Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have completed work on their new album, “Warball“, due in October via Mascot Records. The CD was recorded at Trident Studios in Pacheco, CA by Geoff Thorpe and Juan J. Orteaga and includes lead-guitar contributions from Brad Gillis (NIGHT RANGER) and Thaen Rassmussen (ANVIL CHORUS). The group’s […]

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA will release their new album, “Caledonia“, on November 17 via Armageddon Music. The follow-up to 2005’s “Command to Charge” was recorded at Gernhart Records studio in Siegburg, Germany and features artwork by Kris Verwimp. According to the band, “‘Caledonia’ adopts the lyrical concept of ancient Scottish history, which explains song […]

GODSMACK members Sully Erna and Shannon Larkin, along with former EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt and MOTLEY CRUE singer Vince Neil, are featured in the new video from illusionist/escapologist/stunt performer Criss Angel, entitled “MF2“. The clip can be viewed at YouTube.com.“MF2” is the first single from Angel‘s new album, “Criss Angel: Mindfreak“, which is the official […]

Savannah sludge rockers KYLESA have released details about the band’s follow-up to 2005’s “To Walk A Middle Course“. Due out October 31 through Prosthetic Records, the new album has been dubbed “Time Will Fuse Its Worth” and clocks in at just over 40 minutes. The tracklisting is as follows:01. What Becomes An End02. Hollow Severer03. […]

German black metallers AGATHODAIMON have announced the addition of bassist Till Ottinger (ex-MISANTHROPIC) to the group’s ranks.AGATHODAIMON is currently working on the follow-up to 2004’s “Serpent’s Embrace“, tentatively due on November 24 via Nuclear Blast Records.

GWAR has been pretty busy this summer, most notably destroying town after town on the Sounds of the Underground tour. The band is set to release their most crushing release yet, “Beyond Hell“, on August 29th via DRT Entertainment. An e-card has been made available streaming four tracks off the upcoming album at this location.

THE GATHERING will join forces with GREEN LIZARD for a split single to coincide with the two bands’ appearances at the Sziget festival in Budapest, Hungary (set to take palce August 9-16). A total of 5,000 copies of this single will be given away exclusively at the festival. GREEN LIZARD‘s contribution to this single will […]

DANZIG recently shot a video for the song “Crawl across Your Killing Floor” outside of Los Angeles. The track will be included on the upcoming “Lost Tracks of Danzig” collection, a two-CD set of previously unreleased DANZIG tracks spaning the band’s entire career — from the 1988 self-titled debut to the present. A November release […]

Pacific Northwest band AGALLOCH‘s long-awaited and much-anticipated new album “Ashes against the Grain” (out August 8 on The End Records) is being streamed in its entirety at MP3.com. The band recently filmed a video for the song “Not unlike the Waves” with director Nicole Phillips. Over nine hours of footage was shot in three days […]

According to a posting on the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes Of Bodom, Nuclear Blast Records will issue the “deluxe edition” of the band’s “Follow the Reaper” album featuring bonus material. The track listing for the new CD is as follows:01. Follow the Reaper02. Bodom after Midnight03. Children of Decadence04. Everytime I Die05. Mask […]