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KAMPFAR: New Album Details Revealed
18 Jul 2008

Norwegian old-school black metallers KAMPFAR have set "Heimgang" (said to be "the connection between the underworld and our own") as the title of their new album, due on September 26 via Napalm Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Vantro
02. Inferno
03. Dodens Vee
04. Skogens Dyp
05. Antvort
06. Vansinn
07. Mareham
08. Feigdarvarsel
09. Vettekult
10. Vandring

Check out audio samples on the band's MySpace page.

A press release reads: "Refusing to follow in the footsteps of ...
BLOODBATH: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
18 Jul 2008

Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH will release its new studio album, "The Fathomless Mastery", on October 6 via Peaceville Records. The band described the upcoming CD as representing "nothing but hateful brutality." Promising its "most crushing production yet," the group's lineup on "The Fathomless Mastery" is the same as that on BLOODBATH's "Unblessing the Purity" mini-CD, which came out in March:

Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH) - Vocals
Martin "Axe" Axenrot (OPETH) - Drums
Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (KATATONIA) - Guitar
Jonas Renkse (KATATONIA) - Bass
Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson (ex-21 LUCIF ...
New tracks from "Viva La Bands, Vol. 2" album available for streaming
18 Jul 2007

New tracks by IN FLAMES, VIKING SKULL, CHILDREN OF BODOM, CLUTCH and CKY, taken from the forthcoming "Viva La Bands, Vol. 2" album, are available for streaming on VLB Radio at this location.

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BEHEMOTH: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
23 May 2007

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have revelaed the track listing and artwork for their new album, "The Apostasy", due on July 17 via Century Media Records. The group's most ambitious and epic offering yet, it was recorded in the band's hometown of Gdansk with the group's mainman Nergal and longtime sound engineer Malta in the producers' chairs. The effort was mixed with the acclaimed Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) at Dug-Out Studios in Sweden and mastered by Bjorn Engelmann (RAMMSTEIN, SAMAEL).

"The Apostasy" (view artwork at
OVERKILL: New Songtitles Revealed
18 May 2007

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on May 10, veteran East Coast thrashers OVERKILL have now confirmed that they have signed with Bodog Music for the release of their follow-up to 2005's "ReliXIV", tentatively due in the fall. A U.S. tour will immediately follow the album's release.

Commented the band: "Well it's been a while since we finished Gigantour, just wanted to get you up to date. After lengthy negotiations, OVERKILL is very happy to announce we have just signed a new multi-album worldwide deal with Bodog Records. The signing reunites OVERKILL with Jonny and Marsha Z (Zazula) who formed and ran the l ...
SYMPHONY X: 'Paradise Lost' Audio Samples Available
08 May 2007

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X will release their new album, "Paradise Lost", on June 26 via Inside Out Music. The CD was mixed by Jens Bogren (OPETH, SOILWORK, AMON AMARTH) at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.

The follow-up to 2002's "The Odyssey", "Paradise Lost" will feature the following track listing:

01. Oculus ex Inferni
02. Set the World on Fire (The Lie of Lies)
03. Domination
04. The Serpent’s Kiss
05. Paradise Lost
06. Eve of Seduction
07. The Walls of Babylon
08. Seven
09. The Sacrifice
10. ...
PRIMAL FEAR: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed
13 Apr 2007

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have set "New Religion" as the title of their new album, due on August 31 via Frontiers Records. The complete track listing for the CD is as as follows (in no particular order):

01. New Religion
02. Drenched In Blood
03. The Curse Of Sharon
04. Face The Emptiness
05. Too Much Time
06. Every Time It Rains (feat. EPICA's Simone Simons)
07. Burning Bridges
08. Psycho
09. World On Fire
10. The Man (I Don't Know)
11. The Darkness
a. Fighting The Darkness
b. Darkness II
c. (Reprise)'

Guest musicians on the album i ...
DIMMU BORGIR Artwork Banned; iTunes Single Available Tuesday
01 Apr 2007

Artwork for Norwegian melodic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR's upcoming album, "In Sorte Diaboli" — which is scheduled for an April 24 release in North America — has been banned by retailers. Slipcover artwork can be viewed at this location.

The North American version of the "The Serpentine Offering" single will be available for digital download at iTunes.com beginning April 3 (not March 30 as previously stated) and will include the following three songs: " ...
SYMPHONY X To Release New Album In June
23 Mar 2007

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X are continuing work on the follow-up to 2002's "The Odyssey", entitled "Paradise Lost", tentatively due late June. The CD is currently being mixed by Jens Bogren (OPETH, SOILWORK, AMON AMARTH) at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden. According to a posting on the group's web site, the mastering should happen within the next week or two.

Upcoming SYMPHONY X shows:

May 25 - New York, NY - B.B. Kings
May 27 - San Juan, Puerto Rico – [to be confirmed]

With SANCTITY and ECHOES OF ETERNITY:

Jul. 12 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
Jul. 16 - ...
ARCH ENEMY: 'Black Earth' To Be Reissued
17 Mar 2007

ARCH ENEMY's "Black Earth" album, originally released in 1996 on Wrong Again Records, will be reissued on April 24 via Regain Records. In addition to the original nine songs, the reissue will contain three bonus tracks — "Losing Faith" and the IRON MAIDEN covers "The Ides of March" and "Aces High" — as well as a video for "Bury Me An Angel".

ARCH ENEMY is scheduled to enter the studio this spring to begin recording the follow-up to 2005's "Doomsday Machine", tentatively due before the end of the year.

Watch ARCH ENEMY's entire 25-minute performance at the U.K.'s Download festival from ...