Norwegian black metallers DEN SAAKALDTE have recruited Anders Kobro, longtime drummer with the legendary CARPATHIAN FOREST, to their ranks to replace the departing Uruz.
Source Continue reading CARPATHIAN FOREST Drummer Joins DEN SAAKALDTE →

TORTURE DIVISION, the Swedish death metal project featuring guitarist Lord K.
Source Continue reading TORTURE DIVISION To Enter Studio In January →

Henry Graff of NBC29 reports: Morgan Harrington has been missing for more than two months.
Source Continue reading Police Say Missing METALLICA Fan Was Drinking →

Bryan Reesman of Attention Deficit Delirium recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE.
Source Continue reading KARL SANDERS Says NILE Is ‘Taking A Beating’ In Age Of Downloading →

German punk/rockabilly act BROILERS has been confirmed for next year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany.
Source Continue reading BROILERS Confirmed For Germany’s WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival →

The remaining members of TALISMAN will reunite one last time in memory of their dear friend (and TALISMAN bassist) Marcel Jacob who tragically passed away in July this year.
Source Continue reading MARCEL JACOB Tribute Concert Announced →

MUDVAYNE’s self-titled album sold around 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No.
Source Continue reading MUDVAYNE: New Album Cracks U.S. Top 50 →

The Pulse of Radio reports that PEARL JAM frontman Eddie Vedder has been sued by a Canadian singer/songwriter for changing the lyrics to a song that he wrote.
Source Continue reading PEARL JAM Frontman Sued For Changing Lyrics →

Metal Hangar 18 conducted seprate interviews with Anneke van Giersbergen (AGUA DE ANNIQUE, ex-THE GATHERING) and Danny Cavanagh (ANATHEMA, LEAFBLADE) before their joint acoustic performance in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 29, 2009.
Source Continue reading ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN, DANNY CAVANAGH Interviewed In Bulgaria →

Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN have set “Reptilian” as the title of their new album, due in early 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Source Continue reading KEEP OF KALESSIN: New Album Title Revealed; Video Teaser Available →

Another short video clip from Matan Shmuely’s documentary “A Heaven You May Create” can be viewed below.
Source Continue reading ORPHANED LAND: Another Clip From ‘A Heaven You May Create’ Documentary Posted Online →

Melbourne, Australia’s dark rockers THE ETERNAL entered 301 Studios in Byron Bay on December 4 with acclaimed producer and multi-platinum recording artist Jeff Martin (THE AMARDA, THE TEA PARTY) to begin recording their fourth full-length album, “Under A New Sun”, tentatively due in early 2010.
Source Continue reading THE ETERNAL: New Album Update →

Brazilian TV program “Aumenta o Som” has posted a video report on the first live performance by the new lineup of FEAR FACTORY ? featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C.
Source Continue reading FEAR FACTORY: Pro-Shot Footage Of São Paulo Concert Available →