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Death Metal, Grindcore, Classic and Progressive Metal.
Dec 2023
(12.02) Skinlesswill finish writing their new album next year, with a
likely release date of 2025. It's a slow process, but as they said in
their post: "We do our best, we're all DEATH METAL DADS."
Nov 2023
(11.30) Unmercifulare almost done writing their new album, and will be
recording within the next couple of months.
(11.30) Pathology
have signed with Agonia Records.
(11.29) Hideous Divinity
will release their new album spring 2024.
(11.20) Abramelin
are recording their new album.
(11.17) Former Dream Theater
singer Charlie Dominici unexpectedly passed away last night, he was 72
years old. He recorded vocals for their first album before being
replaced by James LaBrie for their second album.
(11.17) Testament
are writing and demoing songs for their new album.
(11.11) Added a review
to NecroticGoreBeast's
"Repugnant"
album.
(11.07) Added a review
to Suffocation's
"Hymns From The Apocrypha"
album.
(11.07) Skeletal Remains'
new album will be called "Fragments of the Ageless" and will be released March 8th
2024.
(11.07) Soreption
have started pre-production on their new album.
(11.07) Virologist
have signed with New Standard Elite. They hope to have a new album out
next year.
(11.07) Pathology
will release their new album early next year.
(11.07) Indecent Excision's
new album will be called "Into The Absurd" and will be released early
next year.
(11.06) Anomalous
will release their re-recorded EP "Cognitive Dissonance" on Dec 31st.
Oct 2023
(10.25) No one is saying why, but original drummer Mike Portnoy
is back in Dream
Theater replacing his original replacement Mike Mangini.
(10.22) Could it be true? A new Anata
album in the works? More information when I've got it.
(10.22) Gorguts
will start working on their new album after they finish their current
tour.
(10.20) Revulsed's
new album "Cerebral Contamination" will be out Dec 15th. Go here for
the track 'Beyond The Depths Of The Subconscious': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaVXlmdIB-o
(10.19) Added a review
to Fornication
Excrement's
"Asphyxiating Ravenous Of The Infinite Omnivore"
album.
(10.04) Napalm Death
will likely start work on a new album in 2024.
(10.03) Revulsed's
new album will be called "Cerebral Contamination" and will be released
this December.
(10.03) To
listen to the song 'Cognitive Dissonance', a brand new re-recording of
the original 2006 title track off the updated version of the Anomalous'
"Cognitive Dissonance" EP, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSonUmosvI
(10.03) Putridity
have started recording their brand new full length album.
(10.03) Hideous Divinity
have started recording their brand new full length album.
(10.01) Despondency
will start recording their new album soon.
Sept 2023
(09.28) Added a review
to Black
Mass's
"Depravity Through Debilitating Deformation"
album.
(09.28) Ozzy Osbourne
has started work on yet another solo album which he hopes to release
2024.
(09.27) Added a review
to Cannibal
Corpse's
"Chaos Horrific"
album.
(09.26) Added a review
to Cryptopsy's
"As Gomorrah Burns"
album.
(09.23) Fear Factory
has 8 songs written for a new album to be released next year.
(09.22) Monstrosity
continue to record bits and pieces for their new album.
(09.22) Added a review
to Tesseract's
"War Of Being"
album.
(09.22) Deftones
hope to release a new album spring or summer of next year.
(09.21) Danny Estrin, vocalist for progressive metal band Voyager,
has been diagnosed with cancer. As such, they have postponed their
upcoming tour while he works on his health. He hopes to be back end of
2024. Best of luck Danny, and fuck cancer.
(09.18) Aborted
is recording their 12th album.
(09.18) Dying Fetus'
new album is currently #1 on the billboard hard music list and #2 on
the current rock list. What crazy times!
(09.12) Morta Skuld's
new album will be out in February.
(09.11) NecroticGoreBeast's
new album will be called "Repugnant" and will be released Nov 3rd on
Comatose Records. Go here for the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hr8RKLZzm8
(09.10) Added a review
to Dying
Fetus' "Make Them Beg For Death"
album.
(09.08) Suffocation
will release their new album, "Hymns From The Apocrypha", on November
3rd. This will be the first album without original vocalist Frank
Mullen, who retired several years ago. Go here for the cover artwork: https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/1/6/8/1168903.jpg?2928
(09.03) Despite releasing a new album a few weeks ago, Werewolves
have announced they have finished recording another new album, to be
released later this year / early next year.
(09.02) Added a review
to Virologist's
"Promo 2023" promo.
