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 […]

The UK festival season continues this weekend (August 18-20) with V Festival kicking off today (August 19).The festival is headlined by Radiohead and Morrissey, and also features Beck, Bloc Party and Kasabian.For full festival coverage go to NME.COM/festivals.

Check out the video diaries and interviews in Metal Hammer TV.There is an interview with Ministry mainman, Al Jourgensen who talks about his friends.Also, there are footages of the amazing Aiden live show in Birmingham.Check it out here.

Aussie trio Wolfmother’s new single is Love Train, which is currently enjoying another life as the soundtrack for the new iPod advert in America, Canada and Australia. The band has recreated a classic 70s-style rock video to accompany the single and you can see it exclusively on Kerrang.com by clicking on the link below.Wolfmother – […]

German melodic metallers MOB RULES have finalized the track listing for their new album, “Ethnolution A.D.“, due on October 23 in Europe (October 20 in Germany). Produced once again by Markus Teske (VANDEN PLAS, SPOCK’S BEARD, OASIS), the CD marks the recording debut with the group of guitarist Sven LГјdke (ex-MURDER ONE) and bassist Markus […]

A professionally shot video clip of STONE SOUR performing the track “Hell & Consequences” at the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo, Japan on August 12 has been made available for streaming at this location.In other news, STONE SOUR‘s video for the song “30/30-150” can now be voted into the German MTV “TRL” chart. To vote […]

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess‘s live concert footage from his 2004 Keyfest show is now available on DVD. This solo synth and piano concert includes improvisations and performances from his solo and DREAM THEATER albums, including “Stream of Consciousness”, “Time Crunch”, “Screaming Head”, “In the Name of God” and “Ra”.For more information, click here.