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: […]

MESS, the Finnish heavy metal band featuring bassist Jari Kainulainen (ex-STRATOVARIUS), drummer Atte Sarkima (AJATTARA, VERENPISARA), vocalist Tommi “Tuple” Salmela (TAROT, CARDIANT) and guitarist Elias Viljainen (E.VIL), has completed work on its first EP. The track listing for the effort is as follows:01. Anathematized02. Demolished By Fire03. Behind The Gates04. Angel’s Cry05. SchizophreniaCheck out a […]

Floridian death metallers DEICIDE have unveiled their “new” logo. Check it out below: As previously reported, the video for DEICIDE‘s track “Homage for Satan“, which was allegedly “banned” in the U.K. by music station Scuzz TV, looks set to air on MTV2 this weekend. The track, taken from the critically acclaimed album “The Stench of […]

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.

HATEBREED‘s video for the song “Defeatist” has been posted online at this location. The clip was shot on July 31 in Naugatuck, Connecticut in an abandoned factory which was also used by Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise for the end sequence of the film “War of the Worlds” and was helmed by acclaimed director Dale […]

Finnish metallers CELESTY have posted the cover artwork for their third full-length effort, “Mortal Mind Creation“. Due on October 23 via Dockyard 1, the follow-up to 2004’s “Legacy of Hate” was recorded at Midas Studios in Vaasa, Finland with producer Sami “Hannu” Koivisto, who has previously worked with AMORPHIS, NORTHER, WALTARI and NICOLE.“Mortal Mind Creation” […]

Frontiers Records has revealed the details surrounding the much-anticipated PRETTY MAIDS comeback album, entitled “Wake Up To The Real World“, to be released on November 10, 2006.PRETTY MAIDS is a legendary hard rock/heavy metal combo from Denmark founded in early 1982 by guitarist Ken Hammer and singer Ronnie Atkins.After 10 studio albums, two EPs, one […]

The track “Living Dead Beat” from from the companion double live CD to CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s upcoming DVD, “Chaos Ridden Years – Stockholm Knockout Live“, has been posted online at the band’s official MySpace page.Due on October 10, “Chaos Ridden Years – Stockholm Knockout Live” is estimated to contain over three hours of non-stop COB […]