Peter Petrov (on the photo),В CEO of Balkan Entertainment Company – the local promoter arranging Metallica‘s show in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 25, 2008 – has revealed that the band shall play on a 26-meter-wide stage at the Vassil Levski National Stadium. More info (in Bulgarian only) can be found in the interview with Mr. Petrov […]

British black metallers Cradle of Filth have set “Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder” as the title of their new album, due in October via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2006’s “Thornography” is a 72-minute concept record about a legendary serial killer from the 15th century, Gilles De Rais – a French nobleman who fought alongside […]

The Bulgarian town of Russe shall host the first edition of the Black Curse Fest. The event, scheduled for September 20,В shall feature sets by the Italians Graveworm, the Swedish bands Lord Belial, ApostasyВ and The Cold Existence, and Britain’s Eastern Front. The festival’s venue shall be the open-air Summer Amphitheater, with tickets costing just 10 leva […]

After parting ways with original vocalist Tommy Cummings and replacing him temporarily with Jake Veredika (ex-Periphery), former Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and his current band Divine Heresy have managed to find a new lead singer for their upcoming tour of Mexico and South America. The honour has been given to 28-year-old Travis Neal (on […]

Powersword – the new Norwegian “true power metal” band that consists of current, former and session members of 1349, Pantheon I, Urgheal, Trollfest, Zeenon and The Allseeing I – will release its debut album this autumn. Entitled “Eurosteel“, the CD will feature 8 songs. Two of them (“Fighting for Steel” and “My Love Won’t Make […]

Former Soundgarden and Audioslave vocalist Chris Cornell has premiered the debut single for his upcoming third solo album. Entitled “Long Gone“, the song (as well as the entire CD) has been produced by Timbaland. You can stream the track at ryanseacrest.com/media/ (scroll down to the “Audio” section), and then check it out on a live […]

The 62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi – a former Capuchin missionary in Ivory Coast – is gaining fame around the globe not as a monch, but as a… metal singer! The long-white-bearded has no qualms bobbing his head and shouting lyrics about alcohol, sex, tobacco and life in general into his microphone. Describing himself as […]

The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti is working on a new album with his side-project Little Joy. The band is a collaboration with his girlfriend Binki Shapiro and Brazilian singer and guitarist Rodrigo Amarante (ex-Los Hermanos), and their debut CD is slated for an autumn release.

All the 11 songs on Alice Cooper‘s new concept studio album, “Along Came a Spider“, are available for streaming on myspace.com/officialalicecooper. The effort is officially due out in Europe on July 28 via SPV.

Metallica have revealed the front cover artwork for their new album, “Death Magnetic“. You can view it below. The CD was produced by Rick Rubin and is due out in Europe on September 22.