IRON MAIDEN‘s new single, ‘The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg‘ has entered both the Spanish and Swedish single charts at #1. As previously reported, the CD nor 10′ vinyl were eligible for the UK charts because of the length of the song. “A Matter Of Life And Death” is due out on August 28th worldwide, except […]

MORDICHRIST, the Swedish black metal band featuring DARK FUNERAL guitarist Chaq Mol, has set “Dressed In Menace” as the title of its upcoming limited-edition seven-inch single, due in September via Danza Ipnotica. The single will feature two songs, both of which will appear on the band’s full-length CD, due in early 2007 via Regain Records. […]

On August 3, 1987, British rock band DEF LEPPARD released the album “Hysteria“. Already a major force in rock music, “Hysteria” catapulted the band into the stratosphere. The statistics for “Hysteria” are astounding. The album has sold in excess of 17 million copies and counting. Due to the incredible success of previous album “Pyromania” (released […]

Former TOURNIQUET members Victor Macias (bass), Erik Mendez (guitar), and Gary Lenaire (guitar) are back together and working on new music with their brand new project 2050BELLS. The group, which cites its influences as BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, MAGMA and MOTГ–RHEAD, has launched its MySpace page at this location.Lenaire played on all of TOURNIQUET‘s releases between […]

Hundred Reasons have announced that guitarist Paul Townsend will leave the band after their Japanese tour in September. “The departure is totally amicable,” says a statement from the band, who will shortly announcehis replacement exclusively via their website www.hundredreasons.com. The band will release The Chance as a single to coincide with their tour, which kicks […]

Supernova, which is in the process of searching for a singer via the CBS show “Rockstar,” will play its first live show on New Year’s Eve at the Joint in Las Vegas. A five-week North American tour will follow, beginning Jan. 16 in Hollywood, Fla.The lead vocalist for the band, which is comprised of drummer […]

Ginza.se, one of Sweden’s largest online music stores, has dismissed as “completely wrong” a press release issued by Earache Records claiming that “Ginza.se has barred the sale of DEICIDE‘s latest album, ‘The Stench of Redemption‘, citing the blasphemous CD sleeve art, controversial lyrical subject matter and the fact that DEICIDE mainman Glen Benton has an […]

Check out this hilarious video clip from YouTube.com of a black metal fan offering a unique rendition of the NAGLFAR track “The Brimstone Gate” on the Austrian “American Idol“-style singing contest TV show “Starmania“. The lyrics to the song are as follows:…I have seen the most beautiful lightSince my birth it’s been possessing my mindI’ve […]

Polish death metallers VADER have posted the following message on their official web site:“Between 9th – 19th of August VADER, in cooperation with AW Film Studio, was recording a video clip for ‘Helleluyah (God Is Dead)‘. The video will promote band’s new studio album, entitled ‘Impressions In Blood‘, out on September 4 through Swedish label […]

Death metallers HATE ETERNAL will release their first-ever DVD, “The Perilous Fight“, on October 16, 2006. The DVD features artwork from Paul Romano (MASTODON, TRIVIUM) and also includes a blistering live set filmed at The Garage in London on June 4, 2006, with a live audio mix by HATE ETERNAL frontman Erik Rutan.“The Perilous Fight” […]