Sacramento’s melodic, blackened tech-metallers WITH PASSION are headed to Mana Studios in Florida to record their second album, entitled “What We See When We Shut Our Eyes“, with Brian Elliott and have announced a string of tour dates to and from their album recording session. The upcoming CD will contain 10 tracks, including re-recorded versions […]

Anglo-Italian melodic power metal band POWER QUEST has set “Master of Illusion” as the title of its fourth album, which the group plans to record next spring. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Hearts and Voices”, “The Vigil”, “The Right Place and the Wrong Time”, “Count My Sins” and “The Tragedy Suite”.POWER QUEST […]

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 […]

The nominees have been announced for the Danish Metal Awards 2006, which will be held on November 18 at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. IN FLAMES, MERCENARY, ILLDISPOSED and THE PSYKE PROJECT will be performing live at the event. The nominees are as follows:Best Metal Album:ILLDISPOSED – Burn Me WickedMERCENARY – The Hours That RemainRAUNCHY […]

Ozzy Osbourne will be honored with a special tribute at the Spike TV‘s Scream Awards 2006, which is scheduled to air Tuesday, October 10 (10:00 p.m. – midnight, ET/PT). The event (taping at the historic Pantages Theater in Hollywood on October 7) will reach an estimated 750 million people from over 90 countries outside the […]

Gravity Co. will present their new album with a concert in Hristo Botev Hall on October 6, at 8.00 p.m..The event will be a unique multimedia show with a special stage built especially for the night, and 3D shows projected on a special screen. There will be special 3D glasses given to everybody at the […]