According to the British weekly extreme music bible “Kerrang!”, Mastodon have fully denied that they are recording a concept album about the crazy Russian monk Rasputin (and even are about putting on tape their own cover version of Boney-M’s mega hit) and stated that the forthcoming album of theirs will be inspired by King Crimson, […]

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

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…

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 […]

London-based Australians Pendulum revealed they intend to start working on their third full-length studio album at the end of the year. The band intends to star digging the follow-up to this year’s “In Silico” as soon as theyr return from their first-ever headlning U.S. tour, which kicks off in Boston on October 1. Pendulum – […]

As we informed you a short while ago, Danish rock veterans D-A-D will release their 10th studio album on November 10 via EMI. Entitled “Monster Philosophy“, the CD is going to feature 10 tracks, and here’s how its front cover artwork will look like:

“Declaration“, the fifth full-length album from Orange County, California’s extreme metallers Bleeding Through, is being streamed in its entirety on myspace.com/bleedingthrough. The CD is being officially released in Europe today, September 26, via Nuclear Blast. “Declaration“

A two-minute trailer for Static-X‘s first full-length live concert DVD, entitled “Cannibal Killers Live” (view cover in the left), can be viewed below. Due on October 7 via Reprise Records, the effort was shot during a show in Spokane, Washington on June 2, 2007. “Cannibal Killers Live“