Obituary are to release an EP called “Left to Die” in September. It will include a cover of Celtic Frost’s “Dethroned Emperor”, as well as a reworked version of Obituary’s classic cut “Slowly We Rot”: Obituary – “Slowly We Rot” (live 1990)

There’s just about a week left until the groundbreaking show by Metallica, Down and The Sword at the 50,000-seat Vassil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria… and it’s almost sold-out…

The Performing Rights Society has published a Top Ten of the most played songs in the UK of the last five years. Plays on TV, radio, websites and in venues were used to collate the chart, and the winner is… Daniel Powter‘s 2004 hit “Bad Day“. Here’s the Top Ten of the most played songs: […]

Rage Against the Machine vocalist Zack de la Rocha and former The Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore have unveiled a new song by their project One Day As a Lion on myspace.com/onedayasalion. The track, entitled “Wild International“, precedes the duo’s debut self-titled EP, which set for release next Monday, July 21.

Tarja Turunen shall do her first-ever live performance in Bulgaria on October 28, 2008! The former NightwishВ singer shall play at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, with tickets going on sale next Monday and costing 20 leva (the first 500) andВ 25 leva (resp. 10 and 13 Euro). Tarja Turunen – “I Walk Alone“

On July 12, during the closing night of the Magic Circle Festival 2008 in Germany,В Joey DeMaioВ has announced that Manowar shall release their new full-length studio album no later than mid-July 2009. The as-yet-untitled CD, due to be preceded by the single “Die with Honor” (see below), shall be accompanied by a fantasy novel written by […]

Video footage with decent quality of Swedish progressive metallers Opeth performing the song “Heir Apparent” off their current album “Watershed” live can be viewed below. The track was shot last Saturday, July 12, at the Evolution Festival in Milan, Italy. Opeth – “Heir Apparent” (live 2008)

According to a posting on the unofficial AC/DC website ac-dc.net, the Australina rock legends’ new album, which will most likely be called “Black Ice“, will be released by Columbia Records on October 27 in Europe. The first single, “Runaway Train“, which was also a contender for the album’s title, will be released in late August. […]

British music legend Sir George Martin, most famous for his work as composer, arranger and producer of all of The Beatles‘ original records has been honoured with a lifetime Grammy honour in Los Angeles this weekend, July 12. Martin recieved his career honour at the Annual Grammy Foundation “Starry Night” charity gala dedicated to him […]

Oasis have revealed the full tracklist and front cover artwork (view it in the left) for their new album, “Dig Out Your Soul“. The follow-up to 2005’s “Don’t Believe the Truth” is set to be released through the band’s own label Big Brother Recordings on October 6, and is going to be preceded by the […]