Iced Earth have revealed the release dates for their new full-length studio album, “The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)” (view cover in the left). The follow-up to last year’s “Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part I)” will surface via SPV on Records on September 5 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and on September 8 […]

As a tribute to Iron Maiden, UK’s Kerrang! Magazine has persuaded 15 of its favorite bands to record cover versions of the NWOBHM gods’ greatest anthems for an exciting free CD entitled “Maiden Heaven” (view cover in the left), which will be available only with the July 19 issue of the magazine. The tracklist and […]

Norwegian gothic metallers Sirenia, who recently recruited 25-year-old Spanish singer Ailyn as the replacement for Monika Pedersen, have announced they’ve completed the songwriting process for their next album and will start recording it in July. The work will take place at Sound Suite Studios in France and Stargoth Studios in Norway, while mixing and mastering […]

Nine mastered and finished tracks from Guns N’ Roses‘ 14-years-in-the-making album “Chinese Democracy” were leaked online yesterday by the website Antiquiet.com, prompting a quick cease-and-desist from the band’s handlers and the removal of the links. Six of the songs have already leaked in one unfinished form or another – “Better”, “The Blues”, “Chinese Democracy”, “Madagascar”, […]

Ahead of the release of their new album “Beautiful Future”, Primal Scream have made a brand-new track available to download for free. The word goes about “Urban Guerilla” – a cover version of a Hawkwind song, which will not be on the album, but provides a taster of the record’s krautrock-pop feel. To get it, […]

Katehizis.com reports that all seated tickets for the upcoming June 23 show by Kansas in Sofia, Bulgaria are completely sold-out now. There are just a few standing tickets left to purchase via Eventim.bg. Kansas – “Dust in the Wind” (live)

Billy Idol is going to release a greatest hits collection on June 24 via Capitol Records. Entitled “The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself“, the CD (view cover in the left) is going to feature 16 of the singer’s most famous tracks, as well as two brand-new songs – “John Wayne” and “New Future […]

One of Britain’s leading music media, Mojo Magazine, presented its awards for the year 2008. Among the big winners are MotГ¶rhead,В  Led Zeppelin, Sex Pistols, Genesis… Anyway, here’s this year’s complete Mojo Honours List: Breakthrough Act – The Last Shadow Puppets Song of the Year – “Mercy” (Duffy) Roots Award – Toots Hibbert Les Paul […]

Nick Cave is going to publish a new book on July 8. Entitled “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!“, it chronicles the development of the idea that became the song that helped name his most recent record. The issue comes with a three-inch CD with the title track. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!“

Slipknot’s new single “All Hope Is Gone” will be made available for free download on RoadrunneRrecords.com and Slipknot1.com exclusively for 24 hours only, starting this Friday, June 20, at 6 a.m. CET! In order to download the track, you will need to sign up for the newsletter… but you’ll get the new Slipknot shit, after […]