Congratulations to Nightwish singer Anette Olzon and her boyfriend, Pain bassist Johan Husgafvel, on the birth of a boy. The happy event happened on July 30.

Tom Angelripper toldВ it last week in our mobile studio atВ the Kavarna Rock Fest 2010: “We are starting to record our new album next week.” -В SEE Right now the band is at the studio in deed, recording the new album. The famous producer Waldemar Sorychta (Tiamat, Moonspell, Lacuna Coil, Sentenced) could be tapped for the recordings. […]

Somewhere in deep space, Iron Maiden’s cargo ship has been attacked by rogueish space pirates! Oh no! Without the gear, how are they going to play the biggest show in the galaxy?В  Can you help Eddie rescue the equipment so the show can go ahead? Mission 1: Search & Salvage is now live at thefinalfrontiergame.com […]

Legendary LA based metal band ARMORED SAINT recently shot a video in their hometown on July 1st for the track ‘Left Hook From Right Field’ off their current release La Raza with director Jeremy Schott of Mental Suplex.В  Vocalist John Bush gives us his description of the video: “BAD ASS!!! That’s how I would describe […]

Security measures at this year’s massive beach festival (which kicks off next Friday) will be very tight indeed, after it was confirmed that Otriad 13 are playing. The band, made up of inmates, will raid the Jack Daniel’s Rock Stage on Saturday, August 14. Here’s the running order and times for the JD Rock stage […]

This just in from the band’s official PR – Svetlana Terzieva aka Cecile. It’s rather long so here’s what it basically boils down to: his wife went off to the seaside with their two kids, while Emil himself went to see a dietician or weight-loss witchdoctor of some kind, hence rumours of an imminent separation […]

Another treat from the Suicidal Records stable, No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family features re-recorded tracks from SUICIDAL TENDENCIES’ second album, Join The Army, as well as tunes from the second full-length from NO MERCY, ST guitarist Mike Clark’s speed metal band (which found ST vocalist Mike Muir on vocals) from 1986. Since their beginnings in […]

The Scorpions are squeezing every last bit of venom out of their farewell tour. The Get Your Sting and Blackout Farewell Tour has taken the band to every corner of the planet and, with the end now in sight, the group are looking to get a little nostalgic. Bravewords.com is reporting that the German metal […]

And it’s ‘O, Penis!’ Svetlyo Vitkov and Ventsi Mitsov announced the title of their forthcoming album last Friday, when they popped in during TMR’s ‘Jitball’ show to give us some updates. “If all goes well, the album should be out this Autumn,” said Mitsov and added that four songs have already been recorded. The band’s […]

Social Distortion are to title their new album ‘Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes’, due out in November. This will be their first since 2004’s ‘Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll’. As previously reported, Scott Reeder of Fu Manchu has joined Social Distortion as their new drummer, replacing the recently departed Atom Willard. В