Time is running fast and yet another European tour is about to begin. The scheduele is almost complete now, although some surprises might still happen.
We hope to see you all there!

13/10/2008 @ Ljublijana (SL) - Orto Bar (www.dirtyskunks.org ) + Vesna
14/10/2008 @ Budapest (HU) - Blue Hell (www.redhole.hu) + Vesna
15/10/2008 @ Bratislava (SK) - Randal Club (www.randalclub.eu) + Galadriel, Vesna (more…)

BangyourBrain presents on October 18th in Brasov an extreme show with Benediction and Holy Moses. Bouth bands are on tour promoting their latest albums “Killing Music” and “Agony Of Death“. Confirmed for the openning act are the bands Nominon from Sweden and the local act Truda.

For more details please visit www.bangyourbrain.com

The cover artwork for “Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder“, the new album from British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, can be viewed below.

“Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder” will be released on October 28 via Roadrunner Records. The 72-minute effort, which will have a special edition with an extra disc and bonus material, arrives just in time for Halloween, a holiday that fits CRADLE OF FILTH’s blackened, ghostly aesthetic. (more…)

The cover artwork for “Demonic Art“, the new album from Swedish thrashers DARKANE, can be viewed below. Due in Europe on October 24 via via Nuclear Blast Records, the will be available in limited digipack format with exclusive bonus material.

According to the band, “12 songs ended up on the final version, with about 48 minutes of pure aggressive, brutal, melodic, modern, technical, furious, fast, heavy and insane thrash metal! (more…)

German female-fronted gothic metallers FLOWING TEARS have set “Thy Kingdom Gone” as the title of their new album, tentatively due in October via Ascendance Records, the new label funded by Lee Barrett (founder of Candlelight Records; former member of EXTREME NOISE TERROR, TO-MERA) and A&R’d by Sam Grant (writer, promoter, broadcaster, interviewer for Sonic Cathedral online).

According to the band, the follow-up to 2004’s “Razorbliss” is “a concept album containing 12 songs” and “it has probably become the darkest and most intense one we ever did. (more…)

England’s most notorious and nefarious metal band CRADLE OF FILTH is gearing up to release its darkest, most dastardly album of all, titled “Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder”, for Roadrunner Records on October 28. The 72-minute effort, which will have a special edition with an extra disc and bonus material, arrives just in time for Halloween, a holiday that fits CRADLE OF FILTH’s blackened, ghostly aesthetic.

“Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder” is conceptual and is based on the well-documented, true-life fall from grace of a shadowy historical figure named Gilles de Rais, a wealthy French nobleman who was one of Joan of Arc’s brothers-in-arms. (more…)

Veteran German thrasjers KREATOR entered the Titonus studios in Berlin on July 20 to begin recording the highly anticipated follow-up to its 2005 release “Enemy of God”.

Commented KREATOR mainman Mille Petrozza: “We’ve finished recording basic tracks for nine songs, one more to go. This album is a new experience for both band and producer [Moses Schneider].”
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Following the issue caused by the Metal Maniac Fest organisers statement, we tried to contact the other parties involved in this event. Here is Metal Maniac Fest organizers’ statement:

“The Metal Maniac Festival which was set to take place this Saturday july the 26th in
Baia Mare, Romania is postponed for a latter date. The show was postponed because
of a AGATHODAIMON member who got sick. ” (more…)

San Diego, California-based death metal/grindcore trio PATHOLOGY has announced the addition of singer/second guitarist Mason Gregory (ELEMENT) to the group’s ranks. The band says, “We have been working hard perfecting our sound and preparing for shows and tours. . . Levi Fuselier (DISGORGE) will no longer be doing the vocals for PATHOLOGY. We appreciate his time and effort and wish him the best of luck in the future.”

Defiled Autopsy Remnants

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You can listen to a brand new LANFEAR track, “Enter Dystopia”. The song comes off the German power metal band’s fifth album, “X to the Power of Ten”, which is scheduled for release on August 22 via Locomotive Records.

The track listing for the effort is as follows:
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