NERGAL, frontman/vocalist/guitarist of Poland’s no.1 death/black metal export BEHEMOTH, has recently finished the work on his autobiography entitled ‘Sacrum Profanum’. The book that will be released in Poland next month will be promoted through a series of trailers that can be viewed on BEHEMOTH’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/behemothofficial). The trailers feature NERGAL reading excerpts from the […]

This week KATATONIA entered the worldwide charts with their new album, Dead End Kings. And we already have the album review on the TMR site: “Just like the other kings of melancholy – Paradise Lost и My Dying Bride, we know oh so well what to expect from Katatonia. And still, the Swedes manage to […]

San Diego, California metallers AS I LAY DYING have uploaded another audio sample. It’s for the track ‘Whispering Silence’ from the upcoming Awakened album. The album will be released on September 25th. As I Lay Dying are also streaming a sample of the new track, ‘A Greater Foundation’, the first single from Awakened. Listen to […]

The second edition of the POWER OF ROCK contest will be held at Sofia’s ROCK IT club on September 26, 27 and 28. It is dedicated to YOUNG ROCK TALENTS and will receive a huge TV coverage via ‘Rock With Milena’ show on Bulgarian National TV – 2.     

Finnish forerunners of melancholic dark metal, AMORPHIS, have entered the studio to record their as yet untitled 11th album. The follow-up to 2011’s highly successful The Beginning Of Times, will be produced and mixed by no less than HYPOCRISY and PAIN mastermind Peter Tagtgren (pictured).   Check out the first of several video reports that […]

J.N.K. from the Petite Fleur Winery based in California’s famed Napa Valley has announced the birth of the official ACCEPT wine called Wolfsblut. A statement reads as follows: A true marriage of great wine meeting great metal. This project was actually talked about last year at the famous Rainbow Bar and Grill in Los Angeles […]

Three years following their last studio release, LACRIMOSA is back with their 11th studio album Revolution, released through Hall of Sermon. Revolution will not only captivate listeners with its thematic elements, it also features a stellar guest lineup. Next to choirs and orchestras, the band recorded their new album with Mille Petrozza – mastermind of […]

Rick Wakeman, Genesis, Steven Wilson, Rush and Anathema (pictured above) were among the winners at the first Progressive Music Awards, held last week in Kew Gardens, London. Some of the biggest names in prog turned up for the event, including Genesis, Asia, ELP, The Moody Blues, Roxy Music, Marillion, Steve Hackett, Fish, It Bites and Anathema. The […]

THE DROPKICK MURPHYS have announced the title of their upcoming album, Signed and Sealed in Blood. The album will be released in 2013 and is their second with producer Ted Hutt (Gaslight Anthem, Old Crow Medicine Show), which was recorded at Boston’s Q Division studios and mixed by Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes). “We had […]

The doctor of tragic Slipknot bassist Paul Gray has been charged with his manslaughter, and involved in seven other deaths. Gray died of an accidental overdose in 2010, shocking fans and throwing his band into turmoil from which they’re yet to recover. Now his physician, Dr Daniel Baldi, is to face justice for eight counts […]