On September 11, Roadrunner will be releasing a set of ultimate metal albums. These “best of” collections will pull together the best material from some of metal’s greatest artists. The first batch includes music from:FEAR FACTORYSEPULTURATYPE O NEGATIVEMore details are coming soon, including full track listing, packaging, bonus material and free MP3s.

TO-MERA, the new U.K.-based dark progressive metal band formed by former WITHOUT FACE vocalist Julie Kiss and bassist Lee Barrett (ex-EXTREME NOISE TERROR, DISGUST, MUSSOLINI HEADKICK), has parted ways with drummer Akos Pirisi.“The problems to do with his geographical circumstances ( i.e. him living in Hungary) meant that while we managed on the wrting and […]

Roadrunner Records has set an October 31 release date for the new SLIPKNOT DVD. The follow-up to 2002’s “Disasterpieces” is “going to be different than our last one,” guitarist Mick Thomson told Billboard.com last month. “Our last one mostly focused on the concert, and this one is going to have a lot more personal stuff […]

Norway’s legendary eccentric artist Mortiis recently completed a remix for industrial metal band I:SCINTILLA. The remixed track, which has been dubbed “Havestar (La Malediction Mix)“, is planned to be featured on the band’s upcoming but as-yet-untitled second album.I:SCINTILLA recently signed to the Alfa Matrix label, which is expected to release the band’s first EPCD, “Havestar“, […]

Belgian doomsters THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN have posted the following message on their official web site:“This second week of July 2006 was the last week of existence of THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN. Front man Steve [McMillan] has been arrested and imprisoned for criminal acts that none of the members could ever imagine to happen and […]

A number of photos of TESTAMENT performing in Hollywood (Key Clyb, July 12) and Santa Ana, California (Galaxy Theater, July 13) last week have been posted online at: Hollywood, Santa Ana.TESTAMENT‘s setlist for the Hollywood show was as follows:01. The Preacher02. New Order03. The Haunting04. Electric Crown05. Sins Of Omission06. Burnt Offerings07. Souls Of Black08. […]

Sanctuary Records has announced plans to release the original VENOM “The 7th Date of Hell – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon” video on DVD format. The release will include other video footage and interviews etc. More information on this DVD will be made available soon.Recorded in June 1984 in London, England, “The 7th Date of […]

KING’S X guitarist Ty Tabor has released “Homeschool (The Demos * Volume I)“, a collection of “his most intimate recorded moments, some of which were recorded twenty years ago,” according to a posting on Ty‘s web site. The CD contains Tabor‘s original 4- and 8-track demos “created for the songs you know and love. These […]

Oakland, California-based ALL SHALL PERISH has uploaded a new song to their MySpace profile. The track is the album version of “Eradication” and comes off the group’s upcoming album, “The Price of Existence“, due on August 8 via Nuclear Blast Records. Also available for preview on the band’s MySpace profile is the song “Wage Slaves“, […]

Finnish “fantasy metal” band BATTLELORE will enter MusicBros Studio in September to begin recording their fourth album, tentatively due in early 2007. The follow-up to 2005’s “Third Age of the Sun” will be produced by Miitri Aaltonen, who has previously worked with the group on their first two CDs, “…Where The Shadows Lie” (2002) and […]