melechesh

Melechesh vocalist/guitarist Ashmedi has quite the autobiography. He is originally from the politically and religiously charged area of Jerusalem and was raised solely by his mother, having never met his father. While born in Israel, he is not Israeli nor is he Palestinian, but he still found himself in the middle of a battle-ravaged, volatile region in which he belonged to neither side... Read Mo

Maryland Deathfest performers Watain and Pentagram have contributed songs to a free digital extreme metal compilation that will be distributed at the event by Metalhit.com. Other artists on the collection are Revocation, the Crinn, Wormrot, Graves of Valor, Hail of Bullets, Nominon, Cardiac Arrest, Sectioned, Diabolic, Colonize the Rotting, Aldaaron, Sacrilegious Impalement, Vulvectomy and Othrus.

Israeli-based black metal band Melechesh will enter Babajim Studios in Istanbul, Turkey on April 10 to record their yet-untitled fifth album, the follow-up to 2007's 'Emissaries.' The band plans to spend between four and five weeks tracking the disc...

When it comes to music, Sigh frontman Mirai Kawashima doesn't believe in boundaries. Since he formed the band in 1990, Kawashima has explored elements of jazz, psychedelia, orchestral music and the avant-garde within a foundation of thrash and black metal...

The madmen behind America's biggest heavy metal party, Maryland Deathfest, have recently announced that the reunited Gorguts have confirmed an appearance at this year's festival. In addition, the following bands have recently been confirmed for MDF 2010, including Possessed, Asphyx (Netherlands), Necrophobic (Sweden), Sadistic Intent and the Chasm...