Aug 2023
(08.17) Added a review
to Werewolves'
"My
Enemies Look And Sound Like Me" album.
(08.17) The Amenta
have released a 10 song EP called "Plague Of Locus" with 8 covers, an
intro, and a new track. To listen to the new track, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar1W8BwbLIc
(08.07) Deivos
have finished recording drums for their new album.
(08.06) Added a review
to Devin
Townsend's "Devolution
Series #3 - Empath Live In America" Live album.
(08.06) Acranius
will release a new 5 song EP called "Amoral" on Sept 8th. To listen to
several tracks from the EP and to pre-order, visit their bandcamp page:
https://acranius.bandcamp.com/album/amoral
(07.14) Tesseract's
new album will be called "War Of Being", and will be released Sept
15th. To listen to the title track, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnkpPIupQxM
(07.14) To
listen to a new live song 'Forgive Me" off the third release in Devin Townsend's
Devolution series (entitled "Empath Live In America"), visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmiNW7McnHs
(07.01) Skeletal Remains
have just started recording their fifth album.
Jun 2023
(06.29) Devolved
are recording some new music, no idea if it will be a single or a new
full length album.
(06.23) Cannibal Corpse
will release their 16th studio album, "Chaos Horrific", on September
22nd. To
listen to a new song 'Blood Blind.' off the album, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JeV-xpW57w
(06.22) Pathology
just entered the studio to record their new album.
(06.16) Added a review
to Creeping
Death's
"Boundless Domain" album.
(06.14) Necroticgorebeast
is recording vocals for their upcoming third album.
(06.13) Insect Inside
have parted ways with guitarist Michail Lukoyanov, and have replaced
him with Pavel. They are 2-3 tracks away from completing the writing
process on a new full length album.
(06.07) Dream Theater
are starting to work on ideas for their next album.
(06.04) Fear Factory
plan on releasing a new single later this year, with a full length new
album for release in 2024.
(06.04) Devin Townsend
will release a new album "Devolution #3 - Empath: Live In America" on
August 4th. It's got performances from the last tour Devin did before
it got cut short by the pandemic. In Devin's words: "This was a very
unique tour for me, and one that was regrettably cut short by the
pandemic. It was a stripped-back version of the ‘Order of Magnitude’
band (without choir and a few other members…), but as I try to do with
each tour, the goal was to make this a unique and special night.
Therefore, this tour marked a ‘free form’ version of the material.
There were no backing tracks, click tracks, or even a setlist, so every
night was unique and different. The audience yelled out requests and we
just rolled with it. The material was therefore interpreted in unique
ways and the experience was a very special ‘fly by the seat of our
pants’ musical night."
(05.16) Added a review
to Cattle
Decapitation's "Terrasite" album.
(05.16) The Zenith
Passage
will release their second album "Datalysium"
on July 21st. To
listen to a new song 'Lexicontagion' off the album, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnN8S3glTQ8
(05.14) While Voyager
did not win the contest (which was unlikely anyways), they did place
9th overall of 26, and 6th with the Jury. And the greatest win of all
was performing their music in front of an audience of 200 million
people. Hopefully that will give them some serious music sales and
improved touring opportunities. Congrats to the band for such a strong
finish!
(05.13) Voyager
have made it to the finals in the Eurovision Song Contest, competing
against 25 other countries. The finals will happen tonight, good luck
to the band, would be great to see some prog / djent win the show!
(05.10) Obliveon
have announced that Antoine Baril is joining the band as their new
bassist, replacing original bassist Stéphane Picard. Otherwise,
the lineup for the new album will be the same as when they split up 20
years ago.
(05.10) Pathology
will be entering the recording studio this June to record their 12th
studio album.
(05.09) Shattered Skies
has decided to call it quits. There will be one last release of new
music later this year and then they will be moving on to other
endeavors.
(05.09) Cryptopsy
have signed with Nuclear Blast Records.
(05.05) Putridity
will release their new EP "Greedy Gory Fluttony" on July 7th. To
listen to a new song 'Adipocere Retribution' off the album, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ufmeyDpbo
(04.24) Trey
Azagthoth of Morbid Angel
performed at last night's final concert of the tour, and from all
accounts looked well. Now that the tour is done, I hope Trey gets the
medical help he needs and fully recovers from his ordeal.
(04.24) Chuck Billy hopes to have the new Testament
album recorded before the end of the year.
