U2’s record label is reportedly to blame for leaking a copy of their highly anticipated forthcoming album ‘No Line On The Horizon’ before its February 27 release date. The leak has been traced to Universal Music Group‘s Australian branch, which was selling high-quality downloads of the new album at Getmusic.au earlier this week, according to […]

He’s Selling His Soul For Rock’N’RollHave you got a vacancy for a drummer in your band? You have?! Then fear not – pro tub-thumper John Freese is available to beat the skins for you – for a mere $75,000. Freese – the drummer known for his work with Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle and […]

The programme is back and that’s great. On this week’s edition, Vasko Katincharov is talking to Sodom’s Tom Angelripper. Milen of Addix publishing house will present the new biography ofВ Kiss and will tell you how to subscribe through his company for Metal HammerВ and Terrorizer.В  The promoters of the forthcoming SoulflyВ concert in Sofia will give us […]

It’s funny how good life they have up there in Norway. People go claiming their rights to the police (here). One small part of the population practice the infamous ‘Burn your local church’ sport. But most of all – its music. Please check out the boys bellow. The are calledВ Hurra Torpedo – very good.

Telenor Arena in Fornebu just outside Oslo Wednesday evening Feb. 18, 2009. It was AC/DC’sВ first performance in Europe on their Black Ice World Tour Concert-goers were forced to endure long traffic jams to get to the venue.The problem got worse after the gig, with stationary traffic and apparent poor transport links leaving many people stranded. […]

Superchunk has its first solid release since 2001 ready to arrive in stores. The power-pop act’s Leaves in the Gutter arrives in stores April 7 from Merge Records. The five-song effort is the first since 2001’s ‘Here’s to Shutting Up!’. Better yet, the effort indicates the ‘Chunk might be at work on a new record. […]

The German industrialists have sent out a statement on how their new record is shaping up. Rammstein have offered the following update on work on their new album: “After finishing the first part of their studio recordings (for the new Rammstein album) successfully, Rammstein have started to put the final touches to their new songs”“For […]

The first single and video will be called ‘Harmony Korine’. SW has made an agreement with Kscope in the UK for the international release of 3 solo albums over the next few years, starting with the retail version of Insurgentes on 10th February 09. The track listing for the album is: 1. Harmony Korine 2. […]

Miika Tenkula, former lead guitarist and main songwriter of the acclaimed Finnish band SENTENCED, was found dead at his home yesterday. He was 35 years old. Teh sad news were confirmed byВ [former SENTENCED] drummer Vesa Ranta. “The fact remains that Miika had a serious drinking problem for many years which escalated after SENTENCED was buried. […]

SAMAEL are putting outВ theirВ 9-th studioВ record -В ‘Above’ (Nuclear Blast/Wizard) in early March. We decided to talk with them about it, not prior to their concert in Sofia(31.01.09) but just a couple of weeks after, so they have a settled impressions of the Bulgarian metal scene.В  So here we go – this is frontman Vorph on the […]