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What started as a ‘thank you’ from the W:O:A – Open Air promoters to the community become a huge critical success. We The People of Wacken, a photography book shot by award-winning photographer Pep Bonet and edited by renowned music journalist Steffan Chirazi, continues to receive wide-acclaim for capturing the …

Ensiferum have completed writing for their upcoming new album and Metal Blade Records debut! With pre-production out of the way, the band is prepared to begin recording. Work will begin on the 8th September at Astia Studio (astiastudio.fi) in Lappeenranta in Finland with producer Anssi Kippo. Fans can expect to …

Portuguese death metallers ANNIHILATION (pictured right) are to release their new EP, ‘The Undivided’, will be released on November 4. A single, ‘The Great Cycle’, is already available: The band’s founder Fabio Da Silva released the following statement about the EP:  http://annihilationband.bandcamp.com/track/the-great-cycle “We are proud to announce the release of our new …

‘The Great Depression’, the debut album by Sunderland-based stoner/doom act WITCH CHARMER (pictured right), is available for streaming ahead of its release this coming Monday via Argonauta Records. You can listen to it at https://soundcloud.com/argonautarecords/sets/witch-charmer-the-great-depression. The album is available for pre-order from http://witchcharmer.bandcamp.com/ For further information visit www.argonautarecords.com or www.facebook.com/witchcharmerband

Fast rising Euro stone rocksters ‘Witchrider’ release ‘Unmountable Stairs’ on Monday 3rd November through Fuzzorama Records/Code7/PHD, and tour throughout Europe with Truckfighters. When listening to Witchrider, you can not help but be drawn in by their magnetism. They have a haunting beauty that proves to engulf and ignite. As frontman Daniel …

Pioneers and godfathers of Viking Metal are set to release new studio record “Av Oss, For Oss“! One of the leading stars of the genre are now ready to release yet a defining record. Behind them, Einherjer has an array of albums – some of which stand as milestones in a genre …

French sludge/noise rockers Pord have just announced a new European tour in support of their second full-length album “Wild”, set to be  released on the 8th September via Solar Flare Records. The tour kicks off this Saturday with a performance at Freakshow Festival in France and ends on November 1st …

The Obscure Vanity label announces the 2nd of September as the release date for Ebauche Noire’s debut, Pochoir De Cendre. Set to be released on cassette tape and including a woven Ebauche Noire patch, Pochoir De Cendre comprises two tracks with a total running time of nearly 43 minutes. Formed …

After much anticipation, Bring Me The Horizon have announced the stellar line up of support bands for their biggest show to date at London’s Wembley Arena on 5th December. Joining them at this very special show will be UK rock outfit Young Guns, US crossover sensations Issues and former Underoath …

Swiss melodic death metal band ARCTURON have just released the first trailer for their upcoming 10-years-anniversary EP “Expect Us”. Check it out here: The band have also released the tracklist of the EP: 01.    My Treasure 02.    Expect Us 03.    A Restless Soul 04.    Rowan Artwork was handled this time …

Folter Records have anounced the release date of the 7″ split EP of black metal bands TROLL (NOR) and AEON WINDS (SVK). Since the release of their legendary album “Drep De Kristne” (1996) TROLL are well-known in the black metal scene. AEON WINDS from Slovakia is at the moment still …

SLIPKNOT release their long-awaited fifth studio album, ‘.5: The Gray Chapter‘ on 20th October.  ‘.5: The Gray Chapter’ is now available for pre-order on the iTunes Store, with all pre-orders receiving instant downloads of the album’s lead single, ‘The Devil In I’, and the already released ‘The Negative One.’  ‘.5: …

Hailing from the depths of Yorkshire, five-piece post hardcore outfit, ROAD TO HORIZON, will release new EP ‘Faultlines’ this October. In 2013 the quintet caught the attention of BBC Introducing in Leeds, who championed their ‘Chapters’ EP release, giving it numerous amounts of support and local radio airplay.   Having now …

No one can delude Max and Iggor Cavalera anymore. The two SEPULTURA founders show with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY what it means to shoot Thrash and Death Metal straight into the world. The new studio album  ‘Pandemonium’ will be released on the 3rd November  in the UK via Napalm Records and shows …

Sweden’s technically intoxicating extreme metal masters, MESHUGGAH, are bringing their immense live show to Europe this December to celebrate their 25th year of musical deviance.  MESHUGGAH will play a very special 25th Anniversary set, performing selections from their 1989 – 2012 discography including some rare songs that haven’t been played …

RANGER, Finnish masters of speed metal, have signed to Spinefarm Records. The band will be recording their label debut album this fall and a release is expected early 2015. These young metal merchants sound as if they came straight out of the eighties and adapted their own style for a new generation …

HANG THE BASTARD have announced their direct support to KING 810’s UK dates, timed with the release of their brand new album “Sex In The Seventh Circle”. This will be the first chance to see a selection brand new material played live in its most punishing, acid dipped form, in …

The release date of the BLOOD & IRON album “Voices Of Eternity” on CD is the 26th September 2014. The preorder phase will start on September 12th 2014 click here. India is on the metalic world map more or less an empty space. So it seems there are not too …

Earlier this month Sussex quintet Subservience revealed details surrounding their forthcoming record ‘Upheaval’ set for release on 17th October 2014. The band has released a 3 part video series documenting their time at Brighton Electric and the ‘Upheaval’ recording progress. Drawing influence from the classic death metal bands of yesteryear …

STARKILL have posted the first in a series of videos discussing their upcoming album, “Virus Of The Mind”. Dubbed, “Creating the Virus”, the first of these videos can be found here: The first song from “Virus of the Mind” (due out on October 14, 2014), “Breaking The Madness”, is streaming now on the Century Media …