http://www.metal-portal.net http://www.metal-portal.net/news/495/european-tour-with-dying-fetus/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/494/theatre-tour-announced/1/ "We have great news! After receiving great responses on our sold out theatre tour in 2008, we decided to do a rerun of this tour, so you'll still have the opportunity to attend these special seated concerts. During these shows we will be playing a lot of our songs in an acoustic version and we'll have special lighting and visual effects. The tour will cover 17 shows in The Netherlands and Belgium. These will be our first live shows after a long period of writing and recording. We are already looking forward to see you again!"]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/496/festival-update/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/493/two-new-songs-available-for-streaming/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/492/h2-trailer-available/1/ "This is not a remake of (1981's) 'Halloween II'; this is totally my thing, my story. After I made 'Halloween', I was totally burned out. I said I'd never make a sequel. But after every record, every tour, I say the same thing."]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/491/to-reunite-for-marillion-tribute-album/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/490/new-album-details-revealed/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/489/new-track-available/1/ here. Says the band, "A new song from our upcoming album The Dead End Experiment is available for everyone to check out. It's called 'Mirrors Reflect Only Dead Bodies' and is one of the very special songs of the band. The lyrics deal with mind transcendence and drawing a straight line. We hope you enjoy it and share your thoughts with us!"]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/488/streams-track-from-the-forthcoming-album/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/487/new-album-coming-soon/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/486/busy-bees/1/ "We are busy bees here; building our studio, writing the new songs, rehearsing and preparing for the last shows we will do before we 'disappear' for a little while and record the new album. We will play a nice mixture of rock and acoustic songs and we'll try out some brand new tunes while we are at it! When you have the chance, come and check us out. It will be good!]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/485/new-album-in-june/1/ "Bands such as PARADISE LOST, ANATHEMA, KATATONIA, MY DYING BRIDE, DARK TRANQUILLITY, or AT THE GATES are prime examples for an exploration of the human soul, the struggle of the individual against the chasms of life. Away from the metal standards of the 1980s, towards a kind of deeply emotional resistance against the norms. We spit on all those who are blindfolded by their own limitations, and we continue that which was begun in the early nineties!"]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/484/begin-writing-for-the-next-album/1/ "Here's a short update to let you all know what's been going on in the Severe Torture camp over the last couple of months. We've actually been working our asses off, writing the finest death metal tunes possible. We have about six songs down and riffs and ideas for four or five more. We'll be finishing those in the next two months. Musically it's gonna be one of the fastest, sickest and most brutal Severe Torture records ever! This stuff is gonna be fuelled by the sheer disgust of all the whimpy, lame-ass, fashion-crap that's been polluting the music industry for years. And it made us realize all the more what we love most... Playing brutal fuckin' death metal. The plan is to start pre-production in July and have everything ready for recording in September.”]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/483/issues-new-album-update/1/ "No words can describe how happy we were to receive an official invitation to a listening of the first three Rammstein songs from the upcoming album. Three uncompromising songs and three attacks upon 'common taste and morality.' An album isn’t an album until the last line has been sung and the final note has sounded. However, it's no big secret to tell you about our great enthusiasm. ]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/482/new-album-tracklisting-revealed/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/481/vocalist-performed-for-russian-president/1/ "STRATOVARIUS vocalist Timo Kotipelto performed for the President of Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, on Monday (April 20th) in Finland. It was a part of presidential dinner held by Finnish President Tarja Halonen in honour of Dmitri Medvedev who is visiting Finland. Timo was accompanied by Matias Kupiainen (Stratovarius), Jani Liimatainen (CAIN'S OFFERING, ex-SONATA ARCTICA) and Kaarti Orchestra."]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/480/the-evasive-evil-empire/1/ "Black metal is different from other forms of metal, in both sound and content. Think of SLAYER, only scarier and lo-fi.The guitars sound like phonebooks being continuously ripped in half, the drums are fast-blast beats and the vocals are shrieking. Songs are built on intricate harmonies with chord progressions that defy common metal logic. Many New York bands, with the freedom of a nonexistent scene, have tinkered with these styles, unafraid to apply their own American influences.There are even fewer boundaries in content.The famed Norwegian black metal scene in the early 1990s was mainly anti-Christian, but today's bands have lyrics ranging from astronomy musings to confessions of self-hatred.]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/479/new-album-announced/1/ http://www.metal-portal.net/news/478/checks-in-from-the-road/1/ "Alright...what a strong tour, each day packed and crowded venues, a lot of die hard demons with passion and fire for metal attend these shows. Besides that, it's an honour for Belphegor to share stages with thrash legends EXODUS and KREATOR. We headed back to Canada a couple of days ago and have played about 14 shows so far. 23 convents are left on this run. So be warned friends, better show up early, some start around 7pm, get your Fleisch in the venues to celebrate total Krieg with us. Hail chaos - hail death!"]]> http://www.metal-portal.net/news/477/debut-album-tracklisting-revealed/1/ "We've got Professor John Gallo (ORODRUIN, BLIZARO) guesting on the album, contributing an intro piece to 'The Damnation of John Faustus'. Art was completed by the masterful Brad Moore."]]>