Norwegian melodic metallers THUNDERBOLT have announced the addition of former WHERE ANGELS FALL drummer Ole Kristian LГёvberg to the group’s ranks. LГёvberg joins the band as the replacement for Vegard Waske, who has left THUNDERBOLT earlier in the month “due to an extremely heavy workload over the past years.”THUNDERBOLT‘s sophomore album, “Love and Destruction“, was […]

DANZIG has enlisted TYPE O NEGATIVE‘s Kenny Hickey as the group’s new guitarist. Hickey joins drummer Johnny Kelly as the second TYPE O NEGATIVE member to join DANZIG‘s touring lineup.DANZIG will perform a dozen West Coast “Blackest of The Black” live dates in November alongside LACUNA COIL, THE HAUNTED, BELPHEGOR and ASESINO. “This is sort […]

Artist-photographer Katja Piolka has created a video for the SINNER song “Die on Command“, using stop-motion photography. Watch it at this location. The track comes off the German hard rock band’s 2003 album “There Will Be Execution“.Piolka has previously created cover art for such acts as LEAVES’ EYES, AGATHODAIMON, ATROCITY, DAWN and TRAIL OF TEARS. […]

Metalcore pioneers WILL HAVEN will enter Bieler Bros. Studio in Pompano Beach, Florida in November to begin recording its Bieler Bros. Records debut, tentatively due in early 2007. The album will mark the group’s first release since 2001’s critically acclaimed “Carpe Diem“. A 2006 demo track can be streamed on the band’s official MySpace page.In […]

The Panic Channel have uploaded their new video to the song “Teahouse of the Spirits” at YouTube.com. The video is made from footage shot during The Panic Channel‘s Spring Tour 2006 and it is directed by Alastair Mckevitt and edited by Justin Glorieux. Earlier this week in an interview for Tangra Mega Rock, Dave revealed […]

Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello was one of 400 people arrested last night during a protest march in Los Angeles.Morello and around 2,000 protestors were campaigning for immigrant hotel workers’ rights when some got taken in by the law.The guitarist performed under his alias Nightwatchman before the march and was subsequently arrested with unlawful assembly.Police say […]

Ozzy Osbourne will be honored with a special tribute at the Spike TV‘s Scream Awards 2006, which is scheduled to air Tuesday, October 10 (10:00 p.m. – midnight, ET/PT). The event (taping at the historic Pantages Theater in Hollywood on October 7) will reach an estimated 750 million people from over 90 countries outside the […]

Gravity Co. will present their new album with a concert in Hristo Botev Hall on October 6, at 8.00 p.m..The event will be a unique multimedia show with a special stage built especially for the night, and 3D shows projected on a special screen. There will be special 3D glasses given to everybody at the […]

LAIBACH have announced that they are releasing their new album, called “Volk” on October 23. The first single of the new album is the track “Anglia” and that is coming out October 9.“Volk” is a collection of 14 national anthems, including the NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst – that is the country with no borders that […]

Liechtenstein-based gothic metal group ELIS will release its new album, “Griefshire“, on November 24 Napalm Records.As previously reported, a brand new ELIS song from “Griefshire“, entitled “Show Me the Way“, has been posted online on the band’s MySpace page.The recordings for “Griefshire” were completed prior to the death of ELIS‘ lead singer, Sabine DГјnser, who […]