Stream Of Passion have presented the lyric video for the song "The Curse", taken from their upcoming album A War Of Our Own, the band's fourth studio album that will be released on April 18th. The Dutch metallers are returning with the follow-up to Darker Days.
Swedish death thrashers Facebreaker came forward with a statement revealing that they have parted ways with their long time guitarist Mika Lagrén. Mika was part of Facebreaker for 12 years and has contributed his share as guitarist to all four full-length studio albums the band has released.
Romanian black metallers Negură Bunget have posted a message on Facebook announcing their North American Tour, which will happen between May and June 2014. The band is supporting their upcoming TĂU album. Grimegod will open for Negură Bunget.
Vader fans are probably eager to listen to their new album Tibi Et Igni. Well, today it was confirmed that the Polish death metal legends have just finished recording the follow up to their 2011 album, Welcome To The Morbid Reich. The new album is set to be released on May 30th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The band recorded the album at Hertz Studio in Bialystok (Poland) and it was produced by Wojtek and Slawek Wiesawski.
Sabaton's new album Heroes will be released on May 16th via Nuclear Blast Records, and it will be the first to feature the renewed line-up. The band is now giving fans a first glimpse of what the album will sound like with an in-depth trailer, in which you can listen to a snippet of the track "Far From The Fame" and to the band members' feelings about their upcoming release. The trailer was produced and edited by David Havlena of Czech Spark Magazine at the Pax Studio.
There is some more brutal death metal coming your way this year to be delivered by Hour Of Penance. The Italians have announced the title of their new album: Regicide, which will be released on May 13th in North America (May 12th in the UK/Europe, May 16th in Germany) via Prosthetic Records. Mark your calendars and prepare for the successor to Sedition.
Symphonic metal outfit Diabulus In Musica have finally premiered a song off their new album. The new tune is called "Inner Force" and the band shot a video for the song that will appear on their impending third album Argia. The Mikel Larequi-directed video is available for your viewing pleasure below. Do you like this new song?
Pryapisme will reissue their debut album, Rococo Holocaust, (originally released in 2010) on vinyl via Apathia Records. The release is planned for the end of May. This edition was specially remastered for vinyl by Simon Capony (Basalte Studio).
Black/death metallers from Spain Noctem have recently released a brand new video. The official video is for the track "Eidolon", extracted from the new album Exilium. Their first video in almost four years was directed by Henry Menacho from Kronic Produccions and written by Beleth. Enjoy the final result right here.
Finnish metal group Antipope returns from hiatus with a new music video for the track "Army Of Christ". The song in question is a previously unreleased track, which will be released as a digital single later on. Watch the video right here.
As you may already know, Firewind and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G. is ready to release his solo album I Am The Fire in Europe on March 17th and North America on March 18th through Century Media. Here you can find further details. The Greek guitar virtuoso already shared with us the track "My Will Be Done", featuring Candlemass' Mats Levén, while today we have the chance to enjoy the official video for the title track, "I Am The Fire", featuring Devour The Day.
Beneath the burden of their fans' anticipation with regards to the new vocalist, Barren Earth plans to enter the studio in March to partially record the follow-up to their 2012 release, The Devil's Resolve. Due to keyboardist Kasper Mårtenson's schedule conflicts, they will return to the studio to finish off the album later in the year. Jón Aldará, who stepped in for renowned Swallow The Sun frontman Mikko Kotamäki, hails from Faroe Islands doom metal band Hamferð. You can read up on the subject over here and here.
The official new album details from Brazilian black metal horde Patria are here. First of all, the band is very pleased to announce that they have recently signed with Indie Recordings, which will unleash their upcoming effort, Individualism, on April 21st (Norway/Europe) and April 25th (Germany/Austria). The album mastering was made by Øystein Garnes Brun from the almighty Borknagar, and the cover art was created by the artist Costin Chioreanu. Other details are available below, as well as the band's new single "Blood Storm Prophecy", which can be streamed through the YouTube player.
Do you want to listen to a new song from symphonic metallers Delain? The band just released the first single off their new opus The Human Contradiction and you can stream it online at your pleasure. The song is called "Your Body Is A Battleground" and it features Marco Hietala (Nightwish). Listen to the song through the lyric video below and tell us what you think about it.
Care for another album from Enslaved? In a recent interview, Ivar Bjørnson of Enslaved commented on the band's plans for the future and mentioned that a few side-projects will be revived/born. He also confirms that the band will work on a new album this year.
