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San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION will release their new album, “Monolith Of Humanity”, on May 8 (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2009’s “The Harvest Floor” was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Dave Otero of Denver’s Flatline Audio. According to a press release: “the humans of [...]

On March 11th, Vinnie Paul’s birhtday, the Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks conducted an interview with HELLYEAH/ex-PANTERA drummer. Vinnie Paul commented about the possibility of a PANTERA “reunion” with someone like Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) filling in for the late PANTERA guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott: “I spent two hours with Zakk, sitting [...]

Dutch Symphonic band Epica have revealed on their website ( http://www.epica.nl ) an application available for the fans to download onto their smartphones. Using the SongPier platform, the band states: “Do you want to listen to the new EPICA single “Storm The Sorrow” while reading the according lyrics? Check out Epica’s whole discography, biography, tour [...]

Folk Metal band hailing from Finnland, Ensiferum have started the recording of a new album, their fifth. New album will hit the stores in spring Summer via SpineFarm Records. Record will be produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Lordi, Apocalyptica, Sentenced, Amorphis). Source: www.ensiferum.com [...]

Swedish metal band Meshuggah has released a new song on line. “Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion” is a song from the new album “Koloss” that will be released in march via Nuclear Blast Records.   Song on youtube: http://youtu.be/P68fmKQJ-6g Source: www.youtube.com [...]

Swedish Death Metal Band Amon Amarth will commemorate their 20th anniversary in 2012, To celebrate the event they’ll play five special shows in August, on Poland, Germany and the Netherlands. The band commented: “We will perform two whole sets containing songs from our entire career and we will also arrange a meet and greet on [...]

Dutch Symphonic Metal Band, Epica, will release a new album called “Requiem for the indifferent” on March, 9th in Europe and March 13th in USA. The album was recorded at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany. “Requiem For The Indifferent” 01. Karma 02. Monopoly on Truth 03. Storm the Sorrow 04. Delirium 05. Internal Warfare 06. [...]

The one man project from Norway, is going to release a new album in May via Byelobog Productions. The new album is entitled Umskiptar and all it’s lyrics are taken from a norse poem called Völuspá. Varg Vikernes posted the following in Burzum’s oficial site: “Burzum persists. A new Burzum album, titled “Umskiptar” (Metamorphoses), is [...]

The swedish band are set to release their 8th studio album, Koloss on March 23th in Germany and on the 26th of the same month in the rest of Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. Tomas Haake (Meshuggah’s drummer) stated: “As always, we try to take our music in a slightly different direction with each album [...]

Norway’s unique act Borknagar have finished working on their new album entitled “Urd” which will be released on March 26 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Century Media Records. The album was produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (OPETH, PARADISE LOST, KATATONIA) in Örebro, Sweden. The album’s artwork was designed [...]

German Black Metal band, Secrets of the Moon composed by Ar (Guitar), LSK (Bass), sG (Guitar and Vocals) and T. Thelemnar (Drums) will release a new album called “Seven Bells” on March, 16th 2012. Tom G. Warrior helped co-producing. The tracklist and one song are already available below. “Privilegivm”, their 4th studio full-length was released in [...]

Moonspell will be releasing their 9th studio album, “Alpha Noir”, on April 27th via Napalm Records. Fernando Ribeiro, Moonspell’s frontman commented: “Never a MOONSPELL album came so close to be absolute like the new opus magna (masterpiece) ‘Alpha Noir’, scheduled to be proudly released by Napalm Records on April 27th, when spring racks through the wastes of winter, bursting new [...]

Soulfly is set to release their new album, Enslaved on the 13th of March. This album is the first with the band new formation, that now consists of frontman Max Cavalera, guitarrist Marc Rizzo (Static X), bassist Tony Campos (replacing Bobby Burns) and the drummer David Kinkade (Borknager) replacing Joe Nunez. The band also revealed the [...]

Abigail Williams were selected to support Dark Funeral’s upcoming North American tour, but the band has now issued the following statement about the cancellation: “Yes its true, the Dark Funeral tour is cancelled. In light of this we are working on booking our own DIY headlining shows across the US in addition to the week [...]