According to rock radio Total Rock, Marilyn Manson has revealed he turned down the chance to duet with Eminem, because “the song suggested was too over the top, being about killing your girlfriend and stuffing the body in the boot of your car”… As for Manson’s actual plans, as already known, the shock metal master’s […]

The Swedish symphonic metal avantgardists Diablo Swing Orchestra have signed a licensing deal with Candlelight Records for the territory of Europe. This way their 2006 debut album, “The Butcher’s Ballroom”, shall become available not only in the band’s homeland, but in all countries of the Old continent as well. The release is scheduled for August […]

Spoiler NYC, the new punk band formed by Life of Agony bass player Alan Robert, has signed a European deal with I Scream Records. The trio’s debut album, entitled “Grease Fire in Hell’s Kitchen”, is scheduled for release on June 22. For more info, check out SpoilerNYC.com.

The Cult have signed to Roadrunner Records. The debut result of this cooperation shall appear on September 25 – the date when the cult band’s first new studio album in 6 years shall be released. The still untitled follow-up to 2001’s “Beyond Good and Evil” is being recorded in London with producer Youth (a.o. The […]

Emperor frontman Ihsahn (real name – (Vegard Tveitan), his wife Starofash (Heidi Solberg Tveitan) and the fiddler Knut Buen a.k.a. Grimen have united in an experimental folk metal project called Hardingrock. The trio’s debut album, “Grimen” (view cover above), shall be released on June 11 via the label Nyrenning Forlag. Two songs off the CD […]

Team Sleep, the trip-rock project featuring Deftones’ Chino Moreno alongside Todd Wilkinson, Zach Hill of Hella, Rick Verrett of Tinfed and DJ Crook, is putting the finnishing touches to its second fulll-length album. The follow-up to the band’s 2005’s self-titled debut shall appear during the summer.

The supergroup C-187, featuring Patrick Mameli (guitar; ex-Pestilence), Tony Choy (bass; Atheist, ex-Cynic), Sean Reinert (drums; Cynic, ex-Death) and Tony Jelencovich (vocals; M.A.N., ex-Mnemic, Transport League), entitled their debut album “Collision”. The quartet’s CD was recorded at Spacelab Studios near Dusseldorf in Germany with Danish producer Jacob Hansen, known for his work with bands like […]

Last night, May 28, 2007, California’s syco maniacs Suicidal Tendencies and their young Bulgarian colleagues Last Hope did a high-class show at Sofia’s Hristo Botev Hall – unfortunately, in front of less than 800 fans… Photos, aВ report and the setlist of the concert is available HERE.

Scum of the Earth – the trio featuring vocalist and guitarist Mike Riggs (ex-Rob Zombie), bassist Brandon and second guitar player Skyla – is to release its second album in the summer via Eclipse Records. It’s to be called “Sleaze Freak” (view cover in the left). The group’s debut, “Blah… Blah… Blah… Love Songs for […]

New York City’s metalcore beasts Sworn Enemy entered the studio with producers Tim Lambesis (As I Lay Dying) and Joey Z (Life of Agony) to begin recording their next full-length album, entitled “Maniacal”. The release is due by the end of the year. Meanwhile, check out the video for the song “All I Have” off […]