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The highly awaited Vagos Open Air has now a closed bill. Evergrey has been announced as the final band for this year’s edition! The other bands already confirmed are the following: SONATA ARCTICA | Fin | http://www.sonataarctica.info/ TESTAMENT | US | http://www.testamentlegions.com/ SAXON | UK | http://www.saxon747.com/ ICED EARTH | US | http://www.icedearth.com/ MOONSORROW | [...]

After six long years without any new studio effort, norwegian avantgarde black metalers DØDHEIMSGARD have announced a new album, to be released in October. Allegedly the new record contract appears to inaugurate not one but two albuns. The band has not yet disclosed any further details, but more information is to be revealed soon. Here [...]

Vagos Open Air have announced 2 new bands to appear at this year’s edition. Well known Finnish Power Metal Sonata Arctica, and Portuguese Industrial Metal act Bizarra Locomotiva. The other bands already confirmed are the following: TESTAMENT | US | http://www.testamentlegions.com/ SAXON | UK | http://www.saxon747.com/ ICED EARTH | US | http://www.icedearth.com/ MOONSORROW | Fin | http://www.moonsorrow.com/ ROTTING CHRIST | Gre | http://www.rotting-christ.com/ LACUNA COIL | [...]

Milhões de Festa Festival 2013 has just announced three new names to this year line-up, namelly PROCESS OF GUILT, QUELLE DEAD GAZELLE and LOOSERS. These three acts join already confirmed: Orange Goblin Ufomammut Mykki Blanco Adorno 10 000 Russos Zombie Zombie Camera Mikal Cronin Mr. Miyagi The Partisan Seed Phase Riding Pânico ZA! BiarooZ Surya Exp [...]

Norwegian leading death metalers BLOOD RED THRONE have just release the brand new video for their upcoming self titled album, to be released later this month through Sevared Records. “Primitive Killing Machine” is the first advance for Blood Red Throne’s seventh full length. Track list: Soulseller In Hell I Roam Hymn of the Asylum Primitive [...]

Last week, everyone in the Metal community got the shocking news of the passing away of one of the most influential guitarists around, legendary Jeff Hanneman from Slayer. A lot of speculation was going on regarding the cause of death, most people pointed the finger to his medical issue regarding an infection called necrotizing fasciitis [...]

It’s already been one year since the release of one of the best Post Black Metal albums: “Al Azif” by French underground act The Great Old Ones, via Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions. In order to celebrate the anniversary, the band has released a single containing a cover of Björk’s “Bachelorette”, which you can listen at  http://www.lesacteursdelombre.net/productions/ . [...]

After the cancellation of north american extreme metalers NACHTMYSTIUM, the French organisers have issued the following update: We are very glad to announce the confirmation of ENTHRONED. The Belgium horde will play under the Temple stage on Friday 21st at 12.50. Also, NACHTMYSTIUM cancelled their participation, they will be replaced by the evil French combo [...]

Slayer has annouced the death of legendary Jeff Hanneman. The band issued the following statement on their Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/slayer/posts/10151624018260390 ):   [...]

Worldwide musical phenomenon Ghost have shown a rather kinky special edition box of their latest opus “Infestissumam”. This bible-shaped box is called “Phallos Mortuus Ritual Box Set”. The box contains the following items: 1 x Exclusive Papa Emeritus II Dildo Puppet-master T-Shirt (only available with this item) 1 x Bible box case with Gold embossed [...]

Swedish Black metallers Watain announced that the new album is finished. Three years after the release of “Lawless Darkness”, the band returned to the famous Necromorbus Studio in Sweden and begun working on what is to become their 5th full-length album, which is now fully done. The band commented: “After 120 nights of iron will [...]

Finnish metallers Children Of Bodom have released the first song off their upcoming album, Halo Of Blood, via iTunes. Alexi Laiho states: ‘Transference’ is a straight up Children Of Bodom to the core type song and therefore was a good pick for a video and obviously is one of our favorite tracks. It always had [...]

After recently releasing their first official DVD/Blu-Ray, “Live In Ancient Kourion”, ICED EARTH leader Jon Schaffer issued some new about their new album: “The new ICED EARTH studio album is expected to have a late 2013 release date. It will be titled ‘Plagues Of Babylon’ and we are very excited about how killer things are [...]

The Greek occult black metalers have been added to the serbian festival line-up. They are the 27th band announced for the cult programmed for next 30th May, 1st and 2nd June, around Belgrade. In the opposite sense, Croatian Prognan have cancelled their appearance.     [...]