Kataklysm

Canadian death metal warriors Kataklysm will release their next album, 'Heaven's Venom,' on Aug. 24 via longtime label Nuclear Blast. Next year, Kataklysm will celebrate 20 years as a band, which is considered an eternity in the death metal realm...

Ozzy Osbourne told a roomful of reporters and contest winners at Toronto's gothic-styled castle Casa Loma yesterday that his wife is responsible for choosing the acts on this year's Ozzfest. He had been talking about his forthcoming album, 'Scream,' but Sharon soon emerged to answer any deflected questions...

For a limited time only, Ozzy Osbourne is offering free digital copies of his upcoming 10th studio album, 'Scream,' to anyone who purchases a ticket to this summer's Ozzfest. The tickets must be bought from LiveNation and the offer explres June 18, but it's still a pretty sweet deal...

Kataklysm may be from Montreal, but that's not stopping vocalist Maurizio Iacono from opening a pizzeria in Chicago. "I've decided to open with a very good friend of mine, Saverio Donancricchia," Iacono said. "His family has been in the pizza business for over 20 years in Chicago with Albano's Pizzeria in Cicero...

Los Angeles black/thrash metal band Lightning Swords of Death will release their second full-length album, 'The Extra Dimensional Wound' on May 25. The album was recorded in Corona, Calif. at Trench Studios and was produced by band guitarist Jeremy 'Roskva' Stramaglio...

After much speculation and hearsay about its future, the formerly summer-long Ozzfest tour will return, albeit in limited capacity, in August. Despite not being a cross-country, two-month event as it once was, the tour will obviously be that much more special since it's playing select cities...

Even though he was busy with his side project Ex Deo for much of 2009, that didn't delay Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono from digging into songs for his main band's next album. Kataklysm have just finished the writing process for the record, 'Heaven's Venom,' which is tentatively scheduled for release in the fall of 2010...

New York hardcore pioneers Sick of It All have returned with 'Death or Jail,' the first new song from their upcoming album, 'Based on a True Story,' which comes out April 20. The band wrote the track about friends who have pursued a path of self-destruction that landed them either behind bars or six feet under...

Want to put some metal back in your summer festival plans? Canada has the answer in Heavy MTL, a two-day festival in Parc Jean-Drapeau at Île Saint-Hélène, Montréal. Heavy MTL is set for July 24 and 25. Heavy MTL was first held in 2008, and organizers took a hiatus from the event in 2009. This year, Heavy MTL is b...

It's been over two years since the tragic tour-bus accident that lead to the death of Decapitated drummer Vitek, and the hospitalization of vocalist Covan. The band eventually pressed on with guitarist Vogg and new members, and they've since established U...