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  • Defeated Sanity - new album

    German death metallers DEFEATED SANITY have tapped A.J. Magana from DISGORGE to lay down the vocals on the band's forthcoming third full-length album, "Chapters Of Repugnance", tentatively due late 2009/early 2010 via Willowtip Records. The CD wil be recorded later this summer at Soundforge Studios in Berlin. DEFEATED SANITY's recording lineup: A.J. Magana (DISGORGE): Vocals Christian Kühn: Guitar Jacob Schmidt: Bass Lille Gruber: Drums This lineup will also play the band's U.K. tour this August. DEFEATED SANITY's sophomore album, "Psalms of the Moribund", was recorded at Soun...
  • Spawn Of Possession - new line-up

    Swedish technical death metal outfit SPAWN OF POSSESSION has issued the following update: "Two very talented and competent musicians has recently joined SPAWN OF POSSESSION. Matthew Chalk (ex-PSYCROPTIC) is going to handle the vocal and lyric writing. Christian Münzner (OBSCURA, ex-NECROPHAGIST) is going to do the lead guitar part and unleash his madness into the multicolored and distorted universe of SPAWN OF POSSESSION. "The songwriting process has been going quite well these last few months and five new songs are now complete. Seven other songs are in the works." SPAWN OF POSSESSI...
  • Divine Heresy - new album detailed

    DIVINE HERESY, the California-based band featuring FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares, will release its sophomore album, "Bringer of Plagues", in North America on July 28 via Century Media Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Facebreaker 02. The Battle of J. Casey 03. Undivine Prophecies (Intro) 04. Bringer of Plagues 05. Redefine 06. Anarchaos 07. Monolithic Doomsday Devices 08. Letter to Mother 09. Enemy Kill 10. Darkness Embedded 11. The End Begins 12. Forever the Failure DIVINE HERESY teamed up once again with acclaimed producing team Dirty Icon (Lo...
  • Sarcolytic - post new music

    SARCOLYTIC, the Austin, Texas-based band featuring Ricky Myers of DISGORGE along with Steven Watkins, Mark Denton and Jon Zig of IMAGES OF VIOLENCE, has posted a new song, 'The Seed Of All Beginnings', on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off SARCOLYTIC's debut album, "Thee Arcane Progeny", which will be released on August 25 via Unique Leader Records. According to the band, the CD features "nine blistering tracks, entailing the 14 tablets deciphered from the lost book of Enki, by Zecharia Sitchin." SARCOLYTIC was forged in late 2003 as a side project of IMAGES OF VIOLENCE members a...
  • Ram-Zet - sign w/ Ascendance Records

    Norwegian avant-garde metallers RAM-ZET have inked a deal with Ascendance Records. The band's fourth album, "Neutralized", is scheduled for release this fall. "Neutralized" was recorded during 2008 and early 2009, and it "sees the band at the peak of its creativity," according to a press release. "RAM-ZET employed a lengthy, busy writing schedule with the album being mixed by Brett Caldas-Lima at Tower Studio. Demo versions of two new RAM-ZET songs — "Requiem" and "Nr. 222" — are available for streaming on the band's official MySpace page. RAM-ZET's third album, "Intra", was rele...
  • Melechesh - pre-production

    Ashmedi and Moloch of the Sumerian thrashing black metal act MELECHESH are holed up at the Sulphonic Studio in Rotterdam working on demos for the follow-up to the "Emissaries" album. This will be MELECHESH's fifth full-length effort and first for Nuclear Blast Records. No date is set for the recording but it will not be before the fall. According to a press release, "The band are aiming to keep the album multi-dimensional when it comes to the atmosphere of the songs. One of the new elements will be a couple of songs written and recorded entirely with 12 strings electric guitars. Ashmedi wi...
  • MFVF - headliners confirmed

    EPICA and KRYPTERIA have been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest VII, set to take place October 17, 2009 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 17: EPICA (special DVD show) DELAIN KRYPTERIA MIDNATTSOL AUTUMN AMBERIAN DAWN FLOWING TEARS MANIC MOVEMENT PINKY DOODLE POODLE UNSUN WHYZDOM KIVIMETSAN DRUIDI Sunday, October 18: DORO (special WARLOCK 25th anniversary show) TARJA TRAIL OF TEARS VAN CANTO STREAM OF PASSION DARZAMAT DEADLOCK CORONATUS TO-MERA LAHANNYA For more information, visit ww...
  • Hour Of Penance - guitarist rejoins

