Former Mr. Big and Racer X guitarist Paul Gilbert has just released a brand-new instrumental CD in Japan. Entitled “Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar“, the album features 11 tracks and is planned to surface in Europe and the USA in the near future as well. The exact release dates shall be announced soon. Paul […]

Hypocrisy’s Peter TГ¤gtgren announced that he’s started working on the new full-length studio album by his electro-metal project Pain. The follow-up to last year’s “Psalms of Extinction” shall surface in September. The recording for the effort shall begin after Pain’s European tour as support of Nightwish, which starts on February 17 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Pain […]

The original band of Elvis Presley arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria and held a press conference today at noon. The musicians and singers who were present shall perform a show of the King’s classics on Wednesday january 30, at the 4,000-capacity Hall 1 in the national Palace of Culture in Sofia. Below you can see some […]

Last Saturday, January 26, the Swedish Metal Awards 2008 took place at the Grand Hotel in Falkenberg, Sweden. Winners were selected from more than 58,000 fan votes submitted via an Internet-based poll here, and the list of medal bearers goes like this: Hard Rock: Hardcore Superstar (“Dreamin’ in a Casket”) Death Metal: Arch Enemy (“Rise […]

Less than a year after releasing their latest effort “Tales Don’t Tell Themselves”, Funeral for a Friend announced they’ve got some quite serious plans for the current year. The band intends to start recording a brand-new EP shortly, due out around May. A full-length studio album is intended to follow in September. Funeral for a […]

Morrissey was forced to cancel his show at the London Roundhouse on January 25 after just three songs. The former Smith began the concert, but left the stage early after it appeared he lost his voice. Following a 15-minute delay it was announced that the show would not continue. Comedians Russel Brand, David Walliams and […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV shall feature an interview with Tarja Turunen, a report of the One Day Overground, as well as videos by Down, Unearth, Stratovarius, Six Feet Under, The Defaced, Kiss, Hatesphere and more. Fractura airs Sundays at 10 p.m.

Motorhead have entered studio this week to begin recording their next full-length album. The follow-up to 2006’s “Kiss of Death” should be expected in late spring or early summer. Motorhead – “Iron Fist“

Sevendust will release their new, seventh studio album on April 1 via their own label 7Bros. Records. Entitled “Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow“, the CD was recorded at Tree Sounds Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and its complete tracklist goes like this: 01. Inside02. Enough03. Hope04. Scapegoat05. Fear06. The Past07. Prodigal Son08. Lifeless09. Sorrow10. Contradiction11. Walk […]

Joe Satriani announced that his new studio album, set for release on March 31 via Sony/BMG, shall be entitled “Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock“. The line-up that’s recorded the effort was revealed by us some time go here, while the CD’s tracklist goes like this: 01. Musterion02. Overdriver03. I Just Wanna Rock04. Professor […]