February 25, 2009 — After releasing a slew of mediocre and bland albums in the last decade, the most popular death metal band in the world returns with Evisceration Plague.
January 16, 2009 — New York’s death metal legends, SUFFOCATION, will enter the studio to begin recording their Nuclear Blast debut Blood Oath starting January 31st. The follow up to their 2006 self-titled record will once again be recorded with Joe Cincotta, whom they worked with on their previous two releases.
June 18, 2008 — Belgian death metal band, ABORTED, have posted their forthcoming, sixth new album up for streaming. The album, Strychnine:213, is set for a June 24th release through Century Media.
March 26, 2007 — In the mid 90’s, seminal acts such as DEATH, DISINCARNATE, and CYNIC all made their mark by delivering crushing, technical, guitar-based extreme metal–all while retaining the key element of writing catchy, memorable songs.
October 26, 2006 — Killing sprees, severed limbs, maggots, and zombies aren’t what eighteen year careers are typically made of. But death metal’s biggest and bloodiest band, CANNIBAL CORPSE, has done just that.
September 16, 2006 — Everyone knows that Glen Benton and his merry band of hell raising mischief-makers have been writing songs about hating Jesus and killing Christians for a long time, but after a series of mediocre and otherwise seemingly forgettable releases on Roadrunner Records there is one question that seemed to haunt this band ”“ does anyone care?
September 5, 2006 — First things first”¦if you love death metal, then you love VADER. It’s a simple correlation. So with the release of every VADER release comes the interest and curiosity of every death head out there.
September 1, 2006 — On the heels of their acclaimed new album, The Stench of Redemption, death metal stalwarts, DEICIDE, have unveiled a brand new logo. Check it out here.
August 25, 2006 — Former SEPULTURA drummer, Igor Cavalera, reunited with his brother and former bandmate, Max Cavalera, at a recent gig of Max’s SOULFLY band. The show, which took place on August 17th in Tempe, Arizona, was a memorial show for Dana Wells (D-Low), the step son of Max and son of Gloria Cavalera.
August 10, 2006 — SPV Records has announced the signing of Swedish death metal masters, UNLEASHED, to a worldwide deal. Known for their skillfully penned, Viking-themed songs and explosive live performances, UNLEASHED are poised to make a major impact this fall with the release of their eighth full-length album, titled Midvinterblot.
August 1, 2006 — Candlelight Records today proudly announces its second North American label tour package. Set to kick off January 9, Candlelight II: Phoenix Rising will feature the long-awaited stateside return of DARK FUNERAL (Sweden), ENSLAVED (Norway) and introduce newcomers ABIGAIL WILLIAMS (USA).
July 26, 2006 — Candlelight Records has premiered “Shadow Fear” from VADER’s forthcoming album, Impressions in Blood, at the label’s official Myspace page. Bring your browser to www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa to have your first listen.