Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have issued the following statement:“IN BATTLE wants to announce that their longtime friend and drummer Otto Wiklund, born October 18, 1976 and died August 13, 2006, has passed away by his own hand…“Otto Wiklund was a great drummer and did record the debut album of IN BATTLE (1997) and […]

German melodic metallers MOB RULES have finalized the track listing for their new album, “Ethnolution A.D.“, due on October 23 in Europe (October 20 in Germany). Produced once again by Markus Teske (VANDEN PLAS, SPOCK’S BEARD, OASIS), the CD marks the recording debut with the group of guitarist Sven LГјdke (ex-MURDER ONE) and bassist Markus […]

A professionally shot video clip of STONE SOUR performing the track “Hell & Consequences” at the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo, Japan on August 12 has been made available for streaming at this location.In other news, STONE SOUR‘s video for the song “30/30-150” can now be voted into the German MTV “TRL” chart. To vote […]

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess‘s live concert footage from his 2004 Keyfest show is now available on DVD. This solo synth and piano concert includes improvisations and performances from his solo and DREAM THEATER albums, including “Stream of Consciousness”, “Time Crunch”, “Screaming Head”, “In the Name of God” and “Ra”.For more information, click here.

DEICIDE‘s brand new brutal offering, “The Stench of Redemption“, can now be downloaded at the MP3 download site www.metaltracks.com. This also includes the hard-to-find bonus track “Black Night” (DEEP PURPLE cover). This precedes the release date of the album, which is due in stores on Tuesday, August 22 (one day earlier internationally) via Earache Records.

KORN‘s animated video for “Liar“, taken from the band’s latest CD, “See You on the Other Side“, has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip was produced by the San Fransico-based company Big Bear Entertainment, which also has great animated videos from the likes of DISTURBED, BILLY IDOL and TOMMY LEE in its video catalog.KORN‘s […]

Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM have posted a new song, entitled “The Killjoy“, at their MySpace page. The track comes off the band’s new album, “Above the Weeping World“, due on October 17 via Candlelight Records.

Canada’s INTO ETERNITY has finalized the track listing for its new album, “The Scattering of Ashes“, due on October 3 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Buried in Oblivion” was was mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY).INTO ETERNITY‘s new CD will mark the group’s first release with vocalist Stu […]

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has issued the following message regarding her upcoming Christmas album:“Back in 2003 I started to play with the idea to record an album for Christmas time. I have lots of nice memories of my family singing all together at that time of the year.“For me, Christmas has always been a […]

DRAGONFORCE‘s new video for the song “Operation Ground and Pound” has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the U.K. extreme power metallers’ third album, “Inhuman Rampage“, which has sold 48,000 copies in the United States since its June release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The follow-up to 2004’s “Sonic Firestorm” was recorded […]