Jon Nodtveindt' suicide

Dissection singer Jon Nödtveidt, 31, was found dead on August 16th at his flat in Hässelby, a suburb of Stockholm.
He shot himself in the head and was surrounded by lit candles.
Shortly before the suicide, he sent farewell letters to his father and to his girlfriend explaining to a friend, "I'm going away for a long, long time. I'm going to Transylvania."Sometime between Monday (August 14th) and Wednesday, Nödveidt chose to take his own life.

First samples of Europe' new tracks

Audio samples of 2 new Europe songs Let the Children Play and Always The Pretenders have been posted online at the band's official web site.
Both songs are taken from the reunited Swedish rockers' new album titled Secret Society, which will be released in Europe on October 27th (November 18th in Japan).
A release in the United States is still unknown.

Jesse Pintado dies

Century Media Records confirmed that guitarist Jesse Pintado (Terrorizer, ex Napalm Death) died over the weekend in a Dutch hospital.
A true pioneer in the death-grind genre, Pintado's final release was the long-awaited Terrorizer reunion album, titled Darker Days Ahead, published last week on Century Media Records.

Skid Row revolution

Skid Row completed their new studio album, Revolutions Per Minute.
It will be released in Europe on SPV.
The 12 new songs on Revolutions Per Minute see Skid Row pulling out all the stops.
Bolan, Hill and Sabo play their guitars with a vengeance, firing off power chords by the second, turning their amps to the max and apparently knowing but one direction straight ahead!
Whether on the hook-oriented opener, Disease, the aggressive Another Dick In The System, the catchy White Trash or the programmatic Shut Up Baby, I Love You - their unadulterated vitality seems to practically jump at the listener.
The two, six string magicians expertly throw the bait to vocalist Johnny Solinger, who skillfully elaborates on the theme, refining the material further.
Like his predecessor, Solinger pulls all the compositional strings, the material is constructed around him, he is at the epicenter of a soundquake that comes at the audience with full force. It is the power of a track named Strength that marks Skid Row in general and Revolutions Per Minute in particular.
And it is the close attachment of the five band members to their home country that continues to shine through and that Skid Row express on their country rock number, You Lie.

Line-up:

Johnny Solinger - Lead vocals
Rachel Bolan - Bass, backing vocals & percussion
Scotti Hill - Guitar, backing vocals & lap steel
Snake Sabo - Guitar & backing vocals
Dave Gara - Drums & backing vocals

More here: http://www.skidrow.com/ and www.myspace.com/skidrow1.

Deicide new logo

Floridian death metallers DEICIDE have unveiled their "new" logo.