Nuclear Blast Records has set an October 6 release date for the “deluxe edition” of CHILDREN OF BODOM‘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 of Sanity06. Taste of My Scythe07. Hate […]

Original KISS members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss are being inducted in the inaugural class in the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. The Hall honors artists or groups that were either born on Long Island, or resided on Long Island for a significant portion of their career. The induction ceremony and all-star […]

Open Grave Records has set a September 26 release date for the third album from NECRODEMON, entitled “Ice Fields of Hyperion“. The track listing for the CD is as follows:01. The Abominable02. Terror in the Arctic03. Funeral in the Snow04. The Deep Freeze05. Avalanche!06. Frozen Sorcerer (Chant of Making V)07. Mesopotamia – Warriors of Ice08. […]

Willowtip Records has uploaded the cover art to the highly anticipated second full-length album from Virginia’s melodic death metallers ARSIS, entitled “United in Regret“. It can be viewed below. In addition, a sample MP3 of the track “Lust before the Maggots Conquest” has been posted online here.“United in Regret” is scheduled for release on October […]

Swiss doomsters PЕёLON are scheduled to release their second album, “Th’ Eternal Wedding Band“, on September 26 via Quam Libet Records. The CD contains twelve original cuts, written by all three members/vocalists, plus the video for the instrumental “2046“.“Th’ Eternal Wedding Band” track listing:01. And Thus It Ends …02. Anaconda03. Falling Into The Sun04. Cannibal […]

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the band’s official web site:“Things are moving right along with the [live] DVD [that was recorded in Poland in August]. DT [drummer Donald Tardy] and I spent the week at the RedRoom [studio] with Mark Prator mixing the audio portion of the DVD. We expect […]

Swedish death metallers GRAVE have posted the following message on their official web site:“After careful consideration our drummer Pelle [Ekegren, ex-COERCION] has decided to leave the band due to personal reasons and also the increasement of touring that we will engage in the coming months and hopefully years to come.“Pelle has been a very important […]

Century Media Records has revaled more information about the upcoming ICED EARTH “Alive in Athens” DVD, which was filmed in 1999.ICED EARTH‘s first and only live album, “Alive in Athens“, was recorded at two sold-out shows on the nights of January 23 and January 24, 1999, at the Rodon Club in Athens, Greece. Originally released […]

WHITESNAKE will release a new double live album, “Live … In the Shadow of the Blues“, in November via Steamhammer/SPV. The set includes almost all the remarkable hits from WHITESNAKE‘s career, as well as two timeless DEEP PURPLE classics in “Burn” and “Stormbringer“. WHITESNAKE‘s David Coverdale was the frontman of the legendary British act between […]

German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their new single, “Light the Universe“, on November 13 via SPV Records (November 10 in Germany). The title cut is said to be the first-ever duet in the band’s history, which also features an appearance by BLACKMORE’S NIGHT singer Candice Night.In addition to the single version of “Light the […]