Der Metal Krieger Let's make this world metal shall we?

Kreator recently announced 2 shows back-to-back in New York, but the Teutonic Thrash legends have announced a single Southern California date a few California dates a full freakin tour to continue pushing their Phantom Antichrist! But that’s not all, OVERKILL will co-headline with WARBRINGER tagging along to crush your face! Dates and Headliners: 10/30/13 Soundstage – Baltimore, MD *KREATOR headlines* ... Read More »

Has King Diamond dabbled in the Occult and witchcraft so much that he has managed to call on the dark powers to reincarnate himself into a younger, stronger version of himself and form a new band based in Germany even before he has even died?  Well it seems this might very well be the case in the form of vocalist ... Read More »

The reigning kings of technical, historically-themed brutality, NILE, will tour the United States once again this March and April with 28 shows supported by three of the best local bands in every market.  NILE will play two massive sets with music spanning their prolific, twenty year career. “In order to commemorate our 20th year as a band,” states guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders, “we want to bring NILE and ... Read More »

Keep in mind fellow metal heads, I am not keen on live albums. I feel that live is a title that should be enjoyed physically in the pit, or in bowels of the venue, listening and observing the masters of music at work. So when I woke up today to see Arkona had a live album, I had a bit ... Read More »

FINNTROLL has now finished recording their 6th album, Blodsvept, which will be released via Century Media Records on March 25th in Europe and March 26th in North America! Recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Blodsvept features cover artwork by the band’s own guitarist Skrymer (who also did the artwork for the band’s previous releases). This painting perfectly visualizes the musical aura of ... Read More »

Coheed and Cambria isn’t what you would call your average heavy metal band. In fact, it would be wrong to label them as metal to begin with. So why review them on a metal website? Well, bear with me here. Coheed is a very unique group that blends together a multitude of genres, namely progressive rock, punk, indie, and yes, ... Read More »

Swedish death metal legends HYPOCRISY have released the cover artwork, track list and the first single from their upcoming masterpiece End Of Disclosure! Listen to the title-track from the new album on the official HYPOCRISY Facebook page, or download the track from http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/about/70925.hypocrisy.html. “This time I wanted to go back to basics,” commented Tägtgren. “I felt like we lost it for the last couple of albums. This one ... Read More »

Southern California’s own folk metal fury, Helsótt, is proud to debut their first video here on DMK.  We gave their EP Fólkvangr a solid review last year, so check it out and pick up a copy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzMrfShr55c] Formed Feb 1st 2010 Helsótt is a melding of American Thrash/Death and Pagan Metal. Very melodic and very brutal music sets the pace for a high energy ... Read More »

Anticipation for Honor Found In Decay, the tenth studio album by NEUROSIS, is starting to intensify, as we count down the days until its North American release date on October 30th. Like an eclipse, a brand new NEUROSISalbum is not a frequent occurrence and when it comes around, every last moment must be savored. For this momentous event, all the forces are aligned. ... Read More »

Wintersun has finally unveiled new details about their long awaiting album, Time.  At this point it might be more appropriate to say ALBUMS since the band has decided to split Time into two releases.  Here is the official statement posted by the band on their Facebook page Hello friends! Time for some album(s) news. Wintersun‘s Time is going to be two albums, titled TIME I & TIME ... Read More »