MARYLIN MANSON

The High End Of Low

MARILYN MANSON's new studio album, The High End Of Low, is due for release on May 26th via Interscope Records. The album will feature the following tracklisting: 'Devour', 'Pretty As A Swastika', 'Leave A Scar', 'Four Rusted Horses', 'Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon', 'Blank And White', 'Running To The Edge Of The World', 'I Want To Kill You Like They Do In The Movies', 'WOW', 'Wight Spider', 'Unkillable Monster', 'We're From America', 'I Have To Look Up Just To See Hell', 'Into The Fire', '15'.... More...

VADER

Tracklisting for the new album revealed

Polish death metallers VADER have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "Necropolis", tentatively due in late August via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is being recorded at Hertz studios in Bialystok, Poland with the Wieslawski Bros.. Tue Madsen, who previously worked with such bands as MOONSPELL, CATARACT, HEAVEN SHALL BURN and many more, will mix the CD at his Antfarm Studios in Denmark.... More...

SUFFOCATION

Blood Oath tracklisting revealed

Legendary New York death metallers SUFFOCATION will release their new album, "Blood Oath", in Germany on Friday, July 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is expected to arrive in the U.S. on Tuesday, July 7.... More...

KARL SANDERS

New album out now

KARL SANDERS, accomplished solo artist and the driving force behind South Carolina's Egyptian-themed death metal titans NILE, released his sophomore solo effort Saurian Exorcisms two days ago via The End Records. The album was recorded at Serpent Headed Studios, mixed by Bob Moore at the Soundlab in Columbia SC, and mastered by Juan Punchy Gonzales at Dow Studios in Tampa, FL.... More...

UNHOLY

New album coming soon

The Aeron Alfrey-designed cover artwork for "New Life Behind Closed Eyes", the new album from the Syracuse, New York-based quintet UNHOLY, can be viewed here. "The cover as well as the interior art has really captured the mood of the lyrical content of our new record," says guitarist Jonathan Dennison. "Aeron went above and beyond bring these ideas to life."... More...

TYR

New song streaming online

Faroese Viking metallers TÝR have updated their MySpace page to stream another new track, 'Northern Gate'. Check it out at this location. Týr's new album, By The Light Of The Northern Star, is due out in Europe on May 29th through Napalm Records.... More...

HAMMERFALL

Destroys hotel room in Vienna

Peter Vinthagen Simpson of The Local reports that Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL have admitted to smashing up a Vienna hotel room on their European tour. "We are ashamed," confirmed the Gothenburg band's drummer Anders Johansson, according to a report in the newspaper Expressen. The band was partying at the Hotel Fürstenhof in the Austrian capital Vienna when things got a little out of hand.... More...

NACHTMYSTIUM

New MCD coming soon

Chicago-area psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM has issued the following update: "We're proud to announce that we've licensed our own new EP, 'Doomsday Derelicts', from our North American label, Century Media, to be released on our own in-house label, Battle Kommand Records, for release in North America! The CD will be at press shortly and we anticipate a release date of May 5, 2009. This will be a limited edition release, and there will be a mail-order only version with additional items included."... More...

KAAMOS

Reunion shows announced

Everyone, who in 2006 was crying after death of one from most promising old school Scandinavian hordes should be lucky again, cause the trend for reunions refers to KAAMOS too! Karl Envall, Konstantin Papavassilou, Nicklas Erikkson and Christopher Barkensjö don’t announce indeed a new album for this moment, but celebrating their comeback will play two shows in Germany. ... More...

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

New self-titled album details

Massachusetts' finest hard rock purveyors KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will release their eagerly anticipated fourth album, entitled simply "Killswitch Engage", on June 30 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was produced by Brendan O'Brien (AC/DC, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) and co-produced by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz. Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Reckoning", "The Forgotten", "Light in a Darkened World" and "Starting Over".... More...

MUNICIPAL WASTE

Release date for new album announced

Virginian thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE have completed work on their fourth album, "Massive Aggressive", with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (MADBALL, HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL, UNEARTH) for an August 24 release via Earache Records. The band has since hit the road for a six-week U.S. tour with LAMB OF GOD, AS I LAY DYING, CHILDREN OF BODOM and GOD FORBID.... More...

CHIMAIRA

Teaser for bonus DVD available

A teaser for the bonus DVD that will be featured in the limited-edition CD/DVD version of CHIMAIRA's forthcoming album, "The Infection", can be viewed below. Audio samples of all 10 tracks that are set to appear on "The Infection" are available for streaming on Amazon.co.uk.... More...