German Heavy Metal masters U.D.O. have unveiled the tracklisting of their upcoming studio album “Steelhammer” (to be released on May 24th in Europe, May 21st USA).

01. Steelhammer
02. A Cry Of A Nation
03. Metal Machine
04. Basta Ya
05. Heavy Rain
06. Devil's Bite
07. Death Ride
08. King Of Mean
09. Timekeeper
10. Never Cross My Way
11. Take My Medicine
12. Stay True
13. When Love Becomes A Lie
14. Book Of Faith

Bonus track on ltd. Digipak: Shadows Come Alive

Περισσότερα: U.D.O. unveil tracklisting of new album “Steelhammer”!

Australia’s hottest new extreme metal export, THY ART IS MURDER, have uploaded the second part of their track-by-track video series.

Watch the band discuss the inception of such songs as “Shadow Of Eternal Sin”, “Immolation” and “Infinite Forms” &feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">here:

Περισσότερα: THY ART IS MURDER - Second Track-By-Track Video Posted Online

Finnish kings of melancholic dark metal, AMORPHIS, have released the fourth and final studio report for the band's umpcoming album, „Circle“.

„Circle“ was produced and mixed by legendary producer/musician Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) and is set to be unleashed April 19, 2013 via Nuclear Blast.

Check the studioreport below!

The first single off the album, „Hopeless Days“, is also available now as CD single and can exclusively be purchased at the Nuclear Blast Mailorder or digitally via http://bit.ly/amorphishd

Pre-order „Circle“ HERE!

Also check out:
&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">„Hopeless Days“ lyric video

Περισσότερα: AMORPHIS – post final „Circle“ studio report!

Tampa metallers DARK SERMON have dropped their first single called "Imperfect Contrition." The single is the first off their all new LP, "In Tongues," (out: April 12).

The fast, riff-oriented track will instantly cause spontaneous headbanging in metalheads around the globe, particularly with its hooky breakdown.

Check it out below!

Περισσότερα: DARK SERMON – release first song!

New York death metal legends, IMMOLATION, have unveiled the artwork and track listing for their upcoming ninth full-length album "Kingdom of Conspiracy". The cover imagery was brought to life this time by no less than Pär Olofsson (IMMORTAL, THE FACELESS, ABYSMAL DAWN). “The figures in the artwork have all been bound and chained and have their eyes and mouths sewn shut symbolically, showing the chilling of speech and the intentional blinding of the masses,” explains guitarist Robert Vigna. “They all make up the huge ominous structure behind them, which is symbolic of the growing security state as well as our failing structures today, and how they are slowly and methodically consuming and controlling us all. It has a very Orwellian feel to it, which is what we were going for since the album is very dark in a slightly different way.”

Περισσότερα: IMMOLATION: Album Cover and Track Listing Unveiled!

Anvil Announce New LP "Hope In Hell" Set To Released on May 28th via The End Records‏

"Turns out Anvil raced at thrash tempos before disciples like Metallica did; they also balanced chops, hooks and pervy humor in ways speed metal was too serious for" - Rolling Stone

PRE ORDER: ANVIL - HOPE IN HELL

The End Records is happy to announce the new LP from rock legends, Anvil, entitled Hope In Hell.  Set for release on May 28th, 2013, this is the follow up to the band's 2011 release Juggernaut Of Justice.

Their 2009 documentary The Story Of Anvil has made them famous the world over, following seemingly endless years of energy-sapping tours de force marked by dismal organizational conditions. Their albums are considered landmarks among a musical genre which is otherwise successively losing its identity. Now Canadian cult metal act Anvil are back with their new studio recording Hope In Hell. The album presents guitarist/vocalist Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow, drummer Robb Reiner and their new bassist Sal Italiano in top form, highly dynamic and full of energy from the first to the last note. “We’re really proud and already love the new album just as much as our early releases from the beginning of the eighties, because Hope In Hell sounds like Anvil live on stage: natural, honest, unvarnished, never over-produced and straight from the heart.”

Περισσότερα: Anvil Announce New LP

The third album of German Gothic/electro rockers STAHLMANN will be released on April 19th.

Tracklisting and cover artwork of "Adamant" have been unveiled recently.

Tracklisting:
1. Die Welt Verbrennt
2. Süchtig
3. Wenn Der Regen Kommt
4. Schwarz (feat. Teufel / Tanzwut)
5. Leuchtfeuer
6. Adrenalin
7. Der Schmied
8. Paradies
9. Nackt
10. Tempel Der Lust
11. Dämonin
12. Traumfrau (Bonus Digipak)
13. Licht (Bonus Digipak)

Περισσότερα: STAHLMANN: "Adamant" tracklisting and cover artwork!

Innovative thrashers Vivid Remorse release a new lyric video, extracted from their new album "Down to the wire".

In words of the band: "It's one of our favorite tracks in the album, not the fastest but very dynamic, with varied riffs and some vocal melodies that interpret perfectly the meaning and content of the theme of the song, which is about the Columbine massacre . Indeed, the validity and relevance of this argument, following the recent slaughter of Newton and the debate on gun ownership in the United States, has been one of the key factors in the choice of "Theory of fear" as the second single from the album ".

Περισσότερα: VIVID REMORSE: NEW LYRIC VIDEO!!!‏

Details of "Dirty", the 6th full-length album from Italo-Norwegian hard-industrial-electro extreme metallers ABORYM have been announced.  The 10-track double album, which will be available in digipak, jewel case and gatefold double LP formats,  is set for release on Agonia Records on the 28th May in Europe and the 11th June in the USA/North America.

"Dirty"  was recorded at the Fear No One Studios in Italy with Emiliano Natali, reprising his Sound Engineers role from the band’s "Psychogrotesque" album, and it is helmed by Marc Urselli of New York’s Eastside Sound Studio who has worked with the likes of Mike Patton and Lou Reed. The electronic part of the album is engineered by D. Loop (Kebabtraume, Limbo). R.G. Narchost (Stormcrow, Demon's Shade, Drowning Ashes) created "The Spiral shaped chamber" custom sounds library for the band.  Artwork for the album is by ABORYM’s Fabban.

Περισσότερα: Details of upcoming ABORYM album announced‏

CRYPTIC FOREST (a project by Finsterforst) will release their debut „Ystyr“ in late summer of 2013 via Einheit Produktionen.

Their EP „Dawn Of The Eclipse“ managed to raise some eye brows (e.g. 7,5/10 points from Rock Hard-Magazine) so „Ystyr“ was produced at Iguana Studio just like latest  Finsterforst album and the artwork was created by Pär Olafson (e.g. Immortal - All Shall Fall) !

Περισσότερα: CRYPTIC FOREST will release their debut „Ystyr“ in late summer