Metallica’s setlist from their show last night, July 23, in Romania’s capital Bucharest, can be checked out below. Metallica – 23.07.2008 setlist: 01. Creeping Death02. For Whom the Bell Tolls03. Ride the Lightning04. Harvester of Sorrow05. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)06. The Four Horsemen07. …and Justice for All08. No Remorse09. Fade to Black10. Master of Puppets11. Whiplash12. […]

Norwegian black metal masters Darkthrone have set “Dark Thrones & Black Flags” as the title for their next full-length studio album. The follow-up to “F.O.A.D.” (2007) is going to be unleashed on October 20 via Peaceville Records. Darkthrone – “Canadian Metal“

If you’re curious to find out the reason for these words, check out our exclusive interview with Def Leppard‘s vocalist Joe Elliott HERE.

Video footage of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers Testament performing the song “More Than Meets the Eye” off their new album “The Formation of Damnation” at the Rockin’ Transilvania Festival, which was held July 12-13 in Sibiu, Romania, can be viewed below. Testament – “More Than Meets the Eye” (live 2008)

The upcomingВ The Black Curse Over Europe 2008 Tour, featuring five mighty extreme metal bands, namely Graveworm, Lord Belial, Apostasy, The Cold ExistenceВ and Eastern Front, shall devastate Bulgaria‘s capital Sofia! Date – September 21, 2008. Venue – the Hristo Botev Cultural Center. More info – coming soon… The Black Curse Over Europe 2008 Tour

The Addix publishing house starts distributin the cult British metal magazines TerrorizerВ and Metal Hammer in Bulgaria. More info comin; soon…

Avenged Sevenfold are to release a CD/DVD package in September via Warner, entitled “Live from Long Beach, California & Diamonds in the Rough“. The DVD was filmed at the Long Beach Arena in California on April 10, 2008 (watch part of it below), while the CD features previously unreleased songs, B-sides and cover versions. Avenged […]

Gorillaz duo Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn are set to release a new album based on their recent opera, “Monkey: Journey to the West“, which premiered at Manchester International Festival last year. The CD will be entitled “Journey to the West” and will surface under the name Monkey later this summer. Here’s the full tracklisting: […]

Massachusetts-based metallers Shadows Fall premiered the video for their song “Forevermore” on the MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball this weekend. The effort is now available for watching below, too. Meanwhile, the band revealed they’ve started working on their next studio album. Shadows Fall – “Forevermore“

As part of the official delegation of the “Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, Federation of Autonomous Priories“, Manowar bassist Joey DeMaio presented an Award of Merit on Sunday, July 20, in Timisoara Romania to world-famous Spanish tenor JosГ© Carreras hailing his artistic career achievements and lifetime philanthropic works. Here’s a […]