SEPTICFLESH, KRISIUN, MELECHESH, EX DEO and INQUISITION will joined forces for the "Conquerors Of The World" North American tour in October. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 12 - Toronto, ON - Wreck Room Oct. 13 - Trois-Rivières, QC - Trois-Rivières Metalfest Oct. 14 - Montreal, QC - Cafe Campus Oct. 15 - ...
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Kaaos TV conducted an interview with vocalist Tomas Lindberg (LOCK UP, AT THE GATES, DISFEAR) at this year's edition of the Tuska open-air metal festival, which was held June 29 - July 1 in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. LOCK UP bassist Shane Embury (also of NAPALM DEATH) was unable to ...
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Carlos Reali of Superskum.com conducted an interview with vocalist Chris Barnes of Florida death metallers SIX FEET UNDER on June 18 at the Gothic Theatre in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. When asked about his reputation as a "legalize cannabis" activist in his spare time, Barnes ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of LOCK UP's entire performance at this year's edition of the Hellfest festival, which was held June 15-17 in Clisson, France, can be seen below. LOCK UP bassist Shane Embury (also of NAPALM DEATH) was unable to make the Hellfest appearance and was temporarily replaced by Dan Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, BRUTAL ...
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Guitarist/vocalist Helmuth Lehner of the Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR, who underwent "a serious and difficult" operation last October, is still not fully recovered and will therefore be unable to handle lead vocals at the band's upcoming Extremefest appearances. Filling in for him until he is "able to do the vocals again and give ...
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Video footage of Austrian blackened death metallers BELPHEGOR rehearsing earlier this month in preparation for the recording sessions for their new album can be seen below. BELPHEGOR entered Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, MORBID ANGEL, CANNIBAL CORPSE) to begin laying down its as-yet-untitled new CD for a ...
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Swedish death/black metallers ZONARIA recently inked a deal with Listenable Records. The band's long-awaited third album, "Arrival Of The Red Sun", was recorded at Abyss studio in Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, HYPOCRISY, CENTINEX, CARNAL FORGE) for July 23 release in Europe and August 14 in North America. According to a ...
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Swedish melodic metallers BLOODBOUND have completed mixing their fifth full-length CD with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, HYPOCRISY, CENTINEX, CARNAL FORGE). According to the band, "This is BY FAR the best album we've done!" During the mixing sessions for the new BLOODBOUND CD, "the SABATON boys dropped by and they liked what they ...
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SOULFLY, HYPOCRISY and PAIN have been added to the Close-Up Båten cruise, which will leave the Stockholm, Sweden port on September 6 for Åbo, Finland, and return the following day. Also scheduled to appear are ASPHYX, CRASHDÏET, THE 69 EYES, NICKE BORG HOMELAND and RAUBTIER. Unfortunately, fans from abroad can't order tickets to the cruise ...
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Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY at last month's Metalfest in Austria. You can now watch the chat below. HYPOCRISY is writing material for its 13th studio album, which it plans to record later this year for an eary 2013 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented the band: ...
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During a visit to the Nuclear Blast Records headquarters in Donzdorf, Germany on June 6, Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY answered questions that were submitted via the Nuclear Blast Facebook page. Check out the question-and-answer session below. HYPOCRISY is writing material for its 13th studio album, which it plans to record later this year for an ...
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FreeGotham.com recently conducted an interview with former EXODUS and current HATRIOT singer Steve "Zetro" Souza. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. FreeGotham.com: You guys [HATRIOT] are going back to your roots in metal. Do you think there is a resurgence of classic thrash? Zetro: I think everybody is trying to ...
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Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR will enter Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 29 with producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, MORBID ANGEL, CANNIBAL CORPSE) to begin recording its as-yet-untitled new album for a January 2013 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The recording sessions and the mixing/mastering process will be completed by ...
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Swedish death/black metallers ZONARIA have inked a deal with Listenable Records. The band's long-awaited third album, "Arrival Of The Red Sun", was recorded at Abyss studio in Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, HYPOCRISY, CENTINEX, CARNAL FORGE) for July 23 release in Europe and August 14 in North America. According to a ...
