His name isВ Rick Halverson and before his current position in Pro-Pain,В he’sВ drummed previously with Cellador and also with Stephen Pearcy.

The Wildhearts are to give away new song “Borderline” as a Christmas present to fans. This will be available from Xmas Eve on their Myspace and Facebook pages.

Papa Roach‘s new song, calledВ  “Lifeline” can be listened toВ at their official web site . This is epxected to be the first single fromВ the forthcomingВ abum “Metamorphosis”.

Ex-Iron Maiden vocalist and currently solo artist Blaze Bayley is shortly to release a DVD titled “Live In Z7”. This gig wasВ shot in Pratteln, Switzerland this year.

The news came from “Fracture”‘s host Vasko Katincharov early this morning. Reasons and details have not been given yet. This year the TV metal show “Fractrure” on MMTV celebrated its 10th anniversary on air.В  One last show will take place on Dec. 28th at 22.00.

Drummer Hans Rutten of the DutchВ band The GaqtheringВ has stated the following: “The waiting is over. Well … almost! “We are very happy and proud to announce the release of our ninth studio albumin April 2009! The album will be called “The West Pole”. You probably are curious who is singing on our new record. We […]

“The Infection” is the title of the band’sВ forthcoming album,В which will be releasedВ in North America on April 21, 2009 via Ferret Music. Chimaira is still looking for label to release the new album outside North AmericaВ  as theВ band’s contractВ withВ Nuclear Blast was only concerning release of В “Resurrection” (2007).

New album “Through Blood and Ashes” from the Bulgarian extreme metal band The Revenge Project is on sale now. You can order a copy via band’s e-mail revengeproject@hotmail.com

It’s official. Lordi’ s concert in Bulgaria next year has been confirmed. Tickets are on sale now.

The PomoriansВ will play 3 gigs in Sofia, Plovdiv and Stara Zagora from Jan 24th up to Jan 26th.В В  The Pomorians are Amsterdam based ska and ethnoВ influenced band, founded by Ianko Brekov, known as the leader and front man for Artery.