After making some noise in the late '90s, Spitfire disbanded several years ago. Their members went on to other things, but are now back together. They used to ... Read More

In a message posted on their official website, Anthrax broke the news that guitarist Scott Ian is in the process of filming a TV reality show. Here's a portion of that ... Read More

This is a slightly better than average death metal album. They're from Germany, but their brand of melodic death metal sounds straight out of Sweden. The riffs are ... Read More

With a band name like The Deviant, you pretty much know what's coming. It's going to be anything but mainstream. Throw in a title like Ravenous Deathworship and ... Read More

Usually bands release albums at least a year apart, and many go two to three years between new CDs. Fear Of Eternity, on the other hand, has just released ... Read More

Catacombs is the one man band of Xathagorra, formerly of Hierophant. He plays slow, funeral style doom metal. The songs plod along at a snail's pace, intense and ... Read More

It's in style now for Americans to hate everything French, but it's hard to do with Nightmare. The French power metal band does nearly everything right on this album. ... Read More

Megadeth has teamed with Capitol Records/EMI Music Catalog Marketing to unleash Arsenal of Megadeth, a new two-disc DVD collection available March 21. The set clocks in at almost three ... Read More

The Canadian death metal band Kataklysm has been around for a while now and have released some good albums over the years. Their 8th effort is one of their ... Read More

Sinamore plays Scandanavian goth metal in the vein of groups like HIM and To/Die/For. It's slow and dark with a lot of keyboards. It's also very slick and ... Read More

There are about a million bands playing metalcore, and it's tough to stand out in such a crowded genre. To do so requires a band to do something a ... Read More

The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band Saxon has been doing their thing since the late '70s. This is a re-release of their 1995 album that adds a ... Read More

The Brazilian death metal band Krisiun has been on the extreme scene for a few years now. They aren't one of the best known death metal bands, but they ... Read More

Mastodon has a reputation for putting on powerful live shows, so it's only appropriate that their first DVD contains almost 2 hours of live footage. There's also a 45 ... Read More

The Finnish band Children Of Bodom got their name from a legendary murder that took place in Finland at Lake Bodom. Back in 1960 three teens were stabbed to death ... Read More

With the triumphant return of lead singer Rob Halford and the recent release of both a CD and DVD, Judas Priest has proven they are still a force to be ... Read More

The Polish death metal band Vader is returning to the U.S. as the headliners in the upcoming Metal Crusaders Tour in support of their recent release The Art Of War. Tour ... Read More

Avenged Sevenfold has been drawing a lot of attention lately. Some of their interview comments were criticized, but it didn't phase the band. They had a number ... Read More

From Austin, Texas comes a band channeling the early days of Black Sabbath and adding their own mixture of doom and stoner metal. Their lyrics are more toward the power ... Read More

In a posting on their official web site, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine announced a lineup change. Here's the statement: "While preparing songs for a potential new record, Dave Mustaine states that ... Read More

Rap metal isn't in vogue these days, but the Swedish band Clawfinger's brand of the genre isn't nearly as irritating as bands like Limp Bizkit. The main reason is ... Read More

You might remember the Swedish band Satariel from their collaboration with Candlemass' Messiah Marcolin. This is their first album that's being released in the U.S. It's an interesting ... Read More

We've seen a lot of different sides to the band Mudvayne. They've used several different pseudonyms and used to wear masks on stage. Now they're back to using their ... Read More

Ralph Sutton is the host of the syndicated radio show The Tour Bus. It's a show that plays the best party rock of the '80s along with some of ... Read More

When an album is produced by the same guy that worked with Isis and Mastodon, it's reasonable to expect a little experimentation. You'll definitely get that, but also ... Read More

When a band gets a new vocalist it's always a big risk. In the case of Poland's Decapitated, the risk paid off. Covan joins the death metal band ... Read More

Swedish melodic death metallers In Flames are fresh off appearing on Ozzfest 2005 and have a new record label, Ferret Music. Their latest album should continue the momentum they've ... Read More

Originally supposed to be their debut album in 1995, the songs were never finished. Frontman Vratyas Vakyas went back and finished all the songs. I'm glad ... Read More

Heavy metal music is generally an underground genre. It's rare when a mainstream publication covers something metal. This week, the Wall Street Journal published an article by Jim ... Read More

Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release the two-CD set from Judas Priest called The Essential Judas Priest on April 4, 2006. All the songs on the album are the complete ... Read More

The New York band Sworn Enemy has evolved into a metal band with great thrash guitars and hardcore influences. Their sophomore album combines the musicianship of metal and the ... Read More

2006 started off very strong with several really good releases in January. I'm sure you'll be seeing at least a couple of these 5 in my year end best ... Read More