Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani have revealed the final details about their upcoming full-length studio album. Entitled “Korven Kuningas” (view cover in the left), the follow-up to this year’s “Tervaskanto” shall surface on March 15 via the band’s new label, Nuclear Blast. The CD shall be preceded by a maxi-single, “Keep on Galloping”, on February 14. […]

This year’s edition of the annual Bulgarian punk/hardcore festival Hardcore X-Mass shall take place today, December 28. The event, scheduled to take place at the Black Box ClubВ inВ Sofia, starts at 4 p.m. and features following 14В bands (in following running order): 16:00 – 16:20 – Toxic Hate Alive Inside16:30 – 16:50 – Catalyst17:00 – 17:20 – […]

They wish you a Metal Christmas and a Heavy New Year! Hail! And kill!

Brooklyn’s Type O Negative have posted the following message on their official MySpace profile: “The “September Sun” video was posted by accident on a prominent music website, a fan downloaded it and posted it on YouTube, however, this video is not supposed to be released yet. Therefore it has been taken down for now. When […]

Fear Factory guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers announced he’s keen to hear from bands who would want him to produce them. In case you’re interested, e-mail some info about you at christy@archetypemanagement.com and… Good luck!

Chris Barnes and his old-school death metal gang Six Feet Under are about to start writing songs for their next full-length studio album. The effort should surface during the second half of 2008.

Coldplay have covered the 80’s hit by Wham! “Last Christmas” as a special greeting to their fans. You macy check out how Chris Martin & Co. revive this old George Michael tune here:

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess celebrated Christmas by releasing two offerings via his official homepage, jordanrudess.com. The first one is an EP entitled “Jordan’s Holiday Seasonings” and featuring four popular holiday songs arranged, performed and recorded on Jordan’s Steinway D concert grand on December 20, 2007. The second one is a Christmas album, “Christmas […]

Swedish death metal veterans Grave have set “Dominion VIII” as the title of their eighth full-lentgh studio album. According to the band, the CD will contain “nine tracks of sheer evil and mass brutality”. “Dominion VIII” is due in April/May via Regain Records. The release will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the band.

Southern “sludge grind metallers” Soilent Green have announced they’ll release a new album on April 15 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, ex-Morbid Angel) at Mana Recording in St. Petersburg, Florida.