MORDICHRIST, the Swedish black metal band featuring DARK FUNERAL guitarist Chaq Mol, has set “Dressed In Menace” as the title of its upcoming limited-edition seven-inch single, 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 via Regain Records. […]

On August 3, 1987, British rock band DEF LEPPARD released the album “Hysteria“. Already a major force in rock music, “Hysteria” catapulted the band into the stratosphere. The statistics for “Hysteria” are astounding. The album has sold in excess of 17 million copies and counting. Due to the incredible success of previous album “Pyromania” (released […]

Former TOURNIQUET members Victor Macias (bass), Erik Mendez (guitar), and Gary Lenaire (guitar) are back together and working on new music with their brand new project 2050BELLS. The group, which cites its influences as BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, MAGMA and MOTГ–RHEAD, has launched its MySpace page at this location.Lenaire played on all of TOURNIQUET‘s releases between […]

Hundred Reasons have announced that guitarist Paul Townsend will leave the band after their Japanese tour in September. “The departure is totally amicable,” says a statement from the band, who will shortly announcehis replacement exclusively via their website www.hundredreasons.com. The band will release The Chance as a single to coincide with their tour, which kicks […]

Supernova, which is in the process of searching for a singer via the CBS show “Rockstar,” will play its first live show on New Year’s Eve at the Joint in Las Vegas. A five-week North American tour will follow, beginning Jan. 16 in Hollywood, Fla.The lead vocalist for the band, which is comprised of drummer […]

MESS, the Finnish heavy metal band featuring bassist Jari Kainulainen (ex-STRATOVARIUS), drummer Atte Sarkima (AJATTARA, VERENPISARA), vocalist Tommi “Tuple” Salmela (TAROT, CARDIANT) and guitarist Elias Viljainen ( E.VIL), is currently working on its first EP, tentatively due before the end of the year.MESS was originally formed in 2001 but went on hiatus the following year […]

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, will release its new album, “Desert of Tears“, on October 20 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD was recorded at Trident/Imperial Studios in Northern California.“Desert of Tears” track listing:01. I Believe02. Running Blind03. Day of […]

NONPOINT‘s video for its cover of PHIL COLLINS’ “In the Air Tonight“, which is the lead single from the “Miami Vice” soundtrack, has made its way online and can be found on the Bieler Bros. The video features clips from the “Miami Vice” movie as well as performance footage shot in Miami, Florida with director […]

According to Earache Records, one of Sweden’s largest online music stores, Ginza.se, has barred the sale of DEICIDE‘s latest album, “The Stench of Redemption“, citing the blasphemous CD sleeve art, controversial lyrical subject matter and the fact that DEICIDE mainman Glen Benton has an upside-down cross branded into the center of his forehead as their […]

The title track from Swedish epic/power metallers FALCONER‘s upcoming fifth studio album, entitled “Northwind” — their first since the departure of singer Kristoffer GГ¶bel and return of Mathias Blad — has been made available for download at this location.“Northwind” will be released as a limited first edition featuring a bonus CD containing four Swedish folk […]