SATHANAS has finished their new album, "Nightrealm Apocalypse." Mixing and mastering will be handled by Necromorbus Studios in Sweden once again, with artwork by Juanjo Castellano. Look for a release date in early 2009 via PAGAN RECORDS. A European tour will follow shortly thereafter in March with NUNSLAUGHTER. The confirmed tour dates so far... Read More / Post Your Comments

Guitarist Mark Simpson of legendary thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam has posted the following mesage online: "The title of the new record is The Cold. Travis Smith is once again going to do the cover, which we are extremely excited about because of his amazing skill and vision. The cover will also feature the debut of an up and coming new ta... Read More / Post Your Comments

Evile guitarist Ol Drake has apparantly broken his jaw and as such the band has cancelled all their forthcoming tour dates. A posting from Evile frontman Matt Drake reads as follows: "Ol collapsed last night and fractured his jaw and split his chin on the ground. Luckily his beard absorbed some of the blow. He's been in hospital and had X-rays... Read More / Post Your Comments

Ohio death metallers SEA OF TREACHERY have posted a live show filmed earlier this year at The Lost Horizon in Syracuse NY when the band was on tour with 36 CRAZYFISTS and WALLS OF JERICHO. The setlist for the performance is as follows: 1 - Purging of the Wicked 2 - On the Wings of Pegasus 3 - Their Own Hell 4 - The Eyes of the Ranger 5 -... Read More / Post Your Comments

Napalm Death frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway recently did an interview with RockSound in which he discussed the bands forthcoming album, "Time Waits For No Slave." An excerpt from the interview can be viewed below. "Each album appears to have got progressively better and better. There was no great master plan really,? he explained. ?We?re just a... Read More / Post Your Comments

UNEARTH has announced 2009 world tour dates in support of its celebrated new album, "The March." On January 9, 2009 UNEARTH will launch a North American headlining tour. Wasting no time starting the New Year right, the band will bring its explosive live show to 19 cities over the course of the scheduled three week trek. Dubbed, "F#%& School, F... Read More / Post Your Comments

German power metallers Grave Digger has posted their new music video online for the song, "Ballad Of A Hangman" which comes from the bands forthcoming album of the same name. You can check out the video below. The album is scheduled to be released in January of next year. Read More / Post Your Comments

Legendary Australian thrash metal band Mortal Sin has posted the following message online: "Our long time friend Greg Morelli, guitarist of NAZXUL was tragically killed in the early hours of Thursday morning November 20th in a motorcycle accident. As many locals would know a huge storm hit Sydney last night and Greg was riding his motorbike home... Read More / Post Your Comments

TOO PURE TO DIE has posted 2 brand new songs online. You can check out "Confess" on their Myspace page and "Gotham City" on Trustkill. Both songs are from the upcoming album "Confess" due out everywhere on January 13, 2009. Guitarist Jordan Peterson checked in to say, "We are very proud and excited to release our new album 'Confess' on January 1... Read More / Post Your Comments

DEMON HUNTER and "45 Days" director Cale Glendening will be at a special screening of the film "45 Days," that will include a Q&A session, signing and a live acoustic Demon Hunter performance in Seattle. Here are the details: This Friday, November 21st 7PM Mars Hill, Ballard Campus Seattle, WA Also, the release date for "45 Days" has been m... Read More / Post Your Comments

Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover has posted the following studio update: "As I write this, James is in the control room laying down a bass line to a song we have 'just about' completed in demo form, and I have to say the tune sounds really killer. A good mid-paced song with a few curveballs thrown in for good measure. I liked the song from the star... Read More / Post Your Comments

Dutch metallers Legion Of The Damned has posted their new music video online for the song, "Cult of the Dead." You can check it out below. The song comes from the bands forthcoming album of the same name which will hit the shelves on December 19th. There will be three different versions of the album available including a digipak which will feature ... Read More / Post Your Comments

Cattle Decapitation will headline the Killin' Til' Oblivion tour along with Psyopus, Book Of Black Earth and Gigan which kicks off in January. The tour dates are as follows: January 21 - Santa Barbara, CA @ The Jensen Mainstage January 22 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater January 23 - Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman Street January 24 - San ... Read More / Post Your Comments

