Venom (on the photo), Iced Earth, Lacuna Coil, Mashuggah, MoonspellВ and Pain of Salvation are among the bands confirmed to perform at this year’s Rock ’em All FestivalВ in Greece. The event is set to take place onВ July 20В at the Lykabetus Theater in Athens.

Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice, collectively known as Heaven and Hell, entered studio to record their first full-length studio album. The CD, set to be released via Rhino in early 2009, will be preceded by the Metal Masters Tour – a month-long North American trek with Judas Priest, Motorhead and […]

British death metal masters Benediction finalized the tracklist for their new album, “Killing Music“, due in September via Nuclear Blast. The CD is going to feature 16 tracks, a.o. with guest appearances by Karl Willetts of Bolt Thrower, Kelly Shaefer of Atheist, Billy Gould of Faith No More, Jock of G.B.H., and Nuclear Blast’s owner […]

As we informed you a week ago, Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron Thal a.k.a. Bumblefoot has promised to make the title track off his upcoming solo album, “Abnormal“, available for free download. Well, here it is – the song can be obtained at bumblefoot.com in three different versions – the album version, the clean version […]

Toxic Hate Alive InsideВ and She Was Asking for It shall play live at The Club in Sofia, Bulgaria tomorrow, May 21. At the show S.W.A.F.I. shall present the songs from their debut album, “The Downfall of Mankind” (view cover in the left), which shall be reviewed on our website tomorrow. She Was Asking for It […]

UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore (on the photo) has contributed a few solos to the title track of the forthcoming Destruction album, “D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.“. The result shall be heard on August 29, when the CD by the German thrash metal veterans shall surface officially in Europe.

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has stated that the band’s eagerly anticipated new album, due out in Europe on August 11 via Roadrunner Records, will “rip your face off,” adding, “I don’t think the world will be ready for this album.” The group’s yet-to-be-titled fourth effort, which is being produced by Dave Fortman, has been described […]

Joker Media announced that all tickets in front of the stage for Lenny Kravitz‘ first ever show in Sofia, Bulgaria are already sold-out. You may still purchase seated tickets for 55 leva / 28 Euro for the event, set to take place on July 27 at the Academic Stadium. Get them via Ticketstream.bg.

At the end of this news you may watch Motorhead mainman Lemmy Kilmister singing “Shake Your Blood” live with the Foo Fighters. The footages comes off a show on June 17, 2006 in London, which has been just released re-released as a “tour edition” DVD under the title “Hyde Park“. The concert by the Foo […]

New Jersey metal titans God Forbid shall deliver their new full-length album in late summer. Preceding this release will be the double DVD, entitled “Beneath the Scars of Glory and Progression” (view cover in the left), which is due on June 10. This package features multi-camera footage shot at a sold-out performance at the Starland […]