Dimmu Borgir have entered the Norwegian album chart atВ number 1 with its latest effort, “In Sorte Diaboli”, becoming the first black metal band to top a national album chart in the world ever. Just for the record, the Norwegians’ former offering, “Death Cult Armageddon”, as well as Satyricon’s CD “Now, Diabolical”, managed to reach “only” […]

Ministry will release their very last album everВ on September 21. As we informed you some time ago, it shall be entitled “The Last Sucker” and is going to feature a special guest appearance by Fear Factory’s vocalist Burton C. Bell. Some two months earlier, on July 6, Al Jourgensen shall unleash “Rio Grande Dub” – […]

Yesterday eveningВ Gary MooreВ has been urgently hospitallized in Belfast due to a chest infection. This fact has unfortunately lead to the cancellation of the guitarist’s open-air free concert in Sofia, Bulgaria tomorrow, May 9. To put it shortВ once again – Gary Moore won’t play in Sofia tomorrow. A new date is expected to be rescheduled for […]

King’s X frontman Doug Pinnick has revealed he’s in LA working on his new solo album. The effort shall feature contributions by guitarist Wally Farkas (Galactic Cowboys), bass player Dave Henning (Big Wreck), drummers Kelli Scott (Veruca Salt) and Ray Luzier (Army of Anyone), and keyboarder Natasha Schneider (Eleven, ex-Queens of the Stone Age), among […]

Satyricon and Pain have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 Festival, set to take place between July 16 and 21, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands are scheduled perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. So far the festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical […]

Cannibal Corpse’s bass player Alex Webster, guitarist Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink, Gordian Knot, Marty Friedman) and drummer Charlie Zeleny (Jordan Rudess) have teamed up in an entirely instrumental metal project called Blotted Science. Audio samples of 3 of the 16 tracks which shall be featured on the trio’s debut album, “The Machinations of Dementia” […]

Next Thursday, May 17, marks the day of Dimebag Darrell Abbott’s posthumous induction to the Guitar Center Hollywood RockWalk. The musician, known for his impressive work with Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel, was shot to death on stage in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 2004. At the induction guitar virtuoso Zakk Wylde (Black Label […]

5XLВ and Little Big Band are the two local acts to supportВ Gary Moore‘s open-air concert at the Alexander Batenberg Square in Sofia, Bulgaria on Wednesday, May 9. The show starts at 7 p.m. (CET+1), and the entrance is absolutely free.

“Night Castle”, the long-awaited new studio album by the New York based heavy metal orchestra Trans-Siberian Orchestra (featuring Savatage, Jon Oliva’s Pain and Metal Church members, a.o.), is expected to surface around Christmas. What’s known so far is that the CD shall include a rendition of “O Fortuna” from Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”.

Steve Harris’ daughter Lauren Harris confirmed that her band shall support Iron Maiden in June in Europe, including the British heavy metal gods’ show at the Locomotive Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 4. Lauren Harris Band’s complete summer tour schedule can be seen here.