Killswitch Engage are to start recording their next full-length studio album in October. So far it’s only known that the follow-up to “As Daylight Dies” (2006) shall be released sometime next year. Killswitch Engage – “Holy Diver“

Producer Jerry Finn has died last week after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He worked with Bad Religion, Rancid, Green Day, AFI, Blink 182, The Offspring, Alkaline Trio, Sum 41 and Morrissey, among others. Finn was 39 years old. Rest in peace.

The new, 50th edition of Bulgaria’s Pro-Rock Magazine shall surface on Friday, August 29 (view front cover below), featuring articles about Slipknot, Destruction, Iced Earth, Crematory, Walls of Jericho, Hail of Bullets, The PineР°pple Thief, Benediction, Extreme, Cavalera Conspiracy, Testament, Therion, Black Winds, Canvas Solaris, Lacrimas Profundere, Mystica, Anathema,В  Hawthorne Heights, Rookie of the Year, […]

The weekly metal show Fracture on MM TV shall return on air on September 7, 2008. The first issue shall feature tons of exclusive footage by a.o. Cradle of Filth, The Sisters of Mercy, Exodus, 3 Inches of BloodВ and Overkill, among others.

Lee Dorrian’s record label Rise Above Records shall celebrate its 20th anniversary with a show at ULU in London on December 13, 2008. Headliners for the event shall be Grand Magus and Electric Wizard. Other bands to appear include Taint, Gentleman’s Pistols, Litmus, SerpenCult, Moss and Diagonal. Tickets are on sale now via ticketweb.co.uk at […]

In the wake of the birth of German thrash metal veterans Destruction’s tenth full-length studio album, “D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.“, the trio’s frontman and mastermind Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer revealed everything we need to know about this special project. The entire interview is available HERE, and the album’s acrostic tracklist looks like this: 01. “D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.”02. “Elevator to Hell”03. “Vicious […]

An exhibition of Syd Barrett‘s paintings, many never seen before in public, will form the centrepiece of an extensive tribute to the psychedelic legend in his hometown of Cambridge. Entitled “The City Wakes“, it runs across Cambridge between October 22 and November 1. Besides Barrett’s own artwork, there’ll be a display of memorabilia and photographs […]

Poland’s death metal leaders Behemoth shall release their first official live album inВ October via Regain Records. The CD (view ocver in the left) shall be entitled “At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy“, and its final tracklist goes like this: 01. Rome 64 e.v.02. Slaying the Prophets ov Isa 03. Antichristian Phenomenon 04. Demigod […]

Snow Patrol will release their new, fifth full-length studio album on October 27. Entitled “A Hundred Million Suns“, the CD by Scotland’s indie rock melancholics was recorded in Germany and Ireland with producer Jacknife Lee. The follow-up to 2006’s bestseller “Eyes Open” shall be preceded by the single “Take Back the City“В two weeks prior to […]

Alice Cooper, Lemmy, Tony Iommi, Ronnie Dio, Dave Grohl and Billy Gibbons are among the musicians taking part in “We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year” – a collection of metallic Christmas songs (view cover in the left) that is going to surface on October 14 via Amoury Records and Black […]