DARK TRANQUILLITY to release new album, ‘Construct,’ in May 2013

The guardians of the Gothenburg sound, DARK TRANQUILLITY, released their first album 20 years ago and are still one of the most exciting bands in melodic death metal. New and old fans will be happy to hear that they are ready to announce their 10th album. The band comments: “Greetings, Darklings! After having played over […]

DEVOURMENT: Title And Cover Art Of Relapse Debut Revealed

DEVOURMENT, one of the most brutal death metal acts on the planet, this week reveals the title and cover art for the outfit’s highly anticipated new album, due early next year via Relapse Records. The fourth studio full-length from Dallas, Texas-based DEVOURMENT, Conceived In Sewage was recorded at Mana Recordings in St. Petersburg, Florida with […]

DEAFHEAVEN to Release New Album Spring 2013

  DEAFHEAVEN TO RECORD NEW ALBUM IN JANUARY WITH JACK SHIRLEY THEIR SECOND FULL-LENGTH, TITLED ‘SUNBATHER’, COMING IN SPRING 2013 FROM DEATHWISH INC. San Francisco’s Deafheaven have had an exciting few years since their inception in 2010; the band has toured 27 countries worldwide supporting bands like Godflesh, Alcest, and Russian Circles, released 2011’s opus […]

ULCER’s Grant Us Death Out On February 19th Through Pulverised Records

Poland’s morbid sextet ULCER returns this time in worship of the old-school Swedeath chainsaw laceration! Never for a moment losing focus on the authentic Swedish fucking Death Metal sound that has terrorized the globe for decades, the band’s new full-length effort Grant Us Death is truly an unspeakable act of zombie-invoking riffs, heavily dosed with horror-theme […]

SweDeath Supergroup SKINEATER To Release Debut on Pulverised Records

The foul harvest is finally ripe for the picking. Swedish supergroup SKINEATER is on a murderous rampage with the band’s debut effort Dermal Harvest, a petrifying array of extremely deadly and precision-cut Death Metal! De-skinned to perfection, Dermal Harvest showcases some of the most resilient veterans in the Swedish Extreme scene, with past and present […]

FINNTROLL begins recording new album

FINTROLL has officially started recording their 6th album at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki! The currently untitled follow-up to 2010’s masterpiece Nifelvind will be released worldwide through Century Media Records in late March 2013. In regards to this new album, the band comments on their studio blog (http://yersiniafestis.blogspot.de/):   “Combining our trademark sound with even […]

TURISAS enters studio to record new album; announces line-up change

Battle metallers TURISAS have officially started recording their upcoming 4th studio album. The band is currently recording drums at Atomic Spa studio in Helsinki, Finland, and they will continue the recordings in different locations until the end of January. This follow-up to 2011’s Stand Up And Fight is scheduled for a worldwide release in May […]

WATAIN signs worldwide deal with Century Media Records

Century Media Records is proud to welcome Swedish black metal extremists WATAIN to its worldwide family. Legitimately labeled as genre leaders, deservedly awarded with a Swedish Grammy, playing the world’s biggest stages and touring the globe constantly while reaching numerous top positions in the annual reader’s polls, WATAIN have worked hard and achieved a lot […]

SINISTER: Eleventh Album From Dutch Death Metal Monarchs To Storm North America

Holland’s leading death metal monarchs SINISTER come raging forth from the depths bearing another brutal dose of their overpowering intensity in the form of their massive eleventh studio full-length, The Carnage Ending, via Massacre Records this November 27th in North America. Since 1988, the pulverizing SINISTER has inundated the international death metal scene with a […]

DEFEATED SANITY set to release new album

Germany’s DEFEATED SANITY have completed work on their new full-length album, titled Passages Into Deformity. The album is scheduled for release on February 5, 2013. A bonus DVD will be included that features a making-of video, interviews with the band, and performance videos. The band comments: “With Passages Into Deformity, fans can expect another quality […]

GRUESOME STUFF RELISH signs to FDA Rekotz

Horrifying Spanish Death Grinders GRUESOME STUFF RELISH have signed with Germany’s FDA Rekotz. It’s a match made in…Hell! A new album from the veteran trio entitled Sempiternal Death Grind will be released January 25th, 2013 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. Be on the lookout! If you’re in the neighborhood, catch GRUESOME STUFF RELISH […]

INCANTATION Reveal Artwork and Track Listing for Vanquish in Vengeance

US death metal pioneers INCANTATION have revealed the cover art and track listing for their anticipated new album, Vanquish in Vengeance. The long-awaited followup to 2006’s Primordial Domination, Vanquish in Vengeance carries a recurring lyrical theme that addresses the countless acts of genocide in the name of religion throughout our history. Guitarist/vocalist John McEntee comments: […]

