CATTLE DECAPITATION Completes Recording New Album

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION wrapped up recording their new album last week and have returned home for a couple weeks before heading off to their European tour with SUFFOCATION. The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically-acclaimed album “The …

PHENOMENA’s ‘Awakening’ Due In March

Escape Music has set a March 23 release date for PHENOMENA‘s “Awakening”.

People should learn to expect a little awe and mystery. PHENOMENA take us upon a journey where there is nothing pretty about the protagonists of the story that …

NIGHTMARE: New Album Artwork Unveiled

French power metallers NIGHTMARE have unveiled the cover artwork for their new album, “The Burden Of God” (formerly “Mercury Rain”), to be released on May 18 through AFM Records. The CD was recorded at the Peek studios in the south …

FOZZY: Drum Tracks For New Album Complete

FOZZY‘s Frank Fontsere has completed laying down the drum tracks for the follow-up to 2010′s “Chasing The Grail”, tentatively due before the end of year via the group’s new label, Century Media Records.

In a recent posting on his Facebook …

RIGOR MORTIS Completes Recording New Album

The original lineup of Texan thrash metal veterans RIGOR MORTIS — Mike Scaccia (guitar), Casey Orr (bass), Harden Harrison (drums), and Bruce Corbitt (vocals) — has finished laying down 10 new songs for the band’s first album since 1991′s “Rigor …

SAINT VITUS: ‘Lillie: F-65′ Track Listing, Cover Artwork Unveiled

The long-awaited new album from U.S. doom legends SAINT VITUS, “Lillie: F-65″, will hit the stores in Europe on April 27 via Season Of Mist. Due to “manufacturing issues,” the CD wil be released in North America in May.

“Lillie: …

FEAR FACTORY Completes Mixing New Album

Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY have finished mixing their new album, “The Industrialist”, with Greg Reely (PARADISE LOST, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, SKINNY PUPPY) at a studio in Canada. Due this summer in Europe via AFM Records and in the …

EX DEO: Vocal Tracking Complete For Sophomore Album

KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono has completed laying down vocals for “Caligvla”, the sophomore album from his Ancient Roman-themed arsenal EX DEO. He says, “It wasn’t without any hard work, blood and sweat and also close to a fainting spell after …

ENSIFERUM’s New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER Members

Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM recently entered the studio to begin recording their fifth album for a fall release via Spinefarm Records. The band states, “[We] started working at the famous Petrax studio (CHILDREN OF BODOM, NIGHTWISH) [in Hollola, Finland] last …

IDES OF GEMINI To Release ‘Constantinople’ In May

IDES OF GEMINI is a collusion of musical forces precipitated by the haunting and inimitable vocal prowess of singer/bassist Sera Timms, also of Los Angeles dark-psych alchemists BLACK MATH HORSEMAN. The compositions are the long-simmering mental fallout of veteran music …

UNLEASHED: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

Legendary Swedish viking/death masters UNLEASHED will release their new album, “Odalheim”, on April 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by Fredrik Folkare and recorded in at Chrome Studios in Sweden.

With “Odalheim”, UNLEASHED not only presents the …

EUROPE: ‘Bag Of Bones’ Release Date Announced

Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will release their ninth studio album, “Bag Of Bones”, on April 27 via earMusic/Edel. The CD was produced by Kevin Shirley, who has previously worked with IRON MAIDEN, JOE BONAMASSA, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, BLACK STONE CHERRY …