Greek act Sorrowful Angels has issued the following statement about the band appearing at the Cyprus Metalmorphosis Festival: "Dear friends we are very excited for the upcoming show in Cyprus at the 31st. It is a great honor for us to perform for the first time on the island and we are sure it will be a incredible experience! Sorrowful Angels in... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Drummer Stig Moe of Norway's Thunderbolt has checked in with the following update about the artwork for an upcoming release: "Hi! We are putting the finishing touches on our new front cover! Our friend Jobert Mello is doing a great job and the result is shaping up nicely. In August it is time to take some new promo pictures and rehearse for our ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Tombs has announced a run of August tour dates with Germany?s Planks. This tour will kick-off on August 12th in Bethlehem, PA and conclude on August 23rd with a show alongside Goatwhore in Cortlandt Manor, NY. Tombs recently returned home from a run of dates with Isis as part of a farewell tour, in addition to east coast dates with EyeHateGod. In b... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Germany's Death of Desire has posted the cover artwork online for the band's "ANTIhuman" album, which can be viewed here. The band also commented on the artwork: "Finally the cover art for our 'ANTIhuman' album is finished, the main idea for the cover art was designed by Morbid and F.Z from the Black Metal band Kythrone is the man responsible fo... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

The 2010 edition of the Carnival Outdoor Music Festival will take place from August 20th - 21st in Louisville, Ohio. The lineup and running order will be as follows: August 20th THE PIT STAGE 6-6:30- Ichabod Crane 7-7:30- Gingerspitz 8-8:30- Rumbledaddy 9-9:30- D.E.A.D. 10-10:30- Grand Empire 11:30-12:15- Groovepipe 12:45- 1:30- Subducti... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Cyprus power metal act Arryan Path has issued the following update about working on a third full-length album: "Arryan Path have composed and already recorded the drums for 12 songs for their forthcoming (still untitled) 3rd album! The band seems to be taking a 'faster', more powerful direction with this album, emphasizing more on their 'power' ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Bassist/vocalist Craig 666 of Australia's Belligerent Intent has checked in with the following brief update about performing in Thailand: "We are heading over to play with Inquisition, Surrender Of Divinity, Archgoat, Zygoatsis, and Grind Buto. On the God Beheading Ritual show at Hollywood Hall, Bangkok. Thailand. Saturday, August 7th, 2010." ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

HORSEBACK?s second full-length album "The Invisible Mountain" is currently streaming in its entirety at this location. "The Invisible Mountain" will see its CD and digital release next Tuesday, August 3rd, via Relapse Records. The album saw its LP release earlier this year via Aurora Borealis. HORSEBACK is currently writing for the follow-up album ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Decrepit Birth is currently embarked on the Summer Slaughter North American tour. ?So far, so good,? commented vocalist Bill Robinson. ?We are very happy with all the positive feedback to our new CD Polarity. As usual southern California kicked ass. Always a great time. All in all, every show as been very good. Other than having to miss playing Ft.... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Trieste, Italy's THE SECRET are set to release their upcoming "Solve Et Coagula" full-length via Southern Lord Recordings on September 28th. The twelve tracks were captured by Kurt Ballou (Trap Them, Converge, Cursed) at Godcity Studios. The "Solve Et Coagula" [cover art] tracklisting is as follows: 01. Cross Builder 02. Death Alive 03. Double... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

California female-fronted black metallers Divination of the Damned have posted more footage online from a live performance. The clip for "Fading" can be viewed below, and two more videos can be found after the jump. FadingDivination of the Damned(Female Fronted Blk Metal) | MySpace Music Videos Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

French death metal act Diluvian is set to release the new album "Epidemic" via Deepsend Records on August 24th, 2010. The cover artwork and pre-order information on the album can be found at this location. You can also catch Diluvian live on the following dates: 9/18 2010 Houten Deathfest Houten, NETHERLANDS 10/9 2010 Catering Cafe Héricourt, F... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Serbian black/death metal band Bane has announced that the title of their debut album will be "Chaos, Darkness & Emptiness" and will contain artwork done by the legendary Marcelo Vasco (Belphegor, Obituary, Vader, Borknagar, Gorgoroth, Satyricon, etc.). The album will contain 9 tracks, and will be equally divided into the following three chapter... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Norway's In Vain will be headlining the upcoming Dutch Brainstorm Festival alongside Demon Hunter on November 5th, 2010. Other bands confirmed to appear at the festival include Innerwish, The Spirit That Guides Us, Officium Triste, My Silent Wake, Dark Sky, Erebus, and more. Additional details on the Brainstorm Festival can be found at this locatio... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

In addition to Iron Thrones' "Wretched Sun" EP, AOL Music is also streaming the full albums of Avenged Sevenfold's "Nightmare" and 36 Crazyfists' "Collisions & Castaways". Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Borknagar has updated the upcoming South American tour this fall to include two shows in Mexico. Dates are as follows: Sept. 17 Mexico City, Mexico - Circo Volador Sept. 18 Monterrey, Mexico - Arena Santa Lucia Sept. 19 Bogota, Colombia - Teatro La Mama Sept. 21 La Paz, Bolivia - Centro Comercial Mundial Sept. 23 Santiago, Chile - Club Rock ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Arizona's Viraemia has issued the following update about canceling the previously scheduled L.A. show for tomorrow, July 31st: "Attention! Show in LA on July 31st is canceled. Sorry about that but I guess the venue double booked the show. But we are still playing the show in LA on July 30th...which is today. Hope to see ya there. Come hang out..... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Ontario's black/death metal band Visions of the Night has issued the following announcement about releasing a new album and heading out on the "Butchering The Northeast" 2010 tour: "Visions of the Night is proud to announce their signing with Butchered Records for the release of their next full length CD: 'Vengeance, Honour, Victory'. They join ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Swedish epic power metal band SABATON has issued the following statement: "Since were not out on tour this weekend, and have already told you that we are back in Studio Abyss recording, we might as well tell you that we took the tourbus down to Stockholm for another videoshoot..." "Does anyone have a clue what song we are working on this time... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Brazilian metal band Oligarquia has released two new songs from the new album entitled "Distilling Hatred" and is looking for a label to release the new album. Listen to the two new songs on the band's MySpace page. The ?Distilling Hatred? tracklisting is as follows: 01. Ignorance Prevails 02. Bloody Ideals 03. Comsumed by Greed 04. Abyss ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com