Metal Injection — Is Simone Simmons the prettiest woman in metal? She might just be. If you don't believe me, check out this new photo gallery we posted featuring photos of her and her band, Epica, as well as their tour mates Alestorm and Insomnium. Check out the... more info

411 Mania — From Iron Maiden helping their former drummer with M.S. to Kerry King of Slayer talking about recording a new album and Epica granted a fan's wish plus free downloads and MORE! more info

Metalsucks — GREAT NEWS!!! Insomnium will be returning to North America this fall, playing support on Epica’s headlining tour alongside Alestorm, System Divide, and Destiny Potato. I really don’t care about any of those bands but it doesn’t matter the lea... more info

Metalsucks — Cannibal Corpse’s new album Torture made a big splash in its’ debut week, while new records by Adrenaline Mob, Soulfly, Epica and Impending Doom also hit the Top 10 of the “Current Hard Music” chart. Those numbers and more after the jump: 3 ... more info

Metalsucks — FEATURING MEMBERS OF MACHINE HEAD, EPICA, NAILS, CLINGING TO THE TREES OF A FOREST FIRE, ARGUS, EVERYTHING WENT BLACK, AND WEAPON Every year year, MetalSucks invites musicians from across the vast spectrum of the metalsphere (or, in a few cases, the ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Delay Trees - About Brothers (video premiere) FRIENDLY FIRE SIGNS DELAY TREES, DEBUT FULL-LENGTH OUT MAY 10 We are overjoyed to announce the newest addition to our roster: Delay Trees. Finland's Delay Trees are one of the most interesting new band... more info

Metal Injection — Metal Injection's photo crew was on hand at two shows in San Francisco and snapped some sweet shots of Epica, Scar Symmetry, Blackguard, The Agonist and Forbidden. Head over to our photo gallery to browse all of our recent snapshots. more info

Altsounds — Female fronted Spanish symphonic gothic metallers DIABULUS IN MUSICA have finished recordings for their much anticipated debut album Secrets! Secrets was engineered by the prestigious Spanish tech-producer Iñaki Llarena and mixed by former ... more info

Live Daily — Fronted by Simone Simons, whose operatic vocals are in a mezzo-soprano range, Epica [ tickets ] is not yet a household word outside of their native Netherlands, but gothic metal aficionados around the world are no doubt keeping the group on their rad... more info

Altsounds — The February 5 concert at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin featuring EPICA, THREAT SIGNAL and BLACKGUARD will be streamed live via TheRaveLive.com beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST (2am GMT on Feb 6th) To access the free live concert stream: 1) Sign up... more info