The new, 36th issue of the Bulgarian music magazine Pro-Rock shall be available on Thursday, May 17. The cover story is dedicated to Heaven & Hell – the supergroup featuring Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice. The issueВ offers also interviews and features about Dimmu Borgir, Six Feet Under, Porcupine Tree, Marduk, […]

On Friday, May 11, veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper presented the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award to Chris Cornell at the third annual MusiCares Map Fund Benefit concert, which took place at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre in Hollywood, California. The former singer of Audioslave, Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog, who went through rehab […]

Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour), Dave Lombardo (Slayer; on the photo with Mikko Siren and Perttu Kivilaakso), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Joseph Duplantier (Gojira) and Japanese composer Tomoyasu Hotei are among the confirmed musicians who have recorded guest appearances on the upcoming Apocalyptica album. The CD, produced by Jacob Hellner (Rammstein, Clawfinger), shall be released […]

From now on you can stream the entire new Paradise Lost album, “In Requiem” (view cover in the left), at the band’s official MySpace profile. Note that the tracks off the CD shall be available for a week only, which means you’ve got time till next Friday. In other news, the British gothic metal godfathers […]

New York hardcore beasts Madball are finishing up the recordings for their upcoming album at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (worked with a.o. Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Throwdown). Entitled “Infiltrate the System”, the CD is scheduled to surface sometime during the autumn via Ferret Music.

Nuclear Blast have launched a special website dedicated to the current activities of Nightwish. You can check it out HERE. The final details about the future activities of Finland’s metal superstars are as follows: A new single, entitled “Eva”, shall be available for download on May 30. That’s when the name of the band’s new […]

German heavy metal veterans Helloween entered singer Andi Deris’ Mi Sueno Studios in Tenerife, Spain today, May 11, to begin recoding their next full-length album. The CD, due to be produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Saxon), is scheduled to appear on Halloween, October 31, followed by a European tour starting in mid-November.

Velvet Revolver shall release an EP entitled “Harmony and the Tyranny” in the beginning of June. The effort will contain two tracks from the band’s upcoming studio album, “Libertad” (view cover in the left), plus a cover version of Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” and a video documentary about the making of “Libertad”, which, on the […]

Original Sex Pistols bass player Glen Matlock (on the photo), also known for recording stuff with Iggy Pop, The Damned, The Rich Kids, The Philistines and The Flying Padovani’s, has joined forces with Blondie drummer Clem Burke in a new project called Slinky Vagabond. The band will make its live debut at The Filmore in […]

Irish Grammy Award winning singer and multi-instrumentalist Van Morrison has been confirmed as the special guest for the opening nights of The Rolling Stones Summer Tour. The legendary artist will play on the first two nights, respectively on June 5 in Belgium and June 8 in Holland. Further guest artists for the remaining Rolling Stones […]