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London, England-based, female-fronted metallers MORTAD are seeking a second guitarist. Interested parties can contact the group at [email protected] More information is available on the flyer below. MORTAD's "The Voice" video can be seen below. The song comes off the band's debut album, "The Myth Of Purity", which was made available with the February 2012 issue ...
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"The Voice", the new video from London, England-based, female-fronted metallers MORTAD, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's debut album, "The Myth Of Purity", which was made available with the February 2012 issue of Metal Hammer magazine. The CD, which will receive a more "official" release later in the year, was recorded ...
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Prosthetic Records has announced 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. Commented SEPTICFLESH: "We are very excited to have signed a new North American ...
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Swedish extreme metal veterans HYPOCRISY are writing material for their 13th studio album, which they plan to record later this year for an eary 2013 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented the band: "We're now focusing on writing new songs for the next album. We've already some new material and it sounds killer! The plan ...
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Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR will enter Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 29 with producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, MORBID ANGEL, CANNIBAL CORPSE) to begin recording its as-yet-untitled new album for a late 2012 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented guitarist/vocalist Helmuth Lehner: "Around 2006 I have contact Erik the ...
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Not in the mood for a quiet holiday season? This December, 40 of the most extreme metal bands and 2,000 headbangers from around the world will go to the Caribbean to take over a luxury cruise ship for a five-day and four-night trip to the undead! Make no mistake, this is not one of the ...
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Metal Shock Finland's Blackdiamond conducted an interview with MORTAD singer Somi Arian at this year's Hammerfest, which was held March 15-18, 2012 in Prestatyn, North Wales. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. MORTAD will enter the studio in November with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, ...
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Video highlights of MORTAD's performance at this year's Hammerfest, which was held March 15-18, 2012 in Prestatyn, North Wales, can be seen below. MORTAD will enter the studio in November with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, EVILE) to begin recording its sophomore album for a 2013 release. MORTAD's debut CD, "The Myth Of ...
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Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR has commenced the rehearsal sessions in Abtenau, Austria for its upcoming album recordings. Commented guitarist/vocalist Helmuth Lehner: "All good so far. We just finished the second rehearsing session. Currently we're working on nine sound-collages, added a lot new arrangements, elements and structures. Serpenth, Marthyn and me shredded our asses ...
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London, England-based, female-fronted metallers MORTAD will enter the studio in November with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, EVILE) to begin recording their sophomore album for a 2013 release. MORTAD's debut CD, "The Myth Of Purity", was made available last month with the February 2012 issue of Metal Hammer magazine and will receive a ...
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Metal Blast recently conducted an interview with Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED. You can now watch the chat below. LEGION OF THE DAMNED's latest album, "Descent Into Chaos", was released in January 2011 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at Abyss Studios in Pärlby, Sweden with producer and PAIN/HYPOCRISY mainman Peter ...
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"Accelerated Mutation", the new video from the extreme metal supergroup LOCK UP, can be seen below. The clip was directed by acclaimed tattoo artist Carlos Aguilar of Black Shadows Tattoo. "Accelerated Mutation" comes off LOCK UP's latest album, "Necropolis Transparent", which was released in North America last July via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was ...
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The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "The Electric Age", the new album from New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL, can be seen below. Due in North America on March 27 via eOne Music and in Europe on March 30 through Nuclear Blast Records, "The Electric Age" ...
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The official lyric video for "All That's Born Must Be Destroyed", a brand new song from the London, England-based, female-fronted metal band MORTAD, can be seen below. The track comes off the group's debut album, "The Myth Of Purity", which was recorded last October with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, EVILE). The CD ...
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New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL filmed a video for their new song, "Electric Rattlesnake", this past weekend in the historic Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Photos from the video shoot can be seen below. "Electric Rattlesnake", which is now available on iTunes, comes off OVERKILL's new album, "The Electric Age", ...
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"Electric Rattlesnake", a brand new song from New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the band's new album, "The Electric Age", which will be released in North America on March 27 via eOne Music and in Europe on March 30 through Nuclear Blast Records. ...
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