Lamb of God and Lordi have been confirmed for the main stage at this year’s US Ozzfest tour, which is to be headlined by Ozzy himself, of course. Hatebreed will top the bill on the second stage, joined by Mondo Generator, Daath, 3 Inches of Blood, Nile, Ankla, Circus Diablo and The Showdown. Ozzfest is […]

As we informed you in mid-February, Chris Cornell is going to release his second solo album, “Carry On”. Now the birthdate of the CD has been officially pushed from May 1 to June 5, but a brand-new song off the recording, entitled “No Such Thing”, has already been posted on Chris’ official homepage, www.chriscornell.com. Besides, […]

American/Norwegian melodic metallers Kamelot will release their new album, “Ghost Opera”, in Europe on June 4 via Steamhammer Records/SPV. The 12 tracks on the CD were recorded and mixed at Gate Studios and Pathway Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany, with producers Sascha Paeth and Miro. A week before the release, on March 28, the quintet shall […]

Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Paul Rodgers‘ debut solo DVD, “Live in Glasgow”, on May 29. The 17 songs on it shall also appear in audio format on CD on April 17. “Live in Glasgow” was recorded and shot with 13 cameras in October 2006 in Scotland and includes 135 minutes of music – from […]

Madness are to record a new version of their classic 1980 hit “Baggy Trousers” with rapper Sway. The reworked track will be called “Baggy Jeans” and will be released as a single later this year. Madness and Sway have just released their first collaboration, the single “Sorry”, and plan to experiment with other material, too…

A concert in memory of the late Bulgarian musician and showman Kembula shall take place onВ May 5В (Saturday) at the City Square in Kavarna, Bulgaria.В Emil TrifonovВ a.k.a. Kembula diedВ on March 17 in a car crash in Sofia. Bands confirmed to take part in the concert are Hypodil,В SignalВ and B.T.R..

Norwegian singer Vibeke Stene (ex-Tristania) has firmly declined the rumours that she has joined Nightwish as the replacement for Tarja Turunen. According to Stene, “That is not true. I would not want to sing for Nightwish. Tristania’s record label asked me a year ago if it was ok to put out the rumour that I […]

Swedish death’n’roll masters Entombed are to release their new album, “Serpent Saints – The Ten Ammendments”, in June 2007 via the Stockholm-based label Threeman Recordings. This shall be the first full-length studio release by Entombed since 2003’s “Inferno”, and their first record with new drummer Olle Dahlstedt (ex-Misery Loves Co.).

The English music magazine Kerrang! has tallied up the hardest, most legendary rockers of this century and crowned AC/DC’s Angus Young as the top “Rock Icon”, beating some of the biggest names in the business. Here’s the top 10 list of Rock Icons: Angus Young (AC/DC) Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, ex-Nirvana) Billie Joe Armstrong (Green […]

Holyhell is a female-fronted newcomer band that shall release their debut single, “Apocalypse”, on March 23 via Magic Circle Music – the U.S. label known mainly as “home” of Manowar. No wonder that the CD was produced by Joey DeMaio, and that the group was chosen – next to Rhapsody of Fire – as a […]