DYNAZTY Sign Album Contract With AFM Records July 20th, 2018 Stockholm, Sweden-based melodic metal group Dynazty have signed an album contract with AFM Records, revealing this development on July 20th, 2018. Frontman Nils Molin commented “It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that we can announce that we penned a deal with AFM Records! With […]
ROB ZOMBIE Signs Album Contract With Nuclear Blast Records July 20th, 2018 American metal musician Rob Zombie has signed an album contract with Nuclear Blast Records, revealing this development on July 20th, 2018. Rob Zombie commented: “I am very excited to work with the fine folks at Nuclear Blast. The combination of the label’s grassroots […]
DESTRUCTION Recruit Drummer Randy Black July 19th, 2018 Destruction (l-r): Mike Sifringer, Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer and Randy Black German thrash metal group Destruction have recruited former Annihilator and Primal Fear drummer Randy Black, revealing this development on July 19th, 2018. Destruction vocalist / bassist Marcel ‘Schmier’ Schirmer: “Many years ago, when Randy was still with […]
HECATE ENTHRONED Sign Worldwide Recording Contract With M-Theory Audio July 19th, 2018 UK blackened death metal band Hecate Enthroned have signed a worldwide recording contract with the American label M-Theory Audio, confirming this development on July 19th, 2018. Bassist Dylan Hughes commented: “It is with a great amount of pride that we announce this deal […]
WHIPLASH Sign Album Contract With Metal Blade Records July 18th, 2018 Passaic, New Jersey-based thrash metal band Whiplash have signed an album contract with Metal Blade Records, confirming this development on July 18th, 2018. Whiplash mainman Tony Portaro commented: “My main influences were the West Coast thrash bands that Brian Slagel brought into the limelight […]
CKY Premiere ‘Wiping Off The Dead’ Music Video July 17th, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based rock group CKY have released a music video for the track ‘Wiping Off The Dead’. Directed by Dave Causa, the clip can be viewed below. Drummer Jess Margera commented: “Our good friend Dave Causa filmed us rehearsing for our U.K. tour last […]
SHYLMAGOGHNAR Make New Album ‘Transience’ Available For Streaming In Its Entirety July 14th, 2018 Zuid-Limburg, Netherlands-based extreme metal group Shylmagoghnar issued second full-length studio album Transience on June 29th, 2018 through Napalm Records. Transience has been made available for streaming in its entirety via YouTube and can be accessed below. The outing was produced, mixed […]
TALSURTormented Self-released (2018)Rating: 9/10 I’ve always been a bit on and off when it comes to hearing violins and other similar instruments on heavy metal albums, but in the case of UK act My Dying Bride and Russia’s Talsur I can more than make an exception. Tormented is a wonderfully atmospheric, doom-drenched opus from this […]
BLACK FASTSpectre Of Ruin eOne (2018)Rating: 8.5/10 Progressive black metal is what’s on the menu here, Black Fast being a St. Louis, Missouri-based act that relies heavily on scarring, frosty melodies and the scratchy vocal prowess of Aaron Akin. Spectre Of Ruin is the third outing from the quartet, the band carving out large chunks […]
ELVENSTORMThe Conjuring Massacre (2018)Rating: 7/10 Here’s album number three from French metallers Elvenstorm. The Conjuring has been three years in the making after 2015’s Soulreaper EP, and it’s a record you’ll enjoy if you’re a fan of this rather glossy, well-produced metal. Elvenstorm are very much a contemporary heavy metal band, having formed in 2008, […]
