Taiwan’s biggest metal export, the symphonic black metal band CHTHONIC, will release its fourth album, “Seediqbale“, on October 3 through Down Port Music/RED.The weepy sounds of the er-hu, a two-string violin that dates back to Tang dynasty (618-907), gives CHTHONIC‘s music an ethnic flare while adding another eerie layer to the band’s sounds of strife […]

A “memorial day” for late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton was held yesterday (Saturday, September 30) at the at Gyllene Rasten restaurant/bar in Ljungby, DГ¶rarp, Sweden. It was on September 27, 1986 — 20 years ago this past Wednesday — that Burton died in a tragic bus accident in Sweden, just over the road from where […]

Most of Evil Music has the pleasure to announce the upcoming concert of the “Finish Dimmu Borgir” – CATAMENIA.The band will play in Sofia, on October 11. That would be the second show of Catamenia in Bulgaria after their concertВ  on May 24 last year.Catamenia are on their European tour in support of the new […]

BLACKMORE’S NIGHT has parted ways with bassist Sir Robert of Normandy. “We enjoyed his talents for six years as a member of BLACKMORE’S NIGHT,” guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and vocalist Candice Night write in a statement. “He now has family obligations that require him to stay at home. We will miss him but we understand and […]

According to Billboard.com, “Different World” has been confirmed as the second single from IRON MAIDEN‘s “A Matter of Life and Death” album. The single will be released on November 14 (the day of MAIDEN’s sold-out show at Helsinki’s Hartwall Arena in Finland) though this is likely to be a U.S. release date. Europe is expected […]

Liechtenstein-based gothic metal group ELIS has revealed the track listing for its new album, “Griefshire“, due in Europe on November 24 Napalm Records (January 16 in the U.S.).“Griefshire” (view cover here) track listing:01. Tales from Heaven or Hell02. Die Stadt03. Show Me the Way04. Brothers05. Seit Dem Anbeginn Der Zeit06. Remember the Promise07. Phoenix from […]

HAMMERFALL‘s new single, “Natural High“, has entered the Swedish chart at position No. 6. The video for the song can be viewed at YouTube.com. HAMMERFALL‘s video for “The Fire Burns Forever” has been posted online at YouTube.com.

NEIL TURBIN‘S DEATHRIDERS, the new band fronted by original ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin, has announced its current lineup:Chris Moore – DrumsSandy K. Vasquez – BassKurt James – GuitarNeil Turbin – VocalsCheck out a photo of the group at this location.NEIL TURBIN‘S DEATHRIDERS are currently working on a full-length entitled “A Fate Worse than Death“. The […]

Three Los Angeles performances from the Foo Fighters‘ recent stripped-down tour form the basis for the live album “Skin and Bones,” Billboard.com can reveal. Due Nov. 7 via RCA, the 15-track set was taped in late August at the Pantages Theater and spotlights an expanded eight-piece lineup featuring violinist Petra Haden and keyboardist Rami Jaffee.A […]

Denmark’s self-professed “fusion future metal” band MNEMIC has set “Passenger” as the title of its upcoming third studio album, which is scheduled for release in Europe on February 2 and in North America on February 6 via Nuclear Blast Records.In regards to the potent lyrical content, MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie states: “It’s thematically built […]