DARKANE has been confirmed for next year’s March Metal Meltdown V, set to take place March 7-8 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s European tour in support of "Hate Crew Deathroll", begins on April 19th in Stockholm, Sweden at Lilla Arenan and runs until May 19 in Osnabrück, Germany at Hyde Park. THE […]
The recording of the new DENATA album will take place in early January at Studio Hell Smell (Linköping / Sweden) with Mique (Seance) as technician. It will feature 13 tracks of brutal Thrash, incl. a cover of Celtic Frost’s ‘Morbid Tales’. The album is scheduled to be released via Arctic Music Group during March / […]
Texas based RIGOR MORTIS, who released three classic Thrash Metal albums back in the late 80s / early 90s ("Rigor Mortis", "Freaks" and "Vs. The Earth") are about to reform. Bassplayer Casey Orr, who used to be a member of GWAR the last couple of years, told us the following: "Mike Scaccia, Harden Harrison and […]
MELECHESH are currently at Andy La Rocque’s Los Angered Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden recording their 3rd album for Osmose Productions titled "Sphynx". Some song titles that will be featured on the album are: ‘Incendium Between Mirage and Time’, ‘Of Mercury And Mercury’, ‘Apkallu Counsel’ and ‘Secrets Of Sumerian Sphynxology’. By the end of December, the […]
Dave "Scarface" Castillo has joined DECEASED full-time as the new drummer. Here’s the official statement regarding this subject from original drummer King Fowley: "After surviving a life-threatening blood clot in my lung this past year, I’ve been left with permanent damage to both my airways and right lung, basically ending my duties behind the kit. […]
GOD DETHRONED have finished the recordings for their upcoming album "Into The Lungs Of Hell" at Berno studios in Malmö, Sweden. The album was produced and mixed by Henrik Larsson (who also did the latest AMON AMARTH album) and features eight songs with a total running time of 38 minutes.The songs this time have a […]
Sweden’s MAZE OF TORMENT were signed by Hellspawn Records and have their long awaited fourth album "The Unmarked Graves" out in February 2003 worldwide. The album was recorded at The Abyss studios with producer Tommy Tägtgren in late 2001, but has been put on ice until now due to problems with their former U.S. label. […]
PURGATORY‘s bassplayer Torsten has left the band for personal reasons. Therefore the band is urgently looking for a replacement, preferable someone from the Dresden / Chemnitz / Leipzig era. Interested persons can get in touch through these addresses: purgatory666@web.de, www.purgatory666.de
PESSIMIST is currently in the writing stages for the next release and the band is expected to return to the studio this winter to record a 4-song EP, tentatively titled "For Stronger Than Death Is Hate". No shows will be scheduled during this time. Guitarist Kell McLauchlin has just finished recording leads for the new […]
Earache Records (www.earache.com) have posted an advance MP3 for THE HAUNTED‘s ‘Shithead’ track. It comes from the band’s forthcoming "One Kill Wonder" album, due out February 17th, 2003. GORGOROTH‘s Ghaal has finally been released from Norwegian prison. Vocals for the band’s new album, "Twilight Of The Idols (In Conspiracy With Satan)", will be recorded before […]