Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE has announced the addition of drummer Alex Svenningson (ex-MINDFALL) to the group’s ranks. “He came in the studio and he really nailed down our songs,” stated Marios Ilipoulos, NIGHTRAGE guitarist/songwriter. “He is a great guy and a suberb musician.”Check out a short video clip of Alex in rehearsal performing […]

Taiwan’s biggest metal export, the symphonic black metal band CHTHONIC, will release its fourth album, “Seediqbale“, on October 3 through Down Port Music/RED.The weepy sounds of the er-hu, a two-string violin that dates back to Tang dynasty (618-907), gives CHTHONIC‘s music an ethnic flare while adding another eerie layer to the band’s sounds of strife […]

BLACKMORE’S NIGHT has parted ways with bassist Sir Robert of Normandy. “We enjoyed his talents for six years as a member of BLACKMORE’S NIGHT,” guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and vocalist Candice Night write in a statement. “He now has family obligations that require him to stay at home. We will miss him but we understand and […]

According to Billboard.com, “Different World” has been confirmed as the second single from IRON MAIDEN‘s “A Matter of Life and Death” album. The single will be released on November 14 (the day of MAIDEN’s sold-out show at Helsinki’s Hartwall Arena in Finland) though this is likely to be a U.S. release date. Europe is expected […]

Liechtenstein-based gothic metal group ELIS has revealed the track listing for its new album, “Griefshire“, due in Europe on November 24 Napalm Records (January 16 in the U.S.).“Griefshire” (view cover here) track listing:01. Tales from Heaven or Hell02. Die Stadt03. Show Me the Way04. Brothers05. Seit Dem Anbeginn Der Zeit06. Remember the Promise07. Phoenix from […]

Norwegian melodic metallers THUNDERBOLT have announced the addition of former WHERE ANGELS FALL drummer Ole Kristian LГёvberg to the group’s ranks. LГёvberg joins the band as the replacement for Vegard Waske, who has left THUNDERBOLT earlier in the month “due to an extremely heavy workload over the past years.”THUNDERBOLT‘s sophomore album, “Love and Destruction“, was […]

DANZIG has enlisted TYPE O NEGATIVE‘s Kenny Hickey as the group’s new guitarist. Hickey joins drummer Johnny Kelly as the second TYPE O NEGATIVE member to join DANZIG‘s touring lineup.DANZIG will perform a dozen West Coast “Blackest of The Black” live dates in November alongside LACUNA COIL, THE HAUNTED, BELPHEGOR and ASESINO. “This is sort […]

Brazilian death metallers SOMBERLAIN have announced the addition of guitarist Diego Lucena to their ranks. Diego, who previously played in ARK OF SIN, has already recorded all the solo guitar parts for the new SOMBERLAIN album, which is tentatively due in early 2007. According to a press release, the CD’s final mixing sessions were delayed […]

MESHUGGAH‘s “Destroy Erase Improve” is the 21st album to be inducted into Decibel magazine’s as ongoing “Hall of Fame” feature. The “Hall of Fame” feature highlights influential and pivotal releases in metal history, and “Destroy Erase Improve” joins of ranks of previously profiled classics such as SLAYER‘s “Reign In Blood“, SEPULTURA‘s “Roots“, AT THE GATES‘ […]

German melodic death metal outfit FALL OF SERENITY has parted ways with singer RenГ© Betzold. According to a press release, “The new microphone abuser will be former bass player John Gahlert, who already wrote a lot of the vocal lines on the last album “Bloodred Salvation“, which was recorded at Rape Of Harmonies Studio (HEAVEN […]