Apocalyptica‘s impressive performance during the Eurovision Song Contest Final can already be watched below. The Finnish cello rockers presented an eight-minute-long medley of brand-new and older stuff at the ceremony last Saturday, May 12, which was won by the Serbian singer Maria Serifovic and the “Molitva” (“Prayer”). Two days ago we also informed you about […]

On Friday, May 11, veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper presented the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award to Chris Cornell at the third annual MusiCares Map Fund Benefit concert, which took place at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre in Hollywood, California. The former singer of Audioslave, Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog, who went through rehab […]

Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour), Dave Lombardo (Slayer; on the photo with Mikko Siren and Perttu Kivilaakso), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Joseph Duplantier (Gojira) and Japanese composer Tomoyasu Hotei are among the confirmed musicians who have recorded guest appearances on the upcoming Apocalyptica album. The CD, produced by Jacob Hellner (Rammstein, Clawfinger), shall be released […]

From now on you can stream the entire new Paradise Lost album, “In Requiem” (view cover in the left), at the band’s official MySpace profile. Note that the tracks off the CD shall be available for a week only, which means you’ve got time till next Friday. In other news, the British gothic metal godfathers […]

Parikrama – the band that supported Iron Maiden on their concert in the palace of Bangalore – are to make history by becoming the first Indian band to play at a major festival outside of their country. The band are to appear at the Download Festival, set to take place between June 8-10 in Donington […]

On May 14В Europe shall witness the official birth of “United Abominations” – the long-awaited new studio album by Megadeth. Recorded in a line-up featuringВ Dave MustaineВ (vocals and guitar), brothersВ GlenВ andВ Shawn DroverВ (respectively on guitar and drums), andВ James LomenzoВ (bass), the CD shall appear via Roadrunner Records, containing following tracklist: 01. Sleepwalker02. Washington Is Next!03. Never Walk Alone… A Call […]

Swedish symphonic metallers Therion have decided to part ways with their current vocalist Mats LevГ©n after their performance at the Wacken Open Air in early August. Mastermind Christofer Johnsson has already taken the decision who’s going to be Therion’s next frontman. The honour shall be given to Thomas VikstrГ¶m (Talk of the Town, ex-Candlemass). According […]

New York hardcore beasts Madball are finishing up the recordings for their upcoming album at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (worked with a.o. Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Throwdown). Entitled “Infiltrate the System”, the CD is scheduled to surface sometime during the autumn via Ferret Music.

Nuclear Blast have launched a special website dedicated to the current activities of Nightwish. You can check it out HERE. The final details about the future activities of Finland’s metal superstars are as follows: A new single, entitled “Eva”, shall be available for download on May 30. That’s when the name of the band’s new […]

German heavy metal veterans Helloween entered singer Andi Deris’ Mi Sueno Studios in Tenerife, Spain today, May 11, to begin recoding their next full-length album. The CD, due to be produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Saxon), is scheduled to appear on Halloween, October 31, followed by a European tour starting in mid-November.