Bay Area metal icons Machine Head performed a cover version of Iron Maiden‘s classic “Hallowed Be Thy Name” at the Rock in Rio festival on June 5, 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal. Video footage of the performance can be viewed below. A studio version of the track shall appear in the upcoming “Maiden Heaven” tribute CD, […]

On Saturday, June 7, Foo Fighters played a show in front of 86,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium (view the stage in the left). Definitely the most important moment hapened at the end of the concert, during the encore, when Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones joined Dave Grohl & Co. for the performance of […]

Arch Enemy are planning to release an album of re-recordings next year. The CD will feature songs from the albums which pre-date singer Angela Gossow‘s addition to the band. Sounds interesting… Arch Enemy – live at Donwload 2006

Last night, during the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV, the CEO of Balkan Entertainment Company has revealed the facts regarding the possible upcoming Bon Jovi show in Sofia, Bulgaria. To put it short – Jon & Co. will not do that concert. At least not this year. End of the story.

Reunited Boston hard rockers Extreme will release “Saudades de Rock” – their first studio album in 13 years – on August 12 on Open E Records. The CD was recorded in LA in a line-up featuring vocalist Gary Cherone, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, bassist Pat Badger and new drummer Kevin Figueiredo, and is going to include […]

Professionally filmed footage of last night’s show by Metallica in Lisbon, Portugal can be viewed below.As on its other current European concerts, the band performed mainly classics. Here’s the complete setlist: 01. Creeping Death02. Fuel03. Wherever I May Roam04. Harvester of Sorrow05. Bleeding Me06. King Nothing07. No Remorse08. Devil’s Dance09. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)10. Master of […]

Two of the biggest European summer festivals – Germany’s Rock am RingВ and Rock im Park – start today, June 6. For three days (until Sunday) their stages shall host dozens of world-famous rock acts, a.o. Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, MotГ¶rhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Nightwish, Opeth, The Verve, Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Cavalera […]

The readers of Modern Drummer MagazineВ chose Thomas Haake of Meshuggah for Best Metal Drummer in this year’s annual poll of the issue. Here’s how the Top 5 looks like: 1. Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)2. Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall)3. Chris Adler (Lamb of God)4. Derek Roddy (ex-Hate Eternal)5. Joey Jordison (Slipknot) Tomas Haake in action

Fan-filmed footage of Anthrax‘s performance with new singer Dan Nelson (on the photo) on May 31, 2008 – just three days after his stage debut with Scott Ian & Co. – can be viewed below. This guy’s definitely good! Except for playing live, Anthrax is currently writing material for its new album – the band’s […]

Drummer Bryan “Brain” Mantia (a.o. Primus, Guns N’ Roses, Godflesh), funky bass legend William “Bootsy” Collins (ex-Parliament, Funkadelic), current Guns N’ Roses guitarist Buckethead, and vocalist Greg Hampton have finally finished working on the debut album by their project Science Faxtion. The CD is going to be entitled “Living on Another Frequency” and is due […]