OnВ September 29-30В Bulgaria’s capital Sofia shall host the third Paintball Mania National Tournament. The music background for the event shall be played byВ DJ M.O.S. Krindo (Alien Industry), who promises a setlist consisting of tracks by Ministry, Rammstein, Slipknot, Static-X, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, The Prodigy, Coal Chamber, Ill Nino, Nine Inch Nails, Pain, Rob Zombie, Sistem […]

Finland’s rockers The Rasmus have entered their own Dynasty Studio to work on their seventh full-length album with producer Desmond Child (a.o. Kiss, Scorpions, Alice Cooper). The follow-up to 2005’s “Hide from the Sun” (2005) shall most likely bear the title “Black Roses” and is due out in March 2008 via Universal Music Group.

New York’s hardcore beasts H20 are working on their first studio album in six years. The follow-up to 2001’s “Go” should become reality sometime in 2008, but so far no details of its substance are known, neither who’s going to release it.

Members of Soulfly, Killswitch Engage, Madball and Bad Brains have and will record guest appearances on Brooklyn’s hardcore rapper Ill Bill‘s second full-length studio album, due out in early 2008. The follow-up to “What’s Wrong with Bill?” (2004) is gonna be entitled “The Hour of Reprisal” and is also going to feature help by Cypress […]

Guitarist Glen Telford has rejoined the revived San Francisco crossover masters Skinlab. Together with Steev Esquivel (vocals and bass), Snake (guitar) and Paul Hopkins (drums) he’ll complete the work on the band’s upcoming EP, “Digi-Kill”, as well as on the quartet’s comeback studio album. The follow-up to the band’s latest studio effort, “ReVolting Room” (2002), […]

NWOBHM veterans Saxon shall issue a new DVD, entitled “To Hell and Back Again”, on November 12. The same day Biff Byford and his lads will be re-releasing their 1997 album “Unleash the Beast”, backed up with some bonus tracks.

Amorphis and Edguy – the co-headliners of the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Fest onВ November 3В at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria – shall perform for more than 3 hours in total. BenedictionВ and Agathodaimon, who’ll invade the stage a bit earlier, shall play respectively more than an hour and 40-45 minutes. The entire event starts […]

The Finnish punk trio Kylahullut, fronted by Children of Bodom‘s mastermind Alexi Laiho, will release its new album, entitled “Peraaukko Sivistyksessa” (Asshole in Civilization), in November through Finland’s Kraklund Records. The CD is going to contain 12 tracks sung in the guys’ native language, a.o. “Tillintallin tasapaa!” (Brainless!), “Kieli hanurissa” (Tongue in ass), “Ma heitan […]

The concert by Mizar, Irfan, Kayno Yesno Slonce, Voyvoda, Rose Rovine e AmantiВ and Daemonia Nymphe in Sofia, Bulgaria on October 14 shall take place at the Lumiere Hall in the National Palace of Culture, event promoters Gorgon announced today. During the show Mizar shall premiere their fourth full-length album, “A View to a Flower Garden”, […]

Britain’s progressive metal heroes Threshold have announced they will release their first ever “best of” collection on November 19 via their former label, InsideOut Music. Entitled “The Ravages of Time (The Best of Threshold)”, the two-disc set will feature over 140 minutes of music, namely 20 tracks from all Threshold studio albums plus some previously […]