Swedish melodic death metal titan, Arch Enemy, has begun recording a new studio album, the long awaited successor to 2007’s acclaimed Rise Of The Tyrant album. After releasing the Tyrants Of The Rising Sun – Live In Japan live DVD/CD (2008) and the re-recordings album, The Root Of All Evil (2009), the band’s ninth studio album will mark a return to new, original material.  

Metal Mind Productions is proud to announce the release of the exclusive box containing the full discography of one of the best death metal bands around – Sinister.  

Lone Star brutal death metal outfit, The Famine, has posted a brand new track from the forthcoming full-length, The Architects of Guilt, on the band’s official MySpace page, entitled, “Ad Mortem”.   

In our ongoing revamping of the metalmachine.net website, we came across an interview from a year ago with Candlebox lead singer Kevin Martin. Check out what Kevin had to say about the Candlebox reunion.  

German technical death metal outfit, War from a Harlots Mouth, has posted a music video for the track, “To Age And Obsolete”, taken from their November Lifeforce Records release, MMX.  The video was filmed during the band’s recent run on the “Imperial Never Say Die!” European tour last summer.   

  Austria’s dangerously perverted kings of blackend death metal, BELPHEGOR will be direct support to DEICIDE on the “God Is Dead – To Hell With God Tour”, which kicks off on Feb. 15th!  

Rob Zombie, along with Conspiracy Entertainment have created the ultimate Rob Zombie music and video game package for the taking!  

Originally released in 1992, the reissue of FESTER’s now classic offering of Norwegian black /death metal, Winter Of Sin, will be available tomorrow (December 24th) on Abyss Records.  

NEVERMORE has landed on several ‘Best of 2010’ lists this month but that seems to be an obvious conclusion from releasing what many view as the best NEVERMORE album yet, ‘The Obsidian Conspiracy’. The band has also seen a huge response from fans after completing their tremendous headlining tour this summer. Now the band is gearing up for 2011 and that means one thing, more touring!  

Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of legendary doom metal act PENTAGRAM. The band, now entering their 40th year anniversary, will be releasing a full-length album titled Last Rites in the spring of 2011 featuring all new tracks with a DVD to follow in late 2011.  

A pact borne in the bleakest hell of obscurity. Chile’s DEMONIC RAGE and the United States’ FATHER BEFOULED partner under the banner of Dark Descent Records to vomit forth pure unholy death metal of the most blasphemous order.  

Venezuelan blackened death metal act NOCTIS IMPERIUM have recently released a video for the song “Unus In Nihil” from their Abyss Records debut Nihil. Nihil was released in August of 2010 and is currently available through Abyss Records and features Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, et al.) on drums.