After leaving Soilwork some three years ago, guitarist Peter Wichers has now rejoined the ranks of the Swedish extreme metallers. He’s taking over from Daniel Antonsson, who replaced him in 2006.

After reuniting with their original vocalist Jonny Santos a month ago, California’s Spineshank have already started working on songs for their next full-length album. THe first fruit of it – a new track entitled “Born Conform Repent“, can be listened to on myspace.com/spineshank. Spineshank – “Synthetic“

Two new solo tracks from Scott Weiland, entitled “Missing Cleveland” and “Paralysis“, can be heard online. They are available for streaming respectively here and here. Both cuts will appear on the singer’s sophomore solo album, “Happy in Galoshes” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release on November 25 via the artist’s label Softdrive Records.

Ohio-based masked metallers Mushroomhead will release their second official DVD, simply entitled “Volume 2“, on October 28. The follow-up to “Volume 1” (2005) features two-and-a-half hours of videos, live footage and more stuff. Meanwhile, Mushroomhead prepare to enter studio this winter to record the follow-up to their album “Savior Sorrow” (2006) for a spring 2009 […]

Kiss frontman Paul Stanley will release a new solo live DVD, entitled “One Live Kiss“, on October 21 via New Door/Universal. The effort (view cover in the left) was filmed on November 6, 2006 at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois. The tracklist for “One Live Kiss” is as follows: 01. Prologue02. Live to […]

AC/DC‘s new video, “Rock ‘N Roll Train“, can be viewed below. The clip was shot on August 15 in London, England comes off the band’s first new studio album in eight years, “Black Ice” (view cover in the left), due on October 20. AC/DC – “Rock ‘N Roll Train“

Marillion shall play live at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 21, 2009. Tickets cost 15 and 25 Euro, and are on sale now via Eventim.bg.

Bulgaria’s ethno metal masters Balkandji shall play live on November 20 at the Blue Box in Sofia, Bulgaria as support for HaggardВ and Remember Twilight.

This year’s Sofia: Poetics festival shall take place this Sunday,В September 21, at the Party Center “4 km”В in Sofia, Bulgaria, featuring live sets by a.o. Leepra DeLuxe, Cigaretta, Ambient Anarchist, Mind Trips, Free Will Society and many more.

Cinderella’s Jeff LaBar announced that he and his new project Freakshow have completed the recordings for their debut album, and are going to start mixing the stuff today. The band’s line-up is rounded by drummer Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot), bass player Tony Franklin (The Firm, Blue Murder), and vocalist Markus Allen Christopher (Miss Crazy ). […]