U2 have returned from Fez in Morocco where the quartet has been writing new songs. Bono & Co. have decamped to the North African country with long-term production collaborators Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, though the pair’s involvement has been strictly about songwriting. “It’s the first time we’ve worked with Brian and Dan in a […]

The clasically trained harp duo Harpallica has just released its self-produced debut, “Harptallica – A Tribute”. As it was the case with Apocalyptica a decade ago, the word goes about performing a series of arrangements based on the music of Metallica, however not on celli, but on harps. Harpallica features Ashley Toman and Patricia Kline, […]

A mysterious new Rage Against the Machine webpage has been launched at ratm82407.com. The site has two countdowns, one leading up to June 11, the other – as well as the page’s domain name – to August 24. Whether these dates have something to do with major live announcements or a new release – we’ll […]

California’s rockstars Avenged Sevenfold are putting the finishing touches to their fourth full-length studio album. The follow-up to “City of Evil” (2005) is scheduled for release on Halloween, October 31, via Warner Bros. Meanwhile, on July 17, the quintet shall put out a DVD. Entitled “All Excess”, it is expected to feature a cover version […]

The End Records have set an August 21 release date for the self-titled debut album by Kosmos – the new psycho-prog rock project by Voivod‘s drummer Michel “Away” Langevin. Based in Montreal, Canada, the group’s line-up is completed by guitarist Jetphil, bassist Vincent Peake and keyboarder Alex Crow. The 12 tracks on “Kosmos” are described […]

The Cult, who signed a deal with Roadrunner Records in the end of May, have decided to call their upcoming studio album “Born into This”. The follow-up to “Beyond Good and Evil” (2001) shall appear on September 24 in Europe and a day later in the USA.

The Project Hate MCMXCIX – the Swedish industrial death metal band featuring mastermind and guitar player Kenth Philipson, vocalists JГ¶rgen SandstrГ¶m (ex-Entombed, Grave) and Jo Enckell, bassist Michael HГҐkansson (ex-Evergrey), guitarist Petter Freed (2 Ton Predator), and drummer Daniel Moilanen (a.o. Runemagick, Lord Belial) – have set “In Hora Mortis NostrГ¦” as the title of […]

Anneke van Giersbergen‘s final appearance with The Gathering will take place on August 4 at the Ankkarock Festival in Finland, the singer announced. Afterwards she’ll devote completely to her new project, Agua de Annique. Actually, it turns out that Anneke’s been working on the songs for Agua de Annique’s debut album, due to be called […]

Iron Maiden’s show in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 4 marked the mega-successful start of the Arena Muzika 2007 festical, and now it’s time for the second concert off this eventВ – the Tangra Mega Rock Night, due to take place onВ June 20В (Wednesday) at Sofia’sВ Universiada Hall. So far six bands have been confirmed to take part in […]

Slipknot and Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor has confirmed that he has been working with Anthrax on material for their upcoming studio album. After splitting with singer Joey Belladonna in January 2007, some days ago guitarist Scott Ian announced that Anthrax’s new frontman shall be revealed by the end of June, and here it is! […]