    Italian death metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have issued the following update: "After an almost three-year-long hiatus, HOUR OF PENANCE welcomes back the former guitarist and founder Enrico, who apparently got tired of the cold and dark Norwegian life... The band is now back as a quintet and will perform for the first time with the renowned lineup at the Armageddon In The Park festival on August 1. Join us there!" HOUR OF PENANCE's current lineup: Giulio Moschini - Guitar Enrico Schettino - Guitar Mauro Mercurio - Drums Silvano Leone - Bass Francesco Paoli - Vocals HOUR OF PENANCE's...
  • Immolation - sign w/ Nuclear Blast Records

    New York death metal veterans IMMOLATION have signed a worldwide, multi-album contract with Nuclear Blast Records, who will release the band's upcoming eighth studio album in early 2010. Commented the band: "We are looking forward to working with Nuclear Blast, a classic label that has become one of the largest driving forces in metal today. We intend to have a new album out for early next year. Expect the new one to have some of the most dark and intense music we've ever put together!" www ...
  • Marduk - new album title announced

    New MARDUK album will be entitled "Wormwood". No release date has been set yet as the band is currently in the studio working on the album. More news and song titles will be presented later. Check some photos from the recording at the Endarker Studio here: www.marduk.nu/gallery.html www.myspace.com/truemarduk www.marduk.nu...
  • Vader announces supports for their North American Tour

    Polish deathsters VADER will team up with California's DECREPIT BIRTH, L.A.'s WARBRINGER, THE AMENTA from Australia, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. from Florida, and Montreal, Canada's AUGURY for a 38-show "Decibel Presents: Monsters Of Death Tour" through North America beginning November 4th in Baltimore, Maryland. For complete tour dates, please visit VADER's MySpace Page: www.myspace.com/panzervader Pre-sale tickets for the Monsters Of Death Tour are available online at EnterTheVault.com through July 17th. On July 18th, tickets go on sale through all normal ticketing outlets. VADER guitarist/voca...
  • Suffocation - entire new album available for streaming

    Currently conquering the United States on this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour, New York-based extreme metal legends, SUFFOCATION have made their entire new album, Blood Oath, available for streaming exclusively on the bands MySpace Page for a limited time: www.myspace.com/suffocation The album comes out in Europe on July 3, 2009 and in North America on July 14, 2009. Look for SUFFOCATION on this years installment of Summer Slaughter '09 (US). The last few batch of dates can be viewed on the Summer Slaughter MySpace Page: (www.myspace.com/summerslaughtertour). www.suffocation.us...
  • Cripple Bastards - box set

    Selfmadegod Records will release CRIPPLE BASTARDS' "Age Of Vandalism" four-CD box set on July 16. This deluxe digipack features remastered versions of ALL of the CRIPPLE BASTARDS' releases from 1988 to 1993, plus an incredible amount of unreleased tunes, and draws the complete history of the BASTARDS on tape. This will include the four official demos, the split 7" with VIOLENT HEADACHE (with extra unreleased tracks!), and basically HOURS of unreleased noise, including pre-CRIPPLE BASTARDS thrash from 1986-1987. A jump back to the late-1980s/early-1990s DIY noisecore spirit made by tapetrade...
  • Crionics - new EP detailed

    Polish metallers CRIONICS have finished recording a new EP, "N.O.I.R.", at Cracow's Shindler Factory Studio and are currently mixing the effort with the Wieslawski Bros. in their Hertz Studio in Bialystok. "N.O.I.R." features three new songs plus two covers: IMMORTAL's "Blashyrk (Mighty Ravendark)" and RAMMSTEIN's "Moskau", the latter of which features guest appearances by Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek (VADER) on vocals and Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka (VADER, DECAPITATED) on accordion and acoustic guitar. According to a press release, "During this session the band used acoustic guitars and clean ...
  • Vader - to tour Poland w/ Marduk

