On September 12, 2006, Escapi Music — home to BODY COUNT, DIRTY RIG, WARRIOR SOUL, CACTUS, MAHAVATAR, DISSECTION and THE CARMINE APPICE PROJECT — will release the debut recording of KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK), entitled “therupy“.Fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt, who, in another life, as James Kottak, drummed for KINGDOM COME and, for the last 10 […]

Groundbreaking Japanese act SIGH entered the studio today in Japan to commence work on its seventh album, titled “Hangman’s Hymn“, due out in 2007 on The End Records. The band will be working with engineer Takamichi Osada at Studio Moopies and will produce the album themselves.About the new album, SIGH frontman/leader Mirai Kawashima says, “It’ll […]

On September 12, Roadrunner Records 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 FACTORY, SEPULTURA, ILL NINO and TYPE O NEGATIVE.The details of the above-mentioned “best of” collections — including the […]

DEVILDRIVER‘s sophomore album, “The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand” — which originally came out in June 2005 — will be re-released on Halloween (October 31) as a special edition CD/DVD set. The new package will include three rare studio tracks and three “killer” live songs. The DVD will feature four music videos. A poster advertising […]

Finnish horror metallers DOMINATION BLACK have revealed the final track listing for their sophomore album, “Dark Legacy“, due later in the year via Poison Arrow Records.DOMINATION BLACK frontman “The Sentinel” KILLgast has described the sound of the new album as “melodic thrash-metal-meets-traditional and quite bizarre-metal!’“Dark Legacy” track listing:01. Enter The Dark Legacy (instrumental)02. Follow The […]

Death metallers HATE ETERNAL will release their first-ever DVD, “The Perilous Fight“, on October 16, 2006. The DVD features artwork from Paul Romano (MASTODON, TRIVIUM) and also includes a blistering live set filmed at The Garage in London on June 4, 2006, with a live audio mix by HATE ETERNAL frontman Erik Rutan.“The Perilous Fight” […]

Swedish melodic death metallers ETERNAL OATH will enter the studio in late October to record the follow-up to 2005’s “Wither“. “Thirteen brand new songs has been written and if all songs will end up on the album is yet to [be] decided,” the group writes on its web site.ETERNAL OATH recently parted ways with original […]

CALIGVLA, the one-man extreme death metal band hailing out of South Florida featuring mastermind Chris Placeres, has uploaded a track off its new album, “Bukkake Baptism“, entitled “Blasphemy In The Temple Of Caius“, at this location. All drums, vocals, guitars and bass were performed in there entirety by Chris Placeres.The artwork in question was created […]

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR wll release a “best of” collection, entitled “Metal is Forever – The Very Best of Primal Fear“, on September 29 via Nuclear Blast Records (JVC in Japan). The album’s artwork was created by Stephan Lohrmann, who was also responsible for the cover of PRIMAL FEAR‘s “Black Sun” album. The 16-track […]

Paragon Records have posted a track, ‘The Shadow Out Of Time‘, from the upcoming EYES OF LIGEIA album, A Fever Which Would Cling To Thee Forever, at this location. The album is due out on September 9th.