Earlier this year, the Swedes of PAIN announced great news for those of you who didn’t have the chance to see them live during the ‘You Only Live Twice’ Tour that started in October 2011. The Band recorded the whole final show of the first leg at Debaser Medis in Stockholm last November and parts […]

CLUTCH have confirmed Earth Rocker as the title of their next studio effort, which will drop in March 2013 via their own Weathermaker Music. Vocalist Neil Fallon offered an update, saying, “Last minute overdubs are fun. Harmonicas, tambourines (yes, we use those), claps, the odd backing vocal. Recording can be monotonous, so those unintended moments […]

MONY PANCHEV’s very special ROCKENROLL radio show today is dedicated to FAIRPORT CONVENTION…. ROCKENROLL kicks off at  4:00 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. For the several reruns of the show – CHECK in our SCHEDULES. 

Former Dio drummer Simon Wright says there’s a chance that four unfinished demos could be completed for a future release. Ronnie James Dio’s last track, Electra (check it below), was released after his death, but Wright reveals scratch tracks of other songs exist. “There were three or four songs he had been working on,” says […]

Watch the new amazing trailer about the upcoming NIGHTWISH movie incl. songs from the soundtrack ‘Imaginaerum (The Score)’ below. ‘Imaginaerum’ tells the story of an elderly composer, Tom, who suffers from severe dementia. As he has had the disease for years and has regressed into childhood, he remembers practically nothing from his adult life. His […]

PARKWAY DRIVE has unleashed a brand new track from the soon to be released fourth album ‘Atlas,’ which is due out October 30th via Epitaph Records. The new track titled ‘Old Ghost / New Regrets’ can be streamed through the player below. “The album was written at a time the band was travelling very extensively which […]

ELUVEITIE vocalist/hurdy gurdy player Anna Murphy has posted her solo demo track ‘Woebegone’, due to appear on her forthcoming album, online for free download. Check out the audio player below. As previously reported, Eluveitie and Finnish metallers WINTERSUN, will co-headline a North American tour this Winter. The trek will commemorate Eluveitie’s 10th anniversary as well […]

Ginger Wildheart has teamed up with Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury in new band MUTATION. They intend to release three albums. The first is to be titled ‘The Frankenstein Effect’, and has a guest appearance from Mark E. Smith of The Fall. The musical style is said to be thrash with extreme arrangements.  

SONIC SYNDICATE bassist Karin Axelsson is a mother for the first time. She gave birth to a girl on October 12. She is engaged to Andre Gonzales, guitarist with By Right.  

Swedish guitar legend YNGWIE MALMSTEEN has revealed that his new album and follow-up to 2010’s Relentless will be called Spell Bound. A release date to be announced shortly. On October 1st, Anders Tengner’s unauthorized biography about legendary guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, Såsom I Himmelen, Så Ock På Jorden (As Above, So Below) was released in Sweden. […]