Black Label Society‘s live performances of “In This River” in Paris, France in 2005 and “Suicide Messiah” are posted online. The clips will feature on BLS’s new live DVD, “The European Invasion Doom Troopin’” which is due out through Eagle Vision on the 22nd of August. The announced track listing for “The European Invasion Doom […]

Plans for conducting a festival called One Day Overground were announced today.On the festival’s official web site there is a message saying:“ONE DAY OVERGROUND is one of the first event of that scale and our idea is to introduce the public to contemporary Bulgarian underground music. There will be 6 of the best underground bands […]

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have issued the following statement:“IN BATTLE wants to announce that their longtime friend and drummer Otto Wiklund, born October 18, 1976 and died August 13, 2006, has passed away by his own hand…“Otto Wiklund was a great drummer and did record the debut album of IN BATTLE (1997) and […]

DOWNLORD‘s Dave Ingram (ex-BENEDICTION, BOLT THROWER) has secured permission from The Church Of Satan to use lyrical excerpts from “Hymn of the Satanic Empire” in the new DOWNLORD song “Wake Up & Smell the Species“. The hymn was written by Anton Lavey in 1988 and was included on the “Satanic Mass” album.The proposed track listing […]

Long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED will release their fifth album, “Endless Sea of Loss“, on October 13 via Morbid Records. The follow-up to 2003’s “Blood Spilled” was recorded at Soundlodge Studio in Germany and was mastered at Megawimp Mastering Studio in Berlin.“Endless Sea of Loss” track listing:01. Intro02. Hidden by Disguise03. Seducer of Mankind04. Bloodmarked05. […]

According to an Earache Records press release, U.K. music TV channel Scuzz TV has “banned” DEICIDE‘s video for the song “Homage for Satan“, condemning it for being offensive and derogatory.In a statement, a Scuzz representative allegedly declared that “the lyrical content is religiously offensive, derogatory, and can be read as improper exploitation of any susceptibilities […]

Kiss vocalist/guitarist Paul Stanley has inked with Universal‘s New Door imprint for the release of his first solo album since his self-titled 1978 debut. “Live To Win” is due Oct. 24; Stanley will support it with a club tour this fall.Joining Stanley on “Live To Win” are session drummer Victor Indrizzo, guitarist Corky James, former […]

The UK festival season continues this weekend (August 18-20) with V Festival kicking off today (August 19).The festival is headlined by Radiohead and Morrissey, and also features Beck, Bloc Party and Kasabian.For full festival coverage go to NME.COM/festivals.

Check out the video diaries and interviews in Metal Hammer TV.There is an interview with Ministry mainman, Al Jourgensen who talks about his friends.Also, there are footages of the amazing Aiden live show in Birmingham.Check it out here.

Aussie trio Wolfmother’s new single is Love Train, which is currently enjoying another life as the soundtrack for the new iPod advert in America, Canada and Australia. The band has recreated a classic 70s-style rock video to accompany the single and you can see it exclusively on Kerrang.com by clicking on the link below.Wolfmother – […]