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FEAR FACTORY's Dino Cazares is playing guitar for SOULFLY on the Max Cavalera-fronted band's current U.S. tour which kicked off on August 20 at Launchpad in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The 33-date trek will conclude tonight (Saturday, September 25) in Tempe, Arizona
Originally hailing from Greenville, South Carolina, international death metal legends, Nile, have become one of the most revered names in the worldwide heavy metal scene today, combining extreme traditional and technical death metal styles with their trademarked blend of Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern soundscapes and historical mysticism. Now, Nile takes the next step in their acclaimed journey by signing a worldwide contract with premier rock and metal label, Napalm Records.
Ex-bassist Anders Iwers commented on his Facebook page on Monday evening about the reasons for his departure. He stresses that he has not been released. He was very connected to the band and said that he had a process of reflection on his life during the corona pandemic.
He no longer feels that urge for the band. When looking at the next tour plan, he was above all disappointed with the time he would be separated from his family...
Virtuosic extreme metallers, Obscura, will release their sixth studio album, A Valediction, on November 19. The band have released a video for the third single, "Devoured Usurper".
Says the band: "We're excited to reveal the probably most brutal and darkest track from the upcoming album A Valediction, which is set to be released on November 19th through Nuclear Blast Records: 'Devoured Usurper'.
Iceland's Cult Of Lilith have released an artwork time-lapse video for "Profeta Paloma", a track from their debut full-length, Mara (Metal Blade Records).
A frantic collision of death metal, prog, complex classical structures and more, Mara is a restless, constantly shifting collection that is as imaginative as it is compulsive.
Extreme industrial metal pioneers FEAR FACTORY recently released their tenth studio album, Aggression Continuum on June 18 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band releases the fully instrumental version of that recording entitled, Aggression Continuum: The Instrumentals,
which is exclusively available for download and streaming. Listen & download the instrumenta
Finnish melodic death metal pioneers, Insomnium, present a video for their new song, "The Wanderer”, off the Argent Moon EP, released today via Century Media Records and available worldwide on all digital platforms and in different physical formats.
Frontman Niilo Sevänen about “The Wanderer”: "’The Wanderer’ is the fourth and final song on our ‘Argent Moon’ EP. Composition by Markus Vanhala and lyrics by yours truly.
The Lurking Fear, the old-school death metal group from Sweden featuring members of At The Gates, Disfear, God Macabre, Skitsystem, Tormented and The Haunted in their illustrious lineup, finally return with their anxiously awaited sophomore album, Death, Madness, Horror, Decay, to be released worldwide on November 19 via Century Media Records.
Vocalist Tomas Lindberg Redant comments about Death, Madness, Horror, Decay as follows:...
At the peak of the pandemic lockdown last year, Behemoth set the world on fire when they took over an abandoned church in rural Poland, bringing their truly spectacular production for a worldwide streaming event, which was lauded by rock media as one of the very best livestream events to date.
After just over a year since the show’s premiere, ‘In Absentia Dei returns in a range of deluxe formats for fans to relive the drama that took place on that fateful night in 2020
British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will release their 13th studio album, "Existence Is Futile", on October 22. The official music video for the disc's second single, "Necromantic Fantasies", can be seen below.
Directed by Vicente Cordero, this clip was shot back to back with his previous work for the band, the horribly apocalyptic "Crawling King Chaos", though both are remarkably contrasting.