Former Cancer vocalist and guitarist John Walker, Raquel Walker (vocals; ex-Abfys), Adrian Builear (bass; ex-Mourning Beloveth) and Mark O’Connel (drums; ex-Decaidah) have joined forces in a new group called Liquid Graveyard. The quartet is planning to record its debut album in November 2008, and describes its music as “hard rock and progressive avantgarde metal”. To […]

The Norwegian dirty rock’n’roll gang Chrome Division, featuring Dimmu Borgir frontman Shagrath, will release its second album on July 18 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to “Doomsday Rock’n’Roll” (2006) shall be entitled “Booze, Broads and Beelzebub“, and its title track can already be heard at myspace.com/chromedivision. Chrome Division – “Serial Killer“

The 30-year-old Emil Koverot (on the photo), a hard-rocking teacher from Sweden, was fired before ever setting foot in a classroom due to the lyrics he sings with his band Blodsrit. The guy, known in the local black metal circles under the stage name Yxmarder, had been offered and accepted a position in a high-school […]

A free video download of Fight performing the song “Into the Pit” live in Phoenix, Arizona in August 1993 is now available via the widget below. It can be downloaded for iPod, iPhone, Zune and your computer. Formats include: QuickTime (.mov), MPEG-4 (.mp4), iPod & iPhone (.m4v) and iPhone Cellular (.3gp). The recording comes off […]

MelodicRock.com is hosting the exclusive world premiere of the brand-new Jeff Scott Soto single “Testify” (view cover in the left). To download the track for free, right-click HERE. “Testify” comes off JSS’s upcoming new solo album “Beautiful Mess“.

Metallica, Dream Theater, Machine HeadВ and DevilDriver are among the bands contributingВ exclusive cover versionsВ of Iron MaidenВ songs toВ “Maiden Heaven” – a tribute CD (view cover in the left) set to be given away with the July 16 issue of Britain’s Kerrang! Magazine. Here’s the effort’s complete tracklist: 01. Black Tide – Prowler02. Metallica – Remember Tomorrow03. Avenged […]

After splitting with Interscope, the Texas-based rock avantgardists …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead have decided to release their next album via their own imprint, Richter Scale Records. The still untitled follow-up to 2006’s “So Divided” is expected in early 2009. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead […]

Bulgarian weirdos Q-Check have uploaded their brand new single, entitled “Pop Folk Star“, for free download. Get it atВ  myspace.com/qcheck.

The Bulgarian hardcore bands One FaithВ and On Our Own shall release a split album on July 4. The CD (view cover in the left) shall cost just 3 Euro.

Professional photos of Ministry‘s show at the 013 in Tilburg, Holland on June 22 can be seen HERE. The show was part of the C U LaTour 2008, which will also pass throughВ BulgariaВ on July 12: