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Swedish controversial black metal act SHINING have announced a change in their line-up. Bassist Christian Larsson and drummer Rainer Tuomikanto have left the band, for reasons yet unknown. As said in the band’s official statement on their facebook page, that can be read in full bellow, this will not affect any upcoming tour date, since these [...]

A few days ago Belphegor frontman Helmuth Lehner was provoked and attacked by a Russian orthodox fanatic at the St. Petersburg airport. The attacker was later identified as Anatoly Artyukh, who is the chair of Narodny Sobor, a national Orthodox Christian organization. Helmuth Lehner managed to stay calm and did not retaliate, probably having in mind that if [...]

MORE THAN A THOUSAND have announced the dates for their farewell tour. The band had revelead last year that after a long run of 15 years, they were going to take a break for undetermined time, but not without a few special farewell gigs. The dates for the last shows will be the following: 06-05-16 Loulé [...]

More details about the new Akercocke album, and live dates, should be revealed soon. After nine years since their last record, and five since their official disband, AKERCOCKE are officially back! Founding members Jason Mendonca and David Grey have re-joined forces with guitarist Paul Scanlan, and Nathaniel Underwood. The band announced it on their facebook [...]

Portuguese groovy act Tales For The Unspoken have announced in their official Facebook page that they have parted ways with drummer Sérgio Vaz, who had been in the band since the beginning. In a more recent update, the band revealed that the drummer replacement will be André Fragoso (Madame Violence). The band will continue to [...]

Portuguese act HEAVENWOOD have re-signed a deal with Massacre Records, for the promotion and distribution internationally of their latest critically acclaimed album “The Tarot Of The Bohemian – Part 1”, which will be released on the 24th of June. Vocalist Ricardo Dias has stated that: Massacre Records is one of the strongest European heavy metal [...]

Stratovarius doesn’t require much introductions in the Symphonic metal scene, being considered one of the bands that gave origin to the genre. They started they career in 1985 and released an impressive number of 16 full albums, reaching ten times the Top 5 charts in Finland (their home country). Their are releasing a “Best of” album called “Best [...]

GOJIRA have unveiled a new teaser trailer for their upcoming record “Magma” that can be seen bellow. This is the band’s 6th studio full-length and the follow-up for 2012 “L’Enfant Sauvage”. “Magma” is set to be released on the 17th of June via Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded at the brothers Duplantier’s studio in [...]

HEAVENWOOD are hosting a “Meet and Greet” this saturady, 16th of April, for the Record Store Day. The event will take place in Piranha music store, Porto, and it is set to begin at 5 pm. This is the perfect way for the band to promote their most recent record “The Tarot Of The Bohemians” [...]

After having revealed its location and name change earlier this year, VOA Fest has closed its band billing for this year’s edition. The newly confirmed groups Equaleft, Abbath, Schammasch, Admiron and Soldier. These will join the previously announced bands Anthrax, Opeth, Kreator, Anathema, Katatonia, Mantar and Dark Oath. The event will take place in Corroios [...]

ARCHITECTS is a British metalcore band formed in 2004 and after the debut album “Nightmares” in 2006, some lineup changes occurred in their second album “Ruin” with Sam Carter replacing Matt Johnson as vocalist and front man of the band. The following albums that gradually reached more audience outside UK were released via Century Media “Hollow Crown” (2009), [...]

Thrash metal band DEATHANGEL from San Francisco surely doesn’t require a lengthy introduction. After their Debut album “The Ultra-Violence” back in 1987 , the seven full length albums released in the almost three decades of this band career managed to gather a good amount of loyal fans. With the 8th full album to be released in May [...]

Industrial metallers FEAR FACTORY have premiered a new video for the track “Expiraton Date”, which is available bellow. The song was taken from their most recent work, “Genexus”, released last year via Nuclear Blast Records. [...]

LEGACY OF CYNTHIA have released a live video for their most recent track “Darwinian”. The song was played live, and recorded, on their gig opening for Heavenwood on the 2nd of April in RCA Club, and is available bellow. [...]