THE FORSAKEN: Swedish Death Unit’s Fourth Album Nears North American Release

Landskrona, Sweden-based THE FORSAKEN are preparing to drop their fourth full-length assault Beyond Redemption in North America. Beyond Redemption surges with forty minutes of the band’s modern black/thrash-infused death metal culminating here into some of the most devastating sequences from THE FORSAKEN to date. The album was recorded by the band themselves, and the final […]

DEVIL DRIVER sign with Napalm Records

The entire NAPALM RECORDS crew is honored to announce that American groove-metal powerhouse DEVILDRIVER has joined their ranks. The legendary Los Angeles metal outfit, who has released a string of hard-hitting and ass-kicking albums since the early 2000s, have signed a worldwide record deal with the Austrian label. After 10 years of forging high-class metal […]

WINTERSUN – Album Update: Track Listing Revealed!

Finland’s WINTERSUN have released the following update regarding their long-awaited second album:   Hello friends! Time for some album(s) news. Wintersun’s Time is going to be two albums, titled TIME I & TIME II. We made this decision simply because of few reasons: – All the 80min of material won’t fit on a regular CD […]

Swedish Death Metallers ENTRAILS ink a deal with Metal Blade Records!

Metal Blade is proud to announce the signing of ENTRAILS, one of the best Death Metal bands ever to come out of Sweden! ENTRAILS formed in the 90s, but split up before they were able to release a demo or even an album. It took them until 2008 to come back when guitarist Jimmy Lundqvist […]

DARK FUNERAL signs with Century Media Records

Swedish black metal legends DARK FUNERAL and Century Media Records are proud to announce the signing of a worldwide deal for the next 3 albums. Guitarist and founding member Lord Ahriman comments: “Our bad luck with labels in the past has for sure been very frustrating. So it is with great pleasure to finally be […]

THE CLEANSING Announce New Line-Up and Start Working On Third Album

Danish death metal veterans THE CLEANSING have announced the addition of drummer Mads Lauridsen (Konkhra, Panzerchrist) and bassist Martin Leth Andersen (Koldborn) to the group’s ranks.Mads Lauridsen of Konkhra and Panzerchrist fame joins The Cleansing as the replacement for Morten Løwe (now with Amaranthe), while Martin Leth Andersen previously of Koldborn was tapped to replace […]

SEPTICFLESH announce signing to PROSTHETIC RECORDS;

Set to Headline “CONQUERORS OF THE WORLD” N. America Tour PROSTHETIC RECORDS is proud to announce the signing of Greek symphonic death metal quartet , SEPTICFLESH,  whose eight albums and performances on tour alongside the likes of Cradle of Filth, Amon Amarth, Gorgoroth, Satyricon, Children of Bodom and more have earned the group international acclaim. […]

BARONESS’ YELLOW & GREEN CONFIRMED FOR JULY 17 RELEASE

April 11, 2012, Philadelphia — Baroness, the Savannah-based quartet whose two prior releases (Red Album and Blue Record) were awarded record of the year honors from both Revolver and Decibel Magazines as well as repeatedly placing on year-end best of lists from Pitchfork and Village Voice, return with a new album titled Yellow & Green […]

MOONSORROW Signs to Century Media Records

Finnish crusaders of epic heathen metal, MOONSORROW, and Century Media Records are proud to announce a worldwide deal! In regards to the signing, the band comments: “MOONSORROW are thrilled to start working with Century Media, a label that is home to many fellow artists already! We never make our music half way or with compromises […]

BELPHEGOR TO ENTER MANA STUDIOS NEXT MONTH

New record due out late 2012 on Nuclear Blast Records AUSTRIA – Supreme death/black metal commando, Belphegor, will enter Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Fla. next month to begin work on its new, yet-to-be-titled album with producer, Erik Rutan. The band’s impending 10th studio release is due out late 2012 on Nuclear Blast Records.   Commented vocalist, […]

MASSACRE Sign Worldwide Deal with Century Media Records

Century Media Records is proud to announce a worldwide deal with Florida Death Metal icons MASSACRE. The band is resurrected with two of the original band members: band founders Rick Rozz (guitar) and Terry Butler (bass, also in OBITUARY). The line-up is completed with Ed Webb (ex-DIABOLIC, also in DESTINED TO RUIN and GENERICHRIST) on […]

MORBUS CHRON signs worldwide deal with Century Media Records

Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of MORBUS CHRON from Sweden. Often described as a perfect mix between AUTOPSY and CARNAGE, MORBUS CHRON clearly stands out as one of the most talented and promising bands among all of the new traditional death metal acts that have been popping-up in the scene for […]

Be’lakor Reveal New Album Cover Art

BE’LAKOR (Melodic Death Metal – Melbourne, Australia) has revealed the cover art of their forthcoming 3rd full-length album, entitled ‘Of Breath and Bone’. The cover was painted by 20th century French artist Gabriel Ferrier and arranged by the renowned artist Costin Chioreanu (www.twilight13media.com ).   OF BREATH AND BONE:

