AC/DC will release much-anticipated new album “Black Ice” in three different collectible covers, which can be seen below. The CD is due out on October 20 worldwide, and the first single off it, “Rock’n’Roll Train“, shall hit radiostations this Thursday. A 30-second sample of it is already available on myspace.com/acdc. В  В  В 

After “The Day That Never Comes“, Metallica offered a second out of the 10 songs set to appear on the band’s eagerly anticipated new album, “Death Magnetic” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release in less than 3 weeks – on Friday, September 12. The track chosen is the CD’s closer, “My Apocalypse“, which […]

Guitarist Jimmy Page played an updated version of Led Zeppelin’s classic “Whole Lotta Love” alongside Leona Lewis, winner of the UK reality TV show “The X Factor”, at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing yesterday, August 24. The two Brits appeared at the stadium to mark the fact that London will […]

Italian metal masters Lacuna Coil will release a brand-new DVD via Century Media in November. It shall be entitled “Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)“, and is going to surface in two versions – a double disc and a limited edition four-disc package. Lacuna Coil – “Heaven’s a Lie“

Killswitch Engage are to start recording their next full-length studio album in October. So far it’s only known that the follow-up to “As Daylight Dies” (2006) shall be released sometime next year. Killswitch Engage – “Holy Diver“

Producer Jerry Finn has died last week after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He worked with Bad Religion, Rancid, Green Day, AFI, Blink 182, The Offspring, Alkaline Trio, Sum 41 and Morrissey, among others. Finn was 39 years old. Rest in peace.

The new, 50th edition of Bulgaria’s Pro-Rock Magazine shall surface on Friday, August 29 (view front cover below), featuring articles about Slipknot, Destruction, Iced Earth, Crematory, Walls of Jericho, Hail of Bullets, The PineР°pple Thief, Benediction, Extreme, Cavalera Conspiracy, Testament, Therion, Black Winds, Canvas Solaris, Lacrimas Profundere, Mystica, Anathema,В  Hawthorne Heights, Rookie of the Year, […]

The weekly metal show Fracture on MM TV shall return on air on September 7, 2008. The first issue shall feature tons of exclusive footage by a.o. Cradle of Filth, The Sisters of Mercy, Exodus, 3 Inches of BloodВ and Overkill, among others.

Lee Dorrian’s record label Rise Above Records shall celebrate its 20th anniversary with a show at ULU in London on December 13, 2008. Headliners for the event shall be Grand Magus and Electric Wizard. Other bands to appear include Taint, Gentleman’s Pistols, Litmus, SerpenCult, Moss and Diagonal. Tickets are on sale now via ticketweb.co.uk at […]

In the wake of the birth of German thrash metal veterans Destruction’s tenth full-length studio album, “D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.“, the trio’s frontman and mastermind Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer revealed everything we need to know about this special project. The entire interview is available HERE, and the album’s acrostic tracklist looks like this: 01. “D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.”02. “Elevator to Hell”03. “Vicious […]