metal news, vids and more http://metal.ablog.ro Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:44:05 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-07-04/nile-legacy-of-the-catacombs-release.html Relapse Records will issue Legacy of the Catacombs, a CD and DVD collection highlighting the thus-far career of NILE, in North America next Tuesday, July 10th (July 16th internationally).The Legacy of the Catacombs CD features 12 stand-out tracks fro... Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:40:06 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-07-03/lake-of-tears-rage-live-in-romania.html LAKE OF TEARS and RAGE will play live in Bucharest, Romania on September 8th, 2007 at Arenele Romane.Produced by Inner Chaos Productions and Metalfan the show will take place under the name of "LOT of Rage".The local band, Thunderstorm will open the ... Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:02:35 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-07-03/hans-rutten-of-the-gathering-talks-about-the-leaving-of-anneke.html THE GATHERING drummer Hans Rutten has answered several fan questions regarding the future of the band in the wake of vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen's decision to leave the band:Q: Why no farewell tour or even one gig at Paradiso in Amsterdam?Hans: "... Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:45:14 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-07-02/anathema-live-artmania-festival.html After 13 years, Anathema has finally came back to Romania, during the Artmania 2007 Festival. A moment of joy especially for the devoted fans and even for the Cavanagh brothers themselves (Daniel -vocals, keyboards, guitars and Jamie (bass). The show... Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:49:57 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-29/delain-see-me-in-shadow-video.html DELAIN the Dutch gothic rock project founded by ex- WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) has a new video for the track "See Me in Shadow". The song is the second single from DELAIN's debu... Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:43:41 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-29/primal-fear-new-album-details.html Frontiers Records has announced the details of the new studio album from German melodic metal masters PRIMAL FEAR, entitled "New Religion" to be released in Europe on September 21.PRIMAL FEAR started the songwriting for their new CD in October 2006 a... Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:27:52 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-29/arch-enemy-upcoming-album-rise-of-the-tyrant.html Swedish /German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have announced that they have completed work on their new album. The new masterpiece, entitled "Rise of the Tyrant", was recorded at Studio Fredman with producer Fredrik Nordström and will be unleashed ... Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:07:08 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-28/metallica-new-rehearsal-video.html Video footage of METALLICA rehearsing for its "Sick of the Studio '07" tour, which is scheduled to kick off tonight (Thursday, June 28) in Lisbon, Portugal at the Super Bock Super Rock festival, has been posted below. The clip was shot yesterday (Wed... Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:52:41 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-28/dream-theater-causing-chaos-with-new-album.html Dream Theater's top 20 entrance onto The Billboard 200 is a vindication in triplicate for the New York band.The No. 19 debut for "Systematic Chaos" heralds the group's best start for an album, its best sales week (36,000) since 1994's "Awake" and its... Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:17:09 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-28/robert-plant-shoots-down-led-zeppelin-reunion-rumors.html Robert Plant has shot down reports that LED ZEPPELIN will reunite for a one-off memorial concert in honor of their late record company boss.A report was published earlier in the week suggesting that Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John... Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:51:56 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-27/devildriver-interview.html A video interview with DEVILDRIVER's Dez Fafara and John Boecklin, conducted a couple of months ago by Roadrunner Records in Milan, Italy, has been posted below.DEVILDRIVER recently filmed a video for the song "Not All Who Wander Are Lost" in Los Ang... Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:50:01 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-27/max-and-igor-cavalera-to-enter-studio-in-july.html According to Brazil's Bizz magazine, the as-yet-unnamed new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members and brothers Max and Igor Cavalera will enter a Los Angeles studio in July to begin recording its debut album for a late 2007/early 2008 release ... Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:07:01 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-27/rammstein-v-lkerball-dvd-release-in-september.html German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN will issue their "Völkerball" DVD in the U.S. in September. The exact release date will be announced soon.RAMMSTEIN's latest album, "Rosenrot", received its long-overdue U.S. release in March 2006 via Universa... Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:33:08 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-25/the-black-dahlia-murder-to-release-nocturnal-in-september.html THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will release its new album, "Nocturnal", on September 18 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Miasma" is being recorded with Eric Rachel (who mixed "Miasma") and will be mixed by Jason Suecof, who has previously w... Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:23:46 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-24/new-mushroomhead-video.html A new MUSHROOMHEAD video has surfaced online via the Precinct 13 Entertainment. The clip for "Damage Done" was produced by Precinct 13 during the shoot for their upcoming film "The Rage", directed by FX legend Robert Kurtzman ("From Dusk Til Dawn", "... Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:53:37 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-24/decrepit-birth-new-album-artwork.html Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH have posted the cover artwork for their second album, "Diminishing between Worlds". The CD was recorded at Castle Ultimate studios with engineer/producer Zack Ohren and is scheduled for rele... Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:37:56 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-24/vader-belphegor-live-footage.html Live! footage of VADER and BELPHEGOR's June 20, 2007 performances at the W2 venue in Den Bosch, Holland.BELPHEGOR"Hell's Ambassador""Seyn Todt In Schwartz"VADER"Epitaph (For Humanity)""Carnal" Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:13:38 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-23/suicide-silence-new-album-title.html SUICIDE SILENCE have set The Cleansing as the title to their upcoming new album, which is set for a September 18th release. A new video, “Unanswered” has just been posted below:This new effort was recorded with producer John Travis (Static-... Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:24:14 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-22/behemoth-too-dangerous-for-poland.html MTV.com reports: This week, a Polish anti-sect organization dubbed “The All-Polish Committee for Defense Against Sects” released a list of artists it claims “promote Satanism” or “encourage murder and animal sacrifice” w... Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:45:04 +0000 http://metal.ablog.ro/2007-06-21/darkthrone-s-new-album.html Norwegian black metal legends DARKTHRONE have posted the following update:“Finally! 18 months after the first recordings for the new album, DARKTHRONE is done. End of July will see the release of the new EP ‘NWOBHM‘ (New Wave Of Black ... Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:09:02 +0000