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 […]

Hungarian hardcore/thrash metallers EKTOMORF will release their new album, entitled “Outcast“, on October 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, WITCHERY, RAUNCHY, HIMSA) and features a cover of PRODIGY classic “Fuel My Fire“. “Outcast” (view cover below) track listing:01. Outcast02. I Choke03. Ambush In The Night04. […]

Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL have finalized the track listing for their new album, “United“, due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows:Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: October 13, 2006.U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, rest of Europe: October 16, 2006.Finland, Sweden, Hungary: October 18, 2006.Italy: Friday, October 20, 2006USA: […]

DEFTONES fan site DeftonesWord.com has uploaded the cover artwork for the band’s upcoming album, “Saturday Night Wrist“, which is scheduled to come out on Halloween, October 31. The disc will follow up the group’s self-titled 2003 effort. Check out the cover below: The group began working on the album with producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura, […]

German black metallers NOCTE OBDUCTA‘s farewell album, “Sequenzen Einer Wanderung“, will be finished before the end of the year, according to a press release issued by Soulfood Music.NOCTE OBDUCTA announced its split in June, citing “back-breaking circumstances which have pressed the band during the last two years, which have led to maximum of exhaustion — […]

The following message has been posted on Varg Vikernes‘ (BURZUM) official web site:“Varg Vikernes would like to state that a recently announced by the media film by Hans Fjellestad called ‘Lords of Chaos‘ [more information] is using Varg‘s name and the whole story without any permission. This movie is obviously going to be another piece […]

Launch Radio Networks reports: A celebration planned for this weekend in Zanzibar to honor native son Freddie Mercury has been called off due to religious protests. The population of the Tanzanian islands off the East Coast of Africa is primarily Islamic, and conservative Muslims threatened to disrupt the event, which would have marked the 60th […]

Brian May is apparently at the end of his rag (not rug) with news he’s discovered three bogus Brian Mays on MySpace.According to www.musictowers.com, Brian is threatening to get handy with his dukes with these impersonators, who even have the audacity to write blogs assuming the character of Brian May.Anyway, May apparently wrote: “It seems […]

Atlanta’s MASTODON has made its entire new album, “Blood Mountain“, available for streaming via its MySpace page.“Blood Mountain” is scheduled for release on September 12 via Warner Bros. Records. A video for the song “The Wolf is Loose” can be viewed by clicking here. The clip was shot on August 12 with director Jonathan Rej […]

Defunct Swedish grindcore merchants NASUM have uploaded video footage of two complete live shows from the band’s very first tour.According to former NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson, Rob of Loudnet.tv “shot these videos back in 1999 at CBGBs in New York and Melody Bar in New Brunswick, and they bring back a lot of memories. The […]