SUFFOCATION, NILE, ARCH ENEMY and PSYCROPTIC to play in First ever Diablo Open Air Festival in Singapore

  For the first time ever, Singapore will play host to four major death metal acts as NILE, SUFFOCATION, PSYCROPTIC and ARCH ENEMY will be performing at the inaugural Diablo Open Air Festival. The event takes place on April 26th and more information about this historic event can be found here. Teethofthedivine’s own Dane Prokofiev […]

ENEMY REIGN: Denver Death Metallers Complete New Record; New Song Available At SickDrummer

Denver death metal horde, ENEMY REIGN recently completed work on their long-awaited new full-length. Entitled Between Hell And Oblivion, the offering was recorded at Flatline Audio by Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation, Cephalic Carnage, Martriden, Cobalt et al) and offers up 11 tracks of mile-high deathgrind brutality as well as the debut of vocalist, Stevie Boiser […]

FEAR FACTORY Album Release Date Confirmed

  Candlelight Records today confirms June 5 as the North American release date for FEAR FACTORY‘s new album, The Industrialist. Produced by the band with Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly), the album was mixed by Greg Reely (Paradise Lost/Skinny Puppy/Machine Head). It features additional tracking by Logan Mader (Gojira/Divine Heresy/Five Finger Death Punch) and artwork […]

JOB FOR A COWBOY: Death Metal Goliaths To Unleash New Studio Offering

Death metal goliaths JOB FOR A COWBOY will unleash their brand new studio recording entitled Demonocracy this Spring. Set for North American release on April 10, 2012 via Metal Blade Records, the nine-track Demonocracy was produced by Jason Seucof (Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Trivium) who recorded the band’s blistering Ruination full-length, at Audiohammer Studios, and features another strikingly detailed concept cover by artist […]

SCION A/V SET TO RELEASE NEW MELVINS EP, SCION A/V PRESENTS: THE BULLS & THE BEES, ON MAR. 13

Scion A/V Sponsoring Spring U.S. Tour   Feb. 23, Torrance, Calif. — Scion A/V has partnered with the Melvins for an EP titled Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees, a five-song collection that marks the band’s first original material since their 2010 album The Bride Screamed Murder.   The release will be available as […]

ANGEL WITCH announce new album “As Above, So Below”

Agoura Hills, CA – February 20th, 2012 – Legendary British metal act, Angel Witch, are proud to unveil their new album, As Above, So Below. The Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost/The Gates Of Slumber) produced album unites newly-penned yet timeless-sounding material such as ‘Geburah’, ‘The Horla’, ‘Brainwashed’ and ‘Upon This Cord’ with four long-lost tracks from […]

Australian extreme metallers ETERNAL REST announce new line up / new track / debut album name

Australian extreme metallers ETERNAL REST have announced that their forthcoming debut album will be titled, ‘Prophetic’, and will be released worldwide in Spring 2012. The album has been recorded and engineered by Joe Haley (PSYCROPTIC). The band have also announced the completion of their line up adding Josh Robinson on vocals and Jannico Kelk on […]

Polish Death metal act CENTURION Release Details on New Album

Polish death metal CENTURION has signed a contract with Psycho Records for its second long play album Serve No One. The release will come out on March 14th, 2012. The recording session took place in several periods of 2010 in Progresja studio in Warsaw, under a supervision of the sound engineer Paweł Janos Grabowski. Mix […]

BE’LAKOR to release new album in May / June 2012

Australian melodic death metallers BE’LAKOR announce they’re currently working on their 3rd album, yet untitled. The band is currently locked at Pennydrop Audio in Melbourne with Warren Hammond as the engineer. All tracking is now complete. The album is later being mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, PARADISE LOST) in Sweden by […]

ZOMBIE INC.: Debut Album From Old-School Death Metal Supergroup Arrives

Attention old-school death metal fans, zombie/horror culture freaks and general savages… the debut full-length from Austrian deathsquad ZOMBIE INC. has arrived. ZOMBIE INC. may be a new name to the death metal scene, but some of the henchmen involved this gory, plodding debauchery will surely raise some interest… namely former Pungent Stench vocalist Martin Schirenc’s […]

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Announce ‘new’ vocalist

As posted via KILLSWITCH ENGAGE‘s Facebook:   “Killswitch Engage are pleased to announce that they have filled the singer vacancy in the band and they have done so with a familiar face: original vocalist Jesse Leach.   Leach sang on the band’s first self-titled album, which came out in 2000, and on their landmark 2002 […]

MARDUK announces title of new studio album

Swedish black metal tyrants MARDUK are currently in the studio finishing the recording of their 12th studio album, entitled Serpent Sermon. The album is set to be released in late spring 2012– be sure to check out some in-studio photos here on the band’s Facebook. Serpent Sermon‘s track-listing and other additional information about the album […]