Rich Castle

Australian death metallers DEFAMER have released their sophomore album, “Decrepit Rituals”, via Obsidian Records. The CD was recorded late last year with Ean Redman and mastered by Jason “PC” Fuller at Goatsounds in Melbourne. After the success of DEFAMER‘s 2009 debut, “Chasm”, and the departure of guitarist Mitchell Rogers, the band made… Read more here

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According to Kevin Kellam of Pro Wrestling Examiner, METALLICA‘s song “The Memory Remains” is being used to promote this year’s Wrestlemania match between The Undertaker and Triple H. The track is expected to be included in WWE “Raw” and WWE “Smackdown” video packages in weeks leading up to the big pay-per-view event on April 1 […]

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DJ JC Green of Metal Messiah Radio‘s “Heavy Metal Thunder” show recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ralf Scheepers of German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR. You can now listen to the chat using… Read more here

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Yell! Magazine recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick. You can now watch the chat below. Gigantour — the critically acclaimed package festival founded in 2005 by MEGADETH — is making its highly anticipated return for the first time since 2008. The multi-artist bill — with metal heavyweights MOTÖRHEAD, VOLBEAT and LACUNA COIL […]

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Guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli of the resurrected late ’80s/early ’90s death metal outfit PESTILENCE has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: “Recently, bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (NUFUTIC, OBSCURA) and drummer Yuma van Eekelen (EXIVIOUS, THE NEW DOMINION) have decided to work more intensively on their main projects.Therefore, bassist Stephan Fimmers (NECROPHAGIST) and drummer Tim Yeung (MORBID […]

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France’s Hard Force TV recently conducted an interview with vocalist Simone Simons of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA‘s fifth full-length album, “Requiem For The Indifferent”, will be released on March 9 in Europe and four days later in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded […]

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Danish modern metallers MNEMIC recently entered Antfarm studios in Aabyhøj, Denmark with longtime producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, HIMSA, SICK OF IT ALL) to begin recording their new album for a June release via Nuclear Blast Records. The third in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions can be seen below. […]

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