Month:December 2014

Accept have parted ways with guitarist Herman Frank and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann. The band stated: “We are parting as friends! Accept would like to thank Herman Frank & Stefan Schwarzmann for being with us these last 4+ years, for making themselves available whenever needed and for… Read More

The new Dunderbeist album is finally done; it has taken the hard-hitting Norwegian quintet two years of blood, sweat and tears. The result is exceptionally complex in its simplicity, still keeping their snappy hooks and tongue in cheek humor. The new album “Hyklere” (Eng.: Hypocrites) presents… Read More

Bastard Grave have signed a record deal with Pulverised Records. The label stated: “It is with our most immense pleasure that we welcome Sweden's freshest corpse on the block Bastard Grave”! With this abhorrent being merely formed in 2012, Bastard Grave almost immediately created a… Read More

Acid Death have finished the recordings of their upocoming album “Hall of Mirrors”. The band stated: “Really happy to say that the recordings of band’s new album have finished! The first taste that "Hall of Mirrors" gives is a taste of fast, neurotic & technical stuff, maybe the most… Read More

Dubai extreme metallers Voice Of The Soul have today announced the release of their debut album which will be entitled “Catacombs”. The album will be released via UK label Hell's Hammer & India's Transcending Obscurity on 27th March 2015. First formed in Kuwait on the opposite side of the… Read More

SF Bay Area Thrash’N’Rollers Kill Ritual have made the unreleased track “Drop Dead Gorgeous” available for free download and streaming on SoundCloud and ReverbNation. Listen to the track below. The song comes off their 2014 release “The Eyes of Medusa” as a thank you to all the fans that have… Read More

John Robert Cocker, known to family, friends, his community and fans around the world as Joe Cocker, passed away on December 22nd, 2014 after a hard fought battle with small cell lung cancer. He was 70 years old (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014). The two living Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo… Read More

Symphonic metallers Nightwish will release their new album, “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”, on March 27th, 2015 in Europe, March 30th, 2015 in the UK and March 31st, 2015 in the US through Nuclear Blast. The detailed cover-artwork was created by longtime collaborator Toxic Angel. “Endless… Read More

Swedish heavy metal titans Portrait are pleased to announce a 7 date tour of the UK and Ireland in support of their recent and critically acclaimed third album “Crossroads” which was released earlier this year via Metal Blade Records. Commencing in early 2015, the band will lay waste to venues… Read More

Scorpions have set to release their brand new studio album “Return to Forever” on February 20th, 2015! Find all details here. The new studio album celebrating 50th stage anniversary. You can pre-order the album now on iTunes or here and you’ll receive the brand new single “We Built This… Read More