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Demonic Resurrection frontman Demonstealer has launched a new Old School Heavy Metal supergroup Hellwind. The band features Akshay Deodhar (Spook) on vocals, Rajarshi Bhattacharyya (ex-Workshop) and Kiron Kumar (ex-Colossus) on guitars, Aditya Kadam (Workshop, Funk The System) with Demonstealer taking over the drummers throne.

This was the first KRYPTOS album I got my hands on and after the very first listen I cursed myself for not giving the band the due attention and listens it deserved. The album is not just about straightforward aggressiveness but also packs a solid punch in terms of melody. What surprises more is how the band's experience and time in the scene shows on the song-writing. The way the songs are structures, placed in the album show that the guys have really put in a lot of thought into making the album a complete grenade just waiting to be dropped and explode, devouring everything in its wake. The trend of having a soft but small interlude between two heavy tracks has hit the Metal scene since long but only few bands like KRYPTOS have the knack to compose something so serene , yet connected to the rest of the album. So also the way it is placed in the track list plays an important role when you have new as well as old fans suddenly being subjected to something so different.

Progressive/ Heavy Metal band ENTHRALL from Bangalore, Karnataka released their second album titled THROES OF FIRE on 1st December 2011 worldwide through METALFIGHTERS and was recorded at THE MUSIC MINT STUDIO(Bangalore, Karnataka).

BAD GUYS WEAR BLACK, the new music video from German Power Metal band PRIMAL FEAR, can be seen below. The clip was shot at an "amazing" location in Nürnberg, Germany.

German-Polish Power Metal band BORN AGAIN has entered MP STUDIO in Poland with producer Bart Gabriel (BURNING STARR, CRYSTAL VIPER, LONEWOLF) to begin recording its debut album, NEVERENDING FIRE. The 12-song effort will be completed later this summer for a late 2011 release.

After a seven-year break, Swedish Power Metal band MORIFADE make a return to the scene with a brand new studio album entitled EMPIRE OF SOULS. The CD was recorded at WHITE LIGHT STUDIO in Linköping and contains ten tracks featuring the band's latest additions, Kristian Wallin (Vocals; Ex-RISING FAITH) and Mathias Kamijo (Guitar; Ex-HYPOCRISY, PAIN).

After more than three decades of delivering Heavy Metal to the masses, Colorado Power Metal band JAG PANZER have decided to call it quits.

American Power Metal band ICED EARTH have entered the studio to begin recording their new album, DYSTOPIA, for a tentative late 2011 release via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS. The CD will mark the band's recording debut with singer Stu Block (INTO ETERNITY), who joined ICED EARTH in March following the departure of Matt Barlow. (Note: Barlow is performing with the band on all summer festival dates. Block will take over from there, starting with the European leg of ICED EARTH's world tour in November.)

German Power Metal band PRIMAL FEAR have set UNBREAKABLE as the title of their new album, due on 20th January 2012 via FRONTIERS RECORDS. The band entered HOUSE OF MUSIC STUDIOS in Winterbach, Germany on Sunday, 10th July to begin recording the CD, which will be produced by PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner and engineered by Achim Köhler (EDGUY, MASTERPLAN). Songtitles set to appear on the effort include GIVE 'EM HELL, AND THERE WAS SILENCE, WHERE ANGELS DIE, BORN AGAIN and STRIKE.

Italian Folk/Power Metal band ELVENKING have issued the following update:
"At the moment we are building up a new rehearsal room, where we'll soon start working on the new album material. A lot of new songs and ideas have been written and we will put something together soon and see what is going to happen. But it is too soon to talk about this. We will try to keep you informed on the progress.