SUBTERRANEAN FECAL ROOT, a comedic grindcore band based in Waco, Texas, has made their eight-track debut EP available for free download at this location. The track listing for the EP is as follows:01. Farting a Spinach Loaf on Your Face02. Flylipped Swollenbellied Retroabortion03. Pink in the Middle Like Watermelon04. Slithering Nectar Bellied Worm of Gayness05. […]

Profound Lore Records has posted a full-length MP3 of the PROFUNDI track “Split-Tounged” at this location. The song comes off the group’s debut album, “The Omega Rising“, a brutal and abysmal vision of melodically piercing Swedish black/death metal solely created by ex-NAGLFAR vocalist Jens Ryden. To exclusively be presented exquisitely in a specially designed and […]

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: “I was invited to the Kerrang! Awards on Thursday [August 24]. It’s all industry and business, not much of a metal party with bands like PLACEBO and MUSE. I had to do a couple of Jagermeister shots with Kerry King [SLAYER] […]

“On the 25th of August, Kaliakra Rock Fest in Kaliakra stadium in Kavarna united more thta 7 000 people. The show started 30 minutes earlier, which was rather unpleasant surprise for hundreds of fans, who were still outside. They had to miss the first few songs by Testament who opened the fest. The show put […]

Nine songs from the first reunion show of the “Remnants of War” lineup of HELSTAR have been posted exclusively at TexasMetalUnderground.com for streaming or download. The soundboard-quality recordings were made during the 4th annual Robb’s MetalWorks Showcase, which took place at the White Rabbit in San Antonio on June 10, 2006. The site also features […]

MORDICHRIST, the Swedish black metal band featuring DARK FUNERAL guitarist Chaq Mol, has uploaded the cover artwork for its “Dressed In Menace” limited-edition seven-inch single to its MySpace page. Due in September via Danza Ipnotica, the single will feature two songs, both of which will appear on the band’s full-length CD, due in early 2007 […]

Bassist Jan BГјnning of the German power metallers PARAGON has posted the following message on the band’s official web site:“Recordings [for the new PARAGON album] started and Martin [Christian] already laid down pilot guitars for six songs. Three plus one more to record as there will be nine PARAGON songs on the album as well […]

Aussie tech metallers FIVE STAR PRISON CELL have posted a preview track from their forthcoming “Slaves of Virgo” album, entitled “Obtuse: The Essence of Indifference“, at their MySpace page. The CD was produced by dw Norton at Back Beach studios in Rye, Victoria, Australia and is scheduled for release in early February through and Faultline […]

MASTERPLAN members Uli Kusch (drums) and Roland Grapow (guitar; both ex-HELLOWEEN) have started the recordings for the band’s third album. According to a posting on Kusch‘s web site, a replacement for singer Jorn Lande, who announced his departure from the group in early May, will be confirmed soon. The band’s final show with Lande took […]

According to a posting on the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com, EMI Finland has announced that the new IRON MAIDEN album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has sold more than 13,000 copies within just a few hours of its release on Friday (August 25) — just shy of that country’s official gold certification sales […]