Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have announced their eighth full-length album, The Wolf and the King, is scheduled to arrive on October 4th via Season of Mist. To celebrate the reveal, the group has unveiled a performance video directed by Claudio Marino and...
Apocalyptica In Legal Bout With Rammstein
This just goes to show you that trademark rights are nothing to screw around with. Anwalt24.de is reporting that Finnish metal cellist group Apocalyptica has been ordered by the Regional Court Of Berlin to pay 45,000 euros (or around $59,000) to German industrial...Axl Rose Suing Activision For Using Slash In Guitar Hero
Axl Rose is suing Activision, the maker of Guitar Hero, for $20 million. What did Activision do to gain Rose’s unwanted attention? By using Slash’s image in Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock. Rose claims Activision violated an agreement that would allow the game to use...EMI’s Owners Lose Court Case Against Citigroup
In a ruling that’s a blow to one of the remaining four major label groups, private equity group Terra Firma has lost its court case against Citigroup accusing the bank of tricking them into overpaying for label group EMI in 2007. Terra Firma’s owner Guy...Can’t Sell A Million Albums? Sue For A Million Dollars Then
That’s pretty much the message the RIAA is sending in a recent court ruling against Minnesota resident Jammie Thomas-Rasset, who has been fighting against court hearings over 24 songs she illegally downloaded and shared online four years ago. A jury decided today that...Federal Court Forces LimeWire To Shut Down
After a four year legal battle with the RIAA, a federal court in New York has issued a “permanent injunction” against peer-to-peer file-sharing website LimeWire. In other words, LimeWire is being forced to shut down. Judge Kimba Wood found that LimeWire was liable for...Follow Us
1349 drop “Shadow Point” video; new album arriving in October
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Nile announce 2025 tour; streaming new single “To Strike with Secret Fang”
Death metal giants Nile have unveiled a lyric video for their new song, "To Strike with Secret Fang." The track is the second single taken from their upcoming album, The Underworld Awaits Us All, out August 23 via Napalm Records. Nile have also announced a 2025 USA...
ICYMI: 200 Stab Wounds announce summer and fall tour dates
Cleveland death metal band 200 Stab Wounds released their new album, Manual Manic Procedures, on June 28 via Metal Blade Records. Following their 2021 debut, Slave To The Scalpel, this sophomore effort delivers brutal, old-school death metal, which can be seen in...
New & Noteworthy: October 23th, 2020 – Order of New Releases
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new releases from Pallbearer, Mors Principium Est, Fever 333, a new live album from Devin Townsend and more!...
New & Noteworthy: October 9th, 2020 – Dawn of the New Music
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The week is a bit a slow one, but still features new releases from Five Finger Death Punch, Blue Öyster Cult, Necrophobic, and...
New & Noteworthy: October 2nd, 2020 – New & Spookworthy
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The week features new releases from Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Amaranthe, Enslaved, and more! For last week’s new releases you...