American punk rock institution Bad Religion has set “New Maps of Hell” as the title of its new album, due on July 10 through Epitaph Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “The Empire Strikes First” contains 17 songs recorded at Grand Master Studios in Los Angeles with Grammy-nominated producer Joe Barresi, famed for his job for […]

Finland’s AmorphisВ shall release theirВ  still untitled eighth album on August 31 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. As a first taste of the material, a single will be released on June 27. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland. Mixing duties will be handled by Mikko Karmila (famous for his work […]

Whitesnake are working on their next full-length studio album. Its working title is “Good to Be Bad”, and its release is planned for October 2007 via SPV Records. The band fronted by David Coverdale shall start a world tour in the summer. Until then you can watch the video for the studio version of “Ready […]

Blind Guardian’s show in Sofia on May 17 won’t be at the previously announced Hristo Botev Hall, but at the quite bigger Festivalna Hall. A poster of the event can be viewed on the homepage of the concert promoters Most of Evil Music.

Fear Factory are currently working on their second remix album (after “Remanufacture” a decade ago), tentatively due by the end of the year. The first song off it – a remixed version of the song “Supernova” from the quartet’s latest CD “Transgression” (2005) – can be heard on the band’s official MySpace profile, www.myspace.com/fearfactoryofficial.

Iced Earth have finished mixing and mastering their new 4-song single, “Overture of the Wicked”, due to be released in late May or early June. Besides, the band is finishing the production for the 18 new songs for their upcoming full-length release. It shall be entitled “Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked, Part 1)” and should be […]

Italian power metallers Vision Divine, the current band of former Labyrinth mastermind Olaf Thorsen, will release their new album on June 4 via Scarlet Records. Entitled “The 25th Hour”, the CD was produced by Timo Tolkki of Stratovarius and Luigi Stefanini, who both handled the sound on the group’s 2005 effort “The Perfect Machine” as […]

The Associated Press reported that Brad Delp, the lead singer of Boston who was found dead in his home on March 9, left behind a note stating: “I’m a lonely soul.” According to police reports, Delp has committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning after he sealed himself inside a bathroom with two charcoal grills. In […]

Manic Street Preachers have confirmed the details for their long awaited new album. Entitled “Send Away the Tigers”, the CD shall be built up of 10 songs, and is due to be released on May 7. The full-length effort by the Welsh trio will be preceded by the single “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” […]

Sum 41 have announced they have completed the follow-up to 2004 album “Chuck”. The self-produced effort was recorded in Los Angeles and follows the first new material by the band since the departure of guitarist Dave Baksh. The CD should come out this summer. The Canadian quartet has already started auditions to find a replacement […]