Polish extreme metallers HATE have been working on their new compositions for a over six months now. The band will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland just after their North American tour with Hypocrisy, on June 5, to begin recording their new album for a late 2010 release via Listenable Records. HATE have announced the title of their forthcoming material as Erebos, which comes from ancient Greek and means literally ”deep darkness or shadow.” The new album will contain at least nine new songs, which are said to be a fusion of blackened death metal, industrial and ambient sounds, deathcore [...read more]

If any band can still put out decent melodeath, it’s Hypocrisy. Many of their brethren have either fallen, been poppified, or just can no longer write good songs. However, that isn’t the case here. You won’t find too many classics, but every song will make you pump your fist and band your head. That’s really all you need from a metal album, is it not?