According to MaidenNorway.com, the artwork for “The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg“, the first single from the new IRON MAIDEN album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has been posted online on the IMOC (Iron Maiden Online Club) forum.

221 high-quality pictures of last weekend’s Earthshaker Fest (which took place July 21-22 in Kreuth, Germany) have been posted online at www.metalchroniques.com. Included in the batch are pictures of the following artists:DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITERARCH ENEMYBRAINSTORMCALIBANENSIFERUMEQUILIBRIUMEVERGREYHAMMERFALLKATAKLYSMLORDIRAGESAXONSCAR SYMMETRYSODOMSOILWORKTESTAMENTVENOM

Polish death metallers DECAPITATED have uploaded their video for the track “Day 69” at this location. The song comes off the group’s latest CD, “Organic Hallucinosis“, which was released in February via Earache Records.

Former CRADLE OF FILTH/DIMMU BORGIR and current BENEDICTION drummer Nick Barker joined TESTAMENT on stage for a special rendition of the Bay Area thrash classic “Over the Wall” during their headlining appearance at Rio’s in Bradford, England on Tuesday, July 25. Watch a low-quality video clip of the performance at YouTube.com.

A brand-new ANATHEMA track, entitled “A Simple Mistake“, has been made available for download at this location.

Joseph Rose of Crave Music recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. A few excerpts from the chat follow:Crave Music: Do you ever get a chance to just go back and listen to the PANTERA albums? Do you have a favorite one?Vinnie Paul: “My favorite one is ‘Vulgar Display Of Power’. […]

A live recording of DARK FUNERAL‘s set from their recent European tour (recorded by P3 Live on February 2, 2006 at Klubben in Stockholm, Sweden) was broadcast on the Swedish national radio channel P3 last night (July 27). For those who missed it, the show will be streamed until August 3 — at this location.

Former MARDUK members Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted vocals) and B.War (a.k.a. Roger “Bogge” Svensson bass) have changed the name of their new project to ELIZIUM from the previously announced REBELANGELS. According to reports, the name change was implemented because “the old name doesn’t really go well anymore with the music they play nowadays.”

Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE has posted a live clip of its performance at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden on April 14, 2006 at YouTube.com.

GOATWHORE has uploaded a new track, entitled “Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult“, to Downloadpunk.com. The song comes off the group’s upcoming third full-length album, “A Haunting Curse“, due on September 5 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer Erik Rutan (MORBID ANGEL, HATE ETERNAL).“A […]