Cornelius Jakhelln of Norway’s avantgarde metal duo Solefald won the first prize in a big Scandinavian novel contest for his saga novel “Gudenes Fall” (“The Fall of the Gods”). A part of the prize sum shall be used by the musician to build up his new little record label in Berlin, called Von Jackhelln Inhuman, […]

A new Garbage song, entitled “Tell Me Where It Hurts”, is set to feature on the band’s upcoming “best of” album, “Absolute Garbage”, due out on July 16 as a 3-disc combo. It will include 17 hits on the first CD, 14 remixes on the second one (done by a.o. UNKLE, Massive Attack, The Crystal […]

Germany’s folk metal leaders Subway to Sally are working on their next full-length album. The CD, entitled “Bastard”, is currently being recorded in various studios in the band’s homeland and Denmark. The release date is scheduled for October 26 via Nuclear Blast.

Rock biographer Joel McIver – author of the books “Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica” and “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” – is currently writing the world’s first English-language biography of Slayer. The work is tentatively titled “Slayer: The Bloody Reign of the Planet’s Heaviest Band” and will be via Omnibus Press – the largest specialist […]

And so, the most watchfully kept secret in the recent history of Finnish metal has been revealed yesterday – the name of the new Nightwish singer is Anette Olzon (on the photo). She’s Swedish, born on June 21, 1971, and has been a member of bands like Alyson Avenue, Take Cover, a.o. So far, Anette’s […]

From now on you can purchase tickets for Tangra Mega Rock Night at Arena Muzika 2007 – the mega-concert promoted by Tangra Mega Rock, Jack Daniel’sВ and Coca-Cola on June 20 at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. Tickets for the show – featuring The Exploited, Harmful, Mondo Generator, Upsurt, EbanizmВ and The Bistritsa Babas on one […]

Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen has demoed most of the songs for her upcoming solo album, due to be entitled “My Winter Storm”. The Finnish vocalist is working in the homeland of her husband, Argentina, planning to start the recordings in a studio on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Meanwhile, Nightwish are expected to reveal […]

Linkin Park have scored this year’s best-selling album on the US Billboard Charts with their latest album, “Minutes to Midnight”. Hitting the number 1 spot this week with 623,000 copies sold, the CD marks the highest-selling album of 2007 in its debut week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Meanwhile, as previously reported, Linkin Park have chosen […]

After deciding to put his band The Panic Channel on hold for a while earlier this month, Dave Navarro (ex-Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers) seems to be quite busy again… Unfortunately, the guitarist hasn’t devoted to music again, but he’ll be one of the judges for this year’s Miss Universe pageant, which will […]

U.D.O. were confirmed as the headliners during the first day of the Maximum Rock Festival, set to take place on August 10-12 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Other bands scheduled to perform at the event are Overkill, Grave Digger, To/Die/For, Orphaned Land, Inner Wish, Indian Fall, Voices of Silence, Psycho Symphony and the Iron Maiden tribute band […]