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British death metal favourites Cancer have announced that they will be reforming their original lineup to perform at a number of festivals, where they will play material from their first three albums, which are all being re-released later this year through Cyclone Empire. No other details are currently available but more information is expected to [...]

The Northern extreme music festival has finally revealed the final line-up for this year edition, set to take place the 4th and 5th October, in Braga. Irish sludge black metalers ALTAR OF PLAGUES and Spanish grind veterans MACHETAZO are the headliners of the event that seems to have lost the duality of the stages (+) [...]

Cradle of Filth’s frontman Dani “Filth” Davey is part of a new musical project entitled DEVILMENT. The band has entered Grindstone Studios to begin recording their debut album, that is expected to be released in 2014. The band updated the process status on their facebook page: Greetings Devilheads, the Witch County tear-aways and Suffuck’s Finest, Devilment, have [...]

Mayhem will headline the Kings of Black Metal Festival april 04 / 05 / 2014 – Alsfeld – Germany. It will be a special 30th Anniversary show / live set ! For the Kings of Black Metal main 2014 edition are also confirmed: Behexen + Khold + Kampfar + Baptism + Impiety + Svartidaudi + Seth + [...]

After the initial statement from Necrophobic singer Tobias Sidegård alleging innocence about the court process concerning the alleged domestic violence against his wife and children, the Swedish death metal band opted not to comment the developments of the process, stating that: Due to current allegations regarding Tobias, we want to point out that we cannot comment on an ongoing legal process in [...]

Portuguese heavy metal leaders have announced through their official facebook page that they’re looking for a new frontman, once singer The Priest is leaving the band. After a 5 year haul with Midnight Priest we are fucking sad to announce that our singer The Priest is leaving the band to attend his personal business.We all [...]

Deicide has now revealed new album “In The Minds of Evil” is due out November 26th, 2013 through Century Media. The track listing will be: 1. In The Minds Of Evil 2. Thou Begone 3. Godkill 4. Beyond Salvation 5. Misery Of One 6. Between The Flesh And The Void 7. Even The Gods Can [...]

In addition to releasing latest full-length album “The Manticore and Other Horrors” last year, Cradle Of Filth will soon be celebrating the 20th anniversary of debut album “The Principle of Evil Made Flesh”. The band has issued the following announcement about the historic anniversary: “Next year (2014) marks the 20th anniversary of ‘The Principle Of [...]

The Greeks dark metal veterans ROTTING CHRIST will hit the road together with super group TWILIGHT OF THE GODS on October 16th, having bands like NEGURĂ BUNGET and other groups as support acts. The tour will travel through Europe to end on November 5th. The first announced gigs have already been confirmed. More tour dates will be announced soon. [...]

Canadian Tech-Death Metal veterans GORGUTS are coming back to studio recordings after twelve years of inactivity. “Coloured Sands”  comes out on September 3rd in North America and August 30th in the rest of the world under Season Of Mist. But that’s not all. The band is streaming their awaited new effort in its entirety at the [...]

According to the Brazilian newspaper Diario de Pernambuco, Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA have revealed the cover artwork and track listing of their new album, “The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart”, which which will be released on October 25 via Nuclear Blast Records. The artwork was created by Brazilian artist Alexandre Wagner, who [...]

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have parted ways with bassist Marko Paasikoski. Says Marko in a statement: “I have come to a situation in my life where being a part of a touring band is not an option for me anymore and it’s time to explore other things. I wish to thank all the fans [...]

Joey Lacaze, the drummer for Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, Ten Suicides, and Italian Cemetery Suicide Accidents, has passed away. Eyehategod had just returned days ago from a successful month-long tour in Europe. There will be more details to come as information is released by the band and Joey’s family. You can leave your condolences for the [...]

Even though “Eremita” was released last year, Ihsahn has already announced a follow-up album entitled “Das Seelenbrechen”. According to the official facebook post : “My new album is now finalized by the very capable hands of Jens Bogren and will soon be on its way to Candelight Records. We´ve not set a release date yet, [...]