Missskin.net is a new Bulgarian indie label started in the beginning of 2007. The company has just released its first four singles – “Boot Blues” by Dobri & Pitkin, “Whatever” by Andro Stubel (ex-Exitus), “Coffee & Alcohol” by the acoustic string trio Lyuba, Domby &В Allen, and the new track by the local folk rockers Balkandji, “Vision”, which […]

“Manowar fans have requested a special piece of merchandise from their favourite metal band. Manowar has heard these requests and delivered. The new Manowar condoms are the perfect romantic accessory for all true metal couples,” the so-called kings of metal wrote in an official bulletin. The new Manowar condoms are called The Warrior’s Shield and […]

“Recording sessions for the next Soulfly album have been completed,” the band announced yesterday. The still untitled effort is going to contain 13 songs, some of which feature guest vocals by a.o. David Vincent of Morbid Angel and Dave Peters of Throwdown. “Andy Sneap will be mixing the tracks this spring, and the album will […]

Rob Halford has made Fight‘s song “Christmas Ride” available for free download via halfordmusic.com. The track was originally released in 1994 via Epic Records as a promo CD single (view cover in the left).

Deep Purple‘s keyboardist Don Airey will release a new solo album, entitled “A Light in the Sky”, on February 25 via Mascot Records. The effort features plenty of guest musicians, a.o. Laurence Cottle (bass), Darrin Mooney (drummer of Primal Fear and Gary Moore), Thunder‘s Chris Childs (bass), Gary James (drums) and Danny Bowes (vocals), and […]

Walls of Jericho shall a release a new, as yet untitled EP in March via Trustkill Records. It’s being produced by Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour), who also does guest vocals on several tracks. The effort’s premiere shall concide with another release of the Detroit-based female-fronted metalcore quintet – the DVD “Live in South America”, […]

Slayer, who recently received their third Grammy nomination (for the track “The Final Six” in the category “Best Metal Performance”), announced their plans to start working on new material right after New Year! The quartet’s 11th studio album is intended for a 2008 release, and will be followed by a world tour.

Cavalera Conspiracy – the super-project formerly known as Inflikted and featuring Max Cavalera (vocals, rhythm guitar), Igor Cavalera (drums), Marc Rizzo (lead guitar) and Joe Duplantier (bass) – have announced they’ll release their debut full-length studio album on March 24 in Europe via Roadrunner Records. The still untitled record is currently being mixed at Undercity […]

The American death metal egyptologists Nile have uploaded the video for their song “Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor from Attacks Against He Who Is in the Water” on the Internet. Check it out below. The track comes off the band’s latest studio album, “Ithyphallic”, which came out in July via Nuclear Blast.

Chicago-based rockers SOiL (no to be confused with L.A.’s Soil) have recorded a cover version of Soundgarden‘s early 90’s track “Rusty Cage”. You may check it out at the quartet’s official MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/soil.