Blaze Bayley’s (Wolfsbane, IronВ Maiden, Blaze)В wife/manager Debbie has died after a shortВ illness on 27 Sept. in the morning.В They marriedВ last year although Blaze said “they hadВ known each other for almost their whole life”. R.I.P. Debbie

News from the The Mars Volta’s camp say theyВ have now finished recording their new album. It’s about to be mixed by Rich Costey. Release date and album title are still not clear.

Poison The Well, who are notorious with their line-up changes,В revealed that they will soon begin work on a new album. The follow-up toВ 2007’s “Versions”, is to be produced by J Robbins and isВ tentatively due for release in May 2009.

The technical bass player, famous with what he did forВ David Lee Roth andВ Mr. Big is aboutВ to release a solo album next month called “Holy Cow”. It features guest appaearances from Billy Gibbons, Paul Gilbert, Doug Pinnick and Tony Macalpine.

A report of Crematory‘s first ever show in Sofia, Bulgaria shall be published here very, very soon…

Norwegian metal masters Enslaved will release their new full-length studio album in Europe on Monday, September 29, via Indie Recordings. Entitled “Vertebrae“, the CD (view cover in the left) was recorded during the first months of 2008, then mixed by Joe Barresi (a.o. Tool, QUOTSA) and mastered by George Marino in Sterling Sound. All songs […]

The legendary Serbain band Bijelo Dugme shall reunite for a free open-air show in Kyustendil, Bulgaria on Saturday, September 27. Bijelo Dugme – “RuЕѕica si bila” (live)

Former Warlock vocalist Doro Pesch will celebrate her 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal on December 13 at the ISS Dome in her hometown of Duesseldorf, Germany. The concert will feature appearances by Doro herself, as well as Arch Enemy, Leaves’ Eyes and a special reunion by Warlock. Also on the […]

Wretchedpain, the Canadian extreme metal project led by Joey Glacken (vocals, guitar) and featuring drummer Kevin Talley (Daath, ex-Chimaira), guitarist Sam Bean (The Berzerker) and Dan Mackie (electronics), has recruited former Vader and Behemoth bass player Marcin “Novy” Nowak. The quintet hopes to hit the studio early next. Meanwhile, check out some music at myspace.com/wretchedpain.

The Police have been named as the highest-earning musicians, having made $115 million in the past year. The Forbes Magazine poll revealed that Van Halen and Genesis are also in the Top 10, which looks like this: The Highest Paid Music Stars of 2008: 01. The Police ($115 million)02. Beyonce Knowles ($80 million)03. Toby Keith […]