One of Britain’s leading rock magazines, Kerrang!, will give its annual awards in London on August 21. There’s almost a month until then, bu the nominees have already been relealed. Here we go: Kerrang! Awards 2008 Nominees: Best British Newcomer:Dead SwansWe Are the OceanSlaves to GravityElliot MinorGo:Audio В  Best International Newcomer:Kill HannahA Day to RememberFour […]

Reunited progressive extreme metallers Cynic have set “Traced in Air” as the title of their new album, due on October 27 via Season of Mist Records. The follow-up to “Focus” (1993) has a playing time of 35 minutes and features 8 songs produced by Warren Riker (a.o. Down, Santana). It was recorded in a line-up […]

Veteran German hard rockers Bonfire will release a new double live DVD, entitled “The RГ¤uber” (view cover in the left), on August 1 via LZ Records. The discs showcase the group’s rock opera based on Friedrich Schiller‘s play “Die RГ¤uber” (The Robbers), and feature the entire performance (210 min.), more than an hour of videos […]

Bulgarian ethno-rock mastersВ Balkandji shall do an open-air live performance tomorrow, July 26, in front of the Devils’ Throat Cave in the village of Trigrad. The show starts at 7 p.m. BalkandjiВ live

Boston’s sludge metal avantgardists Isis have started work on their new, fifth full-length studio album. The follow-up to “In the Absence of Truth” (2006) should be ready in the months to come, however there’s still no word of when to expect it… Isis – “Holy Tears“

U.S. rock veterans Twisted Sister have announced they’ll release a new live DVD later in 2008. Entitled “Live at The Astoria“, the effort was filmed at the London venue back in 2004.

Metallica have revealed the final tracklisting for their new, ninth full-length studio album, “Death Magnetic“, due to be officially released in Europe on September 22. Here it is: That Was Just Your Life The End of the Line Broken, Beat & Scarred The Day That Never Comes All Nightmare Long Cyanide The Unforgiven III The […]

Shadows Fall have just released a five-track EP called “Forvermore“. It features four tracks, namely “Fade into Smoke”, “Stupid Crazy”, and live rehearsal versions of “Redemption” and “Venomous”. The only problem is you won’t find the CD in regular stores, but you’ll have spend $30 or more in the merchandise section on shadowsfall.com and you’ll […]

The Cure will release an EP, entitled “Hypnagogic States” (view cover in the left) and featuring remixes of four new songs – “The Only One”, “Freakshow”, “Sleep When I’m Dead” and “The Perfect Boy”. All profit generated from the CD’s sales will benefit the International Red Cross. The bad news is that the EP will […]

Addix Publishing announced its next project today at noon live on Tangra Mega Rock. The upcoming book that shall be published in Bulgaria is the official Kiss biography, due out in September.