Peter Tagtgren will release the new album by his electro-metal project Pain on October 31 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to “Psalms of Extinction” (2007) shall be entitled “Cynic Paradise” (view cover in the left), and will feature 11 songs. Two of them – “Follow Me” and “Feed Us” – were recorded with a special […]

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 […]

The White Stripes frontman Jack White composed the theme song for the upcoming James Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace“, due to be premiered on on October 31, 2008 in the UK (and a week later in the USA). The track, entitled “Another Way to Die“, was recorded by Jack and Alicia Keys, thus marking the […]

Drummer Jason Bonham has revealed that he’ll be leaving Foreigner at the end of this month. Besides, the son of the late John Bonham has mentioned, “I’ve been over to England a couple of times. I’ve been working with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones and trying to just do some new material and some […]

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, […]