Rammstein’s guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe shall release a new single off the self-titled debut album by his side-project Emigrate in January. The word goes about the song “Temptation“. The MCD shall contain the title track, the previous two radio singles “My World” and “New York City” (along with their videos), and the non-album tracks “Face […]

Roadrunner Records did a survey among its bosses, employees and musicians regarding the best 10 albums of the year 2007. Below you can see some of the charts as quoted from the label’s website: Max CavaleraВ (Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly): 01. Gorjira – From Mars to Sirius 02. Fedayi Pacha – The 99 Names of Dub 03. […]

The legendary Swiss hard rockers Krokus shall play live in Kavarna, Bulgaria on May 6, 2008. More info about the open air event shall be announced soon.

Missskin.net is a new Bulgarian indie label started in the beginning of 2007. The company has just released its first four singles – “Boot Blues” by Dobri & Pitkin, “Whatever” by Andro Stubel (ex-Exitus), “Coffee & Alcohol” by the acoustic string trio Lyuba, Domby &В Allen, and the new track by the local folk rockers Balkandji, “Vision”, which […]

“Manowar fans have requested a special piece of merchandise from their favourite metal band. Manowar has heard these requests and delivered. The new Manowar condoms are the perfect romantic accessory for all true metal couples,” the so-called kings of metal wrote in an official bulletin. The new Manowar condoms are called The Warrior’s Shield and […]

“Recording sessions for the next Soulfly album have been completed,” the band announced yesterday. The still untitled effort is going to contain 13 songs, some of which feature guest vocals by a.o. David Vincent of Morbid Angel and Dave Peters of Throwdown. “Andy Sneap will be mixing the tracks this spring, and the album will […]

Rob Halford has made Fight‘s song “Christmas Ride” available for free download via halfordmusic.com. The track was originally released in 1994 via Epic Records as a promo CD single (view cover in the left).

Chicago-based rockers SOiL (no to be confused with L.A.’s Soil) have recorded a cover version of Soundgarden‘s early 90’s track “Rusty Cage”. You may check it out at the quartet’s official MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/soil.

After playing 223 shows all over the world throughout 2007, America’s metal defenders Trivium have announced: “We’ll be off the road for roughly the first 6-9 months of 2008 writing and recording our third release.” Obviously, we’ll have to wait at least about a year for the follow-up to “The Crusade” (2006)… So meanwhile, check […]

After confirming their participation at next year’s Rock im ParkВ and Rock am Ring festivals in Germany (check out the Gig Guide), Metallica announced they’ll continue their European conquest to the east: The four-piece shall play the Slaski Stadium inВ Chorzow, Poland onВ May 28.