Orion Books has set an October 16 release date for Mick Wall‘s new book – “When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin“. The issue will feature about 400 pages in hardcover, which can be seen below.A short description of the book can be found here.В 

36 Crazyfists are going to film their upcoming concertВ  in Alaska for a future DVD release. The show and shoot will take place on January 9, 2009. 36 Crazyfists – “Bloodwork“

Former Swans vocalist Jarboe will release her new album on October 14 via The End Records. The CD, entitled “MahaKali” (named after the mythical Indian goddess of death and destruction), features special guest appearances by Phil Anselmo (Down, ex-Pantera), Attila Csihar (Mayhem), Josh Graham (A Storm of Light, ex-Red Sparowes), and Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia).One of […]

Meshuggah are to have three of their albums reissued in September with bonus tracks. The word goes about the Swedish band’s first full-length efforts – “Contradictions Collapse” (1991), “Destroy Erase Improve” (1995) and “Chaosphere” (1998). Meshuggah – “Future Breed Machine” (live)

Megadeth have revealed the final tracklist for their upcoming double CD release “Anthology: Set the World Afire” (view cover in the left), which we informed you about recently.The collection, due out on September 30 via Capitol/EMI, will feature following 35 recordings: CD 1:01. Mechanix02. Rattlehead03. Peace Sells04. Wake Up Dead05. Devils Island06. Anarchy in the […]

Metallica shall do two special shows for registered users of metclub.comВ and missionmetallica.com to celebrate the release of their new album “Death Magnetic” (view cover in the left) on September 12, 2008. The details for the shows are as follows: September 12В -В 02 World, Berlin, GermanyВ – tickets: 10 Euro September 15В – 02 Arena, London, England – tickets: […]

The 31-year-old Vera Dimitrova (on the photo), accused of murdering her stepfatherВ last May, wants to write with metal fans… If you wanna become a penpal of Vera, drop her a line or two at following address: Bulgaria1797 Sofia42 G. M. Dimitrov Blvd.Office of National Investigationfl. 3, cell 7for Vera Gosheva Dimitrova

Amon Amarth have posted the title track from their new album “Twilight of the Thunder God” for free streaming on myspace.com/metalbladeeurope. As we informed you a while ago, the CD is going to be unleashed in Europe on September 22. Amon Amarth – “Death in Fire“

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The new Tesla single, entitled “I Wanna Live“, is available for streaming on myspace.com/teslatheband. The track comes off the group’s seventh studio album, “Forever More” (view cover in the left), which is set for release on October 7 via the band’s own Tesla Electric Company Recordings. Tesla – “Little Suzi“