Brazilian death metallers SOMBERLAIN have announced the addition of guitarist Diego Lucena to their ranks. Diego, who previously played in ARK OF SIN, has already recorded all the solo guitar parts for the new SOMBERLAIN album, which is tentatively due in early 2007. According to a press release, the CD’s final mixing sessions were delayed […]

MESHUGGAH‘s “Destroy Erase Improve” is the 21st album to be inducted into Decibel magazine’s as ongoing “Hall of Fame” feature. The “Hall of Fame” feature highlights influential and pivotal releases in metal history, and “Destroy Erase Improve” joins of ranks of previously profiled classics such as SLAYER‘s “Reign In Blood“, SEPULTURA‘s “Roots“, AT THE GATES‘ […]

German melodic death metal outfit FALL OF SERENITY has parted ways with singer RenГ© Betzold. According to a press release, “The new microphone abuser will be former bass player John Gahlert, who already wrote a lot of the vocal lines on the last album “Bloodred Salvation“, which was recorded at Rape Of Harmonies Studio (HEAVEN […]

The nominees have been announced for the Danish Metal Awards 2006, which will be held on November 18 at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. IN FLAMES, MERCENARY, ILLDISPOSED and THE PSYKE PROJECT will be performing live at the event. The nominees are as follows:Best Metal Album:ILLDISPOSED – Burn Me WickedMERCENARY – The Hours That RemainRAUNCHY […]

HAMMERFALL‘s new single, “Natural High“, has entered the Swedish chart at position No. 6. The video for the song can be viewed at YouTube.com. HAMMERFALL‘s video for “The Fire Burns Forever” has been posted online at YouTube.com.

Ozzy Osbourne will be honored with a special tribute at the Spike TV‘s Scream Awards 2006, which is scheduled to air Tuesday, October 10 (10:00 p.m. – midnight, ET/PT). The event (taping at the historic Pantages Theater in Hollywood on October 7) will reach an estimated 750 million people from over 90 countries outside the […]

Gravity Co. will present their new album with a concert in Hristo Botev Hall on October 6, at 8.00 p.m..The event will be a unique multimedia show with a special stage built especially for the night, and 3D shows projected on a special screen. There will be special 3D glasses given to everybody at the […]

LAIBACH have announced that they are releasing their new album, called “Volk” on October 23. The first single of the new album is the track “Anglia” and that is coming out October 9.“Volk” is a collection of 14 national anthems, including the NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst – that is the country with no borders that […]

Liechtenstein-based gothic metal group ELIS will release its new album, “Griefshire“, on November 24 Napalm Records.As previously reported, a brand new ELIS song from “Griefshire“, entitled “Show Me the Way“, has been posted online on the band’s MySpace page.The recordings for “Griefshire” were completed prior to the death of ELIS‘ lead singer, Sabine DГјnser, who […]

The Bulgarian band Awake are releasing their third single from their upcoming debut studio album in October. The album is supposed to come out at the end of the autumn. The single is the song “Freedom” and the video is to be shoot to accompany the track. Director of the clip will be Atanas Hristoskov, […]