“On the 25th of August, Kaliakra Rock Fest in Kaliakra stadium in Kavarna united more thta 7 000 people. The show started 30 minutes earlier, which was rather unpleasant surprise for hundreds of fans, who were still outside. They had to miss the first few songs by Testament who opened the fest. The show put […]

Nine songs from the first reunion show of the “Remnants of War” lineup of HELSTAR have been posted exclusively at TexasMetalUnderground.com for streaming or download. The soundboard-quality recordings were made during the 4th annual Robb’s MetalWorks Showcase, which took place at the White Rabbit in San Antonio on June 10, 2006. The site also features […]

Metal War Productions has just released a live album from the long-defunct Dutch extreme metallers PESTILENCE, entitled “Chronicles of the Scourge“. The collection includes two live shows: Zeche in Bochum, Germany on November 18, 1988 and Kix Festival in Veghel, The Netherlands on June 24, 1989. Metal War Productions mailorder customers will receive a bonus […]

News.com.au reports that GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and VAN HALEN‘s “Eruption” were selected as two of the tracks with the best guitar solos of all time.PINK FLOYD‘s “Comfortably Numb” topped the list, with “Sweet Child O’ Mine” following in second place.Third was “Freebird” by LYNYRD SKYNYRD, while “Eruption” by VAN HALEN was […]

Nuclear Blast Records Greece has uploaded 12 new music videos to its MySpace page. Check out the following clips at www.myspace.com/nbgreece:THREAT SIGNAL – “Counterbalance” (home video)DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER – “Friede Sei Mit Dir”SCAR SYMMETRY – “The Illusionist”CHROME DIVISION – “Serial Killer”AMORPHIS – “House of Sleep”IN FLAMES – “Take This Life”EDGUY – “Superheroes”DIMMU BORGIR – “Progenies […]

A brand new BY NIGHT track, entitled “Cursed by the Thought“, has been made available for download at the band’s official MySpace page. The song comes off the Swedish metallers’ sophomore album, “A New Shape of Desperation“, which is available for streaming at this location. Due on September 25 in Europe and October 17 in […]

HOLY MOSES have posted the following update at their official website:“Dear Holy Moses friends,Unfortunately, we have to let you know that our bass player Ozzy had to go into a psychiatric clinic unexpectedly. As soon as Ozzy will be back on his feet, he will be back in the band again, but for now we […]

WITHIN CHOKING RANGE‘s 2005 debut EP, “Most People Just Die“, has been made available for download in its entirety on the band’s MySpace profile. WCR put out the CD themselves (on their own label, Beserkfaced Records), limited to 1,000 copies, most of which have already been distributed. With that in mind, they made the decision […]

MANOWAR will release a new single, “The Sons of Odin“, on October 6, followed by a full-length DVD containing the historic Earthshaker Fest 2005 performance on November 10. “The Sons of Odin” will be available in two different versions — a jewelcase edition and a “special edition six-flap digipack” featuring a bonus DVD. Die bonus […]

Florida-based death metallers OBITUARY shot their first-ever live DVD shoot last night (Thursday, August 24) at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The group’s setlist was as follows:01. Intro: Rain02. Redneck Stomp03. On The Floor04. Insane05. Chopped In Half06. Turned Inside Out07. Dying08. Intro09. Internal Bleeding10. Back To One11. Find The Arise12. Back Inside13. Threatening […]