Helloween, who are currently recording their next, 12th full-length album at singer Andi Deris’ Mi Sueno Studio in Tenerife, SpainВ  with producer Charlie Bauerfeind, shall entitled their new CD “Gambling with the Devil”. The effort shall be released on Halloween, October 31, followed by a European tour in November and December.

The video for the debut singleВ “Oh, You Black Sea”В by Svetlyo & The Legends can already be watchedВ on the legends’ official homepage, as well as here. Enjoy!

Drummer Bryan “Brain” Mantia (ex-Primus, Guns N’ Roses, Godflesh, Tom Waits, a.o) and guitarist Brian “Buckethead” Carroll (on the photo; ex-Guns N’ Roses, Praxis, Les Claypool) have teamed up with legendary American funk bass player William “Bootsy” Collins in new band, Science Faction. Their debut album is expected in early 2008.

The German thrash metal quartet Holy Moses, fronted by the mighty-voiced Sabina Classen (on the photo), is currently at Blue Cattle Studio in Hamburg, Germany, to record its next full-length album. The band’s current line-up features Michael HankelВ (guitar), Oliver Jaath (bass), Atomic Steiff (drums; ex-SodomВ and Living Death) and, of course, Sabina herself (roars).

The Greek old-school thrashers Suicidal Angels shall release their debut full-length studio album, “Eternal Domination” (view cover in the left), on July 16 via OSM Records. The quartet impressed quite a lot Bulgarian fans as an opening act for this year’s shows by Behemoth and Rotting Christ in Sofia.

Dutch melancho-rockers The Gathering have launched a vocalist search, following the recent departure of Anneke van Giersbergen (currently active with her brand-new project, Agua de Annique). Interested candidates – both male and female – are invited to send a short bio and one or two mp3’s to audition@gathering.nl.

The video for the new UNKLE single, “Burn My Shadow”, featuring The Cult’s Ian Astbury on vocals, is available for watching below. The track is the 7th one of the 14 tunes on UNKLE’s upcoming third full-length studio album, “War Stories” (view cover in the left), due to be released on July 9 in Europe […]

A previously unreleased Stone Sour song, entitled “Suffer”, is available for free download HERE. The track will be included on the special edition of the band’s latest CD, “Come (What)ever May”, due on June 26 via Roadrunner Records. The new edition will be containing “Suffer” plus five more previously unreleased cuts (including an acoustic cover […]

Former Megadeth and Cacophony guitar player Marty Friedman is currently mixing two live solo releases in Japan’s capital Tokyo. The word goes about the audio CD “Live in Europe” and the DVD “Live in Tokyo”. Both efforts feature different setlists, however recorded with the same band members, namely drummer Jeremy Colson, bassist Chris Catero and […]

New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) veterans Blitzkried have completed work on their new full-length album. Entitled “Theatre of the Damned” (view cover in the left), the CD is going to contain 10 tracks of “the same authentic heavy metal of the ’80’s along with a super freshness and total attitude.” Due on August […]