Stratovarius bass player Lauri Porra will release a new solo album, entitled “All Children Have Superpowers“, on January 9, 2008. Three songs off the CD – “Release”, “Changes in Memory” and “All Children Have Superpowers” – can already be heard at the musician’s MySpace page at myspace.com/lauriporra.

Re:Ignition, featuring Skinlab‘s Steev Esquivel and Snake, have released the video for their song “Head On” on the Internet. You can check it out below. The tracks comes off the band’s debut album “Empty Heart Loaded Gun” (view cover in the left), which came out a year ago via Corporate Punishment Records. The CD features […]

The ninth edition of the traditional Bulgarian winter punk/hardcore festival Hardcore X-Mass shallВ happen onВ December 28 at the Black Box ClubВ inВ Sofia. The show starts at 4 p.m., tickets costВ 8 EuroВ (pre-sale via Eventim.bgВ and Ticketstream.bg) andВ 9 EuroВ (at the door), and the bands scheduled to take part are: Last Hope Another Day Death Squad Delate Envy B.F.D.M. Brothers in […]

Neverland – a collaboration between Turkey’s progressive power metal band Dreamtone (on the photo) and Greek artist Iris Mavraki – has inked a deal with Germany’s AFM Records. The band’s debut CD, “Reversing Time“, is scheduled for release at the end of February. The 12 tracks on the CD were recorded at ATM Studios in […]

Sweden’s rockers The Hellacopters signed a deal with the label Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution for the release of their last ever studio album. The effort, entitled “Head Off”, shall surface on April 18, 2008. The band shall wave goodbye with a tour during the autumn. Before that the guys shall do festivals some festivals all over […]

After releasing their latest album “Southern Born Killers” for free on the Internet, Atlanta-based rap metallers Stuck Mojo have changed their mind and inked a deal with Napalm Records. The the Austrian label will release “Southern Born Killers” on CD with 3 bonus tracks on February 29 in Europe… Afterwards Stuck Mojo will embark on […]

Salvatore Paul Erna, better known as Godsmack fronman Sully Erna, intends to start recording his first solo album. The work is scheduled to start in the spring. For updates, check out regularly Sully’s official MySpace profile at myspace.com/acessuck.

System of a Down bass player Shavo Odadjian is collaborating with RZA from W-Tang Clan on the soundtrack for upcoming Vin Diesel movie “Babylon AD“. The pair is working under the name Achozen. For updates on the project, keep an eye on myspace.com/achozen.

Finland’s monster metallers Lordi shall release a brand-new single, entitled “Beast Loose in Paradise“, as a download via zed.fi on December 24, and as a physical CD (view cover in the left) on January 9, 2008. “Beast Loose in Paradise” will also appear in Lordi upcoming feature film “Dark Floors”.

Iced Earth mainman Jon Schaffer announced that the band’s emblematic former vocalist Matthew Barlow “is coming back and we will be getting back to work in the studio very soon. “Matt will be singing on Part 2 of the “Something Wicked” concept CD and we will be looking forward to getting out on tour and […]