Metallica have revealed the front cover artwork for their new album, “Death Magnetic“. You can view it below. The CD was produced by Rick Rubin and is due out in Europe on September 22.

This year’s edition of the annualВ International Jass FestivalВ inВ Bansko, BulgariaВ shall take place on August 8-13, 2008. Sever open-air stages shall host performances by Bulgarian artist like a.o. Vassil Petrov, Nona Yotova, Camelia Todorova, Theodossiy Spassov, Milcho Leviev, Stefka Onikian, Ya-Ya, Mind Trips, Dirty PurchaseВ and Hilda Kazassian,В as well asВ Palyrria (Greece), Giovanca (Holland), Eftekasat (Egypt), The Belgrade Dixieland […]

Fan-filmed video footage of Manowar performing the band’s new single, “Die with Honor“, with a 20-person men’s choir at this year’s Magic Circle Festival on July 12 in Bad Arolsen, Germany in front of 35,000 metal warriors can be viewed below. The anthem precedes the self-proclaimed metal kings’ next studio album, due out next summer. […]

Additional tickets at a price of 50 leva / 25 Euro for Lenny Kravitz’s first-ever concert in Sofia Bulgaria (July 27, 2008) shall go on sale on Monday via Ticketstream.bg.

Bulgarian punk rock leaders Crowfish shall play next to Apocalyptica, dEUS, Air Traffic and many more at this year’s edition of Romania’s Stufstock Festival. The event is scheduled to take place on August 14-16В in Vama Veche. Crowfish – “Away“

Mikael Г…kerfeldt and Martin Axenrot of Opeth, and Anders NystrГ¶m and Jonas Renkse ot Katatonia have completed work on the new album by their death metal side-project Bloodbath. The CD (view cover in the left) is going to be entitled “The Fathomless Mastery” and is scheduled for release on October 6 via Peaceville Records.

After parting ways with original vocalist Tommy Cummings and replacing him temporarily with Jake Veredika (ex-Periphery), former Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and his current band Divine Heresy have managed to find a new lead singer for their upcoming tour of Mexico and South America. The honour has been given to 28-year-old Travis Neal (on […]

Powersword – the new Norwegian “true power metal” band that consists of current, former and session members of 1349, Pantheon I, Urgheal, Trollfest, Zeenon and The Allseeing I – will release its debut album this autumn. Entitled “Eurosteel“, the CD will feature 8 songs. Two of them (“Fighting for Steel” and “My Love Won’t Make […]

Former Soundgarden and Audioslave vocalist Chris Cornell has premiered the debut single for his upcoming third solo album. Entitled “Long Gone“, the song (as well as the entire CD) has been produced by Timbaland. You can stream the track at ryanseacrest.com/media/ (scroll down to the “Audio” section), and then check it out on a live […]

The 62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi – a former Capuchin missionary in Ivory Coast – is gaining fame around the globe not as a monch, but as a… metal singer! The long-white-bearded has no qualms bobbing his head and shouting lyrics about alcohol, sex, tobacco and life in general into his microphone. Describing himself as […]