As previously reported, Metal Church has had to pull out of their European trek with Overkill due to guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof suffering from back problems. However European thrash fans will not be disapointed as filling the shoes of Metal Church will be thrash metal legends Exodus. Also on the bill will be young, Irish thrashers Gama Bomb and Tor... Read More / Post Your Comments

Finnish metallers Children Of Bodom and American death metal legends Cannibal Corpse have added some more tour dates to their trek across Europe next year. Also on the bill will be Diablo. You can check out the tour dates below. January 31 - Haus Auensee, Leipzig, Germany February 1 - Stadtgarden - Erfurt, Germany 3 - Backstage - München, ... Read More / Post Your Comments

The following story is courtesy of Jeff Kitts from Guitarworld.com: Guitar World sits down for an in-depth interview with founding VENOM bassist Cronos to discuss the black history of his highly influential - and storied - band. 1981 was a good year for metal. IRON MAIDEN?s Killers, BLACK SABATH?s Mob Rules, DEF LEPPARD?s High ?N? Dry, OZZY... Read More / Post Your Comments

Its been nearly three years since fans demanded a sequel to Ultra Vomit's "Alain Prost," but the band has finally released a new video for "Je Collectionne Des Canards (Vivants)," which you can watch below. There is also an exclusive interview with the band on NRV TV. Read More / Post Your Comments

SUIDAKRA will be coming to the USA on the Pagan Knights tour with Faroese Viking metallers TÝR and Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM. SUIDAKRA's debut DVD "13 Years Of Celtic Wartunes" was released by Wacken Records in the USA on October 7th. SUIDAKRA looks back to their 13 year band history with 8 album releases, more than 200 gigs and var... Read More / Post Your Comments

Since announcing plans to reunite earlier this year and reportedly working on new material, Nothingface has been fairly quiet in the news. With all of the members' side projects including Hellyeah, Noise Within, and Knives Out!, one might wonder if Nothingface is still on track with their reunion. Now, the band has issued a short message of reas... Read More / Post Your Comments

Apocalyptica's latest single, "I Don't Care" featuring Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace, has landed at 1 on the BDS and Mediabase Active Rock radio charts. The fact that they have supplanted Metallica at the chart summit is somewhat ironic considering Apocalyptica's roots as re-interpreters of the seminal metal band's work. Apocalyptica's sixth ... Read More / Post Your Comments

Guns N? Roses will be world premiering their long-awaited album "Chinese Democracy" on their MySpace page tonight at 12AM EST (9PM PST). The album will be hitting Best Buy stores exclusively on November 23rd. The band leaked a new song, "Better," earlier this week and the title track single is all over radio. Read More / Post Your Comments

The air may have been frosty when Iced Earth slid into a wintery Calgary on Monday night, but their reception could hardly have been warmer when the classic metal act performed to a sold out crowd at the MacEwan Hall Ballroom. Read More / Post Your Comments

Japanese metallers Dir En Grey has entered the Billboard 200 charts at number 116 after selling around 6,000 copies of their latest album, "Uroboros." Dir En Grey recently premiered their newest video, "Dozing Green" which you can check out below. Read More / Post Your Comments

Death metal legends Obituary has announced that they will be playing a show in Tampa, Florida on December 19th. Special guests on the show will be S.W.A.A.T.S., Blood By Dawn and Unkempt. The show starts at 8PM and is an 18 and over show. Tickets for the show will cost $15. Read More / Post Your Comments

Chimaira has issued yet another update from the studio sessions of recording their followup to "Ressurrection." Here's the update from vocalist Mark Hunter: "We have been working in shifts to get this record done. Jim starts in the morning, Rob and Matt (when he?s not off at regional sporting events) track mid afternoon-early evening and then I ... Read More / Post Your Comments

Former Korn guitarist turned solo artist, Brian "Head" Welch, will be a featured guest star on the December 4th episode of L.A. Ink. The segment was filmed earlier this summer and Head got a new tattoo on the show. Check your local listings for details in your area. The episode will appear on the TLC channel. L.A. Ink usually airs at 10pm (9pm on y... Read More / Post Your Comments

