-- Video trailer of SKYFORGER from thousand lakes natives

Amorphis going to be releasing their new album in late May.
They've just made available a special video trailer for the upcoming release "Skyforger"..

-- Suffocation: New album cover artwork surfaces ground

The new Suffocation CD, Blood Oath will be out on July 3rd in Europe and July 14th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records.
Cover artwork has again done masterfully by John Zig. Whose name we remember from genre's leading acts' cover designs.
click here to check out Suffocation @ myspace

-- As You Drown - Swedish newcomers debut in July

Metal Blade's new signings As You Drown has just announced the tracklist and the cover artwork of their upcoming debut full-length.
the tracklist of "The Reflection" will be as follows:
1. Ruins And Dead Ends
2. Horns
3. What Is Worst
4. Driven By Hatred
5. Swallow
6. The Last
7. Open Wound Salvation
8. Ashes
9. Needles

If these young & modern death metallers made you wonder then here's the link to their myspace profile for some samples..
As You Drown @ myspace

-- Nahemah's first video from A New Constellation

The Perfect Depth Of The Mermaids (A New Constellation, 2008)
directed by Manuel Garcia De Otazo.



Nahemah @ myspace

-- listen Amoral's new full-length online!!

The new album from Finnish metalhearts will be on shelves on May 6, first in Finland and then it'll be available in the rest of the world.
This will be the first album featuring band's new voice Ari Koivunen. Ari is winner of Finland's "Idols" TV show in 2007 and he's quite famous for that in his home country.

The tracklist of "Show Your Colors" will be as follows:
01. Random Words
02. Release
03. A Shade of Gray
04. Year of the Suckerpunch
05. Perfection Design
06. Sex N' Satan
07. Song for the Stubborn
08. Vivid
09. Gave Up Easy
10. Last October
11. Exit

click here to listen to Show Your Colors via band's myspace page.

-- Random Acts Of Senseless Violence with Dan Nelson live video footage

Anthrax performing live with Dan Nelson...




here are the dates of Anthrax's 2009 European tour :

Jun. 13 - Rabarock Festival, Talinn, Estonia
Jun. 17 - Rockhal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Jun. 18 - La Locomotive, Paris, France
Jun. 19 - Hellfest, Clisson, France
Jun. 20 - Kobetasonik, Bilboa, Spain
Jun. 22 - Sottotetto, Bologna, Italy
Jun. 23 - Schuur, Lucerne, Switzerland
Jun. 25 - T-Mobile In Music Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Jun. 26 - Noc Plna Hvezd, Trinec, Czech Republic
Jun. 27 - Serengeti Festival, Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany
Jun. 28 - Devilside Open Air, Duisburg, Germany
Jun. 28 - Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium
Jun. 30 - Paard, Den Haag, Netherlands
Jul. 01 - Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jul. 03 - Reload Festival, Twistringen, Germany
Jul. 04 - Sonisphere, Hockenheim, Germany
Jul. 18 - Sonisphere, Hultsfred, Sweden
Jul. 25 - Sonisphere, Pori, Finland
Aug. 01 - Sonisphere, Knebworth, England

-- Download a live version of Amon Amarth's Ride For Vengeance

Metal Blade has recently re-issued debut full-length of odin's proud sons Amon Amarth with an addition of a live bonus disc to the remastered original recording.
Metal Blade kindly made available a track from the bonus live CD, "Bloodshed Over Bochum 28/12/08" titled Ride For Vengeance.

click here to download the track
and check out the re-issue details by clicking here.