Plans for conducting a festival called One Day Overground were announced today.On the festival’s official web site there is a message saying:“ONE DAY OVERGROUND is one of the first event of that scale and our idea is to introduce the public to contemporary Bulgarian underground music. There will be 6 of the best underground bands […]

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have issued the following statement:“IN BATTLE wants to announce that their longtime friend and drummer Otto Wiklund, born October 18, 1976 and died August 13, 2006, has passed away by his own hand…“Otto Wiklund was a great drummer and did record the debut album of IN BATTLE (1997) and […]

DEICIDE‘s brand new brutal offering, “The Stench of Redemption“, can now be downloaded at the MP3 download site www.metaltracks.com. This also includes the hard-to-find bonus track “Black Night” (DEEP PURPLE cover). This precedes the release date of the album, which is due in stores on Tuesday, August 22 (one day earlier internationally) via Earache Records.

KORN‘s animated video for “Liar“, taken from the band’s latest CD, “See You on the Other Side“, has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip was produced by the San Fransico-based company Big Bear Entertainment, which also has great animated videos from the likes of DISTURBED, BILLY IDOL and TOMMY LEE in its video catalog.KORN‘s […]

Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM have posted a new song, entitled “The Killjoy“, at their MySpace page. The track comes off the band’s new album, “Above the Weeping World“, due on October 17 via Candlelight Records.

Canada’s INTO ETERNITY has finalized the track listing for its new album, “The Scattering of Ashes“, due on October 3 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Buried in Oblivion” was was mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY).INTO ETERNITY‘s new CD will mark the group’s first release with vocalist Stu […]

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has issued the following message regarding her upcoming Christmas album:“Back in 2003 I started to play with the idea to record an album for Christmas time. I have lots of nice memories of my family singing all together at that time of the year.“For me, Christmas has always been a […]

DRAGONFORCE‘s new video for the song “Operation Ground and Pound” has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the U.K. extreme power metallers’ third album, “Inhuman Rampage“, which has sold 48,000 copies in the United States since its June release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The follow-up to 2004’s “Sonic Firestorm” was recorded […]

DISSECTION frontman Jon NГ¶dtveidt has committed suicide. He was found dead on Wednesday, August 16 at his apartment in HГ¤sselby, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, the apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. NГ¶dtveidt‘s death was confirmed by the Swedish distributor Sound Pollution, whose staff has worked with DISSECTION throughout the band’s career. NГ¶dtveidt formed […]

Veteran Swiss rockers KROKUS have finalized the track listing for their new album, “Hellraiser“, due in North America on October 24 (September 18 in Europe, except Germany and Switzerland, where it will be issued on September 15) via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2003’s “Rock the Block” was recorded with producer Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM […]