Metalsucks — Biggest and best metal release day of 2011 so far? It certainly seems that way. New records from Amon Amarth, Becoming the Archetype, Blackguard, Cavalera Conspiracy — are you kidding me? there’s still more? — Goes Cube, Havok, Mercenary, Obscu... more info

Metal Injection — Woah, I guess Monday is a good day for album stream premieres because there are quite a few of them…Amon Amarth's Surtur Rising is streaming in full at Bloody-Disgusting, Becoming The Archetype's Celestial Completion at AOL, Havok's ... more info

Altsounds — Today, popular horror site Bloody Disgusting streams AMON AMARTH's long-anticipated full-length, Surtur Rising,in its entirety! Scheduled for North American release via Metal Blade on March 29, 2011, the record, which was voted among Decibel Maga... more info

Metal Injection — Wow, this week flew by completely. We're still catching up on life in the office after an insane few days at SXSW. In the interim, a lot of new music became available, that we may have missed. We decided to do a quick pre-weekend roundup of all ... more info

Metalsucks — So as it turns out, Periphery have a rather sizable online following. Hm. Who knew? ANYWAY, here’s how we amused ourselves this week: We debuted new music by the aforementioned Periphery, as well as Meek is Murder. Gwar’s Oderus Urungus answered ... more info

Metalsucks — I read somewhere that Amon Amarth are like real-life Dethklok. I think it was actually Axl that tweeted it, and it stuck with me. It’s hilarious, and if you’ve ever seen them live, it’s pretty true. Drummer Fredrik Andersson was kind enough to ... more info

Metalsucks — If you asked me to make some suggestions for bands Amon Amarth might want to consider covering, well, I don’t think it would ever occur to me include System of a Down on that list. I love both bands (in different ways, obviously), but when I think ... more info

Altsounds — *UPCOMING RELEASE DATES *14.03.11 ACROSS THE SUN - 'Before The Night Takes Us' (CD) 14.03.11 ASSAULTER - 'Boundless' (Digi CD) 14.03.11 CANNIBAL CORPSE - 'Global Evisceration' (DVD) 28.03.11 AMON AMARTH - 'Surtur Rising' (ltd. CD/DVD Digibook; CD/DV... more info

Popdose — Dave Steed reviews the new Frank Sinatra metal tribute album and the eighth record from Amon Amarth. more info

Altsounds — *UPCOMING RELEASE DATES* 14.02.11 DARKEST ERA - 'The Last Caress Of Light' (CD) 14.02.11 PRIMORDIAL - 'Storm Before Calm' (2-disc Digi reissue) 28.02.11 AMON AMARTH - 'The Re-Issues (Ltd. ed. Boxset including 4 double-digipaks of first 4 albums) 14... more info