Massacre is a legendary name in death metal, with a history stretched as far back as 1986, so, believe it or not, the band celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. If you have followed their career, the conflicts, split-up, mud-throwing and drama between past and present band members have been almost a constant, and the..
Darkthrone announce new studio album ‘Eternal Hails’
'ETERNAL HAILS' THE NEW STUDIO ALBUM OF EPIC BLACK HEAVY METAL FROM THE NORWEGIAN LEGENDS DARKTHRONE RELEASED 25TH JUNE (PEACEVILLE) / PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW As John Peel once said of The Fall, "Always different, always the same," so too one could say the same of Darkthrone. Things change, times change, people change, and yet even when sounding fresh..
Polish Death Metallers Catharsis Reveal New Album Details
Polish death metallers from Catharsis have just revealed a cover artwork for their upcoming studio album entitled Human Failures, due to be released early 2021. The album has been recorded in Heinrich House Studio with Filip „Heinrich" Hałucha as sound engineer and a producer. Session drums for this release have been recorded by Dariusz „Daray" Brzozowski (Dimmu Borgir, ex-Vader). Human Failures contains seven new tracks...
Memoriam – To The End (Reaper Entertainment)
The end of this week will mark the release of the fourth album by death metal traditionalists Memoriam, a band, which was born back in 2016 as a tribute to the late Bolt Thrower drummer Martin "Kiddie" Kearns. First few seconds into opener Onwards Into Battle prove that the guys continue forging their trademark mid-tempo,..
Interview with Karl Willets (Memoriam)
Back in 2016, one of the all-time greats of death metal, the mighty Bolt Thrower, announced they will no longer continue, after the tragic loss of their drummer, Martin “Kiddie” Kearns. Who would have thought that Martin’s passing could also be a trigger for a completely new band to be formed, in his memory, and..
Paranorm – Empyrean (Redefining Darkness Records)
Paranorm is a progressive death/thrash band from Sweden, existing since 2008. With two EPs behind their backs (released in 2011 and 2014 respectively), now, finally the time has come for the full-length debut Empyrean. The eight-track album will be released on February 26th by Redefining Darkness Records and you can already listen to the first..
Necrophobic – Dawn Of The Damned (Century Media Records)
Necrophobic are riding on the waves of inspiration lately. Recruiting the guitar duo of Johan Bergebäck and Sebastian Ramstedt back in the band in 2016 was probably the best decision band leader Joakim Sterner (drums) has ever taken. Actually, with vocalist Andreas Strokirk (who sang on the legendary debut The Nocturnal Silence) also having returned..
Interview with Joakim Sterner of Necrophobic
Necrophobic are currently riding on the waves of deserved recognition. Finally. These Swedish black/death worshippers have always put out quality albums, but through the years, something was always missing – was it the production, the distribution, or something else. With 2018’s masterpiece Mark Of The Necrogram, the band released a career highlight and now, two..
Benediction – Scriptures (Nuclear Blast Records)
In a year as fucked up as this, we need our pillars of security, we need some of our belief in the good old “status quo” to be restored. This is the best moment for a new Benediction album to be released and the guys know it. Scriptures is not only the first new studio..
DECAPITATED – RE-SIGN WITH NUCLEAR BLAST + NEW MUSIC COMING SOON
Credit: Robert Zembrzycki After more than ten years of successfully working together, NUCLEAR BLAST is proud to announce that Polish tech death DECAPITATED have decided to refresh their bond and have re-signed their contract for another era of extreme metal for the Germany based metal label. The band also hints that new music will be coming in the near future. Nuclear Blast USA General Manager Gerardo Martinez states: "Decapitated has been in my..