Coldplay have finally entitled their new, fourth full-length studio album, due on June 16. The record will be called “Viva la Vida” – meaning “Long live life” in Spanish – after frontman Chris Martin saw the phrase on a painting by Mexican artists Frida Kahlo. Coldplay – “The Scientist“

Fall Out Boy are set to become the first band to play gigs on all seven continents in less than nine months. They’ll achieve this landmark on Tuesday, March 25, when they’ll do a show in Antarctica for assembled scientists… and penguins. Fall Out Boy – “Dance, Dance“

Iced Earth shall release a new single, entitled “I Walk Among You“, on June 16. This marks the return of iconic vocalist Matt Barlow in the band. Let’s see what’s next… Iced Earth – “Dracula” (live)

Bulgarian hardcore masters Brothers in Blood uploaded a brand-new song entitled “The Blame” at myspace.com/brothasinblood. The track comes off the band’s upcoming album, “Take Your Life Back” (view cover in the left), due via Years of Pain Records.

Meshuggah‘s latest album, “obZen”, has sold 11,400 copies in the USA in its first week of release to debut at position No. 59 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart. This is substantially more than the 7,000 first-week total achieved by its predecessor, “Catch 33”, which landed at No. 170 back in June 2005.

The American quartet The Raconteurs that features Jack White of The White Stripes, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of The Greenhornes, are to release a new album on March 25 via Third Man/Warner Bros. Entitled “Consolers of the Lonely“, the effort will be available on CD, vinyl and as a complete download in […]

Portishead‘s new video for their comeback single “Machine Gun” appeared online yesterday, and can already be watched below. The track comes off the trip-hop trio’s new studio album, “Third” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release on April 28. Portishead – “Machine Gun“

Norway’s industrial metal beasts Red Harvest will release “The Red Line Archives” on April 28 in Europe. The word goes about a retrospective CD feature 11 old tracks, remixes and some unreleased stuff. Red Harvest – “AEP” (live)

…not on the narrow stage at the Black Box Club,” stated Victor Alexandrov after last night’s concert by the iconic U.S. hard rock singerВ Jeff Scott SotoВ and the young Brazilians Tempestt at the above-mentioned venue in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. Tons of photos, courtesy of that very same Victor Alexandrov,В are available in our GALLERYВ and HERE.

Metal God Entertainment and Rob Halford have announced the release of two custom-designed digipacks with exclusive new DVD content for 2008. The first one, “Into the Pit“, is a four-disc collection from Fight that includes the band’s 3 original remastered recordings – “War of Words”, “Mutations” and “A Small Deadly Space” – as well as […]