Hardcore gods Gorilla Biscuits have announced a second show in Melbourne for their Australian December tour. Byron Bay hardcore band 50 Lions will be supporting. Sun 7th Dec Club 299, Brisbane w/ Values Here, Reachout! Tickets on sale from Kill The Music, Rocking Horse, Mosh Pit, Butter Beats and all Oztix outlets. Tue Dec 9 Cambridge, Newc... Read More / Post Your Comments

Australian hardcore band Carpathian has announced dates for their upcoming European tour with Have Heart and Cruel Hand. 12/05: Hasselt, Belgium @ Muziekodrome w/ Have Heart, Cruel Hand 12/06: Amersfoort, Holland @ De Kelder w/ Have Heart, Cruel Hand 12/07: Machester, UK @ The Phoenix w/ Have Heart, Cruel Hand 12/08: Newport, UK @ TJ's w/ Hav... Read More / Post Your Comments

Parkway Drive have added a 4th Melbourne date on their upcoming December "Sweat Fest" tour featuring Suicide Silence, A Day To Remember. The Acacia Strain and Confession. Dec 10 River Stage, Brisbane All Ages Tickets on sale from Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.com.au Dec 11 High School, Byron Bay All Ages Tickets on sale from All... Read More / Post Your Comments

Blackwolf, a 4,000 year old wizard and LORDI's number one fan, had the opportunity of a lifetime recently when Triumph the Insult Comic Dog introduced him to the Finnish Monstericans at NBC Studios for filming the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show. You can watch the video below. Read More / Post Your Comments

Destroy The Runner (USA) and Glasstone recording artists Mainline (Italy) and Evita (UK) are planning a January 2009 tour. The tour dates are as follows: JANUARY 13th LONDON - Bedford Park @ ROCK ATTICK JANUARY 14th STOKE ON TRENT @ SUGARMILL JANUARY 15th BIRMINGHAM @ EDDIE'S ROCK BAND * JANUARY 16th PETERBOROUGH @ THE PARK JANUARY 17th SWAN... Read More / Post Your Comments

Danish metal band Pilgrimz won the category "Best Video" for their "Shake A Feather" music video at the 2008 Danish Metal Awards, in Copenhagen, on Saturday November 15th. The band was also nominated in the categories "Best Live Band," which was won by Volbeat and "Best Debut." Their full length album, "Boar Riders," released in Europe on June ... Read More / Post Your Comments

Vreid has announced a European tour as well as released artwork and song titles for their new album, "Milorg." Here's what the band had to say about it: "We are approaching the release of Milorg (January 19th), and now we have got the artwork for the album ready. Once again the design is done by PC Groove, and we tremendously satisfied with his ... Read More / Post Your Comments

French metal band JARELL has announced an official release party for their first vide for the song "'HGW," taken from their first album "Hidden Side," on Tuesday November 18th in Paris at La Huchette. There you can meet and greet the band as well as get CDs, t-shirts and flyers. Read More / Post Your Comments

HATRED have been released from Deity Down Records' roster for undisclosed reasons. In more positive label news, they are currently in the process of wrapping up agreements with new bands (one Italian, one Dutch) with expected releases around summer of 2009. Press statements on these matters are expected around the end of November. In more lab... Read More / Post Your Comments

Bay Area metal act SAROS (featuring members of AMBER ASYLUM, BASTARD NOISE, and WEAKLING) has completed work on their new album,"Acrid Plains." Finding themselves within that circle that comprises the artistic surge of the underground Bay Area metal scene alongside like-minded acts as LUDICRA, HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE, ASUNDER, GRAYCEON, AMBER AS... Read More / Post Your Comments

Adrift are currently working on more new material to add to their latest three songs, "Deeper," "The Aprubt" and "Full Fruition" which the band has premiered live at recent shows. Singer Dean Pskowski has posted the following message online: ?We like to just get in a room and jam out the songs until we?re happy with them. Sometimes I?ll bring a ... Read More / Post Your Comments