    Polish extreme metallers VADER will team up with the Swedish black metal outfit MARDUK for the Blitzkrieg 5 tour of Poland beginning on August 29 in Warsaw. Also appearing on the bill are Polish bands CHAINSAW and ESQARIAL as well as other guest acts. Commented MARDUK guitarist Morgan Håkansson: "MARDUK are proud to announce that we will be joining VADER for a 15-date Polish tour right before we hit Europe. We are delighted to team up once again with our war brothers in VADER to march across Poland together with our loyal Polish fans and reach territories we havent been in before. Unleash ...
  • Darzamat - new album detailed

    Polish dark metal band DARZAMAT has inked a worldwide deal with German Massacre Records. The group’s fifth album Solfernus’ Path, is scheduled for release on August 28. In Japan album will be released by Spiritual Beast. Commented singer Flauros: "We are more then happy to announce that we have signed a new record deal at Massacre Records. We hope that thanks to the experience of the Massacre Records crew our music will have a chance to reach more people now. We are really looking forward to working with them and promoting the Solphernus’ Path. We are also extremely happy to enter th...
  • Arch Enemy - new album

    Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, EXODUS) has completed the mixing and mastering of the new ARCH ENEMY record, The Root Of All Evil. This special release features a selection of completely re-recorded songs from the first three Arch Enemy albums, Black Earth, Stigmata and Burning Bridges, and will be released via Century Media Records on September 28th in Europe and October 6th in North America. Guitarist Michael Amott comments: “This one took some time to get done, despite the fact that the actual songs were already written a good few years ago! The album was recorded at a few different ...
  • Hooded Menace - sign w/ Profound Lore

    Finland's masters of horror-inspired dirgy down-tuned death doom HOODED MENACE have signed with Profound Lore Records. Mastermind Lasse Pyykko is currently putting the finishing touches (while conjuring inspiration from the most cult of horror films) on the material for the follow-up to the masterful "Fulfill The Curse" album, and rest assured, the new CD will be "heavier and more all-encompassing," according to a press release. Look for Lasse and co. to enter the studio sometime this fall and if all goes according to plan, the new HOODED MENACE opus will arrive in early 2010. ...
  • Mistur - new album

    Norwegian epic Viking black metallers MISTUR have been joined by ex-Windir guitarist Strom. In September 2008 the band recorded their debut album "Attende" in Norway's Akkerhaugen Studios. The album was produced by Thorbjorn Akkerhaugen, who has already assisted Emperor and Windir in creating their epic walls of sound. The album cover was designed by Belgian Kris Verwimp, who went a step further by painting the artwork in oil. "Attende" will be released in close cooperation with Einheit Produktionen and the release date will be 29 August 2009. www ...
  • Vile - new album

    VILE have just finished recording the vocals for their new album. The band still has to figure out the label situation, but they are hoping to have the album released at least in a limited way in fall with a full world-wide release soon afterwards. A European tour is planned for the spring of 2010 with a U.S. tour to follow. www ...
  • Evile - new album detailed

    British thrash masters EVILE are ready to reveal to the world their brand new album, Infected Nations, which is due to be released on September 21st in Europe and on September 22nd in North America. Following Evile's 2007 debut, Enter The Grave - an homage to the thrash of past - the band are now hitting out and marking a new milestone of their own with Infected Nations. Infected Nations was produced by Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH), with the cover art created by Michael Whelan, famous for his sci-fi artworks along with classic album covers from such bands as SEPULTURA and OBITUARY. ...
  • Merrimack - sign w/ Osmose Productions

    French black metal institution MERRIMACK have signed with Osmose Productions, in cooperation with Moribund Records, for the European release of their new album, Grey Rigorism. The album will be released in Europe on September 15th in regular CD and a limited gatefold double LP formats. The tracklisting: 'The Golden Door', 'Omniabsence', 'Kirjath-Ra', 'La Saintete du Mal', 'Cold Earth Mourning', 'Grey Rigorism', 'When The Stars Align', 'Desaveu', 'In The Halls Of White Death', 'By The Grace'. ...
  • Atra Filia - debut album detailed

    Up-and-coming Swedish doom metallers ATRA FILIA check in with the following update: We hereby wish to announce the official tracklist of our upcoming fullengthalbum "Fuga Ex Inritus" It will consist of nine doomy songs with the following titles and order: 1. Hallways 2. Haunted by Grief (re-recorded) 3. Funebris Lectus (The lost song) 4. Atra Filia (re-recorded) 5. Bortom skuggornas land 6. Inside Me (re-recorded) 7. I själ, hjärta och sinne 8. Salvation 9. The Last Breath www ...
  • Prejudice - new album due July

