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Hatebeak is a US Death Metal band whose singer and leader Waldo is a 19-year-old grey parrot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatebeak




Caninus was a Deathgrind act born as a side-project of Most Precious Blood's guitar player Justin Brannan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caninus_(band)







Mallory Knox call it quits.

Eddie Money dies at 70 today 14 Sep., 2019.

Peter Hobbs, founder of Australian thrash metal veterans Hobbs' Angel Of Death, has passed away at the age of 58 on 21 Oct. 2019.

Mercyful Fate bassist Timi Hansen has passed away at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer.






  • Dec 2019
    • (12.30) Aborted won't be touring much next year as they are focusing on a new album.
      (12.20) To listen to the new Sepultura song 'Last Time", visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2wwhHGmoBQ
      (12.14) Fumes Of Decay have entered the studio to record their new album.
    • (12.11) Unmerciful have finished mixing their new album. It is 38 minutes long and will be released next year,
    Nov 2019
    • (11.30) To listen to the new song 'Autonomous Mind' by Beneath the Massacre, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhPB9BDIeBA
    • (11.29) Pestilence's new album "Exitivm" will be released Sept 2020.
    • (11.22) To listen to the new song 'Straight To Hell' by Ozzy Osbourne, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oZqKtuvDx4
    • (11.21) Splatterpuss' new EP is almost done recording, with only the bass and vocals left. It should be released early next year.
    • (11.20) To listen to the new song 'Nuclear Wind' by Deivos, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VziJRU6mfLI
    • (11.20) Deranged is currently at Berno Studio recording its tenth full-length album, to be released early next year on Agonia Records.
    • (11.17) Added a guest review from Stefan Raspl to Exhorder's "Mourn The Southern Skies" album.
  • (11.30) To listen to the new song 'Autonomous Mind' by Beneath the Massacre, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhPB9BDIeBA
  • (11.29) Pestilence's new album "Exitivm" will be released Sept 2020.
  • (11.22) To listen to the new song 'Straight To Hell' by Ozzy Osbourne, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oZqKtuvDx4
  • (11.21) Splatterpuss' new EP is almost done recording, with only the bass and vocals left. It should be released early next year.
  • (11.20) To listen to the new song 'Nuclear Wind' by Deivos, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VziJRU6mfLI
  • (11.20) Deranged is currently at Berno Studio recording its tenth full-length album, to be released early next year on Agonia Records.
  • (11.15) Beneath the Massacre's new album will be called "Fearmonger" and will be released Feb 28th 2020.
  • (11.14) Abhorrent Decimation is working on album 3 which they hope to release next year.
  • (11.14) Vile have announced the entrance of vocalist Flo Butcher into the band. Flo will be performing during the April 2020 European tour and other European dates in the future.
  • (11.13) Long inactive Montreal metal band Beneath The Massacre have annouced they have signed with Century Media Records, and are working on a brand new album.
  • (11.11) Joshua Riley has joined Unmerciful as their new fulltime vocalist.
  • (11.08) Sepultura will release their new album, "Quadra", on February 7, 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. Go here to listen to the track 'Isolation': https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=x2nZ3n8_e3k
  • (11.08) Ozzy Osbourne will release his new album "Ordinary Man", his first in 10 years, on Epic Records early next year. His first single, 'Under The Graveyard', can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMAAMfHgO4Q
  • (11.08) Cyranoi have postponed release of the new album to early next year. They have 3 songs left to record.
  • (11.08) To listen to the new Hideous Divinity song 'Deleuzean Centuries', go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x17vNJWjho0
  • (11.03) Deftones have finished recording the music for their new album, with just the vocals left to finish.
Oct 2019
  • (10.31) Revulsed will release their new album in 2020 on Everlasting Spew Records. Here's a sample of a new song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7VKxs8p5w
  • (10.29) Ozzy's new album should be out in January.
  • (10.28) Deivos' new album will be out November 29th.
  • (10.26) Carcass will release a new song, "Under The Scalpel Blade", to deluxe Decibel subscribers. The song is taken from the band's upcoming seventh studio album, which is due out in 2020 on Nuclear Blast.
