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Lordi - New Members, New Album Title And Tour Revealed
Lordi has revealed the two new members that joined the band: Mana and Hella. Drummer Mana will replace the band's former drummer Otus, who passed away earlier this year. Hella replaces the band's long-time keyboardist Awa who left the band last summer. The band's new studio album To Beast Or Not To Beast will be released on March 8th, 2013.
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Source: | lordi.fi |
Band profile: | Lordi |
Agregator - Bass Player Dies In Car Accident
Roland Liviczki, the bassist of Hungarian melodic death metallers Agregator, has passed away in a car accident this Saturday, according to the band. Agregator had a few concerts booked for the end of this year and January as well as studio recordings planned.
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Source: | agregator.hu |
Band profile: | Agregator |
Macbeth - New Album On The Way, Title Revealed
Italian gothic metallers Macbeth have set Neo-Gothic Propaganda as the title of their fifth full-length studio album, tentatively due on early 2013 via Dragonheart Records, following their 2007 release Superangelic Hate Bringers.
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Source: | facebook.com |
Band profile: | Macbeth |
Officium Triste - New Album Artwork And Tracklist Unveiled
As previously reported, Hammerheart Records will release Mors Viri, the new album from Dutch doom metal band Officium Triste, in the spring of 2013 on CD, LP and digital. Mors Viri was recorded in Bergweiler (Germany) at Pato Studio by Martin Kwakernaak. The album's artwork and tracklist have now been revealed. Feast your eyes below.
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Source: | facebook.com |
Band profile: | Officium Triste |
The Meads Of Asphodel - Session Guitarist Huw Lloyd Langton Passes Away
Huw Lloyd Langton, best known as the former guitarist of rock band Hawkwind, has died, aged 61, after a two-year battle with cancer, the band has announced. He was also a session guitarist for British metallers The Meads Of Asphodel.
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Source: | bbc.co.uk |
Band profile: | The Meads Of Asphodel |
Wijlen Wij - Band Update
Funeral doom metallers Wijlen Wij have updated on the band's current activities and divulged that they are working on a new album. The band also announced that bassist Stijn Van Cauter has decided to leave the band.
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Source: | wijlenwij.nulll-void.com |
Band profile: | Wijlen Wij |
Pretty Maids - Working On New Album
Danish heavy metal veterans Pretty Maids are hard at work in the studio to give birth to the successor of Pandemonium. The band has set Motherland as the title of their new album, due to be released in the spring of 2013 via Frontiers Records. The album is once again being produced by Jacob Hansen and will include such song titles as "Mother Of All Lies", "I See Ghosts", "The Iceman", "Why So Serious", "To Fool A Nation" and the title track.
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Source: | prettymaids.dk |
Band profile: | Pretty Maids |
Officium Triste - Sign With Hammerheart Records
Dutch melodic doom/death metal veterans Officium Triste have announced the release of their 5th studio album, entitled Mors Viri, through Hammerheart Records on February 18th, 2013. Mors Viri was recorded on several occasions during 2011 at El Pato studios in Bergweiler, Germany.
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Source: | officiumtriste.com |
Band profile: | Officium Triste |
Saturnus - New Album Release Date And Tracklist Revealed
Danish death/doom metal band Saturnus has revealed some new details about their long-awaited upcoming release Saturn In Ascension. The band's fourth album will be released on November 30th, 2012 through Cyclone Empire and the full tracklist can now be seen below. The digipak version will also include the bonus track "Limbs Of Crystal Clear", taken from their first demo tape in 1994.
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Source: | facebook.com |
Band profile: | Saturnus |
Faethom - Working On New Album
US female-fronted blackened heavy metal band Faethom has posted an update at band's Facebook page. They plan to release their new and second album in 2013.
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Source: | facebook.com |
Band profile: | Faethom |
Obsidian Gate - New Album Title Revealed
Symphonic black metallers Obsidian Gate have recently announced some details about their upcoming album. The band decided to call it Whom The Fire Obeys. It has been a long time since the band released their last effort Colossal Christhunt in 2001 and took a break but they promise it will be worth the wait.
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Source: | facebook.com |
Band profile: | Obsidian Gate |
Pentagram - Former Bassist Vance Bockis Passed Away At Age 50
Washington, D.C.-area punk and metal bassist Vance Bockis has died at the age of 50. The musician, who played in such bands as The Obsessed, 9353 and Pentagram, in addition to fronting The Factory, passed away at his home in Fairfax County, Virginia, from complications following shoulder surgery.
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Source: | loudwire.com |
Band profile: | Pentagram |
Somnus Aeternus - Debut Album Streaming Online
On The Shores Of Oblivion, the debut album from Czech doom/death metallers Somnus Aeternus will be streaming exclusively via Mortem Zine for a week. The album has come out on August 31st, and will be available on their Bandcamp as a digital download or on CD directly from the band. It was released under Solitude Productions.
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Source: | somnusaeternus.cz |
Band profile: | Somnus Aeternus |
Lethal - Guitarist Eric Cook Loses Battle With Cancer
Eric Cook, guitarist for the legendary power/progressive metal band Lethal, has lost his battle with cancer. The Kentucky-based band was founded by Tom Mallicoat and the Cook brothers, Eric and Glen. The band would go on to release two albums, Programmed in 1990 and Poison Seed in 1996.
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Source: | facebook.com |
Band profile: | Lethal |
Pentagram - To Perform Entire 'Relentless' Album At Power Of The Riff East Festival
Legendary cult doom act Pentagram are set to play a very special set for the first Power Of The Riff - East festival on September 1st in Brooklyn, New York. The band will perform its album Relentless (the album Pentagram re-released in 1993 with the same songs in another order) in its entirety for the first time since the early 1980's. Pentagram will also play other songs spanning the group's career, including tracks from their most recent album Last Rites. The influential doom outfit will also support Down in Philadelphia and Maryland.
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Source: | facebook.com |
Band profile: | Pentagram |