Divine Heresy have finally found a permanent replacement for Tommy Cummings. The new singer joining Dino Cazares (guitar; Asesino, ex-Fear Factory), Joe Payne (bass; ex-Nile) and Tim Yeung (drums; ex-Hate Eternal) is Travis Neal (on the photo), known from his participation in bands like The Bereaved and Pushed. Divine Heresy has just re-recorded the title […]

Sweden’s metal masters Soilwork have managed to find a new permanent guitar player. The honour has been given to Sylvain Coudret (on the photo) of the French technical death metal band Scarve.

Marillion are offering a prize of ВЈ5,000 to one lucky fan. Here’s what you should do: 1. Download for free a special edit of the band’s new single “Whatever Is Wrong with You” from whateveriswrongwithyou.com.2. Create a video for the song.3. Upload the video on YouTube. The video must be called “Marillion – Whatever Is […]

Its finally official – AC/DC shall release their first full-length studio album in 8 years via Columbia Records on October 20. The CD (view cover in the left) will be entitled “Black Ice” and is going to feature 15 tracks written by Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd, and recorded […]

Former Limp Bizkit and current Black Light Burns member Wes Borland (on the photo) has joined Marilyn Manson as the group’s new guitarist! The news was announced by Manson himself at a press conference on Friday, right before the band’s set at the ETP Festival in Seoul, Korea. Wes joins Manson in the middle of […]

American jazz saxophone virtuoso David Sanborn shall perform at this year’s edition of the Sofia Music Jam festival in Bulgaria.В The concert is scheduled forВ October 25, 2008В at Sofia’sВ National Palace of Culture, with tickets going on sale tomorrow via TicketPro.bg at prices of 30-60 leva / 15-30 Euro.

Lamb of God will release its next studio album in February 2009 via Epic Records. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to “Sacrament” (2006) is being produced by Josh Wilbur, who has worked with everyone from Staind to Pink and Steve Earle. Some of the new songs are expected to be unveiled during a previously announced support slot […]

The Sisters of Mercy headlined the first evening of the Spirit of Burgas 2008 festival in Bulgaria. Report and photos coming soon…

Century Media have set an August 18 release date for “The Ark of the Covenant – The Complete Century Media Years” – a limited 12 CD + DVD box set from Swedish metallers Tiamat. Packaged in a noble solid box with gold foil print, it contains a total of 131 audio tracks, over ten hours […]

Japanese experimental metallers Sigh have issued the following update: “We are looking for a trumpet player who could contribute to our next album. If you play the trumpet or you know somebody who could help us with it, please send us a message at myspace.com/sighjapan. If you can record the trumpet parts at your house […]