  • (10.26) To listen to the new Prong song 'End Of Sanity', go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l9Fzk-ibz0
  • (10.26) Morta Skuld plan on releasing their new album in 2020.
  • (10.26) Vital Remains are looking for a new singer for the band. Once they have one, they hope to finish up and release their new album next year.
  • (10.26) To listen to the new Hideous Divinity song 'Seed of Future Horror', go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbGLCZky15Q&
  • (10.26) Vader will release their new album in early 2020.
  • (10.21) Vocalist Steve Worley joins Internal Bleeding as their new fulltime vocalist, replacing Joe Marchese who has left the band due to his inability to do further touring.
  • (10.18) To listen to the new Hour Of Penance song 'Blight And Conquer', go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK5AHukD_aM
(10.11) To listen to the new Despised Icon's song 'Snake in the Grass' , go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV9vbgAav38

  • Sep 2019
    • (09.30) Aeon welcome back guitarist Daniel Dlimi to the fold after a 6 year absence, making them a 5 piece again. They are currently in writing mode for their new album.
      (09.23) To listen to the new song 'Ataraxy' by Deivos, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--ZezgYQ-ds
    • (09.22) Skinlab will release their new album, "Venomous", on October 25 via Art Is War Records.
    • (09.21) To listen to the new Uneven Structure song 'Creator' from their upcoming album "Paragon", visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvNEK4GNxLo To listen to their new song 'Innocent', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOnhAmfZUTI
    • (09.20) Prong will release a new EP, "Age Of Defiance", on November 29. The EP will have 5 tracks, two new songs: 'Age Of Defiance' and 'The End Of Sanity', and 3 live tracks: 'Rude Awakening', 'Cut-Rate' and 'Another Worldly Device'.
    • (09.20) Deivos' 6th album, "Casus Belli" will contain 8 songs. Release date will be revealed soon.
    • (09.20) Ozzy Osbourne has finished recording a new solo album.
    • (09.20) To listen to the new song 'Water Over The Bridge' by Voyager, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI7a4LHPXIk
    • (09.20) Sepultura have completed recording their new album for a tentative February 2020 release via Nuclear Blast.
    • (09.20) To listen to the new Slipknot cover song 'Spit It Out' by Kadinja, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfL6XxJIF10
    • (09.13) To listen to the new Korn cover song 'Falling Away From Me' by Kadinja, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zGrCnoNYIQ
    • (09.13) Despondency plan to have a new album out in 2020.
    • 9.13) Fumes Of Decay will enter the studio in December to record their second album. In the meantime, here's a demo song called 'Cannibalistic Gluttonous Torture' they recorded in Dirty Bird Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxw9z3KBjBM
    • (09.09) To listen to the new song 'Flames Of Merciless Gods' by Hour Of Penance from their new album "Misotheism", go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rImzWmasXNA&
    • (09.09) Tool's new album "Fear Inoculum" has landed at position No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The band's first effort in 13 years sold approx 270,000 album units in its first week of release. "Fear Inoculum" beat Taylor Swift's "Lover" for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. "Lover" after debuting at No. 1 last week, fell to No. 2, with 178,000 album units sold. This was particularly astonishing for Taylor Swift fans, most of whom have no idea who Tool is. Reports in the media claimed Swift fans were confused who this "new band" Tool was and how they were able to unseat Swift's new album.
    • (09.08) Brain Drill has decided to call it quits.
    • (09.07) Despised Icon will release a new album "Purgatory", on November 15th via Nuclear Blast. Visit here for the title track:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsTdkJWvu3A Go here for the cd cover artwork: https://assets.blabbermouth.net/media/despisediconpurgatorycd.jpg
    • (09.06) To listen to the new song 'The Embalmer' by Hideous Divinity, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlnqtDP6Kzs&
    • (09.06) Kadinja will release a new covers album on Sept 27th called "D.N.A". It will include covers from bands such as Slipknot, Deftones, Marylin Manson, etc. They promise the covers will be heavily Djented.
