ORPHANED LAND will finally start recording their new album "Mabool" (hebrew for "The Flood") in early August. It is the band’s first offical release in seven years (the last album was "El Nora Alila" on Holy Records). Holland’s old school Deathmachine PENTACLE has worked very hard on new material and completed about 8 new songs […]
San Francisco Thrash Metal legends DEATH ANGEL (www.deathangel.com) are confirmed to perform at Toronto’s 360 Club (326 Queen Street West) on Saturday, September 13th. The concert, presented by The 360 & The Blood Brothers, also features performances from CLOVEN BLADE and guests. Tickets are $15 advance / $18 @ Door and will be on sale […]
Following in the footsteps of NASUM, Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish grindcore sensation GADGET to a worldwide recording deal. The quartet will showcase their high-energy sound on their forthcoming Relapse debut, set for release in early 2004. GADGET (Rikard Olsson (guitar), William Blackmon (guitar / vocals / drums), Emil Englund […]
The English blood merchants GOREROTTED have signed a contract with Metal Blade Records just a few days ago. "They first draw our attention when we saw them two years ago at the ‘Fuck The Commerce’ festival", says a spokesperson of the label. "They were the fuckin’ best band on the whole festival! GOREROTTEDs first album […]
US Black / Deathers CRUCIFIER would like to spread the following message throughout the blackened veins of the Underground Metal scene: "BEHOLD! JESUS CHRIST, NAIL HIM TO THE CROSS!! CRUCIFIER’s "Stronger Than Passing Time" debut full-length, due to release in Summer 2003. This release of utter Hell comes to you from Death To Mankind Records […]
Norwegian band BORKNAGAR had to cancel their Summer-Breeze-appearance as they did not finish the recording of their new album in time. Latest additions to the SUMMER BREEZE-billing are AMORPHIS, THE CROWN, RAGE and NAGLFAR.
GOD DETHRONED have lined up the following summer dates: August 8 – Party-San Open Air Festival – Bad Berka, Germany, 23 – Summer Breeze Open Air – Abtsgmünd, Germany, 24 – Vienna Metal Fest – Vienna, Austria, 25 – E-Klub – Budapest, Hungary (with FINNTROLL) and September 9 – The Temple – Dublin, Ireland. DARKANE […]
We received these news from Germany’s most interesting underground Classic Metal festival, namely the KEEP IT TRUE FESTIVAL: "Hi friends, many of you are waiting for the replacement of DAMIEN THORNE. Two weeks before the festival it is almost impossible to get a replacement of the standard of a cult act. So we made the […]
OCCULT just left Stage-One-Studios in Germany where they recorded their 5th album "Elegy For The Weak" produced and engineered by Andy Classen. The album will be out in September on Painkiller Records, featuring the following tracks: ‘Disturbing The Dead’, ‘Nuclear Torment’, ‘Nocturnal Predator’, ‘Feel The Blade’, ‘Expire’, ‘Warbeast’, ‘Obsessed By The Grave’, ‘Slaughtering The Pigs’, […]
THE CHASM has exclusively been signed to Earache Records / Wicked World for the release of their upcoming seventh album. The plan at the moment is to record the new album in early 2004, but as a lot of things can happen in the rest of the year, any update or change will be posted […]