Photograph: © Owain Richards
It’s the day of the first show on the UK DARK TRANQUILLITY tour and we’re sat in the subterranean venue of the Cardiff Barfly while hundreds, if not thousands, of red jerseyed rugby fans, inebriated, cheer on their team above ground. In a little green room, we take time out to chat […]

Swedish metallers SOILWORK, who recently completed the Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage U.S. tour in support of their new album Sworn To A Great Divide, have decided to part ways with guitarist Ola Frenning.

It was felt that Ola resisted the demands of the road and found it difficult to come to terms with the amount of touring […]

Swedish thrashers CARNAL FORGE have announced the addition of singer
Jens C. Mortensen (LEECH, ex-REVOLVER, SLAPDASH) to the group’s ranks. Mortensen joins the band as the replacement for Jonas Kjellgren, who left CARNAL FORGE earlier in the month after a seven-year, five-album stint with the group.
CARNAL FORGE’s new studio album, “Aren’t You Dead Yet”, was released […]

If you know anything about Wales you know that when their rugby team plays against England, it’s a big deal. Even though the match is being played in Twickenham, the streets of Cardiff are teeming with red jerseys moving to and from pubs and clubs after a monumental victory. The general mood of the entire […]

OPETH vocalist, Mikael Åkerfeldt, has returned as vocalist for Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH.
The following statement was released:
“So the time has come for Bloodbath to once again poison the scene with a contagious doze of über brutal death metal. An old acquaintance in this zombified bloodline has once again re-visited his old home. We can […]

BLINDED COLONY
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Genre: Melodic Death
Country: Sweden
BLINDED COLONY is the representation of the next breed of aggressive metal. With adrenaline-laced guitar rhythms, atmospheric synthesizers, and ripping vocals, Blinded Colony creates a distinguished harmonic aggression that hits you harder than a size 16 combat boot-to-the-face.
 

HOLLOWTONE
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Genre: Gothic Rock
Country: Belgium
Belgian death metallers HOLLOWTONE take a leap into the mid-1990s with […]

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Swedish melodic metallers CLOUDSCAPE have been added to the bill for BOA 2008.
The band originally formed back in 2001 and spent several years honing their style and cutting demos before finally entering the studio to record their self-titled debut album in 2004. The album garnered many positive […]

A recently unearthed live show from seminal Swedish death metallers AT THE GATES will form part of a limited edition version of their classic 1995 album ‘Slaughter of the Soul’, to be released on March 10 in Europe and March 25 in North America.
Issued as a 2 disc set containing the original album, 6 bonus […]

Nuclear Blast have announced that the first single taken from the new IN FLAMES album “A Sense Of Purpose” will be “The Mirror’s Truth”
Release Date: March 7th 2008 out via Nuclear Blast Records
This is a European single and will not be available elsewhere. The single will include the following tracks:
1. The Mirror’s Truth
2. Eraser*
3. Tilt*
4. […]

Swedish melodic death metal legends, IN FLAMES, have revealed the title for their upcoming album. It is to be titled ‘A Sense Of Purpose‘ and will be released through Nuclear Blast Records in Europe on April 4th.
The band have stated:
“We are extremely happy with the end result and are so proud of what we […]