According to the British weekly extreme music bible “Kerrang!”, Mastodon have fully denied that they are recording a concept album about the crazy Russian monk Rasputin (and even are about putting on tape their own cover version of Boney-M’s mega hit) and stated that the forthcoming album of theirs will be inspired by King Crimson, […]

Blaze Bayley’s (Wolfsbane, IronВ Maiden, Blaze)В wife/manager Debbie has died after a shortВ illness on 27 Sept. in the morning.В They marriedВ last year although Blaze said “they hadВ known each other for almost their whole life”. R.I.P. Debbie

News from the The Mars Volta’s camp say theyВ have now finished recording their new album. It’s about to be mixed by Rich Costey. Release date and album title are still not clear.

Poison The Well, who are notorious with their line-up changes,В revealed that they will soon begin work on a new album. The follow-up toВ 2007’s “Versions”, is to be produced by J Robbins and isВ tentatively due for release in May 2009.

The technical bass player, famous with what he did forВ David Lee Roth andВ Mr. Big is aboutВ to release a solo album next month called “Holy Cow”. It features guest appaearances from Billy Gibbons, Paul Gilbert, Doug Pinnick and Tony Macalpine.

A report of Crematory‘s first ever show in Sofia, Bulgaria shall be published here very, very soon…

As we informed you a short while ago, Danish rock veterans D-A-D will release their 10th studio album on November 10 via EMI. Entitled “Monster Philosophy“, the CD is going to feature 10 tracks, and here’s how its front cover artwork will look like:

“Declaration“, the fifth full-length album from Orange County, California’s extreme metallers Bleeding Through, is being streamed in its entirety on myspace.com/bleedingthrough. The CD is being officially released in Europe today, September 26, via Nuclear Blast. “Declaration“

A two-minute trailer for Static-X‘s first full-length live concert DVD, entitled “Cannibal Killers Live” (view cover in the left), can be viewed below. Due on October 7 via Reprise Records, the effort was shot during a show in Spokane, Washington on June 2, 2007. “Cannibal Killers Live“

Norway’s black metal godfathers Mayhem are to have the documentary “Pure Fucking Mayhem” released on DVD in November. The film charts the history of the Oslo-based band from its forming back in 1983 until the murder of guitarist Euronymous in 1993. Here’s what it’s all about: “Pure Fucking Mayhem“