Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has posted the following message on its official web site:“The upcoming period we will be in the studio recording the new AFTER FOREVER album together with producer Gordon Groothedde!!! It will be our sixth album (including the mini album ‘Exordium‘) and it will be the beginning of a […]

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN will release a new DVD, entitled “VГ¶lkerball” before Christmas. According to RAMMSTEIN‘s manager Emanuel Fialik, the disc will be packed with footage, including “almost three hours of live recordings filmed in France, Japan, England and Russia. Also there is an audio CD featuring 75 minutes of concert footage. In a special […]

French metallers HEAVENLY will release their fourth album, “Virus“, in Japan on September 21. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. The Dark Memories02. Spill Blood On Fire03. Virus04. The Power & Fury05. Wasted Time06. Bravery In The Field07. Liverty08. When The Rain Begins To Fall09. The Prince Of The World10. […]

The Bulgarian bands CLAYMORE and AGONIC FAINT have been invited to take part in the festival “Hatework Festival“, which is to be held on the 7 of October in Buchurest, Romania. The headliners of the event are the Dutch legendary band SINISTER. Other bands to perform at the festival are PARRICIDE, CODE RED, DEVIANT, BOLTHARD […]

KAMELOT‘s first-ever DVD, entitled “One Cold Winter’s Night“, will be released via Steamhammer/SPV on October 30.“One Cold Winter’s Night” was recorded on February 11, 2006 at the historic Rockefeller Musichall in Oslo, Norway. KAMELOT enlisted renowned film and video director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES) to chronicle the night’s events. Bringing with […]

PAPA ROACH‘s upcoming fourth major label album, “The Paramour Sessions” (due Sept. 12), is available streaming in its entirety at this location. In a recent interview with Launch Radio Networks the group’s lead singer, Jacoby Shaddix, revealed that he’s a little nervous about people hearing the record because it’s an especially personal one. The first […]

German thrashers DESTRUCTION will enter the studio later this month to record the “Best of Classix” album, tentatively due in early 2007 via AFM Records. The band previously stated about the upcoming CD, “As it’s really difficult to get the old records those days and to avoid a ‘best of album’ with only old recordings […]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s video for the song “Concrete Jungle” has been posted online at the MySpace page of the New York-based publisher Terminal Press. The artwork for the video was done by Terminal Press comic artist Rolo Ledesma (“Phony-Baloney”, “Terminal Press Presents”, “Toxic Teddies”, “Spraycan Monsters”, “DUB-BOTS”) and is said to be “one of the […]

LAMB OF GOD, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ALICE IN CHAINS and NIRVANA are among the latest artists to be confirmed for the “Guitar Hero” PlayStation 2 videogame sequel. The following songs have been confirmed so far:ANTHRAX – “Madhouse”MГ–TLEY CRГњE – “Shout At The Devil”GUNS N’ ROSES – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”STONE TEMPLE PILOTS – “Trippin’ On A […]

AGRYPNIE, the new project featuring NOCTE OBDUCTA frontman Torsten, Der Unhold, will release its full-length debut, “F51.4“, on September 29 via Supreme Chaos Records. The follow-up to the group’s 2005 split demo/CD with FATED reportedly contains “nine tracks of melodic black/death metal.”“F51.4” track listing:01. Intro02. Und fГјhret mich nicht in Versuchung03. Auf den nackten Korridoren04. […]