Italian doom metallers THUNDERSTORM have set “As We Die Alone” as the title of their fourth album, tentatively due late 2006/early 2007 via Dragonheart Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Faithless Soul” was recorded at New Sin Studio in Loria (Italy) and will include a cover version of the JIMI HENDRIX classic “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)“. […]

German power metallers SYMPHORCE, featuring BRAINSTORM frontman Andy B. Franck, have announced the addition of drummer Steffen Theurer to the group’s ranks. The band is currently working on material for its upcoming CD, “Become Death“, which it expects to begin recording in November at the House of Music studios in Winterach, Germany with producer Dennis […]

SLAYER‘s official web site has been updated with three live video clips shot on July 13 on the Unholy Alliance tour at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia: “Blood Red“: Windows Quicktime “Cult“: Windows Quicktime “Eyes of the Insane“: Windows Quicktime

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has posted the following message on its official web site:“The upcoming period we will be in the studio recording the new AFTER FOREVER album together with producer Gordon Groothedde!!! It will be our sixth album (including the mini album ‘Exordium‘) and it will be the beginning of a […]

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN will release a new DVD, entitled “VГ¶lkerball” before Christmas. According to RAMMSTEIN‘s manager Emanuel Fialik, the disc will be packed with footage, including “almost three hours of live recordings filmed in France, Japan, England and Russia. Also there is an audio CD featuring 75 minutes of concert footage. In a special […]

AGRYPNIE, the new project featuring NOCTE OBDUCTA frontman Torsten, Der Unhold, will release its full-length debut, “F51.4“, on September 29 via Supreme Chaos Records. The follow-up to the group’s 2005 split demo/CD with FATED reportedly contains “nine tracks of melodic black/death metal.”“F51.4” track listing:01. Intro02. Und fГјhret mich nicht in Versuchung03. Auf den nackten Korridoren04. […]

Finnish melodic death/thrash metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST have set “Liberation = Termination” as the title of their third album, tentatively due in early 2007 via Listenable Records.MORS PRINCIPIUM EST‘s debut album, “Inhumanity“, was reissued in February through Listenable with completely new artwork and with three bonus songs.

A brand new ANAAL NATHRAKH track, entitled “When the Lion Devours“, has been posted online at the band’s MySpace page. The song comes off the group’s third full-length album, “Eschaton“, due on October 16 via Season of Mist. The CD includes guest appearances by Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH) and Attila Csihar (MAYHEM). ANAAL NATHRAKH recently […]

ARTS Publications has announced that the previously published biography of late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley, “Layne Staley: Angry Chair” — now retitled “Layne Staley: Get Born Again” — was recently ordered by a big number of social workers and drug counselors from different group therapy programs in the United States. Many of these […]

British black metal pioneers VENOM kicked off their North American tour, dubbed the “American 10 Commandments Tour“, on August 24 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona. The group’s current trek marks VENOM‘s first shows in the U.S. since 1997, when they made one-off appearance at the Milwaukee Metalfest. Check out pictures from some of […]