THE PANIC CHANNEL — the new band featuring three quarters of the most recent lineup of JANE’S ADDICTION (guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Chris Chaney) and former SKYCYCLE vocalist Steve Isaacs —will support SUPERNOVA — the new all-star band featuring ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, MГ–TLEY CRГњE drummer Tommy Lee and former GUNS […]

Mick Kenney (ANAAL NATHRAKH, MISTRESS, PROFESSOR FATE, EXPLODER) and Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, LOCK-UP, BRUJERIA) have set up their own record label, Feto Records, as an outlet to release their own music. The first two releases will be LOCK-UP‘s long-awaited “Live in Japan” album and Mick‘s EXPLODER debut. Further releases will include Mick’s PROFESSOR FATE […]

Sweden’s CRYSTAL EYES will release its fifth album, “Dead City Dreaming“, on November 3 in Europe and North America. The title track will be made available for download in a couple of weeks.“Dead City Dreaming” was recorded at Crystal Sounds studio with producer Fredrik NordstrГ¶m. The cover artwork for the CD can be viewed at […]

U2 is working on material for its next studio album with producer Rick Rubin, according to the band’s Web site. The group has been at work on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2004’s “How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” since last month. While in the studio, U2 will be joined by Green Day to record a […]

Germany’s “doom-metal kings” MIRROR OF DECEPTION will release their third album, “Shards“, on October 6 via Cyclone Empire. The band has scheduled a CD-release party on October 20 at Krypta in GГ¶ppingen, Germany.“Shards” (view cover below) was recorded at Soundmann Studio in Bad Cannstatt, Germany and has a running time of 55 minutes. The complete […]

MOTГ–RHEAD‘s video for the song “Be My Baby” has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The track comes off the band’s brand new CD, “Kiss of Death“, which has entered the national album charts in the following countries: Germany: #4Norway: #9Sweden: #13Austria: #20Switzerland: #26U.K.: #45Denmark: #53

Club O!Shipka in Sofia will remain closed during September as well. Unfortunatelly all the planned events had to be cancelled. The owners of the club had been doing some renovation since the beginning of the summer and they are still going on. More information is to be released soon!

Even an extremely ambitioned metal act doesn’t come up with a real classic every year. It takes a very special mood and a coinciding of creativity, intuition and skill to produce a truly monumental recording. For countless Kreator fans, Enemy Of God is not only a milestone in the band’s history, it is also a […]

According to a posting at KissKollector.com, Universal Music will be releasing an “Alive!” box set featuring KISS‘ first three “Alive” albums (as released on Universal labels, whereas the latest “Alive IV“/”Kiss Symphony” album came out via Sanctuary Records) in November. The set will appearently be a four-disc box set, with the fourth disc expected to […]

Swedish “death ‘n’ roll” band HEARSE, featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, has finalized the track listing and artwork for its fourth album, “In These Veins“, due in October via Dental Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “The Last Ordeal” was recorded and mixed by Dan SwanГ¶ (EDGE OF SANITY, […]