KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood has posted the following message on the group’s official web site:“Greetings from Wolfsburg, Germany! Home of Volkswagen, they are everywhere here. We are here working on the new songs for the upcoming album and follow-up to ‘The Black Halo‘. It is going very very well on the new songs.”KAMELOT‘s first-ever DVD, […]

Long-running horror-inspired metallers NECROPHAGIA have announced the addition of guitarist Undead Torment (DIABOLOS, ex-NOKTURNE) to the group’s ranks. Undead Torment will be replacing Frediablo who left NECROPHAGIA earlier in the year to focus on his other band. NECROPHAGIA has announced plans to release a new three-song EP, “Satan’s Skin“, that the band promises will “unearth […]

On Monday, July 24, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE‘s debut album, “The Poison“, was re-released by Visible Noise Records in the U.K. with four extra tracks and a bonus DVD including exclusive live tracks from Tokyo, Japan.The extras include a DVD side that has the promo videos for “Hand of Blood”, “4 Words (To Choke Upon)” […]

Finnish “horror metallers” DOMINATION BLACK have set “Dark Legacy” as the title of their new album, tentatively due late 2006/early 2007 via Poison Arrow Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “Fearbringer” will be recorded at the ManuAudio Studios in Kouvola with producer Sami Hauru (ID:EXORCIST).Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Ghost of the Nightfall”, […]

BURN IN SILENCE unleash the band’s debut full-length, “Angel Maker“, today, July 25. “Angel Maker” was recorded with producer Ken Susi (UNEARTH) and mixed by Tue Madsen (HIMSA, THE HAUNTED). A video was recently shot for the single “Lines From An Epitaph” with director Mike Wildt in Costa Mesa, California. The track can currently be […]

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has issued the following update:“The day has arrived. After two rescheduled dates, ONSLAUGHT will enter Backstage studio [in Derbyshire, England] with producer Andy Sneap today, July 26th, to start work on ‘Killing Peace’, due to be released worldwide through the legendary […]

Montreal-based hard rockers PRIESTESS have posted the video for their new single, “Run Home“, at their official web site. Check it out at this location. The song comes off the group’s debut CD, “Hello Master“, which was released last month via Red Ink.

A trailer for the upcoming DVD, “Live Untold“, from the legendary Bay Area thrash metal band LAAZ ROCKIT has been posted online at this location. Check out the DVD artwork by clicking here. The artwork was created by Mark DeVito of MetalBabies.com.“Live Untold” was produced by Ace Cook and will be released via Old School […]

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have changed the projected title of their new album to “Warball” from the previously announced “Sonic Rebellion“. The CD was recorded at Trident Studios in Pacheco, CA by Juan Oretga and includes guitarists Brad Gillis (NIGHT RANGER) and Thaen Rassmussen. The group’s first CD with new vocalist […]

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, has issued the following statement:“After a long, hard-fought battle with several debilitating health problems, our longtime friend and bassist for many years, Dan Moura, passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2006 at 12:30 p.m. He […]