IRON MAIDEN‘s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has entered the Swedish and Czech national album chart at position No. 1. The updated first-week chart positions are now as follows:Sweden: #1Finland: #1Italy: #1Germany: #1Czech Republic: #1Switzerland: #2Norway: #2U.K.: #4Spain: #4Ireland: #5France: #5Poland: #6Netherlands: #7Australia: #12New Zealand: #34

British metallers MY DYING BRIDE will release their new album, “A Line of Deathless Kings“, on October 9 via Peaceville/Snapper. The LP, which was recorded at at Academy Studios and was mixed at Chapel Studios, will also be made available as a special edition and as a limited double-vinyl release. A single, entitled “Deeper Down“, […]

Florida extreme metal three-piece DIABOLIC INTENT has issued the following update:“We are currently shopping the [recently completed third] album [‘The Cold Path of Man‘] out to the major labels here in the US. We are negotiating to secure either licensing or distro for the new album to be available in the States. Right now, Europe […]

I, the new band featuring Abbath (IMMORTAL), Ice Dale (ENSLAVED, AUDREY HORNE), TC King (SAHG, ex-GORGOROTH) and Armagedda (ex-IMMORTAL), has finalized the track listing for its debut album, “Between Two Worlds“, due for release in North America on November 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. Recorded in Bergen, Norway’s Lydriket Studio with Geir Luedy, and mixed […]

Finland’s SOULRELIC has released the working songtitles that are set to appear on the band’s upcoming CD, tentatively due next year. They are as follows (in no particular order):01. I’ll Let the Gallow Win02. The Evergreen Pastures Of Grave03. This Land04. Coins05. Dead King06. Such a Pleasant Life07. Loose08. Oh, I Hate09. Crawl to Perish10. […]

The Who‘s first album in 24 years will be released next month.‘Endless Wire‘, the belated-follow up to 1982’s ‘It’s Hard‘, is out on October 31. The album features extended versions of the various sections that formed the ‘Wire & Glass‘ mini-opera, which was released earlier this year.According to the band’s official website thewho.com, the record […]

TAROT, the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala, will release its new album, “Crows Fly Black“, in Finland on October 27.“Excluding the group backing vocals, the whole album has now been recorded and the album will be mixed and mastered at Finnvox studios in the beginning of next month,” the band writes in […]

Finland’s TOTAL DEVASTATION will release its third album, “Wreck“, in continental Europe on September 25. Two full tracks from “Wreck” — “Aware” and “Collision Course” — are available for streaming at the band’s official MySpace page. A video for the song “Aware” can be viewed on the group’s official web site.“Wreck” was released in Finland […]

The mighty PRIMUS — bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry Lalonde and drummer Tim Alexander — return this fall with a formidable one-two-three punch. October 17 will bring twin releases: their first-ever retrospective CD “They Can’t All Be Zingers: The Best Of Primus” (Interscope/UMe) and a new DVD “Blame It On The Fish” (on their own […]

Denver’s PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS has made its entire new album, “Mercy“, available for online streaming at this location (scroll down to track # 29 on the media player to launch album). “Mercy” will drop on October 3 via Abacus Recordings. The follow-up to 2004’s “Up In Them Guts“, “Mercy” was recorded at Seattle’s Red […]