Rock legends Motorhead will feature briefly in the forthcoming Disney movie, Bolt with their song "Dog-Face Boy." The song is in a mailroom scene where a young worker is listening to it on his headphones and inadvertently wraps the character, Bolt up in a box that gets shipped off to New York City. The movie stars John Travolta, Malcom McDowell, Mi... Read More / Post Your Comments

Century Media artists IWrestledABearOnce has begun recording their full length debut album in the house of famed producer Ross Robinson. The band is working with Ryan Boesch and expect to release the album by next spring. Comments the band: ?Ryan Boesch is a son of a bitch and a dirty, godless savage... but on the bright side, we are writing and... Read More / Post Your Comments

Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil has revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that he plans to record a new solo studio album in April and will be hoping to release it in November. According to Neil, the music will be more aggressive than Motley Crue and describes that it will sound more like AC/DC. Read More / Post Your Comments

Orange County based metallers Bleeding Through has announced that they will embark on a headlining North American tour early next year. No dates have been announced yet but joining them will be The Acacia Strain, As Blood Runs Black and Impending Doom. More details will be revealed once they have been announced. Read More / Post Your Comments

KISS frontman Paul Stanley recently did an interview with Classic Rock in which he talked about the possibility of a brand new KISS album which would be the first studio album of all new KISS material since 1998's "Psycho Circus." You can view some excerpts of the interview below: What does the future hold for KISS? "It looks like we?ll be to... Read More / Post Your Comments

Virginia based metallers We Were Gentlemen has inked a worldwide record deal with Century Media, it was revealed today. The band formed in 2005 and has previously supported the likes of Suicide Silence, Converge, The Red Chord and A Life Once Lost. The band has posted the following message regarding the signing: "We are extremely proud and excit... Read More / Post Your Comments

A brand new song from Adagio's upcoming album, "Archangels In Black," is available for streaming at Adagio?s official MySpace page. The new song is titled "Vamphyri". "Archangels In Black" is due out on February 2nd through Listenable Records in Europe and Australia. Read More / Post Your Comments

California based metallers High On Fire will embark on a short headlining tour in December. The tour dates are as follows: December 9 - Brick by Brick - San Diego, CA 10 - The Knitting Factory - Los Angeles, CA (free show) 11 - Velvet Jones - Santa Barbara, CA 12 - The Blank Club - San Jose, CA 13 - The Blue Lamp - Sacramento, CA 18 - G... Read More / Post Your Comments

The new book about "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, "He Came to Rock" hits store shelves today, November 18 at Best Buy, Hot Topic, Borders and many other outlets. However, if you would lke to come get a copy and have it signed to you personally by VINNIE PAUL, check out the following book signings: 11/18/2008 - Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Cafe [the r... Read More / Post Your Comments

Swedish prog metallers Opeth has posted the following message online: "We receive a lot of mail from you guys in South America and now we can announce that Opeth will come to South America in 2009! During March and April Opeth will appear in Mexico City, Bogota, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo." The tour dates are as follows: ... Read More / Post Your Comments

Former Celtic Frost/current Triptykon mainman Tom Fischer has posted the following message online: "I am not exaggerating when stating that words are simply inadequate to express sufficient gratitude for the warm and very thoughtful treatment extended to Triptykon bassist Vanja Slajh and I by Bohren und der Club of Gore last Saturday. Bohren add... Read More / Post Your Comments

Following the huge international success of their "Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 08," Iron Maiden will be taking to the skies once again in 2009 for a fourth and final leg starting in Dubai on February 13th. Loaded up with a full complement of band, crew and twelve tons of stage set and equipment, the band's customised Boeing 757, christened... Read More / Post Your Comments

Spare Change Records has announced the signing of New Jersey metal band Maegashira to the Spare Change Records family. Their new album is titled "The Stark Arctic." Captured and mixed at Redline Archiving by Halfway To Gone's Lou Gorra and mastered by Mick Mullin (High On Fire, Zodiak, Total Fucking Destruction) at Super 8, it's six tracks, 60 m... Read More / Post Your Comments