A video of SEPULTURA performing the song “Convicted in Life” live on the Brazilian TV show “Programa do JГґ” Thursday night (September 7) has been posted online at YouTube.com. SEPULTURA‘s appearance on “Programa do JГґ” marked the TV debut of the band’s new drummer, Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA), who replaced founding member Igor Cavalera in June.

Even an extremely ambitioned metal act doesn’t come up with a real classic every year. It takes a very special mood and a coinciding of creativity, intuition and skill to produce a truly monumental recording. For countless Kreator fans, Enemy Of God is not only a milestone in the band’s history, it is also a […]

According to a posting at KissKollector.com, Universal Music will be releasing an “Alive!” box set featuring KISS‘ first three “Alive” albums (as released on Universal labels, whereas the latest “Alive IV“/”Kiss Symphony” album came out via Sanctuary Records) in November. The set will appearently be a four-disc box set, with the fourth disc expected to […]

Germany’s “doom-metal kings” MIRROR OF DECEPTION will release their third album, “Shards“, on October 6 via Cyclone Empire. The band has scheduled a CD-release party on October 20 at Krypta in GГ¶ppingen, Germany.“Shards” (view cover below) was recorded at Soundmann Studio in Bad Cannstatt, Germany and has a running time of 55 minutes. The complete […]

MOTГ–RHEAD‘s video for the song “Be My Baby” has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The track comes off the band’s brand new CD, “Kiss of Death“, which has entered the national album charts in the following countries: Germany: #4Norway: #9Sweden: #13Austria: #20Switzerland: #26U.K.: #45Denmark: #53

Club O!Shipka in Sofia will remain closed during September as well. Unfortunatelly all the planned events had to be cancelled. The owners of the club had been doing some renovation since the beginning of the summer and they are still going on. More information is to be released soon!

Irish folk metal band CRUACHAN has posted the final cover artwork for its upcoming fifth album, “The Morrigan’s Call“. The follow-up to 2004’s “Pagan“, “The Morrigan’s Call” was recorded at Sun Studios in Dublin and is scheduled for release on November 17 via AFM Records. Check out the cover below: “The Morrigan’s Call” track listing: […]

NINE INCH NAILS is reportedly working on material for its next album, according to Launch Radio Networks. Band leader Trent Reznor is said to be writing songs with an eye toward releasing a new disc sometime next year, although there’s been no official confirmation of those plans. Reznor, meanwhile, did post a message at the […]

SONATA ARCTICA’s live DVD, “For the Sake of Revenge“, has been certified gold in the band’s home country for sales in excess of 5,000 copies. The set entered the Finnish Music DVD chart at position No. 1 back in June. The CD version of “For the Sake of Revenge” landed on the national album chart […]

German hard rockers SCORPIONS are among the artists whose BMG Music Publishing catalog is being purchased by Vivendi’s Universal Music unit for $2.09 billion.Paris-based Vivendi said the deal will make Universal the world’s leading music publisher.Vivendi said BMG‘s catalog includes over a million copyrights, including COLDPLAY, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, MAROON 5, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, R KELLY and […]