    Belgian death metallers PREJUDICE will release their long-awaited fourth album, "Megalomanic Infest", on July 20 via Soulflesh Collector Records. U.S. distribution will be handled by Sevared Records, European distribution by Pathologically Explicit, and Japanese distribution by Amputated Vein. "Megalomanic Infest" was recorded at Excess Studio in Rotterdam, Holland. The CD was mixed by Chris Van der Valk for Home-Grown Productions, and was mastered by Colin Davis (VILE) at Imperial Mastering. The layout was handled by Killustrations and cover art was created by Pär Olofsson (ABORTED, EMETH...
  • Graveyard - new album

    GRAVEYARD have just finished recording their debut album "One With The Dead". The album will be mastered by none other than Dan Swanö. The tracklist goes as follows: 'Prologue: The Reaping', 'Pantheon Vulture', 'The Burning Gate', 'Riding A Pale Horse', 'Necrology', 'Carven Epitaph', 'One With The Dead', 'Walking Horrors Of The Undead', 'Abandoned Churches', 'Caro Data Vermibus' and 'The Skull'. The CD will be released by Blackseed Productions and the vinyl by Antichristian Front Records. There will be a limited CD edition, including the CANDLEMASS cover 'A Tale Of Creation', featuring vocals...
  • Avulsed - Euro tour w/ Emeth

    2009 is the year designated for the release of AVULSED's fifth full length album "Nullo (The Pleasure of Self-mutilation)" (10th CD on their career!!). After their highly acclaimed previous album "Gorespattered Suicide" that leaded them to play in places like Mexico (full 11-dates tour), Japan, Russia, countless spare shows & festivals all across Europe as well as a headlining tour through Europe in '05. Spanish death metal legends are ready for their 4th European assault, again as headliners and again counting with their Italian comrades Grimness 69 to share the roads!! But it is with gre...
  • Devolved - new album detailed

    Australian/American tech-metallers DEVOLVED have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Calculated", due on August 25 via Unique Leader Records. The CD was mixed by famed producer/engineer Neil Kernon (CANNIBAL CORPSE, NILE, NEVERMORE, DEICIDE, JUDAS PRIEST) and was mastered by Alan Douches (SEPULTURA, UNEARTH, SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED, GOD FORBID). The album will contain bonus tracks, including a cover of METALLICA's "Battery", and is the first release to feature vocalist Kyle Zemanek. "Calculated" track listing: 01. Fractured 02. Hybrid 03. Vex 04. Derivative 05. Synergy ...
  • Marduk - on Blitzkrieg 5

    Panzer division MARDUK will team up with VADER on the Polish leg of the Blitzkrieg 5 tour. Swedes will appear on the tour as a special guest. According to a Vader update: "For this occassion the band will prepare a special live set. Expect brutal, extreme live shows which will be a warm up before the band's European headlining tour also featuring Marduk." www ...
  • Hail Of Bullets - new EP detailed

    As previously reported, Dutch death metallers HAIL OF BULLETS go to war again with Warsaw Rising, an EP featuring two brand new tracks, one cover and three live recordings. Metal Blade will release the EP on July 17th. The new songs are 'Liberators', a rumbling ode to one of the most magnificent bombers ever built and the title track which tells the tragic tale of the bloody 1944 Warsaw uprising. A massive cover of the TWISTED SISTER classic 'Destroyer' and three tracks from the Bullets' earth-shattering performance at last year's Party.San Open Air. Tracklisting for Warsaw Rising: '...
  • Gorefest - split up

    Dutch extreme metallers GOREFEST have called it quits. The band have issued the following statement: "'Gorefest discover internet porn, quit.' OK, that's not entirely true, we knew about the porn all along. But, after two albums, both of which we're hugely proud of, and about a hundred shows, all of them memorable in their own way, the question that remained for us was: what's next? The answer can be short: nothing. La Muerte and Rise To Ruin are two albums with which we've expanded, and indeed completed our body of work to our full satisfaction. Barring one or two exceptions, all the show...

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