A FOREST OF STARS’ new album ‘Opportunistic Thieves of Spring’ will soon see the light of day :
Mark thy words: this album will send listeners to the world that lieth beyond. The exact release dates for North America and Europe will be announced shortly, but the tentative release is set for May. Opportunistic Thieves of [...]

Seminal war metal band AT WAR have launched a brand new website which features a library of streaming audio and video content as well as an archive of photos and show flyers spanning the band’s twenty-seven year history. Check it out here: http://www.atwartheband.com/
Additionally, on March 30th the band’s critically acclaimed comeback album Infidel will be [...]

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Author and MetalSucks contributor D.X. Ferris recently sat down with Thomas Gabriel Fisher, a.k.a. Tom G. Warrior, to discuss the dissolution of Celtic Frost, his new band Triptykon, and more. Here’s an excerpt:
I’m a fan of the Cold Lake album. It’s good for what it is, even though it’s not what fans might want from [...]

For those who are unfamiliar with this cult underground band:
NECROPHOBIC are one of very few bands left from the early Swedish black/death metal underground scene that is still going strong. Sharing members of Nifelheim, Trident and more the band are considered a cult act from the old days, yet also remain a potent source for [...]

Is it just me or does Salad Fingers and Varney (Sopor Aeternus) have a lot in common?

Willowtip has officially signed Denver, Colorado’s Vale Of Pnath. The band will enter Flatline Audio Studios later this year to record their debut full-length. The new album will introduce a new blend of melodic song structure, blast beats, and high BPM technicality.
The band comments: “Vale of Pnath is extremely excited and proud [...]

by Brian Krasman
California sludge masters 16 have had their share of problems. Substance abuse, rehab, revolving lineups, jail, dissolution. It’s metal. Not exactly an easy, or altogether healthy, lifestyle. Nonetheless, after a several-year dormant period, the fellows reunited in 2007, signed with Relapse, and produced 2009’s gristly and awesome “Bridges to Burn.”
So now that 16 [...]

Today, PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS in conjunction with Sepulchral Productions confirms ALCEST’s first North American tour. Set to begin April 22nd in Quebec City and ending May 1st in Boston, this tour will see the white-hot ALCEST peform songs from their critically acclaimed Souvenirs d’un Autre Monde debut as well as songs from their forthcoming Écailles De [...]

by Lord Randall
When a band’s lineup changes, by and large something’s going to happen to the sonic framework of said band…something in my experience that has a high chance of sucking. Now let’s say that this aforementioned band changes ¾ of their lineup, leaving only the drummer of 16 years as the last original member. [...]