(04.23) More info on Morbid Angel's
Trey Azagthoth's
condition from his mother (who frequently posts messages on social
media): "I would like to say thank you for all of your well wishes for
my son, Trey. As it appears, Trey was totally dehydrated. His back
issue was due to him slipping while going down the stairs of the bus
and hit his back on one of the stairs. They have decided to go ahead
and have a show tonight And I am just hoping and praying that all goes
well. I had a message from Dan [Vadim Von, Morbid Angel guitarist], he
said that Trey got rest last night and was up and around and seem to be
ready. I will continue to watch anything I can find about tonight. When
he returns home tomorrow, I know he'll need rest, but also needs to get
some medical help. Again, thank you so much for your concern. He loves
his fans."
(04.22) Trey
Azagthoth of Morbid Angel
collapsed last night a few songs into the band's set in Tampa florida.
No word yet on what was the matter, but he was taken away by ambulance
and the rest of the show was canceled.
(04.20) Update from Iniquitous
Monolith on their new album: "Guitar tracking for our first full
length album is complete. Drums done too... bass and vocals up next.
Feels like chipping away at the granite of the monolith to reveal its
final form."
(04.19) After a long silent period, Kadinja
have announced they are "back on track", and about to film a clip for
the new album (so I assume the new album is done).
(04.10) After almost 25 years of inactivity, Montreal thrash /
death legends Obliveon
are making a new album. They will be doing a Kickstarter to raise funds
to produce it, sign up to be notified when the kickstarter goes live
here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obliveon/new-obliveon-album
(04.08) Added a review
to Sijjeel's
"The Concurrent Cycle" EP.
(03.25) The Day
Everything Became Nothing guitarist Dean has passed away. Here's
a statement from the band: "Our hearts are broken, on Sunday our TDEBN
guitarist and brother Dean passed away. To say we are devastated is an
understatement, words cannot describe the loss we are feeling. We had
the privilege of spending over a decade with Dean in TDEBN, writing,
recording, touring and having the best time of our lives together.
Dean’s presence, personality, guitar, musicianship and most of all
friendship, was an absolutely essential part of TDEBN. Dean will be
missed by so many people, and thankfully we have part of his spirit
immortalised in TDEBN music to live on forever. Dean will be greatly
missed by his TDEBN brothers Dave, Mardy, Tony and Xavier and all our
love goes out to his family."
(03.20) Malevolent
Creation are working on material for their 14th album.
(03.14) Added a review
to Periphery's
"Periphery V: Djent Is Not A
Genre" album.
(03.05) Morta Skuld
started tracking their new album today.
(03.03) Iniquitous
Monolith are currently in pre production for their first full
length album.
(03.02) The Zenith
Passage have finished their new album and handed it off to the
label.
Feb 2023
(02.28) Monotheist
have finished tracking drums for their new album.
(02.23) Skeletal Remains
has started pre-production on a new album.
(02.22) Fear Factory
have announced their new vocalist is Milo Silvestro, who will be
joining them on tour in the US starting February 25th. Visit
Blabbermouth to hear him sing the song 'Dielectric': https://blabbermouth.net/news/fear-factory-announces-new-singer
(02.21) To listen to the new single 'Promise'
from Voyager
(which is their official entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023),
visit https://voyager.bandcamp.com/track/promise
(02.21) Added a review
to Man
Must Die's
"The Pain Behind It All" album.
(02.21) Added a review
to Gutted's
"A Path To Ruin" EP.
(02.09) Hour Of Penance
have finished tracking their 9th studio album. In a couple of weeks,
they're flying to Poland to mix and master the record at Hertz Studio.
(02.07) Sijjeel
will release their new EP "The Concurrent Cycle" on April 7th.
(02.05) Morta Skuld
have started pre-production on their new album, with 10 songs ready to
go.
Jan 2023
(01.31) Gutted's
new EP "A Path To Ruin" will be released Feb 18th.
(01.28) Added a review
to Ungraceful's
"Artificial Aberrations" album.
(01.20) To listen to the new single 'The Pain Behind It All'
from Man
Must Die's
upcoming album "The Pain Behind It All", to be released Feb 17th, visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kENIrva0AQY
(01.02) To listen to the new single 'This Haunted House'
from Gutted's
upcoming EP "A Path To Ruin", to be released spring 2023, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN-iHPVEHdA
(01.02) Added a review
to Peelingflesh's
"PF Radio" EP.
(01.02) Revulsed
are putting finishing touches on their new album, and hope to have to
released late 2023 or early 2024.
