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Melechesh Prepare to Enter Studio

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:21:57 +0000

On April 10 Mesopotamian Metal Pioneers MELECHESH will enter the studio to record their 5th and as of yet untitled album for a period of 4-5 weeks. In an unprecedented move in metal, the band has chosen to record the album in Istanbul in an attempt to capture the inspiring surroundings. Babajim Studios which opened their doors [...]

Sleeping With Sirens Streaming Full Album

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:20:11 +0000

SLEEPING WITH SIRENS are streaming With Eyes to Hear, and Ears to See in full over at their MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/sleepingwithsirens. It includes song titles such as “If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn” and “The Bomb Dot Com v2.0″. Catch them on tour with FROM FIRST TO LAST and EYES SET TO KILL through April. Yes, that’s [...]

Stone Temple Pilots – New Album Artwork and Official Tracklisting

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:28:37 +0000

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS has announced the upcoming release of their hugely anticipated self-titled studio album Stone Temple Pilots. This will be the first studio release since 2001’s certified gold Shangri-La Dee Da. The new album, which will be released on May 25, will render the magic that has established the band as a dominate [...]

Unleashed Upload “This Time We Fight” from “As Yggdrasil Trembles”

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:41:01 +0000

Swedish Viking death metal horde UNLEASHED have uploaded another new track, “This Time We Fight”, from their upcoming release As Yggdrasil Trembles to their Myspace page, www.myspace.com/unleashed. The new album continues on the same unstoppable path that was forged by their previous two releases Midvinterblot and Hammer Battalion, with infectious pagan themed death metal and [...]

Annihilator Reveal Artwork for Self-Titled 13th Studio Album

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:40:03 +0000

Canadian thrash metal pioneers ANNIHILATOR have revealed the artwork for their upcoming new album. ANNIHILATOR’s new, self-titled release is the band’s thirteenth studio album and is due to be released in Europe by Earache Records on 17th May. ANNIHILATOR guitarist and mainman Jeff Waters discusses the artwork: “The new Annihilator CD cover art was, again, done by the [...]

Video of Jesse Leach Performing with Killswitch Engage in New York

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:25:07 +0000

To follow-up on yesterday’s breaking news article about Jesse Leach performing with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE in New York, video footage has made its way onto the net. The video features Jesse Leach performing the classic tune, “My Last Serenade”:

Bring Me the Horizon Head to Sweden to Record New Album. Promise Greatness.

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:12 +0000

BRING ME THE HORIZON have just entered the studio to begin work on their eagerly-awaited third album. The English metal act will head over to Sweden to record with famous producer Fredrik Nordstrom at Studio Fredman. Frontman Oli Sykes says: “2009 was one hell of a year, non-stop for us really! Our second album Suicide Season has [...]

Jesse Leach to Finally Return to Killswitch Engage?

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:16:47 +0000

Jesse Leach performed last night with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE at the Fillmore @ Irving Plaza in New York City. Does this mean that the former frontman will be staking his claim for a return to the fold? Jesse Leach also joined Phil LaBonte on stage for a number of tunes. Photos, video, and details of Jesse Leach’s [...]

Will of the Ancients Announces New Album Title and Tracklisting

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:37:14 +0000

Toronto, Canada based Epic Black/Death metal band, WILL OF THE ANCIENTS has announced the title of their upcoming album and an accompanying tracklisting. As guitarist Ryan Sequeira writes on the WILL OF THE ANCIENTS website: “Ahoy folks!! First of all, thanks to everyone who came out to support us at the Wreckroom last Saturday as we opened [...]

Kottonmouth Kings Get Ready To Celebrate With 420 Freedom Fest In Las Vegas

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:10:42 +0000

The KOTTONMOUTH KINGS are gearing up for this year’s annual stoner holiday with a special 420 Freedom Fest show on April 24th in Las Vegas, NV, along with special guests Unwritten Law, (Hed)pe, and Big B. The group will embark on a string of tour dates throughout April and May before embarking on a [...]

Deftones Post “Diamond Eyes” Cover Trailer (Part 2)

siN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:06:47 +0000

In anticipation of their new album, Diamond Eyes, Sacramento’s DEFTONES have now posted Part 2 of a series of trailers that will eventually unveil the album cover on March 23rd. Check out Part 1 here.

Ed Gein Recording in Progress, Denounce MySpace

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:37:13 +0000

ED GEIN are back in the studio, slaving away for Blackmarket Activities. They also don’t really like MySpace any more, and instead are turning to Facebook: We are FINALLY back in the studio! Last night we started recording our next album with Jocko at More Sound in Syracuse. We’ve got three songs of drums done so [...]

Thirteen Degrees to Chaos Pick “Brakyu, The Shapeshifter” as Next Single

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:24:57 +0000

Portuguese metal band THIRTEEN DEGREES TO CHAOS will release its new single “Brakyu, The Shapeshifter” in the beginning of next month through MySpace, but before it will be played for the first time live, exclusively, for a random group of strangers via Chatroulette on March 20. The place was chosen due to the single’s theme, [...]

Video: Sinbreed – “Dust to Dust”

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:16:17 +0000

German power metallers SINBREED have released their video for the track “Dust to Dust” online. The track comes off their debut album, When Worlds Collide which will be released in Japan March 24th, Europe March 26th and in North America April 6th.

Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt Talks “God of War” Music and 20th Anniversary Shows

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:03:00 +0000

OPETH frontman/guitarist, the inimitable Mikael Akerfeldt, checked in to give fans an update of what is going on. His note includes reactions to OPETH’s new music from the God of War: Blood and Metal EP and the band’s 20th anniversary shows: “Quite interesting to see how diverse the reactions have been to our last song, [...]

Papa Roach – Live Album Video and Inane Note from Jacoby Shaddix

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:52:57 +0000

This week, PAPA ROACH released a teaser video for their new live record which was shortly followed by an inane posting from singer Jacoby Shaddix. Please note, it was written in all caps – we are simply copying and pasting: ..WHAT’S UP YA’LL! JUST WANTED TO SHOOT YOU ALL AN UPDATE… RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN [...]

The Acacia Strain Writing Material For New Album

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:44:17 +0000

THE ACACIA STRAIN has eight songs written for their new album. Demos should be kicked about over the course of the next few months. THE ACACIA STRAIN recently scored some chart success with the release of their DVD, The Most Unknown.

Earth Crisis Tack On More Dates with First Blood, Thick As Blood

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:35:39 +0000

An updated itinerary of EARTH CRISIS tour dates with FIRST BLOOD and THICK AS BLOOD have surfaced. All US and Canada tour dates will last through May. Confirmed tour dates are as follows: April 22 – New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre April 23 – Worcester, MA @ New England Metalfest April 24 – Syracuse, NY @ The [...]

Ion Dissonance Title New Album “Cursed”, Out this Summer

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:32:52 +0000

ION DISSONANCE have set Cursed as the title of their forthcoming album due out early summer via Century Media. The offering was tracked at .357 Productions with ION DISSONANCE guitar player, Antoine Lussier. Vocalist Kevin McCaughey comments: “We are now completely finished with the tracking process for our new album, ‘Cursed’. We only have a few more [...]

Insane Clown Posse, Kittie, and Coolio Confirm US Tour Dates

siN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:23:09 +0000

KITTIE and INSANE CLOWN POSSE (ICP) will be joining forces for an early summer tour together. This is the confirmation of that “Big Kittie Tour On The Way“. Looks like ICP are the ones with the “balls” to take KITTIE out on the road with them. That’s right kids, put all those vacation plans on [...]