Pain, the Swedish electro metal project by Hypocrisy’s mastermind Peter Tagtgren, has set “Psalms of Extinction” as the title of its fifth full-length album, due in Europe on May 7 via Roadrunner Records. Guest musicians on the CD include Mikkey Dee ot Motorhead on the song “Zombie Slam”, guitarist Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom […]

“We don’t know too much about the scene there, so we’re excited to come and learn about what’s happening with metal in Bulgaria,” claims Alex Webster – bass player and founding member of Cannibal Corpse – regarding the band’s upcoming live show at the Hristo Botev Hall in Sofia on March 5. The conversation with […]

Grand Magus are set to record their fourth full-length album for Lee Dorrian‘s label Rise Above Records this summer. New drummer Sebastian Sippola will be making his studio debut with the guys. In the meantime, you can catch the band supporting Firewind on their upcoming UK tour, as well as join them on March 31В at […]

Doom Day is an all-star metalcore band with members from London, Sofia and Berlin. The quartet consists of guitarist Gizz Butt (ex-The Prodigy, English Dogs), drummer Robin Guy (ex-Bruce Dickinson, The Business), bass player Volcan “Audiocleaner” Tuereli (Jaylan), and the bulgarian shouter Alexander “Shutta” Parvanov (Brothers in Blood, She Was Asking for It, ex-Vendetta). Doom […]

Manowar have uploaded all songs from their upcoming studio album “Gods of War” for download at the merchandise section of Manowar.com. The CD, due to be officially released in Europe next Monday, contains 16 songs. You can download them at the above mentioned location for $1.25 each, or get hold of the entire album in […]

Velvet Revolver have released a new video-blog featuring footage of the band recording their long-awaited upcoming second album, “Liberated”, in a Los Angeles studio. Fans can get a glimpse of the in-studio shenanigans of Scott Weiland (vocals), Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass), Dave Kushner (guitar), and Matt Sorum (drums) at their official homapage, VelvetRevolver.com. “Liberated” […]

Killswitch Engage will film a video for their new single, “The Arms of Sorrow”, in March. The song comes off the group’s new album, “As Daylight Dies”, which has sold more than 200.000 copies in the States since its November 2006 release. The band started its major US/Canada tour yesterday, together with Chimaira, Dragonforce and […]

The Dutch melancho-rockers The Gathering have been confirmed for the ArtMania Festival, set to take place June 15-16 in Sibiu, Romania. Also scheduled to appear are the British bands Anathema and My Dying Bride, and the Germans Haggard. The Transylvanian town of Sibiu was chosen to be one of 2007’s European Capitals of Culture.

The Darkness have announced they are in the studio again, however without former lead singer Justin Hawkins. He quit the band due to a heavy cocaine addiction… The three remaining members of The Darkness have confirmed they are currently recording a new album, however under a different name that has yet to be announced. The […]

Bulgaria’s fun metal pride Ebanizm have launched their offical homepage at Ebanizm.com. Right there you can download the group’s cult tracks (at least locally) “Eatin’ & Drinkin’”В and “Whisky Bottle Blues”, as well as two more songs, “Paint Colour Lines”В and “I Am Not You”. In addition, in January Ebanizm also got their own MySpace profile at […]