    • (09.06) Nile will release their ninth studio album "Vile Nilotic Rites", on November 1 via Nuclear Blast. Visit here for the first track 'Long Shadows of Dread' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXZvLIN75Fs Go here for the cd cover artwork: https://assets.blabbermouth.net/media/nileviloticcd.jpg
    • (09.05) To listen to the new song 'One Day Closer to the End of the World' by Cattle Decapitation, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QjXtrQKf88
    • (09.05) Bloodsoaked have released another new song 'Phallic Eucharist' for their "Disgorging The Wretched" album. Check it out here: https://bloodsoaked.bandcamp.com/album/disgorging-the-wretched
    Aug 2019
    July 2019
    • (07.30) Tool has set "Fear Inoculum" as the title for their new album due on August 30th.
    • (07.30) Hour Of Penance new album will be called "Misotheism", and will be released October 25th via Agonia Records.

    • (07.29) To listen to the new Visceral Disgorge song 'Necrotic Biogenesis', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeBeGGIEMJY
    • (07.29) Uneven Structure will release their new album "Paragon" on October 18th via Long Branch Records.
    • (07.29) Original Benediction vocalist Dave Ingram (who performed on such classic albums as "Transcending The Rubicon") has rejoined the band after departure of Dave Hunt. He is helping with the writing of the new album, which should be recorded this September.
    • (07.18) To see the cover to the new Cattle Decapitation album, click here: http://assets.blabbermouth.net.s3.amazonaws.com/media/cattledecapitationdeathatlascd.jpg
    • (07.15) Prophecy's new album "Foreseen Scriptures" will be out for digital download July 28th 2019.
    • (07.13) Bass player Marcello Tavernari has joined Xenomorphic Contamination. They plan to record their second album later this year.
    • (07.13) Infant Annihilator will release their new album, titled "The Battle Of Yaldabaoth", on September 11th.
    • (07.13) Cattle Decapitation will release their new album, titled "Death Atlas", on November 29 via Metal Blade Records.
    • (07.12) To listen to the new Obituary song 'A Dying World', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJW4PpZF1U
    • (07.10) Chaos Inception plan to finish the recording of their new album by January 2020.
    • (07.10) All vocals have now been recorded for the new Deivos album, which will be released later this year.
    • (07.09) To listen to the new Devourment song 'Narcissistic Paraphilia', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gF-860Y3R4
    • (07.04) Prong will be recording their new 2 track EP this month, for release in the fall.
    June 2019
    • (06.05) Monotheist will release a single this summer and expect to release a new full length album in 2020!
    • (06.05) Wormed will release their new album "Metaportal" on July 19th. Visit their bandcamp to pre-order and listen to the new single 'Remote Void': https://wormed.bandcamp.com/album/metaportal
    • (06.03) The new Hour Of Penance album is completed. It will be out later this year on Agonia Records.
    • (06.03) To listen to the new Pathology song 'Hieroglyphs On Cement Walls', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4FoJKvUCdg&
    May 2019
    (05.23) Unmerciful will be heading into the studio 2 weeks from today to record their new album. The vocal duties for this album will be handled by Karl Schmidt from the band Gorgatron.
  • (05.22) To listen to the new Beheaded song 'The Charlatan's Enunciation', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv2Zw83q7K4&
  • (05.21) Go here to listen to a sample from the new Humanity's Last Breath album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqW-AQdg74c
  • (05.20) Hideous Divinity have finished writing their 4th album. They enter the studio to record in 10 days.
  • (05.14) Dream Theater will record a show from their "Scenes From A Memory" 20th-Anniversary Tour for a future DVD / CD release.
  • (05.14) Vader is almost finished recording their new full length album.
  • (05.13) Disentomb have signed with Unique Leader records. Their new album "The Decaying Light" will be out July 12th. Go here to listen to the track 'Your Prayers Echo Into Nothingness': https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-decaying-light
  • (05.10) Cattle Decapitation have started recording their new album.
  • (05.08) Tool's new album will be out August 30th.
  • (05.06) Sepultura will be recording their new album in August for a tentative February 2020 release date.
  • (05.06) Testament have entered the studio to start pre-production on their new album.
  • (05.06) Nile is almost ready to mix their new album.
