Fear Factory guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers announced he’s keen to hear from bands who would want him to produce them. In case you’re interested, e-mail some info about you at christy@archetypemanagement.com and… Good luck!

Chris Barnes and his old-school death metal gang Six Feet Under are about to start writing songs for their next full-length studio album. The effort should surface during the second half of 2008.

Coldplay have covered the 80’s hit by Wham! “Last Christmas” as a special greeting to their fans. You macy check out how Chris Martin & Co. revive this old George Michael tune here:

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess celebrated Christmas by releasing two offerings via his official homepage, jordanrudess.com. The first one is an EP entitled “Jordan’s Holiday Seasonings” and featuring four popular holiday songs arranged, performed and recorded on Jordan’s Steinway D concert grand on December 20, 2007. The second one is a Christmas album, “Christmas […]

To mark the release of its new issue, Bulgaria’sВ Pro-Rock MagazineВ launched its brand-new official homepage.В You may check it out atВ www.pro-rock.net.

Tobias Sammet of Edguy has posted the brand-new video by his project Avantasia online. You may enjoy it below. The word goes about “Carry Me Over” – the 4th of the 11 songs on Avantasia’s forthcoming album, “The Scarecrow” (view cover in the left), which will be released on January 25, 2008 via Nuclear Blast. […]

It seems that Austria’s metal avantgardists Hollenthon, gathered around Martin Schirenc (Pungent Stench, ex-Kreuzweg Ost), are finally close to completing the work on their long-awaited third full-length album. The follow-up to “With Vilest of Worms to Dwell” (2001) should surface in early 2008 via Napalm Records, followed by live shows all over Europe. “Y draig […]

Mikael Г…kerfeldt has revealed some details about Opeth‘s upcoming full-length studio album. The follow-up to 2005’s “Ghost Reveries” and this year’s live masterpiece “The Roundhouse Tapes” shall contain 7 tracks with an average running time of about 10 minutes. “These songs are a bit more energetic,” Mikael said. “They remind me of our third record, […]

After some musicians revealed their favourite albums for 2007 a few days agi here, Thiago Sarkis of Imhotep.no has now got hold of Rob Halford, Steve Vai, Mike Patton, Rudolf Schenker and 63 other metal stars that picked their favorites of 2007. Here are the personal album charts by some of them: Alan Nemtheanga (Primordial) […]

New York City’s metalcore masters Sworn Enemy just completed their highly successful Persistence Tour in Europe together with Hatebreed, Agnostic Front and Ignite. More about it, as well as some details about the band’s new studio album, “Maniacal“, were revealed to Tangra Mega Rock by guitarist Jamin Hunt. Check out the interview taken for the […]