IRON MAIDEN‘s official web site has been updated with what is believed to be a shortened version of the “Making of A Matter of Life and Death” documentary which will be avilable on the limited edition version of the “A Matter of Life and Death” album. Watch it at this location.

DOWNLORD‘s Dave Ingram (ex-BENEDICTION, BOLT THROWER) has secured permission from The Church Of Satan to use lyrical excerpts from “Hymn of the Satanic Empire” in the new DOWNLORD song “Wake Up & Smell the Species“. The hymn was written by Anton Lavey in 1988 and was included on the “Satanic Mass” album.The proposed track listing […]

Long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED will release their fifth album, “Endless Sea of Loss“, on October 13 via Morbid Records. The follow-up to 2003’s “Blood Spilled” was recorded at Soundlodge Studio in Germany and was mastered at Megawimp Mastering Studio in Berlin.“Endless Sea of Loss” track listing:01. Intro02. Hidden by Disguise03. Seducer of Mankind04. Bloodmarked05. […]

According to an Earache Records press release, U.K. music TV channel Scuzz TV has “banned” DEICIDE‘s video for the song “Homage for Satan“, condemning it for being offensive and derogatory.In a statement, a Scuzz representative allegedly declared that “the lyrical content is religiously offensive, derogatory, and can be read as improper exploitation of any susceptibilities […]

CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s video for the song “Death Walking Terror” has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The track comes off “Kill“, the band’s 10th studio LP, which came out late March. The album debuted at No. 170 on The Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 6,000 copies in its first week. It was the second […]

Black Label Society‘s live performances of “In This River” in Paris, France in 2005 and “Suicide Messiah” are posted online. The clips will feature on BLS’s new live DVD, “The European Invasion Doom Troopin’” which is due out through Eagle Vision on the 22nd of August. The announced track listing for “The European Invasion Doom […]

Plans for conducting a festival called One Day Overground were announced today.On the festival’s official web site there is a message saying:“ONE DAY OVERGROUND is one of the first event of that scale and our idea is to introduce the public to contemporary Bulgarian underground music. There will be 6 of the best underground bands […]

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have issued the following statement:“IN BATTLE wants to announce that their longtime friend and drummer Otto Wiklund, born October 18, 1976 and died August 13, 2006, has passed away by his own hand…“Otto Wiklund was a great drummer and did record the debut album of IN BATTLE (1997) and […]

Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM have posted a new song, entitled “The Killjoy“, at their MySpace page. The track comes off the band’s new album, “Above the Weeping World“, due on October 17 via Candlelight Records.

Canada’s INTO ETERNITY has finalized the track listing for its new album, “The Scattering of Ashes“, due on October 3 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Buried in Oblivion” was was mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY).INTO ETERNITY‘s new CD will mark the group’s first release with vocalist Stu […]