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Abigail Williams were selected to support Dark Funeral’s upcoming North American tour, but the band has now issued the following statement about the cancellation: “Yes its true, the Dark Funeral tour is cancelled. In light of this we are working on booking our own DIY headlining shows across the US in addition to the week [...]

French progressive metal band Lord of Mushrooms, featuring Gustavo “Gus” Monsanto (ex-Adagio) on vocals, posted a new album teaser video for the band’s third release entitled “Perspectives.” The band’s next album is due for release on February 27, 2012 through Lion Music. Check out the teaser here: [...]

Glenn Five has left Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. The band has announced that they have parted ways with Five after sixteen years together, with the bassist citing creative differences as the reason. Glenn Five stated: “Playing in Anvil has given me some of the best years of my life, however after nearly 16 years with [...]

  On January 7th, Cattle Decapitation entered Flatline Audio Studio in Denver, Colorado to record their new studio album. The follow-up to “The Harvest Floor” (2009 via Metal Blade Records) has been highly expected by the fans. Cattle Decapitation’s frontman Travis Ryan issued the folloing update:  “We spent the first two days mapping out tempos [...]

The new video “The Origin Of Disease” by the Belgian gore Death Metal act Aborted has been released recently. You can view it below. Directed and produced by Phil Berridge (Creative Junky), this single comes from the new album “Global Flatline”, their 7th studio full-length effort, due to be released on January 24 (one day [...]

The italian gothic metal band is set to release their new album Dark Adrenaline on the 24th of Januray. In antecipation to the band’s 6th studio album they are realesing a series of teasers/trailers that show the concept of the upcoming album. [...]

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The legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with cancer. The band released a statement Monday saying the 63-year-old has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at this time. Iommi is currently working with his doctors to establish the [...]

Death Metal legends Cannibal Corpse will return to Portugal next June 17th, to play in Porto, Hard Club. Support bands will be announced later. venue: Hard Club | Porto | Mercado Ferreira Borges tickets: on sale soon! doors: 22:00 web: www.swr-inc.net | www.myspace.com/swr_inc forum: www.metalunderground.org/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=39436 event: www.facebook.com/events/166602226781250 info: swr_inc@hotmail.com | +351 961958558 | +351 919895651 [...]

Joseph G. Lombard, known as Joey “Fingers” Lombard, former Incantation bass player has passed away at the age of 42, last January 3rd. According to SMNnews, he commited suicide. Incantation drummer Kyle Severn commented: “Joey was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. “Joey had stepped up to the plate and joined John [...]

Nicole Bogner, former vocalist of Visions of Atlantis died at age of 27, from an undisclosed severe illness she was fighting. You can visit the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/inmemoriamnicolebogner and leave your condolences. [...]

Prime Artists, the organizer of the Portuguese metal festival Vagos Open Air, have confirmed two bands: Swiss Folk/Melodic Death Metal act ELUVEITIE and Melodic Black Metallers CHTHONIC from Taiwan. Bands already confirmed: ARCH-ENEMY, ARCTURUS, OVERKILL, ENSLAVED, TEXTURES, NORTHLAND [...]

The North-American Soundgarden are back with a new album in 2012, after 16 years without an original release. The band starting an Australian tour on 20th January and have scheduled some European Festivals for Spring/Summer. More info: http://www.soundgardenworld.com [...]

The french band Alcest is going to release their new album Les Voyages De L’âme on January the 6th. This is the band’s 3rd album. They will also go on an european tour in order to promote the album, during the month of February. The tour has the following dates: 09.02.2012 AT – Vienna / Viper Room [...]