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Contrary to a previous announcement indicating that the album would be a self-titled affair, Roadrunner Records U.K. has revealed that the new Obituary CD will now carry the title Frozen In Time.

The complete track listing for the album is as follows:

01. Redneck Stomp
02. On the Floor
03. Insane
04. Blindsided
05. Back Inside
06. Mindset
07. Stand Alone
08. Slow Death
09. Denied
10. Lockjaw

Frozen In Time is tentatively scheduled for release on July 19 (one day earlier internationally). The group's first collection of new songs since 1997's Back from the Dead was self-produced by the band, with Mark Prator and Scott Burns engineering, and was mastered by Tom Morris at Morrisound.

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TESTAMENT and friends will be playing a benefit concert on July 9, 2005 at The Pound in San Francisco. Proceeds from the show — the band's first in the San Francisco area in over two years — will aid in the financial recovery for families dealing with life-altering medical diagnosis. Among the families that will benefit from the concert are Keith and Brandy Regan, who had a son (Cole Regan) who was born with cancer (leukemia / AML) and survived up until three months short of his second birthday before passing away on July 28, 2004. Although insurance covered the bulk of the costs, it did not cover living expenses or co-pays. Cole's medical bill ...

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ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring former EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums), are continuing work on the songs for their third album, "Disintegrate", and will record "as soon as the band feels that the material is ready and perfect," according to the group's label, Candlelight Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Disintegrate", "Vile Ritual", "In Hindsight", "Subversive Faith", "Vulture" and "Wrenched".

The new material is said to follow more or less in the same footsteps as the critically acclaimed "Aeon" (2003), only more aggressive and intense.

ZYKL ...

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In a recent interview with "Metal Injection", SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera was asked questions submitted by fans. The most asked question was: Do you ever see yourself reuniting with SEPULTURA?

"To tell you the truth, I like the fact that everything that was done with SEPULTURA through 'Roots', it was all a challenge and we really accomplished something that can easily be destroyed by these reunion tours," he responded. "Why destroy something just for a reunion tour, something that took 15, 20 years to build? I'd just like to leave it that for the fans. It's there, it's classic. I'm sorry if you didn't watch it if you were too young but ...

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Watykan is a metal band formed in 1994 in Moudon (Switzerland). After many line-up changes and more than 30 concerts, the band releases his fist EP in March 2003 and takes part in the compilation "Lausanne 2003" with several music artists from Lausanne. In year 2004 the band will be recording their first album and be playing with bands like Clawfinger, Watcha or Enhancer. Watykan's music is influenced by bands like Korn, Deftones or Faith No More… Follow this link to know more about the band

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As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on April 18, OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has now officially confirmed to MTV.com that the band have finalized a deal with New York's Roadrunner Records, bolstering an imposing roster that already includes KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SLIPKNOT, OBITUARY and CRADLE OF FILTH.

Åkerfeldt disclosed several details about the band's forthcoming, self-produced opus. The follow-up to 2003's acousti ...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho recently gave an exclusive interview to the COB fan site Scythes-Of-Bodom.com. Several excerpts from the interview follow:

Scythes-Of-Bodom.com: Where exactly was the [new] album recorded?

Alexi: "It's recorded in a house in Helsinki with (Mikko) Karmila which is actually in Eastern Helsinki, this part of the town which is like in the middle of the woods and right by the beach. It's a nice place definitely. It's just this house or it's actually a cabin or whatever and it's a nice place. That's wh ...

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Guitarist Daniel Mongrain has officially left CRYPTOPSY due to "professional" reasons and to focus full-time on MARTYR, according to a posting on MARTYR's web site.

Mongrain originally joined CRYPTOPSY in late 2004 following the departure of Jon Levasseur.

MARTYR are currently in pre-production for their third album, which they expect to record this summer. The follow-up to 2000's "Warp Zone" will be issued through Galy Records before the end of the year.

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German power metallers GAMMA RAY have completed work on their new album, "Majestic", at Hansen Studios in Hamburg, Germany. Mastering duties were handled at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finnland by Mikko Karmila and Kai Hansen. The follow-up to 2001's "No World Order" includes 11 tracks which represent "all of the characteristic strengths of the band's musical career to date," the group write on their web site. A late September release is expected.

The band had the following to say with regards to the songwriting/recording process for new album:

"Since December 2004 we have been working on the production of the new album ...

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