InfoMusic.ro conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick and drummer Shawn Drover prior to the band’s May 22 concert at Arenele Romane in Bucharest, Romania. The “Super Collider” album is scheduled for a June 4 release via Mustaine’s new label, Tradecraft, which is distributed by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). Other tracks set to appear [...]

CRADLE OF FILTH‘s new album, The Manticore & Other Horrors – Extended Claws, is available now and features the video for the song ‘For Your Vulgar Delectation’, taken from their latest album The Manticore And Other Horrors, along with 12 unreleased demos and another three videos. (via Bravewords)

In a shocking turn of events, after eight years of existence and four records under their belt, Portuguese gothic/doom metallers Ava Inferi have decided to call it quits. However, Rune and Carmen will appear on a new project soon. (via Metal Storm)

British thrashers EVILE have confirmed a show in London with legendary crossover thrashers SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. Evile will support Suicidal Tendencies at the Electric Ballroom in the UK’s capital on Sunday, July 7th. Evile will release their fourth full length release and follow-up to 2011′s Five Serpent’s Teeth, called Skull, on May 27th in Europe on [...]

Reactivated British extreme metal legends CARCASS have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records for the release of their comeback album, “Surgical Steel“. Due in the fall, the CD was mixed by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ACCEPT, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY) after the project’s producer, Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH, SLIPKNOT, BULLET FOR MY [...]

After revealing the details of their new album, Mercenary today premiere the first song and title track of the album, “Through Our Darkest Days” as a taste of what’s to come. Stream the song below and judge it for yourself. The album will be out in Europe on July 26th via NoiseArt Records and a [...]

Norwegian black metllers SATYRICON have always pushed boundaries and never conformed to what was “expected”. That mindset continues to this day, as they announce a very special, exclusive show on September 8 at Oslo’s Norwegian National Opera House, where they will perform together with Norway’s 55-strong National Opera Chorus. The special event is part of [...]

Exciting news arrive from the Red Fang camp. The stoner band will return this fall with their as-yet-untitled third studio album which follows Murder The Mountains. The Portland-based group is currently in the studio finishing the album with the producer Chris Funk (Decemberists) and mixer Vance Powell (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Kings Of Leon). This same [...]

Svart Records has set a June 14 release date for CANDLEMASS‘ vinyl-only “Epicus Doomicus Metallicus – Live at Roadburn 2011” album. CANDLEMASS‘ debut LP, “Epicus Doomicus Metallicus“, is a genre-defining classic if there ever was one — the starting point of modern epic doom metal, even. In 2010 and 2011, CANDLEMASS invited the original “Epicus” [...]

Philip H. Anselmo has announced his first-ever solo tour dubbed Technicians of Distortion which will kick off on July 31st in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On this tour, Anselmo will be joined by his back up band The Illegals – guitarist Marzi Montazeri, bassist Steve Taylor, and Jose Manual Gonzalez on drums. Tickets go on sale this [...]

Progressive instrumentalists SCALE THE SUMMIT have revealed another new song from the band’s June 11th release, The Migration. The track, ‘Atlas Novus’, takes you on a winding five-minute journey full of smooth progressions, subtle virtuosity and emotional melodies. The video below features illustrative artwork completed by Duncan Storr (EDGE OF SANITY). Scale The Summit tour [...]