Norwegian metallers LOWDOWN will release their sophomore album, “Antidote“, in contental Europe on October 16 via Black Balloon Records/Soulfood (the CD was issued in Norway on August 28).Described as “heavy, aggressive metal in the vein of PANTERA, CHIMAIRA and MACHINE HEAD, but still with a superb melodic sense,” “Antidote” was recorded by Zet from RAM-ZET, […]

RAMMSTEIN guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe has introduced the first songs of his new project, EMIGRATE. The album is nearing completion but Kruspe has made some of the music available to the fans for download. Registration is required in order to have access to the music but an audio sample ofthe song ‘Wake Up‘ can be […]

TO-MERA – групата сформирана РѕС‚ бившата вокалистка РЅР° WITHOUT FACE – Джули РљРёСЃ Рё басиста Лии Барет (ex-EXTREME NOISE TERROR, DISGUST, MUSSOLINI HEADKICK), пуснаха клипа РєСЉРј парчето СЃРё “Blood” РЅР° страницата СЃРё РІ MySpace. TO-MERA, the new U.K.-based dark progressive metal band formed by former WITHOUT FACE vocalist Julie Kiss and bassist Lee Barrett (ex-EXTREME […]

R.E.M. will perform three songs with original drummer Bill Berry to celebrate its induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, to be held Sept. 16 in Atlanta. Berry has only played three times with his longtime colleagues since exiting the band in 1997, most prominently at the October 2005 wedding of R.E.M. guitar tech […]

AC/DC biography is to be released for the first time in Bulgarian. The book, which is to come out at the beginning of October is 320 pages, 16 of them with colour pictures. For more information: www.addix.org

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MOTГ–RHEAD‘s “Kiss Of Death” has entered the Norwegian album chart at position No. 9. According to a representative for the band’s record label, a recent MOTГ–RHEAD resurgence in Norway has led to twice as many copies of “Kiss of Death” being shipped compared its predecessor, “Inferno“.As previously reported, “Kiss Of Death” debuted on the Swedish […]

Chicago metal act WRATH has posted two “archive” videos from their 1990 release “Insane Society” on the band’s MySpace page. The title track, “Insane Society“, and “Test of Faith” were filmed in 1990, and were shown on MTV’s original “Headbanger’s Ball“.

Bassist Jan BГјnning of the German power metallers PARAGON has posted the following message on the band’s official web site:“Chris [Gripp] has almost recorded most of his drum stuff [for the new PARAGON album]. Tomorrow he will play the final songs and after next weekend I will start to record my bass tracks. I not […]

German metallers SACRED STEEL have announced the final track listing for their upcoming sixth album, “Hammer of Destruction“, due on November 10 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at the Spiderhouse studio in LГјtte (near Berlin) with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESSIVE AGE, SODOM, KREATOR). Mixing took place at the […]