November 9, 2010 – German heavy metal legends Helloween have released their 13th studio album, 7 Sinners, today in North America on The End Records. 7 Sinners is definitively one of the fastest and hardest albums in the Helloween’s catalog. At press time, Amazon MP3 has 7 Sinners ranked at #1 in the Hard Rock & Metal category, #24 in Rock and #98 in overall Bestsellers.
German technical death metal outfit, War from a Harlots Mouth, is proud to announce the release of their third studio album, MMX, out today on Lifeforce Records. The haunting full-length, which combines elements of tech metal, grind, hardcore, and jazz is available for purchase through the Lifeforce webstore
Abyss Records is proud to announce signing Norwegian nihilists HINSIDES. The band’s recently self released Universe Aspire In Mysticism (limited to 500 copies) is now available exclusively through Abyss Records. HINSIDES has signed to Abyss Records with plans to release their 3rd, as-of-yet-untitled album in late 2011.
The biggest star in motion pictures prepares to wreak havoc once again! IDW Publishing is thrilled to announce a partnership with Toho Co., Ltd. to create all-new GODZILLA comics. Starting in 2011, Godzilla will smash his way back onto the scene with a cast of characters from his films never before seen in comics.
Eulogy Recordings Signs Loyal To The Grave Eulogy as always recognized and appreciated the importance of the worldwide underground music scene. Today we are very excited to announce the signing of Loyal To The Grave to the Eulogy family. Eulogy will be releasing their new album sometime next year worldwide.
Danish metal quartet Volbeat will release their major label debut BEYOND HELL / ABOVE HEAVEN digitally on November 9th via Universal Republic in the U.S. A physical release will follow on December 14, 2010. Overseas, the album debuted at number one on the sales charts in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and Top 10 in a half dozen additional countries. Since release, the album has sold over 200,000 copies.
Over the course of the last month it’s been revealed that two of the founding members of Misery Signals have announced that they are not going to continue performing with the band. Lambgoat.com recently reported that guitar player and long time member, Stu Ross, has left the band. Ross stated, “The guys in Misery Signals are and will continue to be four of my best friends” he explains, “I just got tired of being in a metal band.”
Veteran Christian metal act, Living Sacrifice, has announced a November 30th release date for a special iTunes exclusive deluxe edition of the band’s latest full-length record, The Infinite Order (Solid State Records). The forthcoming deluxe edition will contain a 30-minute, eight-song, DVD quality video and three bonus tracks, including the unreleased song, “Glasshouses”.
San Antonio’s resident blackened thrashers Hod aren’t sitting idly by while 2010 comes to a close. The band, which Zero Tolerance magazine called a “venomous explosion of black, death and thrash metal fury” has been hard at work on the follow up to last year’s well-received Serpent. Guitarist Carl “Lord Necron” Snyder offered the following statement:
American dark metal pioneers Novembers Doom have commenced recording of their 8th full length studio album, entitled Aphotic. The album is set to be released on The End Records in Spring 2011. Aphotic is being recorded at Belle City Sound in Racine, Wisconsin with longtime Novembers Doom collaborators Chris Wisco at the controls and Dan Swano mixing.
