A “memorial day” for late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton was held yesterday (Saturday, September 30) at the at Gyllene Rasten restaurant/bar in Ljungby, DГ¶rarp, Sweden. It was on September 27, 1986 — 20 years ago this past Wednesday — that Burton died in a tragic bus accident in Sweden, just over the road from where […]

Most of Evil Music has the pleasure to announce the upcoming concert of the “Finish Dimmu Borgir” – CATAMENIA.The band will play in Sofia, on October 11. That would be the second show of Catamenia in Bulgaria after their concertВ  on May 24 last year.Catamenia are on their European tour in support of the new […]

The Revenge Project are getting ready with some material for their second studio album. The band has already 3 femo versions of the songs – “Read My Lips”, “1000 Voices” and “Visions” (the last one is a cover of a song by Diabolism from 1996).Those 3 songs plus 4 more will be included on the […]

BLACKMORE’S NIGHT has parted ways with bassist Sir Robert of Normandy. “We enjoyed his talents for six years as a member of BLACKMORE’S NIGHT,” guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and vocalist Candice Night write in a statement. “He now has family obligations that require him to stay at home. We will miss him but we understand and […]

According to Billboard.com, “Different World” has been confirmed as the second single from IRON MAIDEN‘s “A Matter of Life and Death” album. The single will be released on November 14 (the day of MAIDEN’s sold-out show at Helsinki’s Hartwall Arena in Finland) though this is likely to be a U.S. release date. Europe is expected […]

Liechtenstein-based gothic metal group ELIS has revealed the track listing for its new album, “Griefshire“, due in Europe on November 24 Napalm Records (January 16 in the U.S.).“Griefshire” (view cover here) track listing:01. Tales from Heaven or Hell02. Die Stadt03. Show Me the Way04. Brothers05. Seit Dem Anbeginn Der Zeit06. Remember the Promise07. Phoenix from […]

Sacramento’s melodic, blackened tech-metallers WITH PASSION are headed to Mana Studios in Florida to record their second album, entitled “What We See When We Shut Our Eyes“, with Brian Elliott and have announced a string of tour dates to and from their album recording session. The upcoming CD will contain 10 tracks, including re-recorded versions […]

Anglo-Italian melodic power metal band POWER QUEST has set “Master of Illusion” as the title of its fourth album, which the group plans to record next spring. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Hearts and Voices”, “The Vigil”, “The Right Place and the Wrong Time”, “Count My Sins” and “The Tragedy Suite”.POWER QUEST […]

Norwegian melodic metallers THUNDERBOLT have announced the addition of former WHERE ANGELS FALL drummer Ole Kristian LГёvberg to the group’s ranks. LГёvberg joins the band as the replacement for Vegard Waske, who has left THUNDERBOLT earlier in the month “due to an extremely heavy workload over the past years.”THUNDERBOLT‘s sophomore album, “Love and Destruction“, was […]

DANZIG has enlisted TYPE O NEGATIVE‘s Kenny Hickey as the group’s new guitarist. Hickey joins drummer Johnny Kelly as the second TYPE O NEGATIVE member to join DANZIG‘s touring lineup.DANZIG will perform a dozen West Coast “Blackest of The Black” live dates in November alongside LACUNA COIL, THE HAUNTED, BELPHEGOR and ASESINO. “This is sort […]