GODHEAD‘s new single, “Trapped In Your Lies“, has been made available for free download at the band’s MySpace page. The song comes off the group’s new album, “The Shadow Line“, due on August 29 in the U.S. and September 4 in the rest of the world through new label Cement Shoes Records. The band recently […]

Danish metallers HATESPHERE have posted the following message on their official web site:“We are at the moment in the process of writing songs for the new CD, and it’s going really well. It’s always a bitch to get the writing process started, but this time has been pretty smooth, and we already have two songs […]

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), is currently working on its first EP, tentatively due before the end of the year.MESS was originally formed in 2001 but went on hiatus the following year […]

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, will release its new album, “Desert of Tears“, on October 20 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD was recorded at Trident/Imperial Studios in Northern California.“Desert of Tears” track listing:01. I Believe02. Running Blind03. Day of […]

NONPOINT‘s video for its cover of PHIL COLLINS’ “In the Air Tonight“, which is the lead single from the “Miami Vice” soundtrack, has made its way online and can be found on the Bieler Bros. The video features clips from the “Miami Vice” movie as well as performance footage shot in Miami, Florida with director […]

According to Earache Records, one of Sweden’s largest online music stores, Ginza.se, has barred the sale of DEICIDE‘s latest album, “The Stench of Redemption“, citing the blasphemous CD sleeve art, controversial lyrical subject matter and the fact that DEICIDE mainman Glen Benton has an upside-down cross branded into the center of his forehead as their […]

The title track from Swedish epic/power metallers FALCONER‘s upcoming fifth studio album, entitled “Northwind” — their first since the departure of singer Kristoffer GГ¶bel and return of Mathias Blad — has been made available for download at this location.“Northwind” will be released as a limited first edition featuring a bonus CD containing four Swedish folk […]

German prog-metal sensation TOMORROW’S EVE will release its third album, “Mirror of Creation 2 – Genesis II“, in September via Lion Music. The long-awaited follow-up to 2003’s “Mirror of Creation” will contain musical and lyrical ties to its predecessor, and “a few questions that were left open by ‘Mirror of Creation‘ will be answered,” the […]

A brand new ISIS track has been made available for download at this location. The song comes off the group’s upcoming album, “In the Absence of Truth“, due on October 31 through Ipecac Records.“In the Absence of Truth” (view cover below) track listing:01. Wrists of Kings02. Not In Rivers, But In Drops03. Dulcinea04. Over Root […]

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have finalized the track listing for their new album, “Caledonia“, due on November 17 via Armageddon Music. The follow-up to 2005’s “Command to Charge” was recorded by Martin Buchwalter at Gernhart Records studio in Siegburg, Germany and features artwork by Kris Verwimp. The album photography was handled by Axel Jusseit, […]