Yet another death grips the metal industry as controversial frontman of Anal Cunt Seth Putnam passed away last night. It is suspected to be of a heart attack. He was 43 years old. The publicist of AxCx (as the internet world calls them) Kim Kelly commented “Yes, it’s true. Seth[…]
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Swedish melodic death metallers Arch Enemy are all set to release their latest (2011) album ‘Khaos Legions‘ today, the 7th of June. However, the album is available for streaming in its entirety online on the official Arch Enemy MySpace page. Listen to ‘Khaos Legions’ for free online here! The track-list[…]
Read More »Sweden’s elite progressive metal masters Opeth will release Heritage, their third album for Roadrunner, on September 20th. The first video and single will be the song “The Devil’s Orchard”. Heritage follows up 2008’s Watershed and 2005’s Ghost Reveries, each of which garnered the forward-thinking, genre-bending band some of the best[…]
Read More »Lead guitarist and songwriter Jon Levasseur has rejoined Canadian extreme metallers Cryptopsy. Youri Raymond (Secret Chiefs 3), who had been playing guitar, is now handling bass duties following Levassour’s return and bassist Eric Langois’ recent departure from the band. The band is also working on new material. The group released[…]
Read More »Dream Theater have finally revealed their new drummer in the third episode of the youtube series that depicted their selection process. And the result says ‘Mike Mangini’. Mangini has played for Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai. He is a teacher at the Berklee College of Music in Boston[…]
Read More »It seems that the slew of disappointing departures by band members from important bands is becoming a trend. After KK Downing left Judas Priest and Jeff Loomis and Van Williams both left Nevermore, Roy Khan has decided to bow out of power metal powerhouse Kamelot. His reasons cited pertained[…]
Read More »In what has been an extremely shocking turn of events, Jeff Loomis and Van Williams, Nevermore’s guitarist and drummer respectively have announced their departure from the band. Loomis and Williams who had been with Nevermore since the band’s first album, 1995’s self titled, Nevermore, have shaken fans all over the[…]
Read More »Legendary iconic Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has announced his retirement from the band just before their Epitaph tour. The band however have agreed to go ahead with the tour without K.K and respect his decision to leave. Epitaph will be Priest’s final world tour before they finally retire. It[…]
Read More »Spawn of Possession guitarist Christian Muenzner has revealed the cover artwork and track listing for his upcoming, all-instrumental solo album, “Timewarp”. The CD features Hannes Grossmann on drums and Daniel Galmarini on keyboards, with bass duties split between legend Steve DiGiorgio and Jacob Schmidt. Due by the end of April,[…]
Read More »Swedish melodic death spearheads have revealed the cover art (refer to pic) and the track list for their upcoming album Sounds of a Playground Fading, due this June. The track list is – 01. Sounds Of A Playground Fading 02. Deliver Us 03. All For Me 04. The Puzzle 05.[…]
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