12 years after the formation of one of Germany’s most successful art rock bands the Freising quintet RPWL takes its first shot at a concept album. Beyond Man And Time is a musical journey through the world outside of Platon’s cave. On March 13th in North America and on March 9th in Europe, the record […]

Sal Italiano (pictured below), a member of the IRON MAIDEN tribute band LIVE AFTER DEATH, has joined veteran Canadian metallers ANVIL, replacing recently departed bassist Glenn Gyorffy (aka Glenn Five). Anvil’s Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow comments on the situation: “We hired an old friend to do the tour and are currently working with a new improved […]

While on a one-week tour of Europe to perform and promote ‘Chickenfoot III,‘ singer Sammy Hagar speaks out on his former band, Van Halen, including his thoughts on their new single, ‘Tattoo.’ “I personally don’t think that what they have just released, what I have seen and heard, is great at all,” Sammy tells Cack […]

The Doors and Skrillex are two artists we usually wouldn’t cover but the combination of the two sounded interesting enough that we figured it’s at least worth putting out there. Check out the video for the song they recently did together called ‘Breakin’ a Sweat’ — and yes, it’s as weird as it sounds. The […]

MEGADETH are confirmed to co-headline this summer’s Ost Fest festival with MOTГ–RHEAD in Bucharest, Romania on Sunday, June 17th. MГ–TLEY CRГњE and DIMMU BORGIR are also on the festival bill

Portuguese gothic metallers MOONSPELL have set ‘Alpha Noir’ as the title of their new album, due on April 27 via the band’s new label home, Napalm Records. Commented MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro: “A true band has to have to a glorious past, a solid present and a bright future. More than that, a true band […]

PRIMAL FEARВ and BRAINSTORM will at Sofia’s Hristo Botev hall on 7 April. The show is promoted by R.B.F. Agency with tickets going on sale through www.Eventim.bgВ on Thursday, 19 January. First 100В tickets will be priced 35 BGN, then will go up to the regular price of 40 BGN, to be sold at the door atВ 45 BGN. […]

You can see thisВ almost everywhere in downtown Sofia. A litlle cheap flyerВ distributed anonymously in the streets of the city (check below). You can read on this: “WE WANTВ BLACK SABBATH LIVE IN BULGARIA! Join the Facebook group“! Well, this comes when the live plans of the band look a bit uncertain with guitarist TONY IOMMI been […]

Anneke van Giersbergen’s long-awaited album ‘Everything Is Changing’ will be released officially this Friday (January 20th) on PIAS Recordings. The first single ‘Feel Alive’ preceded the full-length disc in September 2011 and is still in TMR’sВ TUBORG TOP 40.В  The album in full is now available for streaming HERE! ‘Everything is Changing’ was recorded mainly at […]

While Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar RodrГ­guez-LГіpez are reuniting with their At The Drive-In bandmates, the pair still found time to write and record a new Mars Volta album. The end result, entitled Noctourniquet, will hit stores on March 27th via Warner Bros. The band’s sixth LP, the 13-track effort was written by Bixler-Zavala and RodrГ­guez-LГіpez […]