
German Progressive Death Metal band OBSCURA have recruited Linus Klausenitzer as their new bassist. Linus, who is also part of the Progressive Metal band NONEUCLID, played with OBSCURA on the band's recent European tour with HATE ETERNAL as well as the North American trek alongside CHILDREN OF BODOM and the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT.

THOSE OF NON-BEING, a brand new single from ORBWEAVER, the new band featuring Randy Piro (GIGAN, HATE ETERNAL) is up online on bands Reverbnation page.

LAKE ABLAZE, the new music video from Florida-based Extreme Metal veterans HATE ETERNAL can be viewed below. The clip was directed by David Brodsky, who has previously worked with AS I LAY DYING, SUICIDE SILENCE, KATAKALYSM, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and STRAPPING YOUNG LAD among others. The song comes off the band's latest album, PHOENIX AMONGST THE ASHES, which sold around 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 14 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

Los Angeles – DecibelMagazine.com and WORLD UNDER BLOOD have teamed up to premiere a brand new track, DEAD AND STILL IN PAIN, from the band’s forthcoming debut record, TACTICAL. DEAD AND STILL IN PAIN is the second song to be revealed from the 26th July NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS release.

Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on TACTICAL, the long-awaited debut album from WORLD UNDER BLOOD - the Melodic Death Metal side project featuring CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller alongside Tim Yeung (MORBID ANGEL, DIVINE HERESY, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) on drums, Risha Eryavec (DECREPIT BIRTH) on bass, and Luke Jaeger on guitar - can be streamed at Amazon.com. The CD will be released on 26th July in North America and 29th July in Europe via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

WHERE THE KIND LIVES, a brand-new track from US Death Metal band CANNABIS CORPSE has been made available for streaming over at MetalSucks.net.

Los Angeles, West Coast Melodic/Technical Death Metal outfit WORLD UNDER BLOOD has revealed the track list for its upcoming debut album TACTICAL, which is set for release on 26th July via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

The cover artwork for TACTICAL, the long-awaited debut album from WORLD UNDER BLOOD - the Melodic Death Metal side project featuring CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller alongside Tim Yeung (MORBID ANGEL, DIVINE HERESY, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) on drums, Risha Eryavec (DECREPIT BIRTH) on bass, and Luke Jaeger on guitar. The artwork was brought to life by the twisted mind of Pär Olofsson (IMMORTAL, THE FACELESS, ABYSMAL DAWN).
When Grindcore first started it was seen as a much more extreme form of Hardcore Punk, which was loud intense and in your face. Recently though, the genre has seen a lot of experimentation, the Progressive Mathcore/Metalcore fusion of FUCK THE FACTS, the electronic textures of THE LOCUST, the somewhat cleaner tone of ROTTEN SOUND and of course Goregrind and Pornogrind with their Brutal Death Metal tendencies. This experimentation took away some of the genres simple direct approach and made it more complex. WORMROT take the genre back to its roots, back to when it all began.

I, first heard PANZERCHRIST on a European Metal podcast in 2008, at that time I didn’t think much of them. When I found that out that I had to review them I wasn’t really expecting much from the band and thought this was going to be dull. But on the contrary this turned out to be a pleasant – oops sorry "Brutal" surprise!