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Finnish melancholists VUOLLA have announced the release date of their debut album entitled “Blood. Stone. Sun. Down”. The debut full-length is scheduled for release on June 3rd, 2016, via Schwarzdorn Production and will be available on DigiCD and digital formats. You can order directly here. According to Schwarzdorn Prods: The charismatic mix of depressive parts [...]

Nick Menza, ex-drummer for Megadeth has died at the age of 51 after collapsing on stage at a small Los Angeles club late on Saturday. According to J Marshall Craig, family spokesman and Menza’s biographer, Menza collapsed while performing with his current band OHM at the Baked Potato club in Studio City, California, where he [...]

North-american ambient black metal AGALLOCH have disband. The band has announced it on their facebook page in a statement that reads: Following 20 years, 5 full length albums, many tours around the world, and numerous other recordings, John Haughm and the rest of the band (Don Anderson, Jason Walton, and Aesop Dekker) have parted ways. [...]

In the begining of 2017 German thrash metal titans Kreator will be headlining an European tour, with the support of the also iconic SEPULTURA, the Swedish melodic death act SOILWORK and Belgian death/grind group ABORTED. KREATOR’s frontman Mille Petrozza has stated that: Finally we are gonna be back on a headlining tour through Europe again. It [...]

After a long 10 years hiatus, the official webpages announce that TOOL has nearly completed the instrumental parts of the upcoming album. Fans all over the world have been wondering and despairing for some new Tool material after the 10,000 days album release in May 2006. A legal battle, that is finally coming to an [...]

Portuguese death metal act GRIMLET are back with a new song, “2:1:0”, and you can listen to it below. The track was taken from “Theia: Aesthetics Of A Lie”, the band’s forthcoming record, that hasn’t got an official release date yet. This is the follow-up work to the 2010’s album “Grim Perceptions”, and its the [...]

German teutonic thrasher DESTRUCTION hava released a new video, and digital single, for the track “Under Attack”, which can be seen below. “Under Attack” is the forthcoming records’ title, and the band’s 14th studio album of their career, that is set to be released on the 13th of May via Nuclear Blast Records. Schmier, the [...]

KATATONIA have released a new song, “Serein” on streaming, and you can listen to it bellow. This is the second track taken from their forthcoming record, “The Fall Of Hearts”, the first one was “Old Heart Falls” and is available in here. The new record, which is set to be released on the 20th of [...]

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 [...]