
German Thrash Metal pioneers DESTRUCTION have commenced work on their 30th anniversary album. The CD is tentatively due before the end of the year.

IRON FIST RECORDS has set a 18th February 2012 release date for the third KRYPTOS album, THE COILS OF APOLLYON.

Some of you might be surprised to see a new face at the Hultsfred Festival when WITCHERY enter the stage to declare "Witchkrieg" over Sweden.

EARACHE RECORDS has announced the signing of Brooklyn's Heavy Metal warriors NATUR to a worldwide recording deal.

RAM, the traditional Gothenburg, Sweden-based Heavy Metal band featuring drummer Morgan Pettersson (ex-B-THONG), has set DEATH as the title of its third album, tentatively due this fall via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The CD was recorded at WELFARE SOUND STUDIOS in the group's hometown and was mastered by Dragan Tanaskovic at BOHUS SOUND.

KRYPTOS have revealed the tracklist for their third upcoming album THE COILS OF APOLLYON. The recording of the album, which began in early March, was completed during the first week of April and is scheduled for release sometime during the fall of 2011 and will be mixed and mastered by Anupam Roy at GREY STUDIOS, New Delhi.

IN THE COURT OF KURU, the new single by mumbai based horror metal band ALBATROSS has finally been uploaded on their MySpace page. The new single comes off from the bands upcoming E.P entitled DINNER IS YOU and will be mastered by the legendary Andy La Rocque(KING DIAMOND,MERCYFUL FATE).

METAL BLADE RECORDS has set an 13th October release date for the reissues of KING DIAMOND's THE SPIDER's LULLABYE and THE GRAVEYARD albums. Both LPs were remastered by KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque and each title includes bonus material that purchasers will be able to obtain digitally. Both THE SPIDER's LULLABYE and THE GRAVEYARD will include live "bootleg" versions (with video footage) of the following songs: THE SPIDER's LULLABYE from the album of the same name, and TRICK OR TREAT and UP FROM THE GRAVE from THE GRAVEYARD.