PORCUPINE TREE TO RELEASE LIVE TWO-DISC SET “OCTANE TWISTED” NEXT MONTH

  Live collection out November 20th via Kscope ENGLAND – It has been over three years since Porcupine Tree released its latest album The Incident, a collection that marked another step forward in the incredible journey of the band from a solo studio project created by Steven Wilson in the late eighties, to a Grammy […]

Anette Olzon and NIGHTWISH part ways

Tarja Turunen left Nightwish due to bloated, bruised egos and it seems that the same has happened today, with Annette Olzon announcing her departure from the band’s line-up. Another chapter of the Nightwish story has ended today. Nightwish and Anette Olzon have decided to part company, in mutual understanding, for the good of all parties involved.  […]

GRAYCEON Announces ‘Pearl and the End of Days’

New Two-Song Album Coming Early 2013 from Flenser Records With the end of 2012 quickly approaching and Grayceon‘s critically-acclaimed last album All We Destroy (Profound Lore) waning in the rear-view, the San Francisco-based triad prepares for the next chapter in their story: a 30-minute album comprised of two sprawling epics that bend the concentration closer […]

AEON: Swedish Death Metallers To Unleash Fourth Full-Length

Album Details and First Single Revealed Swedish death metal overlords, AEON, are pleased to unveil the details of their fourth studio offering , Aeons Black. Set to drop via Metal Blade Records on November 20, 2012, the mammoth 15-track Aeons Black was recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, engineered, mixed and mastered by Ronnie […]

ANAAL NATHRAKH Prepare For Release Of Vanitas

Candlelight Records today confirms November 6 as the North American release date for Vanitas, the new album from England’s ANAAL NATHRAKH. Produced by Mick Kenney (Bleeding Through, Ingested), the album carries the band’s signature and regarded union of black metal and grindcore. There is no other band that creates music as frightening as the Birmingham-based […]

Deepsend Records Signs ETERNAL REST

Deepsend Records is proud to announce the signing of Australia’s ETERNAL REST. The label will release the band’s debut album, Prophetic, in early 2013. The album was recorded and mixed by Joe Haley (Psycroptic). Eternal Rest hail from Brisbane, Australia. The band’s powerful energy can be heard on Prophetic, but must be experienced in a live […]

Adult Swim Announces Details for Highly-Anticipated METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM III

  Adult Swim’s Animated Aggressors to Release New Album in North America with CD/DVD Combo and Clean Version on October 16, 2012; Limited Edition Vinyl Follows on November 6 DETHKLOK returns this fall with Metalocalypse: Dethklok Dethalbum III, the highly-anticipated follow up album that fans of the animated band have been begging for. The stars […]

NEUROSIS: Title Of Eleventh Full-Length From Musical Pioneers Revealed

It is said that great art has the power to take us outside of ourselves and bring us closer to ourselves simultaneously. Few bands have accomplished this rare feat on a more profound and consistent basis than NEUROSIS. For nearly three decades, their music has touched the hearts and minds of young men and women […]

GOREMENT signs with Century Media Records

GOREMENT, one of the finest yet obscurest death metal bands to ever emerge from the soil of Sweden, has signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records for the release of the band’s entire recordings. Within The Shadow Of Darkness – The Complete Recordings will be available exclusively at CM Distro as a 2CD and […]

WINTERFYLLETH’s The Threnody Of Triumph Set For September 25 Release

  Candlelight Records today confirms September 25 as the North American release date for The Threnody of Triumph, the third full-length album from England ’s WINTERFYLLETH. Recorded in Wales with producer Chris Fielding (Primordial, Electric Wizard), the album delivers ten new conceptual compositions from the black metal quartet. LurkersPath.com already notes, “The Threnody of Triumph […]

DAYLIGHT DIES: New Album Confirmed For October 9 Release

    Candlelight Records today confirms October 9 as the North American release date for DAYLIGHT DIES’ new album, A Frail Becoming. Mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Opeth, Katatonia, Devin Townsend), the album features photography from award-winning Jonathan Mehring and packaging design by Agni Kaster. The release of A Frail Becoming silences […]

Metal Tank Records signs VIGILANCE!

The Slovenian occult heavy metal act Vigilance inked a deal with Metal Tank Records that will release their upcoming album. The successor of “Steeds of Time” from 2011 will crush everything in front of with its excellent mixture of genuine traditional speed heavy metal filled with profound devotion for primordial and ritualistic occultism. For more information consult the official Metal Tank Records website at www.metaltankrecords.com The band comments: »We are thrilled […]

ENSLAVED : RIITIIR Track Listing Revealed

  Norwegian progressive extreme metal band ENSLAVED have unveiled the track listing to their twelfth studio album, RIITIIR, on their official Facebook page. “It has been only two years since we last released an album [2010’s award-winning Axioma Ethica Odini], and we’ve been touring Europe and North America several times since then,” reflects ENSLAVED guitarist, […]