Venom (on the photo), Iced Earth, Lacuna Coil, Mashuggah, MoonspellВ and Pain of Salvation are among the bands confirmed to perform at this year’s Rock ’em All FestivalВ in Greece. The event is set to take place onВ July 20В at the Lykabetus Theater in Athens.

Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice, collectively known as Heaven and Hell, entered studio to record their first full-length studio album. The CD, set to be released via Rhino in early 2009, will be preceded by the Metal Masters Tour – a month-long North American trek with Judas Priest, Motorhead and […]

British death metal masters Benediction finalized the tracklist for their new album, “Killing Music“, due in September via Nuclear Blast. The CD is going to feature 16 tracks, a.o. with guest appearances by Karl Willetts of Bolt Thrower, Kelly Shaefer of Atheist, Billy Gould of Faith No More, Jock of G.B.H., and Nuclear Blast’s owner […]

Finnish metal act TerГ¤sbetoni is hoping to repeat Lordi’s success at the Eurovision Song Contest. The group, which is this year’s Finnish representative with its song “MissГ¤ miehet ratsastaa” (view below), appeared in the first semi-final last night in Belgrade, Serbia, and secured itself a place in the final. The 20 songs gaining the most […]

Former Celtic Frost frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer has announced the formation of his new band, Triptykon. The first audio sample from the newborn group – a track called “Crucifixus” – can be heard at myspace.com/triptykonofficial.

As you already know, onВ July 12, 2008В the industrial metal godfathersВ Ministry shall play their first and last ever concert in Bulgaria. The event is scheduled to take place at theВ Hristo Botev Sports HallВ in Sofia, and the band that shall accompany Al Jourgensen on his C U LaTour 2008 looks like this: from left to right: Tony […]

OnВ June 6В the Blue Box ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host a show by three of the most popular local bands – Review (on the photo and below),В UpsurtВ and Svetlio & The Legends. The start shall be given at 8 p.m. sharp. Ревю – “Ала-бала” (live 1989)

Reactivated Norwegian black’n’roll masters Khold, who went on “hiatus” in April 2006, are ready to return with a brand-new studio album. Entitled “Hundre Г…r Gammal” (view cover in the left), the 11-track CD is due out on June 9 via Tabu Records. Khold – “Dod“

Korn have chosen Ross Robinson to be the producer of their next studio album. No further details are yet available yet, but having in mind that Ross is responsible for the sound of bands like Machine Head, Slipknot, Sepultura, and of course Korn’s 1994 self-titled debut… The new CD should be an interesting one.

Sepultura have just started recording their new full-length studio album. As already know, the CD, which is due out in October, is based on Anthony Burgess’ classic novel “A Clockwork Orange“.