Total Rock reports that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has checked into rehab. He’s being treated for substance abuse…

U.S. metalcore masters Hatebreed have announced they’ll record their upcoming show in Dallas, Texas on May 27 for a future live release. The effort shall be produced by no other than former Pantera and Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul.

It’s been officially conformed now – Down (on the photo)В and The Sword shall open Metallica‘s concert at the Vassil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 25!

As we informed you yesterday, the legendary American progressive rock band Kansas shall play live in Bulgaria for the first time ever onВ June 23. The event, set to take place at theВ National Palace of CultureВ in Sofia, shall be the group’s only show in Eastern Europe during the upcoming tour. Kansas shall come to Bulgaria in […]

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 […]

Finnish metal act TerГ¤sbetoni is hoping to repeat Lordi’s success at the Eurovision Song Contest. The group, which is this year’s Finnish representative with its song “MissГ¤ miehet ratsastaa” (view below), appeared in the first semi-final last night in Belgrade, Serbia, and secured itself a place in the final. The 20 songs gaining the most […]

Former Celtic Frost frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer has announced the formation of his new band, Triptykon. The first audio sample from the newborn group – a track called “Crucifixus” – can be heard at myspace.com/triptykonofficial.

As you already know, onВ July 12, 2008В the industrial metal godfathersВ Ministry shall play their first and last ever concert in Bulgaria. The event is scheduled to take place at theВ Hristo Botev Sports HallВ in Sofia, and the band that shall accompany Al Jourgensen on his C U LaTour 2008 looks like this: from left to right: Tony […]