Chris Barnes and his old-school death metal gang Six Feet Under are about to start writing songs for their next full-length studio album. The effort should surface during the second half of 2008.

Coldplay have covered the 80’s hit by Wham! “Last Christmas” as a special greeting to their fans. You macy check out how Chris Martin & Co. revive this old George Michael tune here:

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess celebrated Christmas by releasing two offerings via his official homepage, jordanrudess.com. The first one is an EP entitled “Jordan’s Holiday Seasonings” and featuring four popular holiday songs arranged, performed and recorded on Jordan’s Steinway D concert grand on December 20, 2007. The second one is a Christmas album, “Christmas […]

Swedish death metal veterans Grave have set “Dominion VIII” as the title of their eighth full-lentgh studio album. According to the band, the CD will contain “nine tracks of sheer evil and mass brutality”. “Dominion VIII” is due in April/May via Regain Records. The release will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the band.

Southern “sludge grind metallers” Soilent Green have announced they’ll release a new album on April 15 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, ex-Morbid Angel) at Mana Recording in St. Petersburg, Florida.

On December 30 at 10 p.m. sharp Bulgaria’s РњРњ TV shall start broadcasting an 8-hour-long rock & metal night. Until 6 a.m. on December 31 the viewers of the music television shall be able to watch interviews, videos by bands like Nightwish, Amorphis, Twisted Sister, Six Feet Under, Metallica, Hatebreed, Orphanage and many more, as […]

To mark the release of its new issue, Bulgaria’sВ Pro-Rock MagazineВ launched its brand-new official homepage.В You may check it out atВ www.pro-rock.net.

Tobias Sammet of Edguy has posted the brand-new video by his project Avantasia online. You may enjoy it below. The word goes about “Carry Me Over” – the 4th of the 11 songs on Avantasia’s forthcoming album, “The Scarecrow” (view cover in the left), which will be released on January 25, 2008 via Nuclear Blast. […]

It seems that Austria’s metal avantgardists Hollenthon, gathered around Martin Schirenc (Pungent Stench, ex-Kreuzweg Ost), are finally close to completing the work on their long-awaited third full-length album. The follow-up to “With Vilest of Worms to Dwell” (2001) should surface in early 2008 via Napalm Records, followed by live shows all over Europe. “Y draig […]

Mikael Г…kerfeldt has revealed some details about Opeth‘s upcoming full-length studio album. The follow-up to 2005’s “Ghost Reveries” and this year’s live masterpiece “The Roundhouse Tapes” shall contain 7 tracks with an average running time of about 10 minutes. “These songs are a bit more energetic,” Mikael said. “They remind me of our third record, […]