CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will release their new self-titled album on February 28th via Candlelight Records. The band are currently streaming the full album online at this location. Recorded at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Los Angeles, the album was produced by the band in cooperation with long-time collaborator John Custer. It was mixed by John […]

The new SONATA ARCTICA record will be called ‘Stones Grow Her Name’, and will be released on May, 18th. It was recorded in several studios all over Finland, mixed at Sonic Pump Studios by Mikko Karmila and mastered at Chartmakers by Svante Forsbäck. The album will be released as limited edition digipak, standard jewel case, […]

Long-running German metallers RAGE will release their new album, 21, on February 24th via Nuclear Blast. The band recently shot a video for the track, ‘Twenty One’, at a casino in the Czech Republic. Check out the premiere below. The material for 21 was recorded with Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HALFORD, HAMMERFALL) at Twilight Hall […]

Bulgarian prog metallers JUVIGI are setting up a headline show on Sunday, 26 February. The gig will start at 10:30 pm at Sofia’s Sound Wave club (ex-Toucan Bluzz&Rock) and JUVIGI will play a two-hours set with material from the bands forthcoming second album. There are no tickets on sale, since the admittance is free. Last January, JUVIGI […]

As previously reported, TERROR are coming back to Sofia to play a ball bustin’ gig on the occasion of radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s SIXTH Anniversary bash. The show has now been moved to the 22 April with the first idea – 20 April proving to be impossible due to logistic issues within the band’s routing. Fans are now […]

SOUNDGARDEN frontman CHRIS CORNELL surprised everyone with his tribute to the late WHITNEY HOUSTON during his acoustic set at President Obama’s fundraiser in San Francisco on Thursday night, 16 February. During the performance he covered songs from his solo career and his days with Audioslave as well as covers of Bob Marley and John Lennon songs. […]

BLACK SABBATH – who late last year confirmed the recording of their first new album in more than 33 years and a worldwide headlining tour – have had to put some plans on hold due to Tony Iommi’s battle with lymphoma. At this time, BLACK SABBATH will perform only one show of this summer’s previously scheduled […]

COHEED AND CAMBRIA are hard at work on their next album and frontman Claudio Sanchez is offering up a free download of an acoustic take on the new track ‘Sentry The Defiant’ — check it out here. Despite having dropped two members in the past year, COHEED AND CAMBRIA’s new album seems to be coming […]

We’re assuming Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl spent some time with Muse recently because now he says that their next album will be recorded in space. Foo Fighters had a lengthy conversation with MTV on the red carpet at The 54th Annual Grammy Awards, where the Foo Fighters nearly swept all categories they were nominated […]

VAN HALEN’s ‘A Different Kind Of Truth,’ debuts this week at #1 on Billboard’s Rock Albums chart. The first VAN HALEN album with David Lee Roth in 28 years sold 187,000 copies to be the week’s top-selling album across all rock genres, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Debuting behind the veteran […]