November 19, 2007 shall witness the European release of the ninth full-length studio album by Germany’s heavy metal masters Gamma Ray, “Land of the Free II” (view cover in the left). A day earlier Kai Hansen and his current band, together with his former colleagues Helloween, shall play live together in Sofia, Bulgaria as part […]

Canada’s experimental punk rock veterans NOmeansno shall play live in Bulgaria for the first time ever next Wednesday, November 21. The venue is the Swingin’ Hall in Sofia, and support comes from Vancouver’s Invasives (former Married to Music) and Bulgaria’s Crowfish. Additional info about the show can be found in our GIG GUIDE, while music […]

Virginia metal assassins Lamb of God are working hard and nearing completion of their next full-length studio album. There’s still no release date announced for the follow-up to “Sacrament” (2006), but another good news popped up, namely that the quintet is planning to issue a band-new DVD in the spring of 2008.

Hatebreed have announced they’ll be filming every single show on their upcoming Stillborn Fest Tour in late December in the USA. The footage shall be used to compile a DVD, set for release sometime in 2008.

On Sunday, November 18, theВ Fracture weekly metal show on Bulgaria’sВ MM TVВ shall broadcast an interview with Benediction taken right before their set at the 20 Years Nuclear Blast FestivalВ in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 3. Fracture shall also feature a movie about Linkin Park and videos by Sanctity, The Destiny’s Program, Machine Head, Judas Priest, Lion’s Share, […]

The legendary Irish alternative post-punk noise pop pioneers My Bloody Valentine have confirmed they are to release a new album later this year. Mastermind Kevin Shields (also in Primal Scream) has revealed the band is revisiting unreleased material recorded around the time MBV broke up in 1995, as well some tracks from 1993-94, “and a […]

OasisВ re-entered the studio in orderВ to continue the recording they gave up for a while. Producer isВ David Sardy. Their seventh studio albumВ is expected next year.В 

British hard rock legends UFO decided to start re-issuing their “EMI”В back catalogue. As part of the campaignВ UFO’s classic “Phenomenon”, “No Heavy Petting” and “Force It” albums will beВ releasedВ on January 28. Each comes withВ outtakes and rare tracks.

The Finnish love metallers are to film twoВ concerts in Los Angeles this month for an upcoming DVD. This will be released in 2008.

Behemoth, Rage, Kataklysm and Ministry are among the namesВ who willВ appearВ on the Slovenian festival “Metalcamp”, set to take place July 3-9 next year. Celtic Frost will headline the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CELTIC FROST MINISTRYBEHEMOTHRAGEKATAKLYSMWINTERSUNTANKARDHEAVEN SHALL BURNBRAINSTORM SKYFORGERCATAMENIADARK FORTRESSPERSIHING MANKIND