons:
All the... Read More
JAMES CHRISTIAN:
HOUSE OF LORDS singer James Christian is working on a new solo album, his third one after "Rude Awakening" (originally released on Now & Then Records in 1995) and "Meet The Man". James announced on his website: "It's been a long time coming but a new James Christian solo album is currently in the works. The as yet... Read More
Katatonia, the Swedish purveyors of dark rock/metal, have announced that their ninth studio album, due to be released on Peaceville Records on August 27th (EU) and August 28th (US), will be titled "Dead End Kings". A continuation of 2009’s inspired & acclaimed "Night is the New Day", as well as a leap forward into the unknown, "... Read More
Perhaps better known as the keyboardist and musical mastermind behind Twinspirits, Genius Rock Opera, Cosmics and Khymera; the multi-talented Daniele Liverani is also a guitarist of considerable skill as his new instrumental album "Eleven Mysteries" will testify on 20th July 2012 (Lion Music).
While “Eleven Mysteries” is basically a... Read More
Metal Guitar Master Joe Stump will release his 9th solo album entitled "Revenge Of The Shredlord" through Lion Music on 17th August 2012.
The album was engineered and mixed by Grammy award winning engineer Ducky Carlise (Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter) and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Halford, Yngwie Malmsteen, Armored Saint, Angra, Sepultura) at... Read More
