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)

Al Jourgensen and his Revolting Cocks are pushing back the release date of their new album… in order to work on their next, next album! The band revealed that its upcoming “Sex-O Olympic-O” won’t hit the streets in October as originally planned, but instead will surface in February via Al’s imprint 13th Planet Recordings. It […]

Coldplay have made a new song, entitled “Death Will Never Conquer“, available for free download from their official website, Coldplay.com. The track was recorded during the sessions for the band’s recently released new LP “Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends”. Coldplay – “Viva La Vida“

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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