  • (05.06) Prophecy bassist Allen Culmo has just had triple bypass heart surgery and is recovering nicely!
  • (05.02) Vocalist Dave Hunt will be leaving Benediction after a 20 year run. Says the band: "Dave’s schedule has become increasingly congested with his commitments with both Benediction and Anaal Nathrakh as well as his relentless studies for his PhD. Therefore Dave will vacate the role in Benediction he has commanded with such strength for over 20 years.
  • (05.01) Cryptopsy bassist Olivier Pinard has joined Cattle Decapitation. He will juggle both bands for the forseeable future, however, his spot on the next Cryptopsy tour will be taken by Dominic Grimard of Ion Dissonance.
Apr 2019
  • (04.30) Cryptopsy plan on starting work on the "The Book Of Suffering Tome III" EP as soon as the various band member's schedules allow.
  • (04.29) Immolation have started writing their new album, and have 3 songs done so far.
  • (04.29) Guitarist Joakim Karlsson has left Bloodbath. He says "To be honest, I’ve never really considered myself a guitarist – at least not a particularly good one – just someone who plays guitar out of necessity because I wouldn’t be able to write my music otherwise. Bloodbath needs a lead guitarist; someone who can pull off these fast, evil solos and whatnot, and to be completely honest, that guy simply isn’t me. Bloodbath needs someone who can do it justice."
  • (04.29) To listen to the new Vader song 'Grand Deceiver', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2zpFGUm-M
  • (04.29) Soils Of Fate session drummer since 2014, Henrik Axelsson, has decided to step down from SOF live shows due to other commitments.
  • (04.25) Added a review to Nightrage's "Wolf To Man'" album.
  • (04.23) The new Prophecy album's release date has been pushed back to July 13th.
  • (04.21) Auras' new album will be called "Binary Garden" and will be out July 12th. Check out the first track 'Momenta' here: https://auras.bandcamp.com/album/binary-garden
  • (04.21) Soils Of Fate have inked a deal with Rising Nemesis Records for their new album.
  • (04.21) Aborted is celebrating it's 20th anniversary this year, and is going to make special release that will likely consist of one track unused track from their "TerrorVision" album, a couple of new songs, and then a bunch of re-recorded songs from their first 2 albums.
  • (04.17) Sensory Amusia's new album "In Extremis" will be released May 18th 2019.
  • (04.17) Bloodsoaked is working on 2 new albums simultaneously, "Disgorging The Wretched”, which they describe as a "more straightforward gore filled chunk and grove", and continuing work on "Desolate Paradise", from which they have already released a few tracks.
  • (04.15) Uneven Structure have started recording their third album.
(04.12) Nails has released a 2 song EP, check out the song 'I Don't Want To Know You' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8mNK0vAk2s
Mar 2019
  • (03.28) Unmerciful will enter the studio in June to record their 3rd album.
  • (03.28) Deivos have satarted recording their new album.
  • (03.27) Release of the new Napalm Death album has been pushed back to 2020 for various reasons including the band's touring schedule.
  • (03.27) Beheaded's new studio album is called "Only Death Can Save You" and it will be released on June 14th via Agonia Records.
  • (03.25) Bass tracking has begun on the new Nile album.
  • (03.19) The new Hour Of Penance album starts mixing today at Hertz Studio.
  • (03.18) To listen to the new Aflockalypse song 'On Steel Wings We Rise', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZ-V6jfQcA It is a power metal project about a cartoon chicken metal band called Aflockalypse; the song features Stu Block from Iced Earth on vocals.
  • (03.16) To listen to the new Devin Townsend song 'Evermore', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zIxPUPWVq8
(03.13) Hideous Divinity have signed with Century Media records, and plan to release their new album fall of 2019.
  • (03.12) To listen to the new song 'Mind Asylum' off the new Origin demos album "Abiogenesis - A Coming Into Existence", visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCrnou_gmtA
  • (03.09) Internal Bleeding bassist Shaun Kennedy has left the band for personal reasons, and is now permanently replaced with Ryan Giordano.
  • (03.07) Tool's new album is in the mastering stage.
  • (03.04) Disavowed have finished recording vocals for their new album.
