by Zach Fehl | Aug 15, 2014 | Metal on Metal, News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/GkLbOoGC2PY[/youtube] German power metal pioneers Helloween are returning to the studio this October to record the follow up to their acclaimed 2013 release Straight Out of Hell. They announced that they expect to see the album released in...
by Metal Insider | Aug 7, 2014 | New Music, News, Releases
Long songs are nothing new to the metal world, especially not the realms of progressive or technical metal. That’s one of the reasons why Meshuggah’s 2003 I EP was so beloved by fans. If you’re a beginner Meshuggah fan, then I is basically an...
by Metal Insider | Aug 7, 2014 | New Music, Streaming Music
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0puOh1W0s[/youtube] Austrian blackened death metallers Belphegor released their tenth album Conjuring the Dead this week, and if you want evil, this album has it in spades. To describe Belphegor’s sound, I like to use...
by Metal Insider | Jul 31, 2014 | Controversy, Crowdfunding, News
Two years after the release of Wintersun’s second album, Time I, fans are anxiously waiting for information regarding the release of its follow-up, Time II. Today, band mastermind Jari Mäenpää took to Facebook to discuss the obstacles facing the album’s...
by Zach Fehl | Jul 30, 2014 | New Music, News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/hb0Ot2wd-10[/youtube] There’s less than one week left until Switzerland’s celtic folk metal band Eluveitie releases their newest studio effort Origins on Nuclear Blast Records on August 1st (EU), 4th (UK), 5th (US). In anticipation of its...