Groundbreaking Japanese act SIGH entered the studio today in Japan to commence work on its seventh album, titled “Hangman’s Hymn“, due out in 2007 on The End Records. The band will be working with engineer Takamichi Osada at Studio Moopies and will produce the album themselves.About the new album, SIGH frontman/leader Mirai Kawashima says, “It’ll […]

On September 12, Roadrunner Records will be releasing a set of ultimate metal albums. These “best of” collections will pull together the best material from some of metal’s greatest artists. The first batch includes music from FEAR FACTORY, SEPULTURA, ILL NINO and TYPE O NEGATIVE.The details of the above-mentioned “best of” collections — including the […]

DEVILDRIVER‘s sophomore album, “The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand” — which originally came out in June 2005 — will be re-released on Halloween (October 31) as a special edition CD/DVD set. The new package will include three rare studio tracks and three “killer” live songs. The DVD will feature four music videos. A poster advertising […]

Finnish horror metallers DOMINATION BLACK have revealed the final track listing for their sophomore album, “Dark Legacy“, due later in the year via Poison Arrow Records.DOMINATION BLACK frontman “The Sentinel” KILLgast has described the sound of the new album as “melodic thrash-metal-meets-traditional and quite bizarre-metal!’“Dark Legacy” track listing:01. Enter The Dark Legacy (instrumental)02. Follow The […]

Paragon Records have posted a track, ‘The Shadow Out Of Time‘, from the upcoming EYES OF LIGEIA album, A Fever Which Would Cling To Thee Forever, at this location. The album is due out on September 9th.

New York quintet BRAND NEW SIN have returned with their anticipated new offering, “Tequila“, due on October 3 via Century Media Records. The track “Motormeth” can currently be streamed at this location. Soon after completing a six-week nationwide tour as direct support to BLACK LABEL SOCIETY last fall, BRAND NEW SIN entered Method of Groove […]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY fans can check out three clips from the band’s new DVD, The European Invasion – Doom Troopin’, which was released on August 22nd through Eagle Vision. Click the following links to check them out: ‘Stillborn’ ‘Suicide Messiah’ ‘In This River’ An e-card containing a preview clip is available here. And finally, GuitarPlayerTV.com […]

Norwegian metallers ALLFADER have posted their video for the song “We Will Go” at their official web site: Quicktime Windows Media The clip was directed by Stein Elvestad and edited by Elvestad and John Erik Andersen. The track taken comes off the group’s album “At Least We Will Die Together“, which is scheduled for release […]

AFTER FOREVER have posted video footage at their official website of vocalist Floor Jansen performing THE BEATLES song ‘She’s Leaving Home‘ in Dutch (translated: ‘Zij Gaat van Huis‘) at the Lowlands Festival last Saturday (August 19th). Jansen performed the song with the Dutch band DE KEVERS. Click here to check it out.

Italian power metal band KALEDON will release their fourth full-length album, “Chapter 4: Twilight of the Gods“, in Europe on September 29. The CD will be issued in North American on September 12 via Universal Metal Production. “Chapter 4: Twilight of the Gods” projected track listing: 01. The Holy Water 02. Hell On Earth 03. […]