NEWS

24 March 2008

Bulgarian hardcore beastsВ Brothers in Blood recorded a song with Ignite vocalistВ Zoli. The track, entitled “Don’t Say My Name“, shall be included in the band’s upcoming album, “Take Your Life Back” (view cover in the left), and can be heard already at myspace.com/brothasinblood.

24 March 2008

The U.S. supergroup Dark New Day, featuring Clint Lowery (Sevendust, ex-Korn), Troy McLawhorn (Evanescence), Corey Lowery (Stuck Mojo), Brett Hestla (ex-Creed) and Will Hunt (Evanescence), posted a new song, entitled “Goodbye“, on the group’s MySpace page at myspace.com/darknewday. The track is set to appear on the quintet’s long-awaited second album, due later in the year. […]

24 March 2008

A legal attempt has been made to block the release of early recordings by The Beatles, entitled “Jammin’ with The Beatles and Friends, Star Club, Hamburg, 1962“. The Beatles company Apple Corps claims the 8 tracks, a.o. “Lovesick Blues” performed by Paul McCartney and “Ask Me Why” sung by McCartney and Lennon, are a bootleg […]

24 March 2008

Queens of the Stone Age are set to release a limited edition version of their latest album, “Era Vulgaris“, on April 15. It shall feature cover versions of Billy Idol’s “White Wedding”, Elliot Smith’s “Christian Brothers” and “Needle in the Camel’s Eye” by Brian Eno, as well as a bonus disc with 9 live tracks […]

24 March 2008

Next Sunday, March 30, the Fracture weekly metal show on РњРњ TV shall feature tons of videos by Alter Bridge, Hellyeah, 3 Inches of Blood, Rage, Cavalera Conspiracy, Rotting Christ, Kamelot, The Revenge Project, Warbringer, Deathstars, Pro-Pain and many more. Fracture shall be followed by a 6-hour-long Rock Covers Night featuring cover songs performed by […]

21 March 2008

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have confirmed details of the second single from their critically acclaimed current album “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!”. The chosen track is “More News from Nowhere”, which is set for release on May 12 and will feature an exclusive new song, “Fleeting Love”, on the B-side. Nick Cave & The Bad […]

21 March 2008

Yes have announced a tour of North America to mark the band’s 40th anniversary. The shows will be the legendary prog-rockers’ first live performances in over 5 years and will kick off July 12 in Canada. The band will feature founding members Jon Anderson and Chris Squire joined by Steve Howe, Alan White and Oliver […]

21 March 2008

Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) and Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) have recorded a cover version of Alice Cooper‘s 1973 track “Elected“. The song will be featured on a four-track Ayreon EP, scheduled for release in Europe on April 28. The three other tunes featured on it are an acoustic live radio session of “E=mc2”, “Ride the Comet” […]

21 March 2008

Avenged Sevenfold are filming some performances on their current Taste of Chaos Tour (also featuring Bullet for My Valentine and Atreyu, a.o) for a live CD/DVD package. The finished product is expected to surface by Christmas. Avenged Sevenfold – “Afterlife“

21 March 2008

Kypck (meaning “Kursk” in the Cyrillic alphabet), the new Russian-singing Finnish doom metal band featuring former Sentenced guitarist Sami Lopakka and renowned producer Hiili Hiilesmaa on drums, has entered the Finnish chart at position No. 11 with its debut album, “Cherno” (“black” in Russian), which was released via UHO Production on March 12. For more […]