  • (03.04) Pathology will head back into the studio next month to finish their new album.
  • (03.01) To listen to the new song 'Garden In The Bones' off the new Periphery album, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHbpsxzZa0U
Feb 2019
  • (02.28) Apparently the siesta is over for Broken Hope, who are now looking to new music and touring in 2019.
  • (02.22) To listen to the new Devin Townsend song 'Genesis', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n7uvokARQ4
  • (02.22) To listen to the new Darkwater song 'In Front Of You', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu0NTxesa0k
  • (02.22) Origin will be releasing a Demos type album on May 3rd called "Abiogenesis - A Coming Into Existence". The first half of the album will be rerecorded demnos from the band from before they officially became Origin. And the end of the album will be the out of print "A Coming Into Existence" demo.
  • (02.21) Depravity have finished recording drums for their new album.
  • (02.21) Skinlab have started recording their new album with new drummer Fabian Vestod.
  • (02.19) Wormed has finished recording their new album.
  • (02.16) Despondency will be releasing a new EP called "Excruciating Metamorphosis", go here for the track 'Divine Ceremonial Mutilation': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmLWRKUuWK0
  • (02.16) Napalm Death is mostly finished recording their new album.
  • (02.15) Aeon have added drummer Timo Häkkinen to their ranks. Tos ee one of his audition songs, check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PLvqwK0imU
  • (02.14) Vader will be releasing an EP called "Thy Messenger" in late spring. Go here for the cover artwork: http://assets.blabbermouth.net.s3.amazonaws.com/media/vaderthymessengerep.jpg Vader plans to release a full brand new album before the end of the year.
  • (02.13) Morbid Angel will start writing music for a new album this year while continuing to do tours.
  • (02.11) The new Fear Factory album will be called "Monolith". Go here for the cover artwork: http://assets.blabbermouth.net.s3.amazonaws.com/media/feafactorymonolithcoverbrown.jpg
  • (02.09) The new Tool album should be out in May or June of this year.
  • (02.08) Putrid Pile's 6th full length album “Revel In Lunacy” will be released spring/summer 2019 on Sevared Records.
  • (02.08) To listen to the new song 'Paralyzed' by Dream Theater, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7m7l8iqGAk
  • (02.06) Periphery's new album will be called "Periphery IV: Hail Stan", and will be released April 5th. To listen to the new song 'Blood Eagle', visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzznL_8DIUM
  • (02.06) Unmerciful have been signed to Willowtip Records.
  • (02.04) Sensory Amusia welcomes vocalist Jei Doublerice from Italy to their ranks.
  • (02.04) Drum recording has started for the new Hour Of Penance album.
  • (02.04) Immolation are working on a new album.
  • (02.04) Suffocation confirms they will continue to tour and make new records even though vocalist Frank Mullins has retired.
  • (02.01) Guitar tracking has started on a new Sensory Amusia EP.
  • (02.01) Go here to listen to the first single 'A New Beginning' off the new Darkwater album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5zpDD38Pr8
Jan 2019
  • (01.23) Testament is hoping to get into the studio in April to record their new album.
  • (01.23) Listen to the new Malevolent Creation song 'Release The Soul': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4PIwx1lZSE
  • (01.19) Cannibal Corpse have recruited Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal) to fill in for guitarist Pat O'Brien on the band's upcoming tours. The court case against O'Brien is still pending.
  • (01.16) Devin Townsend's new album "Empath" will be released March 29th 2019.
  • (01.14) To listen to the new song 'Fall Into The Light' by Dream Theater, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4
  • (01.11) Go here to listen to the first single 'Alive (Pt. II)' off the new Darkwater album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDYtk6SYkJ8
  • (01.11) After their next tour cycle, Tesseract plan on starting to write their next album in August.
  • (01.10) Prophecy have finished recording everything except the vocals for their new album, vocal recording should start Jan 20th.
  • (01.09) Revulsed have signed with Everlasting Spew Records for their new record.
  • (01.05) Uneven Structure teases album 3 is coming this year.
  • (01.05) Maynard James Keenan has finished recording vocals for the new Tool album.
  • (01.05) Vital Remains hope to finally release a new album this year.