Metal Injection — Today, Opeth and Chimiara are both without keyboardists. Opeth fired relieved Per Wilberg of his keying duties, while Chimaria keyman Chris Spicuzza left to pursue other interests. Full details on both after the jump: First up, Opeth issued a stateme... more info

Metalsucks — Yep: Per Wiberg now joins Chris Spicuzza in the Keyboardists No Longer in Bands Club. In a statement, Mikael Åkerfeldt says that he and the other members of the band “came to the decision that we should find a replacement for Per right after the ... more info

Metalsucks — No, that is not a reference to erectile dysfunction. Remember back in the early aughts when the almighty Opeth released two albums mere months apart?  Originally intended as a double album, their record label at the time opted instead to separate th... more info

Altsounds — ALESTORM have announced they will be appearing at Sonisphere 2011. They were announced along with Opeth, The Mars Volta, Killing Joke, The Black Dahlia Murder and more who join Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slipknot, Motorhead, Gallows an... more info

Altsounds — THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have announced they will be appearing at Sonisphere 2011. They were announced along with Opeth, The Mars Volta, Killing Joke, Alestorm and more who join Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slipknot, Motorhead, Gallows an... more info

Gigwise — Event more adds new names... more info

Metalsucks — This is easily some of the best prog metal I’ve heard all year… which is an incredibly grand statement in a year when Scale the Summit, Protest the Hero, Devin Townsend, Mastodon, Dream Theater, Opeth and Meshuggah all have albums coming out or a... more info

Metal Injection — Yesterday, our Broseph-Stalins at MetalSucks posted some interesting news about Devin Townsend's forthcoming release. Based on what Devy has been saying in tweets, it's rumored that we will be seeing guest vocal appearances from Opeth’s M... more info

Metalsucks — New Devin (now times three!), new BTBAM, new Protest the Hero, new Meshuggah, new Obscura, new Scale the Summit… most likely new Opeth, Mastodon and Dream Theater… and now new TEXTURES. What did we do to deserve this? As in, can someone pleas... more info

Metalsucks — Are we suffering from an embarrassment of riches or what? New Devin, new BTBAM, new Protest the Hero, new Meshuggah, new Obscura… Mastodon are writing, Opeth and Dream Theater are already recording… surely there’s never been a better year to be... more info