ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: “I was invited to the Kerrang! Awards on Thursday [August 24]. It’s all industry and business, not much of a metal party with bands like PLACEBO and MUSE. I had to do a couple of Jagermeister shots with Kerry King [SLAYER] […]

“On the 25th of August, Kaliakra Rock Fest in Kaliakra stadium in Kavarna united more thta 7 000 people. The show started 30 minutes earlier, which was rather unpleasant surprise for hundreds of fans, who were still outside. They had to miss the first few songs by Testament who opened the fest. The show put […]

Nine songs from the first reunion show of the “Remnants of War” lineup of HELSTAR have been posted exclusively at TexasMetalUnderground.com for streaming or download. The soundboard-quality recordings were made during the 4th annual Robb’s MetalWorks Showcase, which took place at the White Rabbit in San Antonio on June 10, 2006. The site also features […]

Metal War Productions has just released a live album from the long-defunct Dutch extreme metallers PESTILENCE, entitled “Chronicles of the Scourge“. The collection includes two live shows: Zeche in Bochum, Germany on November 18, 1988 and Kix Festival in Veghel, The Netherlands on June 24, 1989. Metal War Productions mailorder customers will receive a bonus […]

News.com.au reports that GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and VAN HALEN‘s “Eruption” were selected as two of the tracks with the best guitar solos of all time.PINK FLOYD‘s “Comfortably Numb” topped the list, with “Sweet Child O’ Mine” following in second place.Third was “Freebird” by LYNYRD SKYNYRD, while “Eruption” by VAN HALEN was […]

MASTERPLAN members Uli Kusch (drums) and Roland Grapow (guitar; both ex-HELLOWEEN) have started the recordings for the band’s third album. According to a posting on Kusch‘s web site, a replacement for singer Jorn Lande, who announced his departure from the group in early May, will be confirmed soon. The band’s final show with Lande took […]

According to a posting on the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com, EMI Finland has announced that the new IRON MAIDEN album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has sold more than 13,000 copies within just a few hours of its release on Friday (August 25) — just shy of that country’s official gold certification sales […]

HOLY MOSES have posted the following update at their official website:“Dear Holy Moses friends,Unfortunately, we have to let you know that our bass player Ozzy had to go into a psychiatric clinic unexpectedly. As soon as Ozzy will be back on his feet, he will be back in the band again, but for now we […]

WITHIN CHOKING RANGE‘s 2005 debut EP, “Most People Just Die“, has been made available for download in its entirety on the band’s MySpace profile. WCR put out the CD themselves (on their own label, Beserkfaced Records), limited to 1,000 copies, most of which have already been distributed. With that in mind, they made the decision […]

MANOWAR will release a new single, “The Sons of Odin“, on October 6, followed by a full-length DVD containing the historic Earthshaker Fest 2005 performance on November 10. “The Sons of Odin” will be available in two different versions — a jewelcase edition and a “special edition six-flap digipack” featuring a